The
leader of Al-Qaeda delivered a sinister message to young Muslim men in
the United States and other Western countries, encouraging them to carry
out attacks in their home countries.
Terror leader Ayman al-Zawahiri makes the call to arms in an audio recording that was posted online on Sunday.
He also urges militant groups across the world to establish a greater unity in their Jihad. Read what he said after the cut...
‘I
call on all Muslims who can harm the countries of the crusader
coalition not to hesitate,’ he said in the recording, referring to the
nations making up the Western-led coalition in Iraq and Syria.
'We must now focus on moving the war to the heart of the homes and cities of the crusader West and specifically America.'
He suggests that Muslim youths take their inspiration from Tsarnaev and
the Kouachi brothers, who carried out the Boston marathon bombings and
the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris respectively.
It
was not clear when the audio recording was made, but references to
former Taliban leader Mullah Mohamed Omar as being alive suggest it is
at least two months old.
Omar’s death was announced by the Afghanistan government in late July.
Zawahiri
reiterated his position on Islamic State, repeating what he said in a
recording posted on Wednesday that he viewed the group’s claim to be a
caliphate as illegitimate but would join them in fighting Western and
secular forces in Iraq and Syria.
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| Ayman al-Zawahiri (right) sits with his predecessor Osama bin Laden (left), to whom he acted as adviser, in March 2004 |
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