An internet message reportedly from al-Qaeda has issued an open offer to people to submit questions online for Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
People are invited to pose questions to Mr Zawahiri in writing via two websites before 16 January. Both media organisations and individuals can take part, a statement on an Islamist website said.
The statement, the authenticity could not be verified, asks media groups to identify themselves and said queries will be sent without any changes to Zawahiri.
In his last message issued earlier this month, the al-Qaeda number two criticised the US-sponsored Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, where a formal negotiations process was agreed to in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Egyptian-born Zawahiri, who has appeared in a number of video and audio messages, has a $25m US bounty on his head.
