Al-Zawahri calls for attacks on oil facilities

AL-QAIDA'S deputy leader called for attacks against Gulf oil facilities and urged insurgent groups in Iraq to unite to drive out American forces, according to a videotape posted on the Internet Wednesday.

The posting was a full version of a video by al-Qaida No 2 Ayman al-Zawahri that was issued on September 19, excerpts of which were broadcast by the Arab television network Al-Jazeera at the time. The network aired more excerpts yesterday, originally presenting all of the footage as new. A newscaster later told viewers some of the excerpts had previously been broadcast.

Al-Zawahri, the Egyptian deputy of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, said in a portion of the tape not previously broadcast: "I call on the holy warriors to concentrate their campaigns on the stolen oil of the Muslims, most of the revenues of which go to the enemies of Islam."