NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a new video, says the United States has been defeated in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The message, released Tuesday, celebrates the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. He said recent regime changes in the Middle East are defeats for the United States, ABC News reported.