Al-Zawahiri in New Tape: The U.S. "is weaker than before"
By Andrew Cochran
The new recording from Al Qaeda # 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri has been translated by Rita Katz's SITE Institute, and here is their transcript of it (Acrobat file). In it, al-Zawahiri tells his followers, "My Muslim brothers in Somalia, don't worry about the power of America, you already defeated it with the Help of Allah, and today, it is weaker than before. The Mujahideen already broke its back in Afghanistan and Iraq." This reiterates the messsage from Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Al Qaeda's commander in Iraq, released right after the U.S. November elections, that the U.S. is a "bleeding bull in disarray" - see Walid Phares' posts on November 22 and November 10 on the political messages in that tape.
Picture of al-Zawahiri from new tape (courtesy SITE Institute)
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