Al-Qaeda chief blames US for Ukraine invasion in new video

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

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

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

Urging Muslim unity, al-Zawahri stated the U.S. was in a state of weak spot and decline and cited the affect 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 U.S.) 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 U.S. 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 data resulting in his seize.