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VIDEO: Football legend Pele at 75 September 23, 2015
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VIDEO: Pope Francis lands to cheers in US September 22, 2015
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VIDEO: Lesbos struggles as 4,000 arrive daily September 22, 2015
The Greek island of Lesbos is still struggling to keep up with the steady flow of migrants and refugees.
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VIDEO: How much does making a drug cost? September 22, 2015
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VIDEO: Refugee crisis: Food and phone charging September 22, 2015
The BBC's Mark Lowen reports from a sports stadium on the Turkey-Greece border where agencies are providing shelter and food to refugees trying to reach Europe.
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VIDEO: On the ground at refugee hotspots September 22, 2015
EU ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 refugees and migrants across the EU using compulsory quotas.
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VIDEO: A guide to strange initiation ceremonies September 22, 2015
Initiation ceremonies are in the news, here are some of the stranger ones from around the world.
– ZAWAHIRI PREDICTING THE DONWNFALL OF OBAMA
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Al Qaeda released a 106-minute Arabic language video footage, on Tuesday 09/22/2009, titled “The West… and The Dark Tunnel” featuring Al Qaeda’s acting leader Ayman Al Zawahiri predicting the downfall of Barack Obama.
During the documentary-style video to mark the ninth anniversary of The 9/11, Al Qaeda leaders comment on events in the past year such as the USA presidential elections, the global financial meltdown, and the latest on jihadist movements around the world.
“America has come in a new, hypocritical face. Smiling at us, but stabbing us with the same dagger that Bush used… God willing, your end will be at the hands of the Muslim nation, so that the world and history will be free of your crimes and lies” said Zawahiri addressing Obama at the end of the two-part video.
In addition to Zawahiri, other Al Qaeda leaders speaking in the video include Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Attiya Allah, Mohammad Hassan al-Liby, also known as Abu Yahya al-Libi, and Adam Yahiye Gadahn.
As in the past, Al Qaeda attempted to conflate Obama with his predecessor, George W. Bush, who was widely disliked by Muslims for his invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Many analysts believe that Al Qaeda has been alarmed by Obama’s comparative popularity in the Middle East, especially following his landmark speech to the Muslim world in Cairo in June.
Gadahn’s remarks celebrating the defeat of Bush and ridiculing Obama suggest the video was made in late 08/2009 or early 09/2009.
The message included a lengthy section on USA prisons and torture facilities and showed footage of what appeared to be an American torturing an Afghan for information by dunking his head into a bucket of water.
The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist Web sites, identified the person conducting the torture as Jonathan Keith Idema, who also appeared in last year’s Al Qaeda video.
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