Zawahiri vows attacks on US, slams Hamas

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DUBAI (AFP) — Al-Qaeda's second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri has vowed in a videotape that his group will pursue attacks on the United States and slammed Palestinian Hamas for joining the political process. Only jihad, or holy war, can liberate occupied Palestinian territory, not elections, Zawahiri said in the video broadcast on Qatar-based pan-Arab television Al-Jazeera Wednesday without explicitly naming the Islamist movement.

Zawahiri said Al-Qaeda, which claimed the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, will not stop attacks on US soil as long as the United States strikes Muslims on their own land. "If we are hit in our countries, we will not stop striking you in your country," he said. Zawahiri said he believed the United States will ultimately have to...