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New Zawahiri Tape; Wants to Kill Hundreds of Thousands of Americans

May 5, 2007

Ayman al-Zawahiri Says Al Qaeda Wants to Spill More U.S. Blood Before America Withdraws
Al Qaeda no. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri wished for hundreds of thousands of U.S. dead in a new video.

In a new video posted today on the Internet, al Qaeda's number two man, Ayman al Zawahiri, mocks the bill passed by Congress setting a timetable for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq.

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Continuing in the same tone, Zawahiri says, "We ask Allah that they only get out of it after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson."

-- Source: ABC News, BRIAN ROSS, article continues at: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3143623&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312