Bin Laden's Deputy Appears on al-Jazeera TV

World | September 9, 2004, Thursday // 00:00

Ayman al-Zawahri, believed to be the next to terrorist No. 1 Osama Bin Laden, appeared Thursday on the al-Jazeera TV saying Islamic fighters are in control of much of Afghanistan. Wearing a white turban and with a machine gun at his side, al-Zawahri said US forces were lying low and not confronting the "mujahideen". Audio tapes purportedly of Zawahri have been broadcast by al-Jazeera several times in recent months. He is believed to be hiding with Bin Laden on the Afghan-Pakistan border.

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