'My father not involved in plot to kill RSS leaders' [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 11:57:00 AM from www.rediff.com in Terrorism
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"This is our wrong 15 minutes of fame," said an agitated Apte, who owns a software consultancy firm in Pune.Apte told rediff.com that his father suffers from a very serious medical condition -- an enlarged septum cavity that obstructs the blood flow to the brain -- and he is semi bed-ridde ...»
Foreign bodies [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 11:36:41 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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A study conducted by the American Academy of Arts and Science, and Toronto University, showed that of the total inhabitants in Assam, one-third were Bangladeshi immigrants. The same research team said 20 million Bangladeshis were in India, of which 20 lakh came in 1971 alone.
The picture is clearer ...»
RSS mouthpiece attacks ATS for 'terrorizing Hindus' [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 11:21:58 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Religion
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“Its (ATS’s) fables cannot stand the scrutiny of even a Bollywood director. It is able to get away because MCOCA empowers the detention of a suspect for upto 180 days without filing charges,” it said.
It lashed out at the UPA government, saying “it is proving itself a hydra-headed monster. A ...»
Vatican owes us an apology [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 11:15:11 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in History
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His Majesty the king has ordered that there shall be no Brahmins in his land and that they should be banished.”
“In the name of his Majesty I order that no Hindu can or shall perform marriages…”
“The marriages of the supplicants are superstitious acts or functions which include Hindu rite ...»
Controversial letter [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 11:10:08 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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The creation of a separate State comprising areas inhabited by two major tribes -- Khasi and Jaintia -- has been a major political plank of HSPDP, the State's oldest surviving regional party, for decades. The proscribed Khasi armed outfit, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC), has also bee ...»
Rebellion in the ranks [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 11:03:13 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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The high-handedness of the CPI(M) top leadership in Kerala is leading to resentment among the lower rungs of party workers. It could deal a fatal blow to the party in the coming Lok Sabha elections, writes VR Jayaraj
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala and its lead constituent CPI(M) ar ...»
9 NDF activists held [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 10:59:43 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Terrorism
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Amidst allegations that Islamist organisation NDF (National Development Front) was involved in terror-related operations, the police on Friday arrested nine activists of the outfit for conducting physical training from Valanchery in the district.The police said that the group had conducted the train ...»
Sivamani gives tin drum tribute to Lord Ayyappa [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 10:54:17 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Religion
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When it comes to the question of offering a musical tribute to Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala, master drummer Sivamani does not need his truckload of instruments. Whatever is at hand will do: Mere tin sheets, steel saucers, milk containers or anything. Sivamani gave a real treat with his musical prowess ...»
Karunanidhi, Marans slug it out in public [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 10:42:12 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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What allegedly triggered the octogenarian’s renewed anger is some of the anti-DMK and anti-Government news/features that has been appearing in the television networks and publications owned by Kalanidhi Maran. This included news against DMK partymen, including Union Minister A Raja and the State P ...»
'God cannot be jailed' [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 10:38:11 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in History
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However, the essence of India has remained uncorrupted. The spiritual core of India has withstood invasions through ten centuries. It resisted the persecutions of the Mughals and the allurement to 'westernise' offered by Macaulayism. Except for a 'courtier class', the rest of the country paid no hee ...»
Turkey supports J&K separatists [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 8:58:31 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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In 1974 when Turkish troops invaded Cyprus, dividing the island and establishing an illegal Turkish enclave in the north, they also kept faith with their time-tested atavistic traditions by breaking into Greek churches, urinating at the altars, defacing the frescoes of Christ and replacing these wit ...»
Congress puts sinister spin [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 8:53:05 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Terrorism
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it is clear that the Congress is rattled by the political turn that the so-called investigation into the September 29 explosion at Malegaon has taken. Even if one were to presume that the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad is on the right track — although it has furnished no compelling evidence yet ...»
Leading Delhi doctor under terror scanner [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 8:38:43 AM from Leading Delhi doctor under terror scanner_< in Terrorism
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The alleged plot takes on significance in view of the assessment of the ATS that Abhinav Bharat, the Indore-based Hindutva outfit that Purohit helped found, was drawing in Hindu radicals who found RSS's tactics too mild for their tastes. The growing appeal of Abhinav Bharat, according to police sour ...»
