CAIRO: Osama Bin Laden’s deputy Al-Zawahri on Wednesday suggested
Pakistanis to storm against their military and political leadership
which has been engaged in proxy war of United States.
Al-Zawahri
also blasted the United States for burying bin Laden at sea and urged
the Pakistani people to rise against the country’s military rulers and
politicians, describing them as "traitors."
In a 28-minute
video posted on militant websites on Wednesday Al-Zawahri paid a
tribute for the slain Al-Qaeda chief, saying he "terrified America"
when he was alive and would continue to do so in death.
Al-Zawahri
appeared in video in a white Arab robe and turban,. Ayman al-Zawahri,
al-Qaida’s longtime No. 2 and considered its operational head, heaped
praise on bin Laden, killed in the May 2 US raid in Pakistan.
Al-Zawahri
also blasted the United States for burying bin Laden at sea and urged
the Pakistani people to rise against the country’s military rulers and
politicians, describing them as "traitors."
Likely al-Qaida’s next leader, al-Zawahri is believed to be operating from somewhere near the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier. Online