Al-Qaeda urges militants to fight UN

Updated 11.49 Mon Jun 23 2008
Keywords: Abu Yahya Al-Libi, United Nations, Somali, Al Qaida

An al-Qaeda spokesman has urged Islamic militants in Somalia to fight a UN peace keeping force.

In a 19 minute video posted on a militant website on Sunday, Abu Yahya Al-Libi urged Muslim extremists to set up a government in Mogadishu - the Somalian capital.

The content hasn't yet been verified, and it's not known when or where it was filmed

The video was made available to the media by IntelCenter, a firm based in Virginia, that supplies intelligence to the US government.

The content hasn't yet been verified, and it's not known when or where it was filmed.

Al-Libi is one of the most visible al-Qaeda faces on the internet.

He has reportedly released five statements this year.

He gained notoriety for escaping from Afghanistan's Bagram Prison in 2005.

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