Zawahiri says al Qaeda ops gone to complain to God about losing

ABC News:

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri acknowledges the death of one of the group's top experts on chemical and biological warfare, and laments the "oppression" of Americans and the "injustice" of the Pakistani government in a new video released on the internet today.

In the video, Zawahiri refers to Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Egyptian chemist who ran Al Qaeda's top training base in Afghanistan and was killed in a missile strike in July in Pakistan.

Terrorism experts say the strike was probably a U.S. operation. "It was likely an unmanned aerial vehicle that dropped the bomb," said Christine Fair, a terrorism analyst at RAND Corporation.

Zawahiri said in the video that al-Masri fulfilled his desire to carry out a "martyrdom mission," arranged by his cohorts. Experts, however, said that as a 55-year old chemist, he was an unlikely candidate for a suicide mission, which are usually carried out by younger mujahideen.

Zawahiri also lists other mujahideen who have recently died and said, "They have returned to God to complain about the oppression of the Americans, and the injustice of the Pakistani government."

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That sounds a little uppity to me. I think Zawahiri should consider the possibility taht when you declare a holy war and lose that God is not on your side. Perhaps God does not favor mass murder of non combatants in his name.