Qaeda chief slams US sorry for Quran burning

May 10, 2012 01:35

Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri rejected the US apology over the burning of Quran copies at a base in Afghanistan, urging all Muslims to support the Taliban, SITE Intelligence Group reported today.

"The Crusaders once again repeated their crime by insulting the holy Quran, and once again mocked the messenger of Allah," Zawahiri said in a SITE English-language translation of his nearly seven-minute message.

In February, thousands of Afghan protesters attacked the biggest US military base in their country, at Bagram near Kabul, reacting to reports that troops inside had burned copies of the Koran. Around 40 people were killed in several days of violent protests.

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