Al Qaeda Claims Link With Libya Terrorists

(CBS/AP)  Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is the latest to feel the verbal wrath of al Qaeda, in a new audio tape from the terror group's number-two man, Ayman al-Zawahri.

In it, he claims a Libyan terror organization has linked arms with al Qaeda to overthrow Libya's political leaders, in retaliation for what it says is the African nation's closer ties to the West.

CBS News research on Jamaa Islamiya of Libya shows that most of that organization's leadership are in Libyan prisons, and that most of its leaders who have escaped prison have fled to Afghanistan.

Their presence in the same region where authorities believe Zawahiri to be at this stage helps to explain this new claim of linkage between the groups. Yet prior to the audio tape's release, CBS News has found no evidence of any link between Zawahiri and Jamaa Islamiya in Libya.

In the tape, which surfaced today on a Web site, Zawahiri was harshly critical of the Libyan leader, branding him an enemy of Islam, and threatens a wave of attacks against Libya because of its improved relations with the United States.

In the 28-minute-long recording, titled "Unity of the Ranks," Zawahiri announced that the group Jamaa Islamiya in Libya has joined al Qaeda, and urged the Mujahideen in North Africa to topple the leaders of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

"Today, with the grace of Allah, the Muslim Ummah witnesses a good and positive move … with some of the finest members of the Combatant Jamaa Islamiya in Libya announcing they've joined al-Qaeda to follow on the footsteps of their brothers," Zawahiri said in the tape.

Zawahiri once again slammed Fatah, saying that its leadership has turned the movement into a branch of the CIA, and a department of the Mossad. He urged members of al Aqsa Martyrs brigades to rebel against their political leaders, put their trust in Allah, and embrace Jihad in Palestine and elsewhere.

He then introduced Libyan Abu Laith al Libi, another al Qaeda leader who has been in charge of the training camp in Afghanistan.

Al Libi launched into a scathing attack on the Libyan regime, and slammed Moammar Gadhafi, "The Tyrant of Libya," for allowing the "Crusaders" led by the United States to turn Libya into yet another base from which to wage their campaign against Muslims in North Africa.

Al Libi then announced that the Jamaa Islamiya of Libya has joined the ranks of al Qaeda. "At the Jamaa Islamiyah, we hereby declare that we are joining al Qaeda … To become loyal soldiers who will lift the banner of monotheism and Jihad and follow the steps of our leaders, and on top of them Sheikh Osama bin Laden, may Allah protect him," al Libi said.

Al-Libi went on to say that the group, under this new status, will be closely cooperating with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Algeria).

[grazinggoat]

Mirror, Oh Mirror.
don''t you see a (mirror) symetry between the tw religions (Judaism and Islam). In a first case we have an ex-general (warrior) in the IDF who became president and been killed by religious extremists. Now we see the same story bulding up in symetrically; Ghaddfi who used to be tough personage in the nternational community of Nations, being menaced by the Nut Zawahiri of AlQ because of his rehabilitation into the group o Nations.

[toolmangler-2009]

SlipSter01 Posted:

Ron Paul voted against the Do-Not-Call Registry
Ron Paul voted against extending Unemployment Compensation Act
Ron Paul voted against the Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks
Ron Paul voted against stricter penalties for sexual predators
Ron Paul voted aginst the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act
Ron Paul voted against the Child Custody Protection Act
Ron Paul voted against the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act
Ron Paul refused to recognize A Resolution Honoring the Contributions of Catholic Schools
Ron Paul regularly votes against funding the military (year after year)
Ron Paul voted against the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act
Ron Paul voted against Expressing Solidarity With Israel in the Fight Against Terrorism
Ron Paul voted against the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
Ron Paul was the only vote against the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Amendments Act
Ron Paul was the only vote against the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act
Ron Paul voted against deterring and punishing terrorist acts in the United States and around the world
Ron Paul voted against Urging the Secretary of Energy to Fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Ron Paul was the only vote against the Military Construction Appropriations
Ron Paul was the only vote against the resolution To Promote Freedom and Democracy in Viet Nam

[rick_vt]

Chasing down Al Queda is like the Wack-the-Mole game at Chuck-E-Cheese. Does Mr. Bush think if he wacks enough, he''ll get the tickets needed to redeem a special prize, the one he''s been lusting after in the glass case above the checkout counter? Someone needs to go around to the back of the machine and unplug it so he can''t play anymore.

