Ramadan mubarak! Abu Hamza al-Muhajir adds to the love note just received from Al-Zawahiri. More on this tape from China Daily:
Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq called for the kidnapping of Westerners to swap for a Muslim cleric jailed in the United States, according to an Internet audio tape issued yesterday.
“I call on every holy fighter in Iraq to strive during this holy month (Ramadan)… to capture some dogs of the Christians so that we can liberate our imprisoned sheikh,” said the speaker, identified as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir.
He accused US jailers of “torturing” Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, held over links to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.
The speaker also called for attacks on US military camps in Iraq using “unconventional bombs such as biological and dirty bombs.”
The tape’s authenticity could not be verified but it was posted on major websites used by militants….
But it is the holy month, after all, and so he offers clemency for those who collaborated with the enemies of Islam:
“As for those who supported the occupiers and their agents, becoming their eyes and ears, and who betrayed their religion, honour and land for material or social gains … I declare a general amnesty during this month of generosity and forgiveness,” the speaker on the tape said.
“We waive the right to (avenge) the blood that was shed by your hands and your betrayal,” he said.