Bin Laden Deputy Purportedly Seeks Strikes
Tape Purportedly by Bin Laden Deputy Calls for Attacks Against U.S. and British Interests
The Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Oct. 1, 2004 — An audio tape purportedly released by Osama bin Laden's deputy calls for attacks on U.S. and British interests everywhere, according to a broadcast Friday by Al-Jazeera television.
The Arab station said the speaker on the tape was Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian-born surgeon and the closest aide to al-Qaida terrorist group leader.
It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the recording.
The speaker on the latest tape calls on Muslims "not to wait any longer, otherwise, we will be devoured, one country after the other," according to Al-Jazeera.
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