WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri is expected to issue a new statement calling for an end to Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, U.S.-based Internet monitors said on Tuesday.The statement was produced by al Qaeda's media arm, as-Sahab, and an announcement of its impending release was posted to Islamist Web forums, the SITE Intelligence Group said. Monitor IntelCenter said the audio-video release was expected within 72 hours. (Reporting by Randall Mikkelsen, editing by Jackie Frank)
Relatives stand near the bodies of two children in a morgue in Quetta June 3, 2008. Five children died when a mortar shell they were playing with exploded in the southeastern ...
