Zawahiri Claims To See Light At The End Of The Tunnel

He claims Mission Accomplished in Iraq, and Afghanistan. I wonder if the media will pounce on him when his rosy predictions demonstrate his faith-based warmaking.

Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video aired on Friday that U.S. President George W. Bush's plans to withdraw troops from Iraq meant Washington had been defeated by the Muslims. "Bush, you must confess that you have been defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan and you will be too in Palestine soon," he said in the video broadcast by Al Jazeera television.

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"I congratulate the Muslims on Islam's victory in Iraq. I said more than a year ago that the Americans departure from Iraq is only a matter of time," said the bespectacled Zawahri, who wore a white turban and sat next to an assault rifle.

Bush, who has refused to set a timetable for any withdrawal, said on Wednesday reducing U.S. troops in Iraq was possible in 2006.

That of course was always the problem with Bush announcing anything like a troop reduction -- a morale boost for Al Qaeda. But the Iraqi forces are taking over now, and it was going to happen some time. We never planned on being in Iraq forever.

posted by Ace at 01:30 PM

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