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(CNN) -- A 70-year-old U.S. citizen kidnapped in Pakistan last year hasmade an emotional plea to President Barack Obama to meet al Qaeda'sdemands in order to save his life, according to a video released onseveral Islamist websites Sunday. "My life is in your hands, Mr. President," Warren Weinstein said inthe video. "If you accept the demands, I live. If you don't acceptthe demands, then I die." Weinstein, a development consultant, was abducted in August fromhis home in the city of Lahore. In December, al Qaeda claimedresponsibility for his capture. Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the terror network, listed eightdemands that he said, if met, would result in Weinstein's release.The demands related to issues in the Middle East, Pakistan,Afghanistan and Somalia. "It is important that you accept these demands and act quickly anddon't delay," Weinstein said in the video posted Sunday. He madereferences to Obama's daughters and to his own children. Weinstein said in the video, which was less than three minuteslong, that he wanted to let his wife know that he was "fine andwell." Al Qaeda's demands include the lifting of the blockade on movementof people and trade between Egypt and Gaza; an end to bombing bythe United States and its allies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen,Somalia and Gaza; the release of anyone arrested on charges ofbelonging to al Qaeda and the Taliban; the release of all prisonersin Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and American secret prisons and theclosure of Guantanamo and the other prisons; the release ofterrorists convicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center;and the release of relatives of Osama bin Laden, the founder of alQaeda who was killed last year in Pakistan. In August, Weinstein's kidnappers managed to overcome the threesecurity guards tasked with protecting him. As the guards prepared for the meal before the Ramadan fast, threemen knocked at the front gate and offered food for the meal -- atraditional practice among Muslims during the holy month ofRamadan, according to the Lahore police. Once the gate was opened, the three men forced their way in, whilefive others entered the house from the back, tied up the guards andduct-taped their mouths, according to the police. They pistol-whipped the driver and forced him to take them toWeinstein's room, where they hit Weinstein on the head with apistol and forced him out of the house and into a waiting car, thepolice said. A police official said in August that three suspects had beenarrested in Weinstein's kidnapping. Weinstein was working for J.E. Austin Associates Inc., a consultingfirm based in Arlington, Virginia. CNN's Saad Abedine contributed to this report. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Snow Removal Tools Manufacturer , Flexible Plastic Bucket for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Swimming Pool Brush.
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