June 8, 2009 7:26 PM
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Taliban: "Obama's Speech Nothing But Deceiving Slogans"
The Taliban's Shura Council released described Thursday's speech by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Muslim world from Cairo as "a failed attempt to dceive the Muslim world." They urged Muslims to remain committed to fighting in order to defend their holy sites and their land against "American aggressors."
"Obama failed to send a transparent and honest message to the Muslim nation," the Internet statement said. "His words were in vain and did not suggest any practical or realistic change to America's policies hostile to Muslims."
The Shura Council, headed by Mullah Omar, accused Obama of using recycled and deceiving American slogans that hid the President's true intentions to continue to kill Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, to publicise the legitimacy of the U.S. aggression in both countries and to deprive Muslims of their first line of defense represented in the Islamist militants. The council also questioned the President's credibility regarding his remarks on ending U.S. military presence in Muslim countries.
The Taliban also rejected Obama's talk about Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis, while omitting to compare that to all that Palestinians have to endure under the Israeli occupation.
"Obama failed to send a transparent and honest message to the Muslim nation," the Internet statement said. "His words were in vain and did not suggest any practical or realistic change to America's policies hostile to Muslims."
The Shura Council, headed by Mullah Omar, accused Obama of using recycled and deceiving American slogans that hid the President's true intentions to continue to kill Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, to publicise the legitimacy of the U.S. aggression in both countries and to deprive Muslims of their first line of defense represented in the Islamist militants. The council also questioned the President's credibility regarding his remarks on ending U.S. military presence in Muslim countries.
The Taliban also rejected Obama's talk about Jewish suffering at the hands of the Nazis, while omitting to compare that to all that Palestinians have to endure under the Israeli occupation.
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