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WORLD / Middle East
Bin Laden declares war on Musharraf in new video
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-21 07:54
Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Pakistanis to rebel against
President Pervez Musharraf in a new recording released Thursday, saying
his military's siege of a militant mosque stronghold this year makes him
an infidel.
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is seen speaking in this video grab
provided to Reuters on September 11, 2007. Bin Laden has vowed to
retaliate against "infidel" Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for the
killing of a rebel cleric and a raid on his mosque in July, in a Web
audiotape issued on Thursday.?[Reuters]
The storming of the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July "demonstrated
Musharraf's insistence on continuing his loyalty, submissiveness and aid
to America against the Muslims... and makes armed rebellion against him
and removing him obligatory," bin Laden said in the tape.
"So when the capability is there, it is obligatory to rebel against the
apostate ruler, as is the case now," he said.
Bin Laden's voice was heard over video showing previously released
footage of the terror leader. The video was released Thursday on Islamic
militant websites and first reported by Laura Mansfield, an American
terror expert who monitors militant message traffic.
The message, titled "Come to Jihad," was the third from bin Laden this
month in a flurry of videos and audiotapes marking the 6th anniversary of
the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
Earlier Thursday, Al-Qaida released an 80-minute documentary-style video
that had a new speech from bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, who
boasted that the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq
and other fronts. Speakers in the video promised more fighting in
Afghanistan, North Africa and Sudan's Darfur region.
The Pakistani military stormed the Red Mosque after it became a
stronghold for Islamic militants, and at least 102 people were killed in
the fighting, including one of the militants' leaders, Abdul Rashid
Ghazi. The siege was followed by a series of suicide bombings in
retaliation.
In his tape, bin Laden said Ghazi and his followers were killed for
seeking the application of Sharia Islamic law, and he condemned Musharraf
for allying himself with the United States in the fight against Al-Qaida.
He quoted fatwas, or religious edits, from hardline Islamic scholars on
the duty to overthrow infidel rulers.
"So Pervez, his ministers, his soldiers and those who help him are all
accomplices in the spilling the blood of those of the Muslims who have
been killed. He who helps him knowingly and willingly is an infidel like
him," bin Laden said. The tape was also released in Urdu and Pashtu
versions, two main languages in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In Islamabad, Pakistan army spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said
"Such threats issued through videos or in any other way cannot deter us
from fulfilling our national duty."
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