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ISLAMABAD-An audio tape purportedly made by al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al Zawahri has accused Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and other politicians of trying to destabilize Pakistan at the behest of the United States.The English-language tape was dropped off by an unidentified man at an office of Pakistan's ARY One television channel on Saturday, the station's news director said, but its authenticity could not be immediately verified.An Arab journalist based in Islamabad who has met Zawahri said it appeared to be the al Qaeda deputy leader's voice."I want to speak to you today regarding the miserable condition to which Pakistan has deteriorated," the voice believed to be Zawahri's says in what would be his first English-language message.Excerpts of the tape were obtained by Reuters on Monday."Let there be no doubt in your minds that dominant political forces at work in Pakistan today are competing to appease...the modern-day crusaders in the White House and are working to destabilize this nuclear-capable nation under the aegis of America," Zawahri said.The whereabouts of Zawahri and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden have not been known since U.S.-led forces launched a hunt for them in Afghanistan after the al Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.Both are believed to hiding somewhere along the Pakistan-Afghan border.To read more go to:
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