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Friday, September 19, 2008
Al Qaeda vows more U.S. attacks
19 Sep 2008 - 21:00 p.m. CDT
In video, Al Qaeda vows more U.S. attacks
Speaker
in video posted on al Jazeera says "major, large-scale attacks" to come
(CNN) -- In a video marking the seventh anniversary of the September 11
terrorist attacks, al Qaeda's top leader in Afghanistan vows more
"large-scale" attacks against the United States and its allies.
In another segment, the personal adviser to Taliban leader Mullah Omar says al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is alive and well. Al Qaeda leaders featured on the video promise more violence against their enemies.
"We inform the forces of the Cross and their apostate agents that the Mujahedeen's policy in the coming stage, God permitting, is going to be more major, large-scale attacks like the Kandahar prison operation, the Nuristan raid, the Sarobi ambush and Khost airport operation in which approximately 50 Americans and 100 apostates were killed and four helicopters were hit and destroyed," Mustafa Abu al-Yazid says.
CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the video posted on jihadi Web sites, purportedly by al Qaeda's video production arm, As Sahab...
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