The Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera has aired a new video of Al-Qaida's deputy leader slamming Western nations for publishing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a terrorist.
In the video, Ayman al-Zawahri called the cartoons an insult and urged an economic boycott against the nations where they have been published. He also called on Hamas, which won Palestinian elections in January, to reject peace deals between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
In a tape aired in January on Al-Jazeera, al-Zawahri called on President Bush to admit defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan.