Al Qaeda No. 2 Releases Tape Inviting Americans to Convert to Islam Saturday, September 02, 2006
PHOTOS VIDEO




Click image to enlarge


STORIES BACKGROUND

•
Zawahiri: Egyptian Militant Group Has Joined Al Qaeda

•
Zawahiri to Speak Out on Lebanon, Gaza 'Soon,' Web Site Says

•
Zawahiri: 2 London Bombers Trained at Al Qaeda Camp




CAIRO, Egypt — Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri issued a new videotape Saturday along with a man identified as an American member of the terror network, inviting Americans to convert to Islam.
The 41-minute video, posted on an Islamic militant Web site, had footage of al-Zawahiri and a man the video identified as Adam Yehiye Gadahn, an American who the FBI believes attended Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan and served as an Al Qaeda translator.
"To the American people and the people of the West in general ... God sent his Prophet Muhammad with guidance and the religion of truth ... and sent him as a herald," al-Zawahiri said.
Gadahn and al-Zawahiri did not appear together in the footage.
"We invite all Americans and believers to Islam," Gadahn said, dressed in a white robe and turban with a long, thick black beard and a computer terminal in the background.
Gadahn, a 28-year-old American from California who converted to Islam, is wanted by the FBI in connection with possible terrorist threats against the United States.
Click here for the War of Terror Content Center