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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new tape

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AP – In a frame from a video provided by IntelCenter, posted on the Internet
Thursday, April 13, 2006, al-Qaida's … CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred
Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the
bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to dent the
president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims and claim he will not
change U.S. policy.

Ayman al-Zawahri's speech was al-Qaida's first reaction to Obama's election
victory — and it suggested the terror network is worried the new American
leader could undermine its rallying cry that the United States is an enemy
oppressor.

Obama has been welcomed by many in the Middle East who hope he will end what
they see as American aggression against Muslims and Arabs under President
George W. Bush. Some believe his race and Muslim family connections could make
him more understanding of the developing world's concerns.

Al-Zawahri dug into U.S. racial history to try to directly knock down that
belief and argue Obama will be no more sympathetic than white leaders to what
the al-Qaida leader called "the oppressed" of the world.

He said Obama was the "direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like
Malcolm X, the 1960s Muslim African-American rights leader, who is known among
some in the Arab world and seen as a symbol of anti-imperialism.

Al-Zawahri also called Obama — along with secretaries of state Colin Powell
and Condoleezza Rice — "house Negroes."

The video included old footage of speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains
the term, saying black slaves who worked in their white masters' house were
more servile than those who worked in the fields. Malcolm X used the term to
criticize black leaders he accused of not standing up to whites and
discrimination.

Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri used the phrase "abeed al-beit," which
literally translates as "house slaves." But in the video message, posted on
Islamic militant Web sites Wednesday, al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of
the speech that translated the phrase as "house Negroes."

The 11-minute, 23-second video featured an audio message by al-Zawahri, played
over a still image of the al-Qaida No. 2.

The video graphics underlined the contrast al-Zawahri aimed to show: On one
side of the screen was a photo of Obama wearing a Jewish skullcap and meeting
Jewish leaders. On the other side was a photo of Malcolm X praying in a
mosque. Interspersed was footage of Malcolm X talking of a "worldwide
revolution" against the "Western power structure."

Al-Zawahri addressed "all the world's weak and oppressed," and warned them:
"America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in
greed and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue
to be the same as always."

He accused Obama of turning his back on his heritage to gain power.

"You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand in the ranks of the
enemies of the Muslims, and pray the prayer of the Jews, although you claim to
be Christian, in order to climb the rungs of leadership in America," he said.

"It appears that you continue to be captive to the same criminal American
mentality towards the world and towards the Muslims," he said.

Jeremy Binnie, an analyst with Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center, said
al-Zawahri's message suggests al-Qaida leaders are worried "that Obama could
be effective in rebuilding America's image."

"They hated Bush, but Bush was good for them in many ways because he was such
a polarizing figure. But Obama seems at the moment to be a more uniting
figure," Binnie said. "Al-Qaida very much would like the U.S. to stay with its
old policies that put it in opposition to much of the Muslim world."

Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Georgetown University, said al-Zawahri,
who is Osama bin Laden's top deputy, aimed specifically to keep the Islamic
militant base energized. He's sending them a message, "don't believe all this
stuff about a big 'change', we have to fight just as hard as ever," Hoffman
said.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said the tape is a reminder that
al-Qaida is irrational.

"What we have here is more despicable and pathetic comments by al-Qaida
terrorists," Perino said. "And in America, we are going to have a smooth
transition from one administration to the next, and that will be a period of
change in our country. What won't change is our commitment as a country to
fighting terrorism. And I think that these comments just remind everybody of
the kind of people that we're dealing with."

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack also called al-Zawahri's comments
"despicable," saying they showed the contrast between democracies and "what
these terrorists stand for."

Al-Zawahri proclaimed Obama's victory a sign that Americans had realized the
failure of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He urged Islamic militants everywhere to continue their jihad, or holy war,
saying, "Your enemy's stagger has begun, so don't stop hitting him."

Al-Zawahri said Obama's plan to shift troops to Afghanistan is doomed to
failure, because Afghans will resist.

"Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers
to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them," he said.

Al-Zawahri specifically addressed al-Qaida fighters in Iraq, saying, "your
enemy has admitted defeat," and that as U.S. troops withdraw, "you must
persevere, for victory is in an hour of perseverance."

He also told Islamic militants in Somalia, who have been capturing towns in an
advance against the tenuous central government, "don't put down your weapons
before the Mujahed state of Islam ... has been set up in Somalia."

The authenticity of the message could not be independently confirmed, but the
voice resembled that of al-Zawahri in past messages, and it bore the logo of
al-Qaida's media arm, Al-Sahab. In his speech, al-Zawahri refers to a Nov. 5
U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan as happening "last Monday," suggesting the video
was made within a week of that date.

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Knowledge <knowledg_e@charter.net> related news:0jcci4h4o9cahhuab93623gj28qprkfve8@4ax.com:

Knowledge · Guest

ImHotep,

Surely you don't believe this silliness do you? :-)

Don't you realize that this is more of the American propaganda machine
stirring up the pot to make things difficult for the American people?

AmenRa

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:24:26 GMT, jazzerciser@hotmail.com (-) wrote:

Tim Crowley · Guest

On Nov 22, 10:11 am, Frank Pittel <f...@warlock.deepthought.com>
wrote:

Frank Pittel · Guest

In alt.politics.usa.republican Knowledge <knowledg_e@charter.net> wrote:
: ImHotep,

: Surely you don't believe this silliness do you? :-)

: Don't you realize that this is more of the American propaganda machine
: stirring up the pot to make things difficult for the American people?

You of course have credible evidence to back up that claim. Right??

: On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:24:26 GMT, jazzerciser@hotmail.com (-) wrote:

: >
: >http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_obama
: >
: >Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new tape
: >
: > Play Video Video: Zawahiri warns 'house negro' Obama AFP
: >http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AklJcU8HABO1xHDLbASVy7QUewgF/SIG=12fkhu99b/**http%3A//cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews%3Fch=4226714%26cl=10742979%26lang=en
: >
: >
: >
: >AP ? In a frame from a video provided by IntelCenter, posted on the Internet
: >Thursday, April 13, 2006, al-Qaida's ? CAIRO, Egypt ? Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred
: >Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the
: >bidding of whites in a new Web message Wednesday intended to dent the
: >president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims and claim he will not
: >change U.S. policy.

: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Race_Religion_Politics/

: ALL laid off, or unemployed persons NEED this ASAP!!

: http://antiterrorist.r8.org/

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§tarkiller© · Guest

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:30:38 -0800 (PST), Tim Crowley
<timmyturmoil@gmail.com> wrote:

Frank Pittel · Guest

In alt.politics.usa.republican Tim Crowley <timmyturmoil@gmail.com> wrote:
: On Nov 22, 10:11??am, Frank Pittel <f...@warlock.deepthought.com>
: wrote:
: > In alt.politics.usa.republican Knowledge <knowled...@charter.net> wrote:
: > : ImHotep,
: >
: > : Surely you don't believe this silliness do you? Smile

: >
: > : Don't you realize that this is more of the American propaganda machine
: > : stirring up the pot to make things difficult for the American people?
: >
: > You of course have credible evidence to back up that claim. Right??
: >

: Fuck, you're dumb.

Don't have any evidence I see.

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