We can't say we're surprised to read that Al Qaeda official al-Zawahri is threatening the U.S. if it harms the Guantanamo detainees:

An audio tape purportedly of top al Qaeda official Ayman al-Zawahri warned the United States on Sunday it would pay a high price if it harmed any of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

The voice on the tape, broadcast by the Dubai-based Arabic television Al Arabiya, also told the United States that the "real battle" against it has not started yet.

"America has announced it will start putting on trial in front of military tribunals the Muslim detainees at Guantanamo and might sentence them to death...," said the voice, which Al Arabiya television identified as Zawahri's.
"I swear in the name of God that the crusader America will pay a dear price for any harm it inflicts on any of the Muslim detainees...."

Is it just our imagination, or does it seem like Al Qaeda is rising again, along with the Taliban. It's not looking so certain to us that we won the war instead of just a battle.