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Al-Qaida's No. 2 blames Obama, Mubarak for Israeli offensive in Gaza

Associated Press

Wednesday, January 07, 2009, (N Jerusalem)

An intelligence monitoring centre reported that Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader is blaming US President-elect Barak Obama and Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, for the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

The SITE Monitoring Service said the audio statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri was posted on militant websites on Tuesday.

It's al-Zawahiri's first comment on the crisis since the conflict began eleven days ago.

In a transcript of the statement released by SITE, al-Zawahiri calls the Israeli offensive a "Zionist and Christian crusade against Islam and Muslims" and "Obama's gift to Israel" before he takes office.

"I say to the angry Muslim masses that came out in demonstrations around the Islamic world: demonstrations are not enough to face bombs, but our Muslim fury transforms into an efficient, expressive means to shake the pillars of the Crusader-Jewish alliance, with permission and assistance from Allah," he said.

In the statement, al-Zawahiri also called Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, a "traitor" for keeping his borders closed to Palestinians.

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