For the third time in a week, al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri has released a video through his as Sahab media arm. The four minute video features Zawahiri speaking on the conflict between the Pakistani government and the leaders of the Red Mosque.

In it, he castigates Pakistanis for failure to support the extremists in the mosque and for not taking violent action against the President Pervez Musharraf.

Like the video from two days ago, this video is really just an audio of Zawahiri superimposed over an image of him. However, unlike that video, this one is subtitled in English.

Laura Mansfield has a complete transcript and a download of the video here. Here's a taste:

Muslims of Pakistan: your salvation is only through Jihad. Rigged elections will not save you, politics will not save you, and bargaining, bootlicking, negotiations with the criminals and political maneuvers will not save you.

Your salvation is only through Jihad, so you must now back the Mujahideen in Afghanistan with your persons, wealth, opinion and expertise, because the Jihad in Afghanistan is the door to salvation for Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the region. Die honorably in the fields of Jihad, and don't live like women with moustaches and beards. Aren't there any honorable ones in Pakistan? Aren't there any jealous ones? Isn't there anyone who prefers the hereafter to the life of this world?

UPDATE: Breitbart has the video up now.

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