An Al-Qaida leader set destroying Israel as the group’s final objective in the Middle East. In an intercepted letter by Ayman Al-Zawahiri publicized over the weekend by the Pentagon, the Al-Qaida deputy chief predicted victory against U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq, but says that this must lead to the establishment of an Islamic regime in neighboring Syria, Lebanon and Egypt.
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