News / International
al-Qaeda is a bankrupt ideology: US
17 Jun 2011 at 07:13hrs | Views
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday, in response to the appointment of Ayman al-Zawahiri as al-Qaeda's new leader, that who runs al-Qaeda "barely matters."
"What I'd like to say today is frankly it barely matters who runs al-Qaeda," said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland at the daily briefing.
"Because al-Qaeda is a bankrupt ideology. If you look around the world, the peace movements for change around the world have done far more for Muslim people than al-Qaeda has ever produced," she added.
Al-Qaeda announced on Thursday that Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian-born 60-year-old physician, as its new leader to succeed Osama bin Laden, who was killed on May 2 by U.S. special forces in Pakistan.
"What I'd like to say today is frankly it barely matters who runs al-Qaeda," said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland at the daily briefing.
"Because al-Qaeda is a bankrupt ideology. If you look around the world, the peace movements for change around the world have done far more for Muslim people than al-Qaeda has ever produced," she added.
Al-Qaeda announced on Thursday that Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian-born 60-year-old physician, as its new leader to succeed Osama bin Laden, who was killed on May 2 by U.S. special forces in Pakistan.
Source - Xinhua
