Should be fun watching the spin on this one:
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri lashed out at US President Barack Obama Tuesday on the eve of his visit to the Middle East, urging Egyptians to shun him.
Zawahiri, who is himself an Egyptian, portrayed Obama’s June 4 visit to Cairo as being at the invitation of the “torturers of Egypt” and the “slaves of America.”
“His bloody messages were received and are still being received by Muslims, and they will not be concealed by public relations campaigns or by farcical visits or elegant words,” Zawahiri said.
The audio recording of Zawahiri’s speech was embedded in a comparatively brief 11 minute, 40 second video produced by As Sahab Media, Al-Qaeda’s propaganda arm, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. It was posted on jihadist web forums.
I vaguely remember being told during the election that Al Qaeda wanted Obama to win. Also, considering al-Zawahiri already has the most dangerous job in the world, Al-Qaeda #2, I’d think he’d want to keep a low profile.