AP: Al-Qaida Releases Video of Afghan Attack

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Al-Qaida Releases Video of Afghan Attack


Friday February 16, 2007 12:01 PM

AP Photo NY114, NY113, NY112

By JASPER MORTIMER

Associated Press Writer

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida posted Friday a video showing what it claimed
to be an insurgent attack on a military position of U.S. and Afghan forces
in southern Afghanistan.

The video appears to be an attempt by the terrorist network to disparage
U.S. claims to be winning the war against the Taliban and allied militia
in Afghanistan. It argues that the people of Afghanistan support the
insurgents and provide physical assistance to their attacks on U.S.-Afghan
forces.

The tape begins with the deputy leader of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahri,
ridiculing President Bush's claim to have deprived al-Qaida of a safe
haven in Afghanistan, calling it a “barefaced lie.”

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The narrator, who sounds like the American al-Qaida member Adam Gadahn,
claims that the position is “liberated” by the insurgents.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6419771,00.html