Al-Qaeda chief blames US for Russia, Ukraine battle in new video

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri in a brand new video blamed the US for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri in a brand new video blamed the US for battle in Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters/File)

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri made an look in a pre-recorded video to mark the eleventh anniversary of the loss of life of his predecessor, Osama bin Laden.

Al-Zawahri says within the video that “US weakness” was the explanation that its ally Ukraine grew to become “prey” for the Russian invasion.

The 27-minute speech was launched Friday in accordance with the SITE Intelligence group, which screens militant exercise. The chief seems sitting at a desk with books and a gun.

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Urging Muslim unity, al-Zawahri stated the US was in a state of weak point and decline and cited the impression of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan launched after the 9/11 terrorist assaults. Bin Laden was the mastermind and financier behind the assaults.

“Here (the US) is after its defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan, after the economic disasters caused by the 9/11 invasions, after the Corona pandemic, and after it left its ally Ukraine as prey for the Russians,” he stated.

Bin Laden was killed in a 2011 raid by US forces on his compound hideout in Pakistan.

Al-Zawahri’s whereabouts are unknown. He is needed by the FBI and there’s a $25 million reward for info resulting in his seize.

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