DUBAI: Al Qaeda’s second-in-command on Friday accused the United States of leading a crusade to turn Pakistan into a divided nation and urged Pakistanis to join in a jihad to resist. The tape from Ayman al-Zawahri, the second this month, comes after Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US missile strike on August 5. In the 22-minute video address entitled “Path of Doom” he reiterates comments made in July calling for Pakistanis to wage war against the American “crusaders” and the Pakistan Army. “There is no honour for us except through jihad,” Zawahri said. agencies