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| Ayman praises al-Qaeda in Iraq in new audiotape |
| 2005-12-11 |
| Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri praised Islamic militants in Iraq, saying they were forcing U.S. troops to look for a way out of the Arab country, according to an audio tape posted on the Internet on Saturday. It was not immediately clear whether segments of the tape -- dated September 2005 -- had been issued earlier, and why it was posted on an Islamist Web site so long after it was recorded. "If it were not for the sacrifices of the mujahideen in Iraq ... there would have been no bold jihadi resistance there. It is that resistance which stabs America every day and makes it scream and search feverishly for a way out of its predicament there." The speaker, who sounded like earlier recordings attributed to Zawahri, called on Muslims to support a holy war in Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories as well as an al Qaeda campaign against Saudi Arabia's "puppet rulers". "Were it not for the mujahideen's confrontation of Israel and its agents -- our rulers -- Israel would have now expanded to many times its current size. "If it were not for the jihad movement against puppet rulers the corruption of these rulers would have worsened and they would have sought to eradicate Islam," he said. In a video interview posted on an Islamist Web site on Wednesday, Zawahri urged militants to attack oil targets in Muslim states and said al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was still alive and leading the group's war on the West. Al Jazeera television said it had aired segments of that tape in September but excluded some sections, including the threat to oil targets. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Re #4 Nancy is a heroin addict too? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-11 23:05 |
| #4 Nancy Pelosi, Bela Lugosi, what the f's the difference? |
| Posted by: Ulaing Omaique5138 2005-12-11 15:33 |
| #3 Nancy Pelosi? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-11 15:21 |
| #2 Howie Dean and Linda Bulosi seem to be reading from the same script. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-12-11 15:00 |
| #1 At the same time, though, it appears he admits that AQ has been suffering reverses. Perhaps W is right and that to some extent, AQ is on the run. |
| Posted by: doc 2005-12-11 11:46 |