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Al-Qaeda slams Mideast talks
15/12/2007 07:39 - (SA)
Dubai - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri lashed out at last month's US-hosted Middle East peace conference, calling it a betrayal of the Palestinians, in an audiotape broacast on an Islamist website on Friday.
The tape, whose authenticity could not be verified, was entitled "Annapolis, the treachery," in an allusion to the US city where the meeting was held.
"It is a new conspiracy against Palestine and the countries of Islam," said Zawahiri, the right arm of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
The message condemned Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for leading the Palestinian delegation to the conference, describing him as a "traitor" and "acolyte".
"Stick to the side of your brothers in Palestine. Do not abandon their mujahedeen (holy warriors)," said the text, addressed to the "Islamic nation."
"Support them with all you are capable of: your lives, your money, your expertise, your knowledge and your contacts ... Attack those crusader and Zionist targets which you can reach," said Zawahiri in his message, signed off As-Sahab, the media arm of al-Qaeda.
- AFP
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