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Obama cheating, says al-Qaeda

December 15, 2009 Edition 1

CAIRO: Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has accused President Barack Obama of cheating the Arab world by failing to advance Middle East peace talks.

In a new internet posting, Ayman Al-Zawahri also scoffs at key American allies in the region - the Egyptian president and the Jordanian king - for making peace with Israel.

Al-Zawahri says the US president's Middle East policy is "another cycle in the Crusader and Zionist campaign to enslave and humiliate us".

Al-Zawahri also urged Muslims and Palestinians to wage holy war outside Israel and the Palestinian territories, and praised Muslim militants fighting in Pakistan. - Sapa-AP

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