Al-Qaida released the new 90-minute tape to the Al Jazeera television network, played select portions of it throughout the day. But the tape has received scant attention in the United States, especially compared to recent 9-11 anniversaries.

Terrorism analysts say that Americans--and American media outlets--are ignoring al-Qaida messages at their own peril. For many Americans, terrorism concerns are "falling off the radar, as al-Qaida has been silent in the USA (and much of the West) since 9-11," said Michael Sheehan, the former counter-terrorism official for the State Department and the City of New York. "Foreign attacks are mostly background noise. This is troublesome, for if we lose our focus they will attack us again at home," said Sheehan, who is now an NBC News terrorism analyst.

Robert Grenier, the former CIA counter-terrorism official and former CIA station chief in Islamabad, agreed. "We probably overreacted initially" to al-Qaida threats after the 9-11 attacks, Grenier said, "and we are under-reacting now." He said that while al-Qaida has suffered setbacks in recent years, it is resurgent along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and is still extremely dangerous. He said Zawahiri's messages should not be discounted. "This man, unlike Bin

Laden, is still an active terrorist. What he has to say to the faithful" still matters, Grenier said.

So what did Zawahiri say?
As the wire services reported, Zawahiri said Tehran was "cooperating with the Americans in occupying Iraq and Afghanistan." He slammed Iran for recognizing the two governments. He also criticized the Shiites for not calling for a jihad in Iraq against the "Crusader occupier." (In militant postings, "crusaders" is shorthand for U.S. troops in Iraq.)

"The guardian of Muslims in Tehran is cooperating with the Americans in occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and recognizes the two hireling governments there," al-Zawahiri said. Zawahiri has been increasingly singling out Iran and Shiites in his messages, most recently in April, describing the "Persians" as the enemy of Arabs and complicit in the occupation of Iraq.

The new video by As-Sahab, the terror group's propaganda arm, also featured clips of al-Qaida operations on various fronts, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, with prominent figures from the movement discoursing on their accomplishments over the year, Al-Jazeera said.

I am not sure what our respective government are doing, or can do about the terrorism threat. For we still know that it is very real. We hear our politicians talking about it all the time, but I think it is only a matter of time before terrorism from these quarters becomes more than a threat, and a reality again on a large scale.

Were a little busy right now dealing with the financial criminals in our own country. We have solid concrete threats to our economy that are way more of a threat then a few rag heads.

Al Qaida is raising its nasty head again. A perfect blow should be given to it.The number of terrorist incidents in Asia had increased a lot because of Al Qaida's resurgence.