Al-Qaeda crows over Rumsfeld
A purported audio recording by the leader of Iraq's al-Qaeda wing gloated over the resignation of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a top U.S. general said the military was preparing to recommend strategy changes.
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, said in the recording posted on the Internet on Friday that the group has 12,000 armed fighters and 10,000 others waiting to be equipped to fight US troops in Iraq. "I tell the lame duck (US administration) do not rush to escape as did your defence minister ... stay on the battleground," he said.
