CAIRO — A U.S.-born, al-Qaeda-linked cleric warned the American people that President Barack Obama will mire U.S. forces in Yemen just as his predecessor did in Afghanistan, in a message appearing Monday on militant websites.
The 13-minute audio message, in English, comes days after the U.S. Treasury Department put Anwar al-Awlaki on its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
“If George W. Bush is remembered as being the president who got America stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq, it’s looking like Obama wants to be remembered as the president who got America stuck in Yemen,” he said.
In another message released separately, al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri vowed that the American troops would leave Afghanistan and Iraq in “defeat.”
