Al-Zawahri: Holy war is the only way

The deputy leader of the al-Qaida terror group, Ayman al-Zawahri, has spoken out against early elections in the Palestinian territories, saying in a video tape broadcast on Al-Jazeera today that elections would not lead to “liberation”.

Entering the argument over Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s proposal for early elections to resolve the conflict between the Fatah and Hamas parties, al-Zawahri said the only way was armed struggle.