http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2739/html/politic.htm#s197313
Only Jihad Will Liberate Palestine 066306.jpg Ayman Al-Zawahiri DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 20--Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri said in a new video aired Wednesday that only jihad, not elections, can bring about the liberation of occupied Palestinian territory, AFP said. "Any road other than jihad will only lead to loss," Osama bin Laden's right-hand man said in the video broadcast on Al-Jazeera television. "Those trying to liberate the land of Islam through elections based on secular constitutions or on decisions to surrender Palestine to the Jews will not liberate a grain of sand of Palestine." On the contrary, "their attempts will lead to choking jihad and besieging the mujahedeen," said Zawahiri, wearing his trademark turban and beard. It was not immediately clear when the videotape was recorded, and its authenticity could not be independently confirmed. However, it was released against the backdrop of escalating factional fighting in the Palestinian territories following a call by moderate Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for new elections. Abbas said in an address Saturday that new elections were the only way to end the bitter power struggle between his Fatah movement and the ruling Islamist movement Hamas. But Zawahiri also slammed Hamas, without naming it, for recognizing Abbas and taking part in elections on the basis of a secular constitution, in a videotape aired by Al-Jazeera television Wednesday. Hamas--taking part in elections for the first time in January--scored a shock victory over Fatah and took power in March, but its government is boycotted by Israel and the West. The turbaned Zawahiri frequently speaks for Al-Qaeda in video or audiotapes, some posted on the Internet and others aired by Qatar-based Al-Jazeera. In a video in late September, he lashed out at both Pope Benedict XVI and US President George W. Bush. In a previous video marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Zawahiri warned that the Persian Gulf and Israel would be the next targets of Al-Qaeda. The Egyptian-born Zawahiri is regarded as the ideological powerhouse behind the terror group and carries a 25-million-dollar US bounty for information leading to his arrest or death. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
