In new al-Qaeda videotape al-Zawahri calls for Muslims to unite in holy war

Al-Qaeda's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, has issued a new video tape calling on Muslims to unite in jihad and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a US-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday.

Al-Zawahri is seen in the one-hour and 35 minutes tape dressed in white and addressing a wide array of topics from Iraq to Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian territories and Egypt, said the US-based SITE intelligence group, which monitors al-Qaeda messages. (AP)