DAR AL HARB / ISLAM-SOMALIA: MOSLEM HUMAN EXPLOSIVE DEVICES SHOULD DETONATE THEMSELVES TO FIGHT THE "CRUSADERS" IN SOMALIA: BLOVIATES ZAWAHIRI

Al-Qaida No. 2 urges Somalia’s Islamists to fight ’crusaders’


CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Osama bin Laden’s deputy has called on Somalia’s Islamic militants to carry out suicide attacks on Ethiopian troops fighting in their country, according to a taped message posted on the Internet Friday.

Al-Qaida’s No. 2 also implores Muslims worldwide to support Somalia’s Islamists with fighters, money and expertise.

“I speak to you today as the crusader invader forces of Ethiopia violate the soil of the beloved Muslim Somalia,” Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahri said in the recording.

Ethiopian-backed government forces have driven the militants from the capital Mogadishu and much of southern Somalia, ending their six months in power. Many Islamists have retreated to the southern tip of the country where they have vowed to keep fighting, raising the specter of an Iraq-style guerrilla war.

“I call upon the Muslim nation in Somalia to remain in the new battlefield that is one of the crusader battlefields that are being launched by America and its allies and the United Nations against Islam and Muslims,” al-Zawahri said.

“Launch ambushes, land mines, raids and suicidal combats until you consume them as the lions and eat their prey,” he added.

The message could not immediately be authenticated, but it aired on an Islamic Web site known for publishing militant material and carried the logo of al-Qaida’s media production wing, al-Sahab.

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