Kerala man could be key to IM terror network [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 8:18:11 AM from www.indianexpress.com in Terrorism
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As investigations progress into seemingly disparate events like the recruitment of Kerala youth for terrorism in Kashmir and recent Indian Mujahideen-SIMI linked bomb blasts in the country, investigators are stumbling upong alarming similarities.
The police in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Mahar ...»
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Malaysias_top_Islamic_body_bans_yoga_for_Muslims/articleshow/3744124.cms?TOI_latestnews [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by ka on November 22, 2008 5:06:46 AM from Malaysia's top Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims_< in Religion
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Council chairman Abdul Shukor Husin told reporters that many Muslims who practice the globally popular yoga failed to understand that its ultimate aim was to be one with a god of a different religion.
Wellpoint Insurance Offers Option for Surgery in India [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by WohSubahKabhiToAyegi on November 22, 2008 4:32:15 AM from www.nytimes.com in Health/Env
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Knee surgery $70,000 in US can be performed in India for $8,000, including follow-up care and rehabilitation, quality is comparable. "Everyone is just waiting for the one horrible case to happen over there,” he said, “and then everyone will stop thinking this is such a great idea.”
Madarsas multiply 200%, refuse modernisation [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 3:45:39 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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In spite of the Uttarakhand Government's best efforts to modernise madarsas and bring these on par with mainstream schools by adequately funding the traditional religious learning centres, the madarsas have failed miserably to live up to expectations.At the most, the State exchequer's generous gestu ...»
ATS finds no clue in Purohit laptop [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 22, 2008 3:42:07 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Terrorism
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Meanwhile, investigations into the laptop of arrested Purohit has shown that the Army officer apparently visited anti-Muslim websites frequently but revealed nothing incriminating.
The laptop, handed over by the Army after a week of Purohit's arrest, was examined at a forensic laboratory during whic ...»
India to Focus on Growth, Poverty [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by WohSubahKabhiToAyegi on November 21, 2008 2:05:20 PM from online.wsj.com in Business
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In a jab to the crowd of business leaders, Ms. Gandhi praised the nationalization of the country's banks under her mother-in-law "Every passing day bears out the wisdom of that decision,"
Tribal unrest spinning out of control [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 11:41:41 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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The CPI(Maoist) has warned the West Bengal Government that any attempt to deploy CRPF personnel in tribal areas to suppress the rebellion "will have a disastrous effect" as it would meet a bloody resistance.
Meanwhile, the State administration preferred to "wait and watch" the s ...»
To meet economic challenge, time to act is now [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 11:34:35 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Business
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West Asian countries have been achieving bigger growth performances and indeed in certain ways are helping to keep the West going easy like they did in salvaging Barclays from going under. Some of the countries of South and South-East Asia have built up healthy reserves and strong current accounts. ...»
US ‘dark side’ raised in Aafia case [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 11:05:51 AM from thenews.jang.com.pk in Terrorism
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The “dark side” of the US counter-terrorism took centre stage in the court case of the mentally ill Pakistani woman — Dr Aafia - accused of attacking US officers in Afghanistan.
The New York federal judge in the case of Dr Aafia highlighted defence allegations that she was abducted and torture ...»
FO summons US ambassador [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 10:44:23 AM from thenews.jang.com.pk in Politics
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US Ambassador Anne W Patterson was on Thursday summoned to the Foreign Office, where Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir conveyed to her that the two missiles fired by the US drones on Wednesday were a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
For the third time since the formatio ...»
Witch-hunt, not investigation [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 8:57:18 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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News filtering out about the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad's investigation into the Malegaon blast case confirms the suspicion that the arrest and detention of two Hindu religious figures, a serving Army officer, a former Army man and some others, connected to a nationalist outfit, are politicall ...»
The mask falls off [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 8:01:52 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Terrorism
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There is now further evidence, if at all it is needed, to suggest that the so-called investigation by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad into the Malegaon explosion on September 29 is fast turning out to be a sinister conspiracy. The conspirators appear to be driven by no other motive than to dest ...»
