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New Zawahri Tape; He Speaks English

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for Pakistanis to support jihad in his first ever audio statement in English, which aired today on a Pakistani television station, according to IntelCenter, a Washington-based firm that tracks terrorism. Zawahiri says in the message that he uses English because he wants to speak directly to the Pakistani people, according to IntelCenter, and he cannot speak Urdu, the predominant language spoken there. In the new message, Zawahiri lists a litany of...Full Story
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