Al-Qaeda no. 2: We must eliminate Israel

[ECH1969]

Al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri praised insurgents in Iraq – particularly Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - and called on all Muslims to support them in a video posted Thursday on the internet.

He called on Muslims to support his "beloved brother" Al-Zarqawi, who heads al-Qaeda in Iraq. "I have lived with him up close, and have seen nothing but good from him," Al-Zawahri said.

Bush, son of Bush, eliminating Israel is the duty of every believer," Al-Zawahri said. "Beggarly clerics ... and every bankrupt propaganda machine is trying to convince the people to bring change by peaceful means, but the Islamic nation knows that its path is jihad (holy war) and the bearing of arms."

"If we commit to peaceful action, they will demand we adhere to international laws and treaties that mean nothing to them. If we adhere to that, they will ask us to impose constraint on what they call terrorism and war on Israel. Then if we adhere to that, they will demand we recognize Israel and establish normal relations with it," he said.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3239476,00.html

[Erika]

1. And why do we care?

Why is it our business?

[Behind the Aegis]

3. What a shameful and profoundly sad statement! n/t

[saltpoint]

2. Skewed as that excerpt is, the guy's English is still better than Dubya's.

But the sabre-rattling he's doing against Israel isn't much different, really, than Dubya's threats against Iran.

Anger management seems to be a real issue in the seats of power and influence in the world.

[ugarte]

4. "Bush, son of Bush"...you gotta admit al-Qaeda can turn a phrase...nt

[Catrina]

5. More nonsense. Didn't we get Al Queda's #2 man several times

already, and everyone knows by now, certainly anyone connected to Al Queda, that the Al Zarqawi character was a fairy tale.

[ECH1969]

6. No, we never got Zawhiri.

I think you are talking about the so called number three men.

[norml]

7. Al-Qaeda is a joke, so desperate to be seen as in charge

that they remind me of Dubya.

Quick, arrest them before they hurt themselves.

[OneBlueSky]

8. I'm beginning to think that Al-Zawahri exists only . . .

in the word processor and the imagination of some mid-level stooge in this or that secret department of the BushCo government . . .

or are they ALL secret now? . . .

[melody]

9. This stuff is beginning to have a distinct Foggy Bottom flavor

al-Zawahri again. I guess the plans to defrost Osama have been put on hold, in favor of more timed "releases" from #2.

And the eternal war goes on and on.

[aquart]

10. I was gonna ask if George is paying this guy.