Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said Iraqi insurgents had "broken America's back" in three years of war in Iraq , according to a video posted on the Internet early today.
"Al Qaeda in Iraq alone has carried out 800 martyrdom operations in three years, besides the victories of the other mujahideen. And this is what has broken the back of America in Iraq ," Zawahri said in the video posted on an Islamist web site.
"America, Britain and their allies have achieved nothing but losses, disasters and misfortunes," the Egyptian Islamic militant leader said in the video.
Zawahri, who wore a black turban and a white robe, sat in front of a curtain. He did not appear to have a customary assault rifle next to him in the tape, which carried the logo of al-Sahab, al Qaeda's media arm.