“A handsome villain” [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 7:51:52 AM from www.hindu.com in Entertainment
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Director P. Vasu said: “If there was anyone who could act with both the top heroes [Sivaji Ganesan and MGR] of Tamil cinema then, it was Nambiar. At one point, directors could not think of anyone else but him to play villain.”
Several aspiring actors would mimic Nambiar while enacting their skil ...»
Dead man’s tale holds key to Hindutva terror secrets [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 7:49:03 AM from www.hindu.com in Terrorism
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For the past fortnight, the Maharashtra Police have been poised on the edge of unravelling what could prove to be among the most significant counter-terrorism investigations since the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Forensic evidence and leads from informants, investigators say, suggest that the Hi ...»
Idealogy of Hindutva is sheer fascism: Swami Agnivesh [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 21, 2008 7:18:07 AM from www.indianmuslims.info in Politics
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This thesis of Hindutva gave a handle to the proponents of a separate Muslim state of Pakistan . I am convinced that if there was no Hindutva, there would have been no separate Pakistan , and India would have remained one. And the millions of Muslims who stayed behind in India after the Partition I ...»
To block love, father cites terror [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 6:30:11 PM from www.indianexpress.com in Entertainment
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Marriage to a Muslim girl proved too costly for this native of Pathanamthitta in Kerala when his own father, Puthanvilayil Jose Samuel, went to court saying his son had Terror links.
On Tuesday, Samuel admitted to court that the allegations were baseless and promised that he would not force son Man ...»
New group could be behind B’lore blasts [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 6:25:41 PM from www.indianexpress.com in Terrorism
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Investigations are now leading to Abdul Sattar alias Salim who is suspected to be the supplier of the microchips for the Surat bombs on the basis of the interrogation of Syed Noushad. Sattar has been in telephonic contact with Bhatkal, investigators said.
The unsung hero who pioneered Green Revolution in Mexico [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 6:20:59 PM from www.indianexpress.com in Science/Tech
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Sawhney, a Delhi-based pediatrician by profession, was born to Khankhoje and his Belgian wife Jeanne. She decided to write the book in a bid to keep her father’s dream alive. “My father feared that history will forget the Ghadar movement and began writing this story as a series of articles that ...»
India likely to step up anti-piracy operations [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 6:08:16 PM from www.indianexpress.com in Terrorism
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With its operations to bust piraty in the Gulf of Aden meeting with success this week, India on Thursday said it was considering augmenting naval assets to fight the threat to peaceful commercial shipping in the region.
"Yes, we are considering a proposal to increase the number of warships in ...»
'What was Omar doing with Malegaon blast accused?' [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 6:00:33 PM from www.indianexpress.com in Politics
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A senior PDP leader asked National Conference president Omar Abdullah to come clean on a photo showing him with Malegaon accused Dayanand Pandey while Abdullah said being seen in the same function with somebody accused of criminal activity does not tantamount to guilt.
"What was he (Omar) doin ...»
Malegaon: MCOCA slapped on accused, PM dials Advani [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 5:53:20 PM from www.indianexpress.com in Terrorism
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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against the ten accused arrested so far in the September 29 Malegaon blast case.
One more suspect would be arrested soon, ATS chief Hemant Karkare said at a press conference.
Patil, Mani interfered in Abhaya case: Jomon [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 12:08:34 PM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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Human rights activist and Abhaya Action Council convener Jomon Puthenpurakkal, who had pursued the case through various courts and investigating agencies, on Wednesday alleged that Kerala Congress (M) chairman and former Minister KM Mani had interfered in the case pertaining to Sr Abhaya’s murder ...»
Hartal against RSS worker’s murder total in Thrissur [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 12:05:26 PM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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Former RSS Mandalam Karayavah Vinod (Vinu 34), Arakkal house, Thirunelloor, was hacked to death by a group at Kaithamukku, Padoor, Pavaratty on Tuesday. The police said Vinu died on the spot. The group of assailants had crashed the car in which they came against the motorcycle on which Vinu was comi ...»
