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Full text of Ayman's love letter to Zarqawi - Long but full of useful info
2005-10-12
In the name of God, praise be to God, and praise and blessings be upon the Messenger of God, his family, his Companions, and all those who follow him.

The gracious brother Abu Musab, God protect him and watch over him, may His religion, and His Book and the Sunna of His Prophet @ aid him, I ask the Almighty that he bless him, us, and all Muslims, with His divine aid, His clear victory, and His release from suffering be close at hand. Likewise, I ask the Almighty to gather us as He sees fit from the glory of this world and the prize of the hereafter.

Dear brother, God Almighty knows how much I miss meeting with you, how much I long to join you in your historic battle against the greatest of criminals and apostates in the heart of the Islamic world, the field where epic and major battles in the history of Islam were fought. I think that if I could find a way to you, I would not delay a day, God willing.

My dear brother, we are following your news, despite the difficulty and hardship. We received your last published message sent to Sheikh Usama Bin Ladin, God save him. Likewise, I made sure in my last speech that Aljazeera broadcast Saturday, 11 Jumadi I, 1426h, 18 June 2005 to mention you, send you greetings, and show support and thanks for the heroic acts you are performing in defense of Islam and the Muslims, but I do not know what Aljazeera broadcast. Did this part appear or not? I will try to attach the full speech with this message, conditions permitting.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#4  Is "long but useful info" a trademark?
Posted by: Crinemble Creting4354   2005-10-12 09:32  

#3  What I find interesting is that al-Zarqawi is chided by al-Zawahiri for (allegedly? apparently?) being "deceived by the praise of some of the zealous young men and their description of you as the shaykh of the slaughterers, etc. They do not express the general view of the admirer and the supporter of the resistance in Iraq."

Should I take this to mean that al-Zarqawi not only has his own autonomous outfit riding al-Qaida's coattails (hence the name "al-Qaida in Iraq") but is surrounded by yes-men?

This might explain why al-Zawahiri sounds to me borderline reverential towards al-Zarqawi, emphasizing that al-Zarqawi is the man on the ground and begging for "from the front" news... which in turn might say a lot about al-Zawahiri's own level of communications and ability to network.

Oh, and two questions about al-Zawahiri's lengthy 'discussion' of the Shia question:
#1: "Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib, may God honor him" The heck, what's a Wahhabist saying this for???
#2: Is it just me, or does he make al-Zarqawi's fatwas look schizophrenic by covering all the bases in that big, question-filled paragraph?

By #2, I mean forget al-Zarqawi's flip-flopping on the Tater Tots...
Posted by: Edward Yee   2005-10-12 08:23  

#2  Prophet @ aid him

Darn right the prophet's got e-mail. He's got the hottest WiFi "hotspot" in the universe.
Posted by: anymouse   2005-10-12 08:04  

#1  Prophet @ left to his companions

...The Prophet got e-mail?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-10-12 01:29  

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