AQAP last month called on Muslims to forget differences focus on jihadists targets . Ayman al-Zawahiri 's writes that it was the first such communique from the al-Qaeda offshoot . However , its hubris paid off and the fact that we have , once again , heard nothing from al-Zawahiri compounds suspicions of his feeling blindsided and disempowered by the rise of ISIS . It indicates how much the global jihadist dynamic has changed since airstrikes began , he says . The trend of jihadists rallying around the American flag is worrying , he writes .
AQAP last month called on Muslims to forget differences focus on jihadists targets . Ayman al-Zawahiri 's writes that it was the first such communique from the al-Qaeda offshoot . It indicates how much the global jihadist dynamic has changed since airstrikes began , he says . The trend of jihadists rallying around the American flag is worrying , he writes .