Ayman al-Zawahiri
Zawahiri also slammed Arab leaders, naming in particular Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, as well as Saudi King Abdullah and Jordan's monarch Abdullah II.
"Those are the Arab Zionists... (who) implement the orders of Obama who has demonstrated to the Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere his real plan to support Israel, under the guise of appealing for respect, understanding, and cooperation," he said.
Zawahiri surfaced last on December 1 in a similar audio message in which he paid homage to three Indonesians who were executed on November 9 over their involvement in the Bali attacks in 2002, which killed 202 people.
Obama's high-profile push to restart Middle East negotiations has so far fallen flat, damaging his broader aim to improve ties with the Arab and Muslim world.
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"Those are the Arab Zionists... (who) implement the orders of Obama who has demonstrated to the Muslims in Palestine and elsewhere his real plan to support Israel, under the guise of appealing for respect, understanding, and cooperation," he said.
Zawahiri surfaced last on December 1 in a similar audio message in which he paid homage to three Indonesians who were executed on November 9 over their involvement in the Bali attacks in 2002, which killed 202 people.
Obama's high-profile push to restart Middle East negotiations has so far fallen flat, damaging his broader aim to improve ties with the Arab and Muslim world.
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