ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 6 (UPI) -- The No. 2 man in the al-Qaida terror group has called for attacks on the economic infrastructure of Western countries to stop the "robbery" of Arabic oil.
The remarks were posted Sunday on an Islamist Internet site and attributed to Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
"We have to prevent the crusaders from stealing the Muslims' oil, which is being drained in the biggest robbery in history," the statement said.
CNN said the audio appears to have been taken from a recent videotaped message, portions of which were broadcast Saturday on the Arabic al-Jazeera television network.
Al-Zawahiri spoke against the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed and condemned the latest images of prisoners being mistreated by U.S. troops at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
"All this in the West is allowed so they can steal and occupy our land, and steal our wealth and insult us and our religion and Koran and our prophet. And after that, they gave us lessons on freedom and human rights," he said.
