Kill Americans and other foes, says Laden deputy’s letter

A new letter purportedly written by senior Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri urged Muslims to continue a jehad to kill Americans and other &#...

A new letter purportedly written by senior Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri urged Muslims to continue a jehad to kill Americans and other ‘‘enemies of God’’, an Islamist lawyer who received the document said on Tuesday.

‘‘By God, do not stop the new Muslim souls…from approaching jehad (holy struggle), represented in the killing of all Americans as they kill us,’’ said the letter, received by lawyer Montasser al-Zayat and published in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat.

Zayat confirmed he had received the letter claiming to be from Osama bin Laden’s right-hand-man through the internet on Monday.

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‘‘…I know that jehad against the enemies of God who kill us in all places must have a price, but this price is very cheap, whatever it is, as long as it satisfies God and will help us enter into heaven,’’ the letter said.

Zawahri is the founder of the Egyptian jehad group, which alongside the militant Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya tried to topple the government of President Hosni Mubarak.

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