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"I remind our mujahideen brothers that our enemy in Gaza is not only Israel but the Zionist-crusader coalition, with America, the leader of evil ... at its head," Ayman al-Zawahri said in an audio recording posted on Islamic websites.
"Obama said he was concerned about the killings of civilians in Gaza. We thank Mr. Obama for his concern which we received with thousands of shells and ... white phosphorous," Zawahri said, referring to Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
"But Obama's concern did not seem to last long as he did not say a word about Gaza in his inauguration speech, as if nothing had happened," he added.
"The Zionist-crusader (Israeli-Western) campaign against Is lam and the Muslims cannot be defeated without warfare," Zawahri said, calling the devout to join a jihad (holy war).
Then President-elect Obama broke his silence on Jan. 6 about the Gaza war and expressed deep concern about civilian deaths in Gaza and in Israel. He vowed to push for Middle East peace when he took power.
Israel waged a 22-day offensive against the Islamist Hamas group in Gaza earlier last month, killing some 1,300 Palestinians and injuring another 5,000.
The offensive, which Israel said was aimed at ending Hamas rocket attacks, left 13 Israelis dead, including three civilians killed by rockets.
Obama said last month that verbal attacks by al Qaeda and Zawahri on him showed they were "nervous".
"I think that when you look at the rhetoric that they've been using against me before I even took office ... what that tells me is that their ideas are bankrupt," Obama told Al Arabiya television, according to a transcript of the interview.
Obama has named former US Senator George Mitchell as his envoy for the Middle East conflict and vowed to aggressively pursue peace.
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Jawahri is insane and Al Qaeda is packed with psychopaths. Civilsation shall win against them, Inshallah!
Jihadees are a true enemy of Islam now a days. They kill and mutilate bodies, and decapitate humans and put the thing on web to claim congratulations from their Allah. Their God would be weeping that everything pervert is being condoned in the name of religion in countries like Pakistan, Pak occupied Kashmir and other countries where they roam unchallenged. These are the true guardians of Islam in 21st century, as they killed or overcame the secular muslim scholars in 20th century itself. There is no glory left for educated and open thinkers in muslim world, as the jihadee masters hold the sway, and have declared that the entire world is their enemy and one day they will conquer everyone even if the blood shed lasts a century, immaterial of the number of innocents who will loose their life. It appears that they will eventually write a new scripture declaring their superiority, and talaq from the humanity itself.
Yes, it is the true duty of all newly elected leaders around the globe that they should issue their concerns on Palestine and may be on Iraq, Iran, Afganistan, Vasiristan, Pakistan, Kashmir, etc. The world will be a much better place without these jihadees. They hate all other religions and their followers (whether they are infants, children, men or women), all forms of art and literature, mathematics and science. They want to destroy all monuments like pyramids, sculptures, temples, churches and all classical paintings, all literary works of the last 5000 years. They also hate barber shops. That’s all.