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Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri claims that the war in tribal areas of Pakistan is a part of crusades against Muslims and urged Pakistanis to help Taliban. In a video message released on internet Zawahiri asserted that those helping America in war on terror were assisting crusaders. U.S is manipulating Muslims on the name of eliminating militancy in Afghanistan, Zawahiri maintained. The video message by the top Al Qaeda leader is publicized after the death of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Baitullah Mehsud. The message is issued by a secret American group website. Earlier in his message of August 04, 2009 Zawahiri had accused US President Barack Obama of continuing to spill the blood of Muslims, and said Israel was a crime that must be wiped out. He had also dismissed Obamas Middle East peace push as a deception, and accused the US President of seeking to create a Palestinian state that works as a branch of the Israeli intelligence,. Zawahiri had rejected Obamas overtures to the Muslim world as an illusion, pointing to raids in Pakistans tribal regions and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and speaking of bloody massacres. He had extended a truce offer from the terrorist group to President Obama if the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan.
