http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29000556/Al-Qaida No. 2 criticizes Obama over Gaza
CAIRO - Al-Qaida's No. 2 criticized President Barack Obama for not mentioning Gaza in his inauguration speech, and urged Muslims around the world to target U.S. interests to avenge American backing of Israel's offensive against Hamas.
In a new audio recording posted Tuesday on the Internet, Ayman al-Zawahri also called on Muslims to continue fighting in the Gaza Strip, where a two-week truce remains fragile.
While Obama later voiced concerns about the killings of civilians, "in his inauguration speech, he gave no mention to what happened in Gaza," al-Zawahri said.
"As for Obama, he has expressed his worries over the killing of civilians in Gaza. Worried? We really appreciate your worries Mr. Obama," he said. "We have learned about your worries, as well as about thousands of the missiles and white phosphorus," al-Zawahri added in a reference to charges that Israeli forces used phosphorous shells in a way that burned civilians in Gaza.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gogh2M5Jh3Ug7CxS-EuDCC9I-kqgCheney: Obama policies risk catastrophic attacks
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Former vice president Dick Cheney has warned that President Barack Obama's anti-terror policies risk exposing the United States to a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack.
In his first interview since Obama's inauguration, with Politico Tuesday, Cheney was unapologetic about the bitter controversies surrounding his own influential role in president George W. Bush's "war on terror."
Cheney said Obama would regret his commitment to closing down the Guantanamo Bay internment camp and ending harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects.
"These are evil people. And we're not going to win this fight by turning the other cheek," he said in the interview, conducted at an office near Cheney's new home in Washington's Virginia suburbs.