Ayman al-Zawahri, global head of al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden last May, issued the call to arms in an eight-minute video posted on an Islamic website on Sunday entitled "Onwards, Lions of Syria".
Dressed entirely in white, with an assault rifle displayed by his side, Egyptian born al-Zawahri urged Muslim states including Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan to come to the aid of Syrian protesters and urged Syrian protesters not to ally themselves with the Western powers, including the US and the United Nations, or the Arab League.
"Our people in Syria, don't rely on the West or the United States or Arab governments and Turkey," Mr Zawahri said."You know better what they are planning against you. Our people in Syria don't depend on the Arab League and its corrupt governments supporting it." » | Phoebe Greenwood | Sunday, February 12, 2012
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Bin Laden told his children: ‘Go to US and live in peace’ » | Julian Thompson, Islamabad | Sunday, February 12, 2012 [£]
MAIL ONLINE: 'Do not follow me down the road to jihad. Go and get a good education in the West': Osama Bin Laden’s extraordinary instructions to his young children – Osama Bin Laden told his children to live peacefully in the West where they would get a good education, his brother-in-law has revealed. ¶ Zakaria al-Sadah, whose sister is the fifth wife of the Al-Qaeda leader, said Bin Laden did not want his children and grandchildren following in the same path of terrorism like him. ¶ 'He told his own children and grandchildren, go to Europe and America and get a good education,' according to an interview with Sadah in The Sunday Times. » | Tara Brady | Sunday, February 12, 2012
