Muslims must stop West's oil theft: Zawahri

Dubai, Sep 12: Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to strike Western interests and stop what he called the theft of Muslim oil by Western countries, according to an Internet video today.

''The strongest way to aid our Muslim brothers ... is to strike the interests of Jews and Crusaders and those who cooperate with them,'' Zawahri said in a video posted on a Web site used by Islamist militants.

''There must be a focus on their economic interests and in particular on stopping the theft of Muslims' plundered petroleum,'' he said.

Reuters