[nhprophet]

I support Ron Paul and his non-interventionist foreign policy. Hitlery wants to continue our illegal police action in Iraq until at least 2013, and she does not rule out a preemptive (nuclear) first strike against Iran. Ron Paul voted against our (undeclared) war in Iraq, which was sold to us with lies. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies--the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. The war in Iraq has cost more than 3,400 American lives and almost a trillion dollars. We need a leader in the White House who will ensure this never happens again. Both Jefferson and Washington warned us about entangling ourselves in the affairs of other nations. Today, we have 750 foreign bases and troops in 130 countries. We are spread so thin that we have too few troops defending America. And now, there are new calls for a draft. We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing our borders against illegal alien who are invading our country from the South. No war should ever be fought without a Declaration of War voted upon by the Congress, as required by The Constitution. Under no circumstances should the U.S. again go to war as the result of a resolution that comes from an unelected, foreign body, such as the United Nations. Too often, we give foreign aid and intervene on behalf of governments that are despised. Then, we too become despised.

[nhprophet]

What we need is a President who will show us the way. Not the old way. Not the same way, but a NEW WAY. Think about this for a minute. What if we pulled all of our troops out of South Korea? They''ve been there for 50+ years. What if we quit worrying about Iran, but instead, realized that its having a nuclear weapon will not mean the end of the world? What if we pulled all of our troops out of the Middle-East, and brought them all home? What if we realistically addressed the National Debt, and paid attention to REALLY DOING SOMETHING about stopping illegal immigration? These are the ideas of Republican Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. He''s a ten term Congressman and a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies. He''s an intellectual who''s published four books, three of which are devoted entirely to sound economics and one to foreign policy. He was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania as a pious Lutheran, but now he attends a Baptist church. Paul is given to mulling things over morally. Whenever he recollects the helicopter pilots he treated as an Air Force Flight Surgeon (Captain) during the Vietnam War, a war which he now says was "totally unnecessary and illegal," he laments, "They were gung-ho. I''ve often thought about how many of those people never came back." Candidates with the high level of personal integrity and proven track record of adherance to The Constitution, Congressman Paul has always demonstrated only come around once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky.

[nhprophet]

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
- James Madison

"Those that give give up essential liberties for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
- Abraham Lincoln

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and those who would exploit our fear for power and their own personal, selfish, cynical gain."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict through peaceful means."
- Ronald Reagan

"Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must...undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine

"Liberty, when it takes root, is a plant of rapid growth."
- George Washington

"Commerce with all nations. Alliances with none."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Wars are poor chisels for carving-out peaceful tomorrows."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Ron Paul doesn''t represent your Father''s school of political thought. He represents your Founding Fathers."
- Me

[zertrat]

Dear Pilgrimsprog,
We are missing now for an hour or two your knowledegable views about why Iranians (or Chileans or Nepalese?) are seeking world dominance, in contradiction to the unambiguous evidence that certain American world leaders are not only thinking about but have already instigated policies for world domination in the form of the New American Century (involving Halliburton and a certain president named George). To put this politely: "DUHHH!". To prevent us from falling into the trap of lies and deceit generated by the Iranians and Estonians and Namibians, or whoever it is trying to dominate the world and take over America, please set us straight. We eargerly await your insight. I am curious George. I do not want to be Estonian. (no offense to my esteemed Estoninan friends, but i want to be a real American, like George.)

[feelfree1]

Great news!

"Condoleezza Rice Forced to Testify in AIPACs Lobbyists Spy Trial"

Saturday, November 3, 2007

www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2204654,00.html

"The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and 14 other Bush administration officials will be compelled to testify in the espionage trial of pro-Israel lobbyists, a judge in Washington ruled yesterday."

[iceman_1960]

"Thousands Returning to a Safer Baghdad
FOX NEWS .com"
- Posted by telecom_1 at 11:11 PM : Nov 03, 2007

Not the first time those bozos have declared Mission Accomplished.

[siete-pesos]

never a war the south couldn''t lose.

jefferson davis lost his,
johnson lost his
bush will lose his.

the south has lost every war they started.

idiot southern creeps are only good for sunday afternoon parades

in their tight-butt uniforms.

ha,ha,ha.

war, division, arrogance, phony christian creeps, crooked republican snakes...

nothing good comes out of the south!