New Al-Qaida Video from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri -- No Mention Of Mumbai (DEVELOPING)

(Image from Counter Terrorism Blog)

From The Counter Terrorism Blog:

Late this afternoon, Al-Qaida's official As-Sahab Media Wing released a new Q&A-style video interview with Al-Qaida Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri titled "Al-Azhar: The Lion's Den." There does not appear to be any reference to Mumbai, India, or even the Kashmiri conflict in the video. Al-Zawahiri gives no indication of foreknowledge or having played a role in the Mumbai attacks.

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My Comment:How times have changed. A few years ago a video message from Al-Zawahiri would be front page news for days. Today .... it is only the blogs that are giving him any attention.

Al-Qaida No. 2 Insults Obama In New Audio Message

Osama bin Laden, left, with top lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri, is seen at an undisclosed location in this television image broadcast Oct. 7, 2001. [AP]

From Breitbart/AP:

CAIRO,Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group's first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.

The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies. Al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.

Al-Zawahri also called Obama—along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice—"house negroes."

Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house negroes."

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More News On Al-Zawahri's Message

Al Qaeda deputy warns Obama against troops to Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Qaeda's Zawahri urges attacks on "criminal" America -- Reuters
Al-Qaeda message condemns Obama -- BBC