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Terror Networks & Islam
Text of Excerpts of Al-Zahawri Video Aired by Al-Jazeera
2005-08-04
A text of excerpts from a new videotape released by al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri. This is an Associated Press translation from the Arabic of three portions of the video that were broadcast on the Arab television station Al-Jazeera. The station said the entire video was five minutes long.
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As for the English people, I tell them that (Prime Minister Tony) Blair has brought to you destruction in central London, and he will bring more of that, God willing. Nations of the crusader alliance, we asked that you get your hands off the Muslims, and we and the lion of Islam, the fighter Sheik Osama bin Laden, God preserves him, offered you a truce to withdraw from the house of Islam.

Hasn't Sheik Osama bin Laden told you that you will not dream of security before we live it as a reality in Palestine and before all the infidel armies withdraw from the land of Muhammad, peace be upon him? But you spilled blood like rivers in our countries, so we exploded the volcanoes of wrath in your countries.

Our message is clear, obvious and decisive: There is no escape for you unless you withdraw from our land, unless you stop stealing our oil and wealth and stop supporting the corrupt rulers.

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What you have seen in New York and Washington, you Americans, and the losses you see in Afghanistan and Iraq - despite the media blackout- are merely the losses from the initial clashes. If you go on with the same policy of aggression against Muslims, you will see, God willing, what will make you forget the horrible things in Vietnam.

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The fact that (President) Bush, (Secretary of State Condoleezza) Rice and (Defense Secretary Donald H.) Rumsfeld are hiding is that there is no exit from Iraq except in immediate withdrawal. Any delay in taking that decision means nothing but more dead, more losses. If you don't leave today, certainly you will leave tomorrow, but after tens of thousands of dead and double the number of disabled and wounded.

The same propaganda and lies that they circulated about Vietnam are being repeated today in Iraq. They told you that they would give the Vietnamese control over their own affairs and that they were defending freedom in Vietnam.
Have at it, folks
Posted by:Steve

#6  actually, memri.org says this is what he says:

"Oh Americans, what you have seen in New York and Washington, and the casualties you witness in Afghanistan and in Iraq, despite all the media blackout, are nothing but the casualties of the initial clashes. If you continue the same policy of aggression against the Muslims, you will see, Allah willing, horrors that will make you forget what you saw in Afghanistan... I mean, in Vietnam.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-08-04 20:08  

#5  Our message is clear, obvious and decisive: There is no escape for you unless you ...

I just found where this guy is taking his cues from :

Zahawri's Inspiration
Posted by: BigEd   2005-08-04 18:32  

#4  Speaking of hiding, anybody know if Groundhog Man saw his shadow when he crawled out of his cave to spout this shit? Could be a brutal winter in Waziristan...
Posted by: tu3031   2005-08-04 16:34  

#3  The fact that (President) Bush, (Secretary of State Condoleezza) Rice and (Defense Secretary Donald H.) Rumsfeld are hiding

Huh? They make public appearances just about every day.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-08-04 15:09  

#2  The fact that (President) Bush, (Secretary of State Condoleezza) Rice and (Defense Secretary Donald H.) Rumsfeld are hiding is that there is no exit from Iraq except in immediate withdrawal. Any delay in taking that decision means nothing but more dead, more losses. If you don't leave today, certainly you will leave tomorrow, but after tens of thousands of dead and double the number of disabled and wounded.

Since those dead and wounded numbers apply to Jihadists I can live with it.

The same propaganda and lies that they circulated about Vietnam are being repeated today in Iraq. They told you that they would give the Vietnamese control over their own affairs and that they were defending freedom in Vietnam.

Looks like we found the source of the Rathergate memo. At least its clear he's reading the liberal talking points.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2005-08-04 15:07  

#1  Clearly he gets sat TV. BBC, MSMBC, CBS, and ABC are all referenced in his hodgepodge rant.

In my time, a student turning in drivel like this would have gotten an F for plagerism..

I also love the production value; old toothless man (who would get coins dropped in his cup in my town) squatting next to some non-descript rocks with a rusty rifle posed behind him (to show he's serious), wagging his finger at us...

I always feel better when I hear from "#2" or even better yet "#1"... They make me laugh.
Posted by: Francis   2005-08-04 15:02  

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