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

 

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)