Al-Zawahri: US facing defeat in both Afghanistan and Iraq: "'The American defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan has become just a question of time, God willing' [Al-Qaeda no.2 Zawahiri] said in the tape telecast on Thursday. 'In the two countries, the Americans are between two fires: if they remain there they will bleed to death, and if they withdraw they will have lost everything.'"

Al-Zawahri: US facing defeat in both Afghanistan and Iraq: "'The American defeat in Iraq and Afghanistan has become just a question of time, God willing' [Al-Qaeda no.2 Zawahiri] said in the tape telecast on Thursday. 'In the two countries, the Americans are between two fires: if they remain there they will bleed to death, and if they withdraw they will have lost everything.'"