This still video image obtained from the SITE Intelligence Group on June 2, 2009 shows Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, who in a video featuring an audio speech issued on jihadist forums on June 2, 2009, said that Muslims had heard US President Barack Obama's "bloody messages" ahead of the US president's trip to the Middle East. "His bloody messages were received and are still being received by Muslims, and they will not be concealed by public relations campaigns or by farcical visits or elegant words," Zawahiri said in an audio speech, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

This still video image obtained from the SITE Intelligence Group on June 2, 2009 shows Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, who in a video featuring an audio speech issued on jihadist forums on June 2, 2009, said that Muslims had heard US President Barack Obama's "bloody messages" ahead of the US president's trip to the Middle East. "His bloody messages were received and are still being received by Muslims, and they will not be concealed by public relations campaigns or by farcical visits or elegant words," Zawahiri said in an audio speech, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

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