Iraq's al-Qaida leader appears in new video

al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has made a rare appearance in a video posted today on an Islamic web site The video, released two days after Osama bin Laden released an audiotape urging Muslims to back al-Qaida's battle against Western p

al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has made a rare appearance in a video posted today on an Islamic web site

The video, released two days after Osama bin Laden released an audiotape urging Muslims to back al-Qaida's battle against Western powers, charges the United States and other Western nations with starting a "crusader" war.

In other international news, the U.S. government announced today that it will conduct background checks on some 400,000 port employees.

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