Posted on 09/19/2005 3:22:01 PM PDT by SmithL
CAIRO -- Al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a statement broadcast Monday that his terror network carried out the July 7 London bombings, marking the group's first direct claim of responsibility for the attacks that killed 52 people.
"The blessed London attack was one which al-Qaida was honored to launch against the British Crusader's arrogance and against the American Crusader aggression on the Islamic nation for 100 years," al-Zawahri said in the tape aired on Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV.
"In their final testament, the heroic brothers in the London attacks ... provided great lessons to the Islamic nation and Muslims in Pakistan to oppose the infidels," said al-Zawahri, who was shown wearing a white turban and speaking to someone who was interviewing him off-camera.
The attacks also killed the four bombers.
"This blessed attack revealed the real hypocritical face of the West," said grey-bearded al-Zawahri, who wore a black vest over a white shirt.
A spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said she had no immediate comment on al-Zawahri's tape.
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BLAME? You mean CREDIT...
Dear Mr. Al, remember dear, no white shoes after Labor day!
This is a clear sign of weakness. Al Fishfood is doomed and it knows it.
Islamic terrorists are nothing but slinking, sneaking cowards of the lowest form. What a tough outfit-- to wait six weeks and then brag. And we're supposed to believe them. Liars, scum, and worse-- that's all they are.
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Don't blame al-Qaida, blame the traitors that are colonizing their own nations and exterminating their own peoples. In what sea do Islamic guerrillas swim?
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