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基地组织领导人宣布在印度建立分部Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced in a videoed message the creation of an Indian branch of his militant1 group to "raise the flag of jihad" across So uth Asia.基地组织领导人艾曼·扎瓦赫里在一段视频中宣布，将要在印度建立基地组织分部以在整个南亚地区“升起圣战的旗帜”。Ayman al-Zawahiri wants al-Qaeda to be the world's foremost jihadist group In the 55-minute video posted online, Zawahiri pledged renewed loyalty2 to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Correspon dents say his stated allegiance is an apparent snub to Islamic State (IS) militants3. IS is challenging al-Qaeda to lead worldwide Islamist militancy4. Announcing the formation of "al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" using a mixture of his native Arabic and Urdu widely spoken in Pakistan, Zawahiri appeared eager to regain5 some of the limelight, correspondents say. "[Al-Qaeda] is an entity6 that was formed to promulgate7 the call of the reviving imam, Sheikh Osama Bin8 Laden9. May Allah have mercy upon him," Zawahiri said. He urged the "umma" , or Muslim nation, to "wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate10 its land, to restore its sovereignty and to revive its caliphate". Zawahiri said "al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" would be good news for Muslims in Burma, Bangladesh and in the Indian states of Assam, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, where they would be rescued from injustice11 and oppression.1 militant adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士参考例句：Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。2 loyalty n.忠诚，忠心参考例句：She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。His loyalty to...