Zawahiri calls ME peace meeting 'treachery'

al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri lashed out at last month's US-hosted Middle East peace conference, calling it a betrayal of the Palestinians, in an audiotape broadcast on an Islamist website on Friday.
The tape, whose authenticity could not be verified, was entitled "Annapolis, the treachery," in an allusion to the US city where the meeting was held.
"It is a new conspiracy against Palestine and the countries of Islam," said Zawahiri, the right arm of Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
The message condemned Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for leading the Palestinian delegation to the conference, describing him as a "traitor" and "acolyte".