Al-Qaeda deputy denounces Obama

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A message attributed to the deputy leader of al-Qaeda has denounced Barack Obama as a "criminal" on the eve of the US president's Middle East trip, reports BBC.
Ayman al-Zawahiri said Mr Obama's "bloody messages" would not be concealed by "polished words".
The US president is due to make a major speech on relations with the Muslim world in Egypt later this week.
The authenticity of the audio message, posted on a website linked to al-Qaeda, could not immediately be confirmed.
The Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahiri is often referred to as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man and al-Qaeda's chief ideologue.
The al-Qaeda number two said Mr Obama would not be welcome in Egypt, and referred to US campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.