Al-Qaida Opposes US Pull-out from Iraq

In a new video posted today on the Internet, al Qaeda's number two man, Ayman al Zawahiri, mocks the bill passed by Congress setting a timetable for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq. "This bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American forces which we have caught in a historic trap," Zawahiri says in answer to a question posed to him an interviewer. News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
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New Tape: Al Qaeda No. 2 Wants 200,000-300,000 U.S. Dead in Iraq

Ayman al-Zawahiri Says Al Qaeda Wants to Spill More U.S. Blood Before
America Withdraws

By BRIAN ROSS
May 5, 2007
ABC News

In a new video posted today on the Internet, al Qaeda's number two man,
Ayman al Zawahiri, mocks the bill passed by Congress setting a
timetable for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq.

"This bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American
forces which we have caught in a historic trap," Zawahiri says in
answer to a question posed to him an interviewer.

Continuing in the same tone, Zawahiri says, "We ask Allah that they
only get out of it after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we
give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable
lesson."

Based on the references to the bill, the tape, produced by al Qaeda's
propaganda arm, as-Sahab, appears to have been made after Congress
passed the legislation last week but before President Bush vetoed it on
Thursday.

According to Laura Mansfield, a counter terrorism analyst with
Strategic Translations, an organization that monitors al Qaeda postings, the tape
was posted on the Internet this morning and covers the usual range of
Zawahiri's topics including Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.

There has been a flurry of audio and video releases featuring Zawahiri,
although no new communication from Osama bin Laden since mid-2006.