The Al Qaeda terrorist network has posted a new video on a worldwide Internet site calling for nuclear or chemical attacks on Western nations, the Italian news site AKI reported. "Strike civilians in the west without mercy using weapons of mass destruction" is one of the calls made in the 39-minute video.
No one has claimed responsibility for the video and it is not known if it is a coded message or a direct warning of an imminent attack. Preceding the video, a message on the website reads, "Pray, pray, Allah is great. America is destroyed by a fatal jihadist nuclear strike." The video opens with two verses of the Koran that emphasize "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth…. Attack those who attack you."