Al-Qaeda`s first message to Barack Obama two weeks after his election to the US presidency shows a `panicked response` to his popularity, counterterrorism experts said Wednesday.

In an Internet message broadcast earlier in the day, Al-Qaeda deputy Ayman Zawahiri lashed out against Obama for being `the enemy of Islam and Muslims` and a `house Negro.`

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri used one of the most derogatory terms in the African-American lexicon in dismissing Barack Obama as a `house Negro` -- an black underling who willingly does the bidding of his white taskmasters.

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri ridiculed US president-elect Barack Obama as a `house negro` and warned him against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audiomessage released on Wednesday.

The United States has no information that Osama bin Laden has died despite his continuing silence, the White House said Wednesday after the broadcast of a new message from al-Qaeda`s number two.

`I`d have to refer you to the intelligence community for that. I don`t believe that we have any intelligence that suggests that he is not living,` said spokeswoman Dana Perino.

The United States on Wednesday condemned Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri for calling US president-elect Barack Obama a `house negro,` saying it exposes his terrorist group`s anti-democratic values.

`It`s just, you know, more despicable comments from a terrorist,` State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when asked to comment on the remarks.

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri condemned US president-elect Barack Obama as a `house negro` and warned him against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audiomessage released on Wednesday.

Zawahiri insulted Obama and other black Americans who have held high office in the US administration with the term used by the late black militant leader Malcolm X.

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri warned US president-elect Barack Obama against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audiomessage released on Wednesday.

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri warned US president-elect Barack Obama against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audiomessage released on Wednesday.