U.N.: Al-Qaeda recovers from losing Afghan bases

In a videotape that aired Monday on Al Jazeera, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, downplayed U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and again claimed responsibility for the July bombings in London.
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