You can take this threat "few" of ways.
1) It could be a desparate attempt by them to stop further attacks by the US and UK.
2) It could be a real threat.
3) It could be both.

What if he said "I'll kill you, Mike, and everyone you love"?

One thing is for sure, they will if/when they get the chance.



>I just clicked back from the UT to my home page, cnn.com, and was immediately annoyed at the headline du jour. "Al Qaeda Deputy: If We Are Killed, You Will Be Killed." Ho hum. As a breaking news headline this is right up there with U.S. military claims that we just knocked off the #3 Al Qaeda guy. We have knocked off about 59 of them, usually right after bad news for the administration.
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>A better headline from Al Qaeda: "We'll Huff and We'll Puff and We'll Blow Your House In!" Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got lucky once, bedouins.
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>I wish CNN news would get back to hard news.
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>PS -- This is probably a really old trivia question but does anyone know what "al queda" means?