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Baghdad, 18 April 2008 (Gulf News)

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Al Qaida has released a new audio recording saying that US troops in Iraq have failed.

The 16-minute message from Al Qaida deputy leader Ayman Al Zawahiri was posted on Thursday on several websites linked to militant Islamists.

"Where the American invasion stands now, after five years, is failure and defeat," Al Zawahiri said in the recording, the authenticity of which could not be immediately verified.

Al Zawahiri noted General David Petraeus' recent testimony before Congress and said that Washington is was avoiding making decision on troop reduction to “disguise failure”.

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