A video grab taken 30 January 2006 from a video broadcast by Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera television shows al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri giving a speech at un undisclosed location.(Xinhua/AFP photo)

     BEIJING, Jan. 31 -- Al-Qaida's number two, Ayman al-Zawahri, has called U.S. President George W. Bush a "butcher" and a "failure" and has threatened a new attack in the United States in a videotape aired on Arab television Monday, his first appearance since an American airstrike targeted him this month in Pakistan.

    "Bush, you are not only defeated and a liar, but with God's help, you are also a failure. You are a demon to your nation. You brought disasters to it. Bush, the failed crusader, you should know that we are opposite to you," said Al-Zawahri in the video.

    Al-Zawahri, shown in the video wearing white robes and a white turban, says the United States has ignored an offer from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden for a truce. The video has aired on the Arab news network Al-Jazeera.

    The video comes in the wake of a January 19th audiotape by bin Laden in which he warns that al-Qaida is preparing attacks in the United States but offers a truce "with fair conditions" to build Iraq and Afghanistan. The tape - aired on Al-Jazeera - is the first message from bin Laden in over a year. Enditem

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)