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-, -: An image grab taken from a video broadcast on Al--Jazeera television 20 December 2006 shows Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri saying that only jihad, not elections, can bring about the liberation of occupied Palestinian territory. Osama bin Laden's right-hand man slammed Hamas, without naming it, for recognizing Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and taking part in elections on the basis of a secular constitution. The turbaned Egyptian-born Zawahiri frequently speaks for Al-Qaeda in video or audiotapes, some posted on internet sites, like As-Sahab, and others aired by Qatar-based Al-Jazeera. AFP PHOTO/AL-JAZEERA/AS-SAHAB (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)