Sabarimala pilgrims lack facilities at transit points [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 12:02:41 PM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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Kottayam and Chengannur in Alappuzha district are known to be the transit centres for lakhs of pilgrims to and from Sabarimala and the complaint is that the Government and the Devaswom Board have not bothered to arrange even the minimum basic facilities for them. Social organisations are preparing t ...»
After 16 years, CBI arrests two priests, nun in Abhaya murder case [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 12:00:31 PM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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The CBI on Wednesday arrested two priests and a nun of the Catholic Church in connection with the case related to the murder of Sr Abhaya, a nun and inmate of the St Pius X Convent, Kottayam in 1992. The arrests in the case were made after 16 years of investigations by seven probe teams including fi ...»
A Hindu Dreyfus Affair? [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 11:54:05 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Terrorism
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Has a rogue operation by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad ended up undermining a Military Intelligence network and thus severely discomfited the Army? The implications of the 'Hindu terror' fiasco could be far-reaching
Depending on political positions, the so-called 'Hindu terrorism' issue has d ...»
A terrible war rages in Lanka [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 11:41:25 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Terrorism
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The Sri Lankan Government has declared that it has captured Pooneryan and that it now controls the west coast. What many do not know is that the Tamil Tigers have withdrawn just like the Sri Lankan military did in the early-1990s.
Most Sri Lankan soldiers are facing fatigue in Wanni with no drinking ...»
Brewing discontent [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 11:35:13 AM from www.dailypioneer.com in Politics
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The hardliners have prepared a political document on the ‘People’s Republic’ in which their views on the future of Nepal are at considerable variance with those of Mr Dahal. The hardliners are in favour of jettisoning the multi-party system and imposing single-party Maoist rule in Nepal. Mr Da ...»
Lack of global coordination lets pirates thrive [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 11:26:25 AM from timesofindia.indiatimes.com in Terrorism
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India's sinking of a "mother vessel" has been the biggest damage inflicted so far on the Somalian pirates who have been hogging the headlines by holding one of the world's busiest waterways hostage to their attacks. But despite the fact that the US 5th Fleet is patrolling the area and Nato ...»
Sonal Shah to craft Obama's hi-tech policy [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 10:50:02 AM from www.indianexpress.com in Politics
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President-elect Barack Obama's Transition Team have announced leaders for a series of Policy Working Groups for the Presidential Transition that includes Indian-American Sonal Shah of Google to craft the incoming administration's high tech policy priorities.
The focus of the Policy Working Groups w ...»
Govindacharya: Advani was as weak as Patil now [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 10:45:38 AM from www.indianexpress.com in Politics
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RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya on Wednesday lambasted BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, saying he was as ineffective as the home minister as Shivraj Patil is now.
“It’s difficult to decide who is better or worse,” he said, adding Advani did little despite having the chance to d ...»
New York Police Fight With U.S. On Surveillance [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 10:10:16 AM from www.nytimes.com in Terrorism
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New York’s department, as a local police force, cannot apply directly, but must seek warrants through the F.B.I. and the Justice Department. The police want those agencies to expedite their requests, and say that the federal agencies unfairly blocked the city’s applications for surveillance warr ...»
Maritime terrorism [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 8:20:25 AM from www.timesonline.co.uk in Terrorism
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The spectacular hijacking of the Sirius Star, a Saudi supertanker laden with oil worth $100 million, takes the operations of these Somali pirates to a new level. The ship was some 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, far from the approaches to the Red Sea where Western navies now patrol. Like mo ...»
They fought to the last man for India [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 8:03:12 AM from tarun-vijay.blogspot.com in History
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Forty-six years later, the question remains still unanswered: why did we have to fight a war, and why was it that the brave 114 soldiers of the 13th Kumaon had to offer their supreme sacrifice fighting till the 'last man and last bullet' in sub-zero temperature (minus 15 degrees Celsius) at Rezang L ...»
Terrorism: Obama target of 'new Al-Qaeda No. 2 message' [nw] [article] [sw]
Posted by parsuram on November 20, 2008 7:55:14 AM from www.adnkronos.com in Terrorism
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United States president elect Barack Obama is no black American hero but rather a "negro house servant of the white man," the Al-Qaeda terror network's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri says in a new audio message posted to jihadist websites on Wednesday. The 11-minute audio message, whi ...»