Al-Qaeda leader calls on Abu Ismail to reignite the revolution

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Al-Qaeda leader calls on Abu Ismail to reignite the revolution

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This videograb provided by the Site Intelligence Group shows a picture of al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri as he delivers an audio message released by al-Qaeda media arm as-Shahab on February 24, 2011, encouraging extremists everywhere to dream up new ways to attack the West, as the September 11 bombers did nearly 10 years ago. The 35-minute message -- a video containing only a still picture of Zawahiri in which he can be heard delivering a speech -- was the second in a series titled "A Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to the People of Egypt."

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Al-Masry Al-Youm

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri posted a YouTube video on Monday urging Salafi leader Hazem Salah Abu Ismail and his supporters to reignite the revolution, which he claimed had been manipulated and aborted by other parties.

Abu Ismail, an ultra-conservative who preaches a strict interpretation of Islam, emerged in early 2012 as one of the frontrunners for the first presidential vote since the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak. The electoral commission barred him from running because his late mother allegedly had a US passport.

“You must meet the request of the Egyptian people for Sharia rule in order to attain dignity and pride,” Zawahiri said in his video. “The corrupt powers in Egypt must be forced to bow to the demands of the people through popular revolution, preaching and inciting action.”

“The revolution must continue, and the Muslim community must make sacrifices until you retrieve Egypt's glory and cleanse it of the corrupt powers that still control it with foreign support,” he added.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm