Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s number two, has warned that Osama Bin Laden will continue to “terrify” the US from beyond the grave.
The statement was posted on Jihadist websites.
It comes five weeks after US forces killed Bin Laden, and less than a week after another prominent figure, Ilyas Kashmiri, died in a US drone attack.
This is the first time al-Zawahiri has spoken publicly since Bin Laden’s death.
It remains to be seen who – if anyone – will become the new, pre-eminent leader of the world’s most notorious militant group.
Most of al-Zawahiri’s new message is a eulogy to Bin Laden.
He also backs the wave of Arab unrest and calls for Sharia Islamic law to be applied in Egypt.
And he warns Libyans that Nato’s bombing campaign seeks to replace Muammar Gaddafi with a Western-backed tyrannical regime.
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Al-Qaeda’s al-Zawahiri warns US