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Qaeda Leader Urges Muslims to Kill Americans-Report
CAIRO (Reuters) - A new letter purportedly written by senior al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Muslims to continue a "jihad" to kill Americans and other "enemies of God," an Islamist lawyer who received the document said Tuesday.
"By God, do not stop the new Muslim souls...from approaching jihad (holy struggle), represented in the killing of all Americans as they kill us," said the letter, received by lawyer Montasser al-Zayat and published in the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.
Zayat confirmed he had received the letter claiming to be from Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s right-hand-man through the internet on Monday and given a copy to the newspaper for publication.
"...I know that jihad against the enemies of God who kill us in all places must have a price, but this price is very cheap, whatever it is, as long as it satisfies God and will help us enter into heaven," the letter said.
Zawahri is the founder of the Egyptian Jihad group, which alongside the militant al-Gamaa al-Islamiya fought a 1992-1997 campaign to topple the government of President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites).
The former surgeon made an anti-U.S. pact with bin Laden in 1998. Their whereabouts remain unknown after a U.S. military campaign destroyed al Qaeda's operations in Afghanistan (news - web sites) following last year's September 11 attacks on U.S. cities.
Some reports say the two men are together and planning new attacks on the United States.
Zayat, a former acquaintance of Zawahri, was considered an unofficial Gamaa spokesman from 1990-1994, but says he condemns violence and that militants should make peace with the state.
He told Reuters he believed the letter was authentic, saying it had come in response to a letter he had posted to Zawahri through the internet in September. At the time, Zayat had tried to get Zawahri to participate in a seminar via the internet.
In the letter, Zawahri also said he believed it was right to halt militant attacks in Egypt. Since Muslim extremists slaughtered 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians near the southern town of Luxor in November 1997, there has been a lull in militant attacks.
Analysts say that although the government cracked down hard on militants in the aftermath of the Luxor massacre, it was not clear whether radicals had abandoned their dream of setting up a purist Islamic state or whether they were taking a breather before striking again.
CAIRO (Reuters) - A new letter purportedly written by senior al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged Muslims to continue a "jihad" to kill Americans and other "enemies of God," an Islamist lawyer who received the document said Tuesday.
"By God, do not stop the new Muslim souls...from approaching jihad (holy struggle), represented in the killing of all Americans as they kill us," said the letter, received by lawyer Montasser al-Zayat and published in the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.
Zayat confirmed he had received the letter claiming to be from Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s right-hand-man through the internet on Monday and given a copy to the newspaper for publication.
"...I know that jihad against the enemies of God who kill us in all places must have a price, but this price is very cheap, whatever it is, as long as it satisfies God and will help us enter into heaven," the letter said.
Zawahri is the founder of the Egyptian Jihad group, which alongside the militant al-Gamaa al-Islamiya fought a 1992-1997 campaign to topple the government of President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites).
The former surgeon made an anti-U.S. pact with bin Laden in 1998. Their whereabouts remain unknown after a U.S. military campaign destroyed al Qaeda's operations in Afghanistan (news - web sites) following last year's September 11 attacks on U.S. cities.
Some reports say the two men are together and planning new attacks on the United States.
Zayat, a former acquaintance of Zawahri, was considered an unofficial Gamaa spokesman from 1990-1994, but says he condemns violence and that militants should make peace with the state.
He told Reuters he believed the letter was authentic, saying it had come in response to a letter he had posted to Zawahri through the internet in September. At the time, Zayat had tried to get Zawahri to participate in a seminar via the internet.
In the letter, Zawahri also said he believed it was right to halt militant attacks in Egypt. Since Muslim extremists slaughtered 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians near the southern town of Luxor in November 1997, there has been a lull in militant attacks.
Analysts say that although the government cracked down hard on militants in the aftermath of the Luxor massacre, it was not clear whether radicals had abandoned their dream of setting up a purist Islamic state or whether they were taking a breather before striking again.
