THE TELEGRAPH: Al-Qa'eda called for revenge against President Pervez Musharraf last night following the death of scores of Islamist militants during the storming of a besieged mosque in Pakistan.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's second in command, said in an internet video that the "crime" at Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in the centre of Islamabad, "can only be washed by repentance or blood. If you do not retaliate… Musharraf will not spare any of you.
"You must back the mujahideen in Afghanistan… the jihad in Afghanistan is the door to salvation for Afghanistan and Pakistan." Al-Qa'eda targets Musharraf after bloody siege (more) By Isambard Wilkinson in Islamabad
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