The Associate Press acquired a letter dated July 9, 2005 which Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's number 2 leader wrote in a letter to his top deputy, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Iraq, that the United States "ran and left" in Vietnam and that jihadists must have a plan ready should Americans suddenly leave Iraq.
"Things may develop faster than we imagine," Zawahiri wrote. "The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam - and how they ran and left their agents - is noteworthy. Because of that, we must be ready starting now, before events overtake us, and before we are surprised by the conspiracies of the Americans and the United Nations and their plans to fill the void behind them."
The english translation of the letter was 12 typed pages inwhich al-Zawahiri says, "It has always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established ... in the heart of the Islamic world," and lays out a plan to expel Americans from Iraq, and take the war to Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. With a final confrontation with Israel. Go here to read more of the 6,000 word letter.
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