Sunday, December 16, 2007

Baghdad Bob Zawahiri

Ayman al-Zawahri has released a new video in which he claims that the U.S. is failing in Iraq. Watch for the full text here; in the meantime, we'll have to make do with press accounts:

Al-Qaida's No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri said in a new video posted Monday that the United States is trying to hide its failures in Iraq and warned that the mujahedeen there are increasing in strength.

"We are seeing a triple failure for the Americans in Iraq," al-Zawahri said in the 90-minute videotape. "No matter how much the gigantic propaganda machine in America tries to deceive the people, the reality is stronger and worse than all the deceptions."

He said U.S. forces were "defeated and looking for a way out," and Iraqi forces were unable to keep security.