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Al-Qaeda steps up propaganda war

Declan Walsh

Kandahar: Al-Qaeda stepped up its propaganda war against foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday through a fresh video by deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urging Afghans to rise against ``infidel invaders.''

Seated against a black background with an AK-47 rifle at his side, the Egyptian-born fundamentalist attempted to stoke a wave of bloodshed that has destabilised the Afghan south in recent months. ``I am calling upon the Muslims in Kabul in particular, and in all Afghanistan in general...to stand against the infidel forces that are invading Muslim lands,'' he said. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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