Zarqawi criticizes Saudi Arabia rulers abuse of country

The leader of al-Jihad al-Qaida organization in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, criticized the rulers of Saudi Arabia and described them as tyrants who permitted the west of take the resources of the kingdom.

This was expressed in a recorded tape on the internet on Tuesday evening attributed to Zarqawi. The voice which resembles that of Zarqawi broadcast by an Islamic website said that the rulers of Saudi Arabia betrayed their nation and religion and inaugurated a war against Mujahideen and permitted the "crusaders" to enter the Arab peninsula to steal its resources.

In the undated registered recording, the speaker spoke of the death of the leader of al-Qaida wing in Saudi Arabia Saleh al-Ofi who was killed by the Saudi security forces on August 18 in a fire exchange in al-Madina al-Munawarra.