The No. 2 leader in Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is dishing out criticism and offering a warning to United States President-Elect, Barack Obama. A new audio message has surfaced online where Al-Zawahiri calls Obama a dishonorable man.
Digital Journal -- The audio message that also comes with still photos was released by As-Sahab, Al-Qaeda's official media website.
According to the SITE Institute, a U.S. organization that monitors Islamic militant groups, Al-Zawahiri said Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He also called the President-Elect a "house negro," a degrading term meaning he serves White people.
The still pictures that play over top of the audio message feature al-Zawahiri, Malcolm X praying and Obama with Jewish leaders.
If the message is indeed genuine, it would be the first time Al-Qaeda has commented on Obama's win. They say the President-elect's plan to move soldiers to Afghanistan will fail because Afghans will fight back.
- File photo Ayman Al-Zawahiri
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In the broadcast, Al-Zawahiri also says, "The dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands of them."
He also warned Obama, saying, "It appears that you don’t know anything about the Muslim Ummah (community) and its history, and the fate of the traitors who co-operated with the invaders against it, and don’t know anything about the history of Afghanistan and its free and defiant Muslim people."
Obama has publicly stated his administration's top priority will be to uproot Al Qaeda and capture its leader, Osama bin Laden.
Al-Zawahiri can be found on the FBI's Most Wanted list
here.
