Does the Obama campaign really want to object to Hillary’s ad, which shows bin Laden for a second or so while listing challenges past presidents have faced, if this is one of the top stories on the news?

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Al Qaeda still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war, Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy warns in an audiotape released Tuesday to answer questions posed by followers. The voice in the lengthy file posted on an Islamic Web site could not be immediately confirmed as al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri’s. But it sounded like past audiotapes from the terror leader, and the posting bore the logo of As-Sahab, al Qaeda’s official media arm.

This aspect of the Zawahiri message was interesting:

Al-Zawahiri also denied a conspiracy theory that Israel carried out the September 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S., and he blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al Qaeda’s achievement.
Al-Zawahiri accused Hezbollah’s al-Manar television of starting the rumor.
“The purpose of this lie is clear — (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it,” he said.
“Iran’s aim here is also clear — to cover up its involvement with America in invading the homes of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he added.

Perhaps the only thing that most Americans have in common with Zawahiri is that both have had it up to here with 9/11 “Truthers.”