Al Qaeda leader urges lone wolf attacks in U.S. and other countries in new audio recording

Al Qaeda leader urges lone wolf attacks
in U.S. and other countries in new audio
recording
In a new recording released over the weekend, Al Qaeda
leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in
the United States and other Western countries to carry out
lone wolf attacks
"I call on all Muslims who can harm the countries of
the crusader coalition not to hesitate. We must now
focus on moving the war to the heart of the homes
and cities of the crusader West and specifically
America." " he said in an audio recording posted
online, referring to nations making up the Western-
led coalition in Iraq and Syria, which includes
Australia.
The former Egyptian doctor suggested Muslim youth in the
West take after the Tsarnaev brothers who carried out the
Boston maraton bombings, and the Kouschi brothers
responsible for the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, as
examples to follow.
He urged unity between Islamist militant factions in Syria
and Iraq, where a Western-led coalition is bombing Islamic
State targets, but recognised it would be difficult. Ayman
also called for the formation of an independent sharia court
to settle disputes.