Does Ayman al-Zawahri feel upstaged by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The U.S. military has only seen "loss, disaster and misfortune" in Iraq, al-Qaida's No. 2 said, in a video message that a U.S. official deemed part of a propaganda campaign to demonstrate the terror network's relevancy.

I wonder if that's why he feels a need to show relevancy?