Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second man in charge, has warned the US administration that it will be defeated at the hands of the Muslim world.
In a new video released on Tuesday, al-Zawahiri said the government of Barack Obama, the US president, would be brought down by the Mujahid youths of the Muslim Ummah (nation).
"God willing, your end will be at the hands of the Muslim nation, so that the world and history will be free of your crimes and lies," he said.
The 106-minute video, called The West and the Dark Tunnel, is part of a series of messages by al-Qaeda.
The message also featured Adam Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, an American who converted to Islam and joined al-Qaeda.
"The important question is, will Obama and his Democrats learn from his predecessor's mistakes or will they go on repeating them until they too leave office in humiliation and disgrace?" Adam Gadahn said in the video.
"Unfortunately for the Democrats, and judging by their first seven and a half months at the helm of the sinking American ship, the prognosis doesn't look good."
The video also included footage of what appeared to be an American torturing an Afghan for information by dunking his head into a bucket of water.
Nationalists criticized
In his message, al-Zawahiri criticized what he called "the Arab nationalism movement" for being responsible for the situation in Palestine.
He said the election of Mahmoud Abbas as president of Fatah "is considered as a shameless announcement by the nationalism trend to give up its people's rights and turn from a trend of Arab nationalism to that of the international legitimacy, or most appropriately that of the American-Zionist domination".
He condemned a number of Arab countries that have agreed to normalization of relations with Israel.
The tape comes more than a week after Osama bin Laden warned the US over its close ties with Israel in an audio tape.
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Adam Gadahn, also known as Azzam al-Amriki, an American who grew up in southern California, converted to Islam and joined al-Qaida speaking in a new 106-minute long video released Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009.
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