Cairo – Al Qaeda Leader Warns Of ‘gravest Consequences’ If Boston Marathon Bomber Executed

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    FILE- A still image from a surveillance video and entered as evidence shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in this file handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, Massachusetts on March 11, 2015. ReutersCairo – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has warned the United States of the “gravest consequences” if Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or any other Muslim prisoner is executed.

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    Tsarnaev, named in a new online video message from Zawahri, was sentenced last year to death by lethal injection for the 2013 bomb attack, which killed three people and injured more than 260.

    “If the U.S. administration kills our brother the hero Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or any Muslim, it … will bring America’s nationals the gravest consequences,” Zawahri said.

    Zawahri, who became al Qaeda’s leader after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, urged Muslims to take captive as many Westerners as possible, especially those whose countries had joined the “Crusaders’ Campaign led by the United States”.

    The veteran Egyptian-born Islamist, shown wearing white robes and sitting in front of green velvet drapes, said the Western captives could then be exchanged for Muslim prisoners.

    Western powers “are criminals and they only understand the language of force”, he added.

    The nearly hour-long video, which included images of Tsarnaev, gave no indication of the location of Zawahri, believed to be based close to the Afghan-Pakistan border.

    Tsarnaev carried out the Boston bombings along with his older brother Tamerlan, who was killed in a confrontation with police soon after. No organization claimed responsibility.

    Tsarnaev is being held at the “Supermax” high-security prison in Florence, Colorado, while his attorneys appeal his death sentence.

    Legal wrangling over Tsarnaev’s fate could play out for years or even decades. Just three of the 74 people sentenced to death in the United States for federal crimes since 1998 have been executed.


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    HankM
    HankM
    7 years ago

    They should organise a nut job summit in Pyongyang, invite Al Qaeda, young Kim, Isis, and then nuke the heck out of it

    The_Truth
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    The_Truth
    7 years ago

    They should chop him up & send the parts to all the different arab officials in support of the all terrorist groups.

    bennyt
    bennyt
    7 years ago

    Hey Ayman, you raghead! Remember what happened to your predecessor? I wouldn’t show your ugly face outdoors if I were you.

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    7 years ago

    So he is saying he will try to hurt us? How is that different from now?

    On the other hand, let the lad rot in SuperMax.

    AHIVIM
    AHIVIM
    7 years ago

    Kill him now!! Let him try and come get us!