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Send Your Feedback A leading al-Qaida member has told the Arab world his organisation will c ontinue to attack the US until it changes its policies in the Middle Eas t In an exclusive Aljazeera broadcast on Monday, the Islamist network's sec ond-in-command Ayman al-Dhawahiri said the way the US dealt with Muslims was unacceptable. The new video, apparently made before the 2 November US presidential elec tions, told the American electorate that it did not matter whether they voted Republican or Democrat. "The two US presidential candidates are challenging each other to satisfy Israel, to continue a crime against the Islamic nation in Palestine tha t began 87 years ago. "I say to Americans, vote for whomever you want: Bush or Kerry or even th e devil - it is not of any importance.
attacking us, profaning our sanctities and stealing our wealth", said al-Dhawahiri. Warning Arab governments The Egyptian-born al-Qaida leader did not restrict his comments to the US but warned various Middle Eastern governments that "the fall of Baghdad was just the beginning".
and backed invaders", he said, posing the quest ion as to which Arab country "has not been occupied by crusader forces". It fell when al-Khidawi Tawfiq cal led on the British army for help, it fell when al-Sharif Husayn agreed w ith the British to fight the caliphate. "It fell when Abd al-Aziz al-Suaud agreed to go under the 'protection' of the British and then the Americans ...
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