In an exclusive interview with CNN, Mohamed al Zawahiri unveiled his proposal for the first time, saying he is in a unique position to help end the violence and that both sides need to make concessions. …
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His six-page proposal offers a 10-year truce if the following terms are met. In brief they are:
• U.S. and West to stop intervening in Muslim lands.
• U.S. to stop interfering in Muslim education.
• U.S. to end the war on Islam.
• U.S. to release all Islamist prisoners.
The document also calls on Islamists to change their behavior too:
• Stop attacks on Western and U.S. interests.
• Protect legitimate Western and U.S. interests in Muslim lands.
• Stop provoking the U.S. and the West.
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