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Al Qaida No. 2: Iran waging 'crusader' war against Islam
By Reuters
Tags: Ayman al-Zawahri, Iran, Islam 

Al Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri accused Iran of taking part in a Western "crusader" war against Islam, in a video aired by al Jazeera television on Monday.

The video also included apparently recent footage of senior al Qaida figure Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, casting doubt on a report that he was killed on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan last month.

In another segment of the video, Zawahri attacked Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, questioning the Islamic Republic's anti-Western stand.
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"The leader [of Iran] collaborates with the Americans in occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and recognizes the puppet regimes in both countries, while he warns of death and destruction anyone who touches an inch of Iranian soil," Zawahri said.

Al Qaida, a militant Sunni Islamist group, often criticizes predominantly Shi'ite Iran, which has good relations with Afghanistan's anti-Taliban leaders and Iraq's Shi'ite-led government.

"Not even one Shi'ite authority - whether in Iraq or elsewhere - has issued a fatwa (religious edict) obligating jihad and taking up of arms against the American Crusader invaders in Iraq and Afghanistan," Zawahri said.

Another segment of the video showed Abu al-Yazid commenting on the resignation of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, announced on August 18 - six days after a Pakistani official said Abu al-Yazid had been killed in clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border.

Abu al-Yazid, also known as Abu Saeed al-Masri, said on the video that Musharraf was "humilited by God" for betraying Islam.

"So here he is... finding no option but to resign from the presidency," he said.

Yazid, believed to be commander of al Qaida operations in Afghanistan, is an Egyptian who served time in jail with Zawahri after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981.

An Al Jazeera editor told Reuters the network received a copy of the 90-minute video, which it said was a compilation of old and new material.

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      1.   I don´t understand al qaeda 18:37  |  Siad 08/09/08
      2.   LET THE "BROTHERS IN ARMS" GO AFTER ONE ANOTHER;THEY ARE ONLY 18:44  |  glenna 08/09/08
      3.   Al-Quaida Effect 18:52  |  Mark Lincoln 08/09/08
      4.   I will tell you Siad 19:02  |  adam 08/09/08
      5.   #1 Siad, It is very simple! 19:14  |  Persian Hero 08/09/08
      6.   To me if the last shia alive kills the last sunni and drops dead 19:21  |  misha 08/09/08
      7.   Another indication of Bush victory in Iraq 19:21  |  Voice of Reason 08/09/08
      8.   It`s all becoming laughable 19:21  |  H 08/09/08
      9.   Al Qaeda still thinks it can take over Iraq 19:23  |  dyinglikeflies 08/09/08
      10.   fact checking for Adam 19:25  |  Mark 08/09/08
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      14.   photoshop is the solution 19:34  |  zionist forever 08/09/08
      15.   Mark and killing in the name of religion 19:42  |  ZISD 08/09/08
      16.   #7 Voice of Reason - Laugh of the Day! 19:46  |  examiner 08/09/08
      17.   Persian Hero #5 (funny) 19:48  |  Michael 08/09/08
      18.   At least 3 out of 10 posters consider al-Qaeda a tool of the US 19:48  |  Freethinker 08/09/08
      19.   Siad 19:48  |  ZISD 08/09/08
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      21.   5 Persian Hero to Said, spot on ! Your forgot to mention the 20:14  |  lakshmi 08/09/08
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      23.   Adam 20:25  |  Czarkazem13 08/09/08
      24.   #1 siad...makes sense to me 20:35  |  Lynn 08/09/08
      25.   #13 Gulf Sunni.....Seems to me the Sunnis and Shiites 20:44  |  Lynn 08/09/08
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