This is not the first time an Islamic Cleric has released these kinds of statements from an Egyptian jail.
It wouldn’t matter if the spiritual leader was floating on a cloud as he made the statements either; they would say it was the work of satan.
The important point is that he IS MAKING THE STATEMENTS. As far as others; this is the first in which Zawahiri has been forced to respond because of the weight in the Al Queda community this theologian who formed much of their belief carries!
This news is not going to turn much of Al Queda away from what they perceive their mission is; it is a sign we are winning and those that conceived this ideology now are starting to doubt GOD is on their side......