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Overthrow Musharraf: Al-Qaeda `tape'

CAIRO, MARCH 25. A tape purportedly recorded by Ayman-al-Zawahri, the No. 2 in the Al-Qaeda terror group, urged the Pakistanis today to overthrow President Pervez Musharraf.

In the audio tape broadcast by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, the speaker dubbed Gen. Musharraf a ``traitor'' and called on Pakistani soldiers to disobey him. ``Musharraf seeks to stab the Islamic resistance in Afghanistan in the back,'' the voice said.

``Every Muslim in Pakistan should work hard to get rid of this client government, which will continue to submit to America until it destroys Pakistan,'' the speaker said.

The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified.

AP

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