A new al-Qaida video on the Internet urges Muslims to attack Norway, Denmark and France for having published the caricatures of the prophet Mohammed

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"Muslims, avenge your prophet, it is our deep and fervent wish that the small state Denmark, Norway and France be hit hard and destroyed," said the Libyan Mohammed Hassan, on the video.

"Destroy their buildings, make the earth tremble, and turn them into lakes of blood," said Hassan, who appeared dressed in military garb, bearing an automatic weapon.

It is not clear when the 35-minute long videotape, produced by al-Sahab, a media organization with close links to al-Qaida, was made. It was released on Thursday.

Hassan, who also goes under the name Sheik Abu Yahia al-Libi, was one of four Arab terrorist suspects that escaped last July from the high security American jail at their main base in Afghanistan, in Bagram.

The controversial caricatures first appeared in a Danish newspaper and set off violent reactions in a series of Muslim nations early this year, including attacks on Danish and Norwegian embassies.

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