Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two figure in al Qaeda, appeared in a new videotape aired on Al Jazeera on Thursday, ridiculing U.S. forces which he said were “hiding in their trenches” in Afghanistan. Zawahri, the right-hand man of Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, spoke to camera for several minutes in the videotape, wearing a white turban with a machine gun at his side. “East and south Afghanistan have become an open arena for the Mujahideen (jihad fighters). The enemy are limited to their capitals,” he said. Full Story