Al-Qaida's Zawahiri: Lebanon Pivotal To Islamists' Fight

by **Admin** Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:29 pm

Al-Qaida's
number two Ayman al-Zawahiri said Tuesday Lebanon will play a pivotal
role in the Islamists' fight against the "Crusaders and Jews," in an
audio message posted on the Internet.

"Lebanon
is a Muslim frontline fort," he said. "It will have a pivotal role God
willing in future battles with the Crusaders and the Jews.

"I
call upon the jihadist generation in Lebanon to prepare to reach
Palestine, and to banish the invading Crusader forces which are claimed
to be peace keeping forces in Lebanon," he said in reference to the
U.N. forces deployed along the borders with Israel.

Picture:
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, seen here in 2006, said that
building Iraq as a "fortress of Islam" is the "most important duty" for
Muslims, in an audio message released Thursday according to the SITE
monitoring service.(AFP/File)