Al-Qaeda has released a new video attacking the US and Israel, as well as a photo display including an image ridiculing Pope Benedict XVI.

Both have been released on Islamic forums on the internet in response to the anti-islamic short film Fitna produced by right-wing Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders.

The ten-minute video attacks the US and Israel and presents an historical review of what it claims their armies have done in the past 40 years.

The video opens with a platoon of American soldiers with a cross on one side with the inscription, 'Jesus camp', followed by a star of David and images of conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians.

In the background, a voice in Arabic, says "Israel wants to destroy us."

The film includes images of Napalm bomb attacks conducted by the US in Vietnam and video images of dead babies said to have been filmed by Iraqi al-Qaeda cells.

The video's main argument is that the wars conducted by the US and Israel in the Middle East signal the return of a new anti-Islamic crusade.

Apart from the al-Qaeda video, there are images and photos. The first shows a star of David with a cross and a white dove and an inscription that reads: "Christians and Jews are terrorists and their presence is proof of it."

"The true enemies of Islam are the crusading Pope that Allah curses and the head of the crusading campaign, Bush," reads one caption over photo.

Photos presented on the site include one of Vietnam and another from Palestine where there are bodies on the ground, and another of US soldiers in the Iraqi prison of Abu Ghraib.

Another photo shows Pope Benedict XVI with part of his robe caught by a gust of wind covering his face.

In another image he is shown with a Nazi symbol beside US president Bush (photo) above a series of swords and shields with the flags of Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon.

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