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Karzai says al-Zawahiri as
main enemy of Afghanistan
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Al-Zawahiri says Kabul riots
in May was wanton American violence
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US has promised to respect
human rights in war on terror
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai names al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri
as his country's main that must be neutralized or captured for having “brought
massive suffering to the Afghan people.” Karzai said “Zawahiri is one of those
people that we're looking for in Afghanistan to capture.” Al Zawahiri had
released a video on the Internet calling on Afghans to target foreign forces in
Afghanistan.
Karzai elaborated saying that “He’s first the enemy of Afghanistan, then the
enemy of the rest of the world... first he killed Afghans for years then he
went to America and destroyed the twin towers. So whether America wants him or
not... we in Afghanistan want him arrested and put before justice.”
Al-Zawahiri is believed to be hiding out in remote areas of Pakistan or
Afghanistan. In a video published on the Internet, he said “I urge the Muslims
of Kabul in particular and across Afghanistan in general to fight the
invaders... to join forces with the Mujahideen to chase out the invaders and
liberate Afghanistan.” Al-Zawahiri accused the US wanton violence as "new
evidence of the crimes perpetrated by American forces against the Afghan
people."
Analysts believe that al-Zawahiri was cashing in on the May 29 Kabul riots
when a heavy US military truck lost control and ploughed into several vehicles
at the northern entrance to the city during rush hour and the resulting
riot killed scores of people . The US claims that its
firing was in self-defense even as reports emerge on major human
rights violations.
US Marines were found to have killed civilians in Iraq in cold blood, the
Central Intelligence Agency is accused of hosting a terror web, and
institutionalized
ill-treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. With increased pitch of
protests on human rights violations by European allies, US President George
Bush has promised publicly to
respect human rights in the war on terror.
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