ARAB-ISLAMIC AFFAIRS - Sept. 27 - Zawahiri Tape Urges Musharraf Ouster.Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya air an audio tape purporting to come from Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri Ayman Muhammad Rabaie al-Zawahiri (Arabic: أيمن محمد ربيع الظواهر?) or closer to the original Arabic pronunciation , in which he urges Pakistanis to overthrow President Musharraf for "betraying" Islam and Muslims around the world to fight the Christian-Zionist crusade "aimed at eradicating Islam and Muslims". The voice on the tape blasts the Pakistani president for aiding the US in its war in Afghanistan against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and accuses him of planning to send Muslim troops to Iraq "to be killed instead of American soldiers". The voice adds: "Muslims in Pakistan must unite to oust oust tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" Virginia S. Eifert. this traitor TRAITOR, crimes. One guilty of treason. 2. The punishment of a traitor is death. and put in place a loyal leadership in Pakistan which defends Islam and Muslims". Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man, appeared with him in a videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. released earlier this month to mark the 9/11 attacks. The two men urged fighters to turn Iraq into a graveyard for US troops. |
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