Al-Qaeda threatens Germany again

Monday, September 21, 2009, 14:01 [IST]

Berlin, Sep 21: After warning Germany of 'rude awakening' if the country did not withdraw troops from Afghanistan on Friday, Sep 18, Al-Qaeda has posted another video message for the country online.

For the second time over the weekend, the militant group critised Germany for deploying troops in Afghanistan and threatened of attacks ahead of the national elections, the authorities revealed on Sunday, Sep 20.

The latest video shows 32-year-old al-Qaeda messenger identified to be Bekkay Harrach wearing a mask.

Harrach was also the speaker in the earlier video in which he addressed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying that attacks could follow Germany's federal election on Sep 27.

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