Cairo: Al-Qaeda leader and Osama bin Laden’s deputy Dr Aiman al-Zawahiri has issued a eulogy for the slain Qaeda chief , saying he “terrified America” when he was alive and would continue to do so in death, news agencies reported on Wednesday.
Praising Osama’s life but not explicitly addressing the question of who would succeed him as chief of Al Qaeda, the organization’s longtime NO.2 and operational head praised bin Laden, killed by the US commandos on May 2 in Pakistan.
Al-Zawahri also blasted the United States for burying bin Laden at sea and urged the Pakistani people to rise against the country’s military rulers and politicians, describing them as “traitors.”
Al-Zawahri appeared in a white Arab robe and turban, a Kalashnikov at his side, in a 28-minute video posted on militant websites on Wednesday.
The video, in Arabic with no subtitles, was posted to jihadist forums this morning. Zawahiri called for support to Al Qaeda in Yemen and a jihad against the Syrian regime, as well as making threats of revenge.
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