In a video posted on a number of Islamic web sites Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaeda's second in command, has invited viewers to submit questions for him to answer in an online interview to be published next month.
In the same video Zawahri suggested that Islamic State, an al-Qaeda affiliated group, has been infiltrated by people who carry out attacks on civilians. He claims the goal of the infiltrators is to alienate Sunnis so they will ally with the US.
He also mocked the British withdrawal from southern Iraq. "Reports from Iraq point to the increasing power of the mujahideen and the deteriorating condition of the Americans... the decision of the British to flee is sufficient [proof of this]."
