REUTERS: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a video recording posted on the Internet on Sunday, urged Syrians not to rely on the West or Arab governments in their uprising to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
In the eight-minute video, entitled “Onwards, Lions of Syria” and posted on an Islamist website, the Egyptian-born Zawahri also urged Muslims in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan to come to the aid of Syrian rebels confronting Assad’s forces.
“Wounded Syria still bleeds day after day, while the butcher, son of the butcher Bashar bin Hafiz (Hafez al-Assad), is not deterred to stop,” Zawahri, wearing his white turban and seated against a green curtain, said.
“But the resistance of our people in Syria despite all the pain, sacrifice and bloodshed escalates and grows,” he added… (more)
EDITOR: “My enemy’s enemy is my friend.” Is it possible that Al Qaeda may be rethinking its 9/11 attack on the USA? Or minimally, given the Arab spring and drone attacks, whether it makes sense for them to have the USA as their enemy? Through discussions, the USA and the Taliban seem to be working towards an exit path for the USA from Afghanistan. A lot has evolved over the past decade.
