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'Step up resistance against US'
11/09/2006 08:34 - (SA)
Cairo - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to step up their resistance against the US, in a video aired by CNN early on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
"Your leaders are hiding from you the true extent of the disaster," al-Zawahri said, according to the video, which appeared to be new.
"And the days are pregnant and giving birth to new events, with Allah's permission and guidance."
Video referred to Lebanon bombardment
The video could not be located by The Associated Press on any militant websites that normally carry messages and videos from al-Zawahri and other al-Qaeda figures.
As-Sahab, the terror network's media arm, posted notices late on Sunday that the video would be posted shortly.
It was unclear where CNN got the video. The network quoted a counterterrorism expert as saying the video had appeared on the website for As-Sahab, but the production company normally uses other Islamic websites to post its material.
The video appeared to be new. In it, al-Zawahri refers to Israel's bombardment of Lebanon this summer and the capture of Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah and militants in Gaza.
Retrospective videotape
Another videotape, posted on Sunday, showed previously unseen footage of a smiling Osama bin Laden and other commanders in a mountain camp apparently planning the September 11 attacks.
The documentary-like retrospective of the five years since the attacks was unusually long - 91 minutes, split into two segments - and sophisticated in its production quality compared to previous al-Qaeda videos.
'Brotherliness'
"Planning for September 11 did not take place behind computer monitors or radar screens, nor inside military command and control centres, but was surrounded with divine protection in an atmosphere brimming with brotherliness ... and love for sacrificing life," an unidentified narrator said.
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