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| Al-Qaeda #2 Blames Obama for Gaza Situation |
| 2009-01-07 |
| Whoa, whoa, whoa....I thought everyone was going to love us after we elected The One! Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message Tuesday, accusing him of not doing anything to stop Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to an intelligence monitoring center. Uhh, maybe because he's not actually the President yet The recording purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahiri was al-Qaida's first comments on the Gaza crisis since Israel launched its offensive against the Islamic militants of Hamas on Dec. 27. In the comments, which were posted on a militant Web site and obtained by the SITE Monitoring Service, al-Zawahiri described Israel's actions in Gaza as a "crusade against Islam and Muslims" and called it "Obama's gift to Israel" before he takes office later this month. "This is Obama whom the American machine of lies tried to portray as the rescuer who will change the policy of America," al-Zawahiri said, according to SITE. No wonder the media hasn't really promoted THIS tape! "He kills your brothers and sisters in Gaza mercilessly and without affection." Al-Zawahiri, who is Egyptian, also criticized Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, calling him a "traitor" for keeping Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip closed since Hamas seized power. "At the time when Israeli planes drop their bombs from the air, he closes the borders with his forces so that the plan of the killing of believers in Gaza is fulfilled," al-Zawahiri said, according to SITE. Thousands of people in cities worldwide have held mass street demonstrations to protest Israel's offensive, but al-Zawahiri said those were not enough. "Fight the Zionist Crusader campaign," al-Zawahiri said, according to SITE. "Strike its interests everywhere you can reach them. Support and back your mujahedeen brothers and children against them." The audio message was accompanied by a still photograph of the al-Qaida leader sitting with a gun in his lap. |
| Posted by:Cornsilk Blondie |
| #4 Imagine how absolutely hilarious these guys would be if they didn't have weapons. It's like watching an upsupervised kindergarten where, instead of blocks, they have grenades and bombs and AKs and RPGs to play with. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-01-07 15:30 |
| #3 What did he expect from an Apostate? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-07 10:48 |
| #2 And all this time I thought it was Bush's fault....Go figure |
| Posted by: ARMYGUYTURNEDCIVILIAN 2009-01-07 09:47 |
| #1 Zionist Crusader's? Yer a little unclear on the concept, Ayman. |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-01-07 08:22 |