Al Qaeda’s second in command Ayman al-Zawahri has said the United States faces a Muslim rebellion following the death of Osama bin Laden, according to a video recording posted on Youtube and monitored on Wednesday.
Egyptian-born Zawahri devoted much of a 28-minute recording to commemorating Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a raid by US Special Forces in Pakistan in May. “Today, and thanks be to God, (the United States of) America is not facing an individual or a group … but a rebelling nation which has awaken from its sleep in a Jihadist renaissance challenging it wherever it was,” Zawahri said in the recording.
Zawahiri, threatened to pursue his late leader’s jihad against the West. “We will pursue the jihad until we expel the invaders from Muslim lands,” he said. “The man who terrified America in his life will continue to terrify it after his death,” he added in the video message.
“You will continue to be troubled by his famous vow: You shall not dream of security until we enjoy it and until you depart the Muslims’ lands,” he added.
