INTERNET/FILE: Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri releases taped message on internet threatening more attacks on Britain / Criticises Britain's controversial decision to award author Salman Rushdie a knighthood
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INTERNET/FILE: Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri releases taped message on internet threatening more attacks on Britain / Criticises Britain's controversial decision to award author Salman Rushdie a knighthood
- Title: INTERNET/FILE: Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri releases taped message on internet threatening more attacks on Britain / Criticises Britain's controversial decision to award author Salman Rushdie a knighthood
- Date: 11th July 2007
- Summary: (BN15) TEHRAN, IRAN (FILE - MARCH 7, 1989) (REUTERS) IRAN'S SPIRITUAL LEADER AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI WALKING ONTO BALCONY TO CHEERS FROM SUPPORTERS KHOMEINI SEATED
- Embargoed: 26th July 2007 13:00
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- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVA3U50BNK0P3DTOHA73KNDQIAZW
- Story Text: Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri has released a taped message on the Internet, threatening more attacks on Britain.
Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, on Tuesday (July 10) threatened more attacks on Britain, two weeks after failed bombings in London and Glasgow.
In an audio tape posted on the Internet, the Egyptian cleric also criticised Britain's controversial decision to award author Salman Rushdie a knighthood.
It was not immediately possible to verify the authenticity of the 20-minute tape, which appeared on a Web site used by al Qaeda-linked groups with a still photograph of Zawahri.
The recording came just days after two car bombs were found in London and a fuel-packed jeep was rammed into Glasgow Airport in Scotland -- botched attacks which Prime Minister Gordon Brown said were associated with al Qaeda.
On Rushdie's knighthood, Zawahri said Queen Elizabeth had sent a clear message to Muslims by honouring a novelist who had insulted Islam, and said the group was preparing a response.
Rushdie is best known for his novel "The Satanic Verses", which outraged many Muslims and prompted death threats that forced him to live in hiding for nine years.
Zawahri said the least Muslims could do was to boycott British goods to protest Rushdie's knighthood. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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