Your thoughts on the US presidential election

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Opinion

KEY POINTS:

• Do you think Barack Obama will be an effective leader in the US war on terror?

Al Qaeda's No. 2 slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new internet message on Wednesday, intended to dent the president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims and claim he will not change US policy.

Ayman al-Zawahri's speech was al Qaeda's first reaction to Obama's election victory - and it suggested the terror network is worried the new American leader could undermine its rallying cry that the United States is an enemy oppressor.

Do you think Barack Obama will be an effective leader in the US war on terror? Here is the latest selection of Your Views: