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Qaeda's No. 2 Urges Pakistan Coup in Purported Tape

Arabic television Al Jazeera aired on Thursday a purported new tape by senior al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in which he called on Pakistanis to overthrow “traitor” President Pervez Musharraf’s government. “I call on Muslims in Pakistan to get rid of their government which is working for Americans,” said the voice on the tape, which sounded like previous recordings for Zawahri, right-hand man of Osama bin Laden. “Musharraf wants to stab the Muslim Jihad (holy struggle) uprising in Afghanistan in the back. The Pakistani people had offered a helping hand to their brothers in Afghanistan, that’s why Americans delegated Musharraf to take revenge on the tribes along the border, especially the Pashtun.” Full Story