Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaida's second in command, taunted George Bush and Tony Blair in a new video recording screened last night.In his first appearance since being targeted by a US air strike in Pakistan, he said the wives of servicemen killed or injured in the Iraq war should blame the president and the prime minister.He described Mr Bush as the "butcher of Washington" and a "failure", and also condemned the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, calling him a "traitor".Pakistani intelligence officials said the strike was aimed at Zawahri, but he did not arrive for a planned dinner in the targeted area. They said four other senior al-Qaida members, along with 13 civilians, could have been killed....
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