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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-qaeda-zawahri-idUSBRE98C05820130913
Al-Qaeda Calls for Attacks Inside the U.S.
(Reuters) In an audio speech released online a day after the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 strikes, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged small-scale attacks inside the U.S. to "bleed America economically," adding that he hoped eventually to see a more significant strike, according to the SITE monitoring service. "As we defeated it in the gang warfare in Somalia, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan, so we should follow it with...war on its own land. These disparate strikes can be done by one brother or a few of the brothers." At the same time, Muslims should seize any opportunity to land "a large strike" on the U.S., even if this took years of patience. Zawahri also said Muslims should refuse to buy goods from America and its allies.