Al Qaeda No. 2 Lauds Slain Commander
Terrorist Media Branch Showcases Video Message From Ayman Al-Zawahiri
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The nine minute, 59 seconds-long tape, entitled "An Elegy to the Martyred Commander Abu Laith al-Libi," was issued by al-Sahab, the organization's media branch.
The video had English subtitles and was followed by a letter addressed to al Qaeda sympathizers and Muslims in general. Its authenticity could not be immediately verified, but SITE and the IntelCenter, two U.S. groups that monitor militant messages, also reported it.
Al-Libi is believed to have been killed by a missile from a U.S. Predator drone that struck his safehouse in Pakistan in late January. He was viewed as a top al Qaeda strategist in neighboring Afghanistan.
Pakistani intelligence considered him the operational commander of al Qaeda in the border region and one of the militant group's most high-profile figures after its leader, Osama bin Laden, and his deputy al-Zawahiri.
In the tape, Al-Zawahiri described Al-Libi as a "knight" of al Qaeda's holy war. He was "a mountain of Jihad and a lion," al-Zawahiri said.
The al Qaeda deputy implicitly threatened the U.S. and its allies, saying that new leaders would replace al-Libi to continue the militant group's fight. "You Americans and you the agents of the Americans: (al-Libi and others) are the pioneers of the march and the good omen of a new dawn," he said.
Every time a martyr falls, another martyr grabs the banner from him, and every time a chief goes down in blood, another chief completes the march after him.
Ayman al-Zawahri, al Qaeda deputy chiefAl-Zawahiri, an Egyptian doctor, also lashed out at his former allies of the Islamic Jihad in Egypt who have recently called for revising the group's radical ideology. He described the group's leaders, currently held in Egyptian jails, as "hypocrites and followers of despots" for softening their stance.
The video released Wednesday was posted on a web site that usually releases al Qaeda messages. The web site also displayed a banner advertising an upcoming "interview" of al-Zawahiri by al-Sahab, with a picture of him in a white traditional Arab robe and black turban, seated before a bookshelf. Such advertisements are usually posted up to 72 hours before the message is released.
Al-Zawahiri is believed to play a large role in directing al Qaeda's strategy on the ground and issues frequent videos and audiotapes, often laying out the network's doctrinal line. He issued 15 video and audio messages in 2007, and is seen by many counterterrorism experts to be al Qaeda's operational chief, rather than bin Laden.
The message released Wednesday was the first tape or video issued by al-Zawahiri this year. It followed a tape issued on Feb. 6 by Mustafa Abu al-Yazeed, the self-proclaimed leader of the terror network's Afghanistan branch.
In the 12-minute video, Abu al-Yazeed said the death of al-Libi and other al Qaeda commanders only strengthened the group's resolve against "infidels."
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I declare Jihad on all Jihadies that Jihad against Bush''s global Jihad!
The Soviet Union got out of Afghanistan after 13 years of trying just about everything.
American got 7 more years before they learn from the school of hard knocks.
notblue
According to you, following a moronic policy that has proven to be a total failure is the only option we have other than surrender.
lol!
notblue
You find those WMD''s yet?
No?
Keep looking?
lol!
Posted by notblue at 05:49 PM : Feb 27, 2008
No. We should have went into Afghanistan AND Pakistan and chased these *** down, then either kill them where they stand or put them on trial AND THEN execute them.
Unfortunately for us, we have a president that is more concerned with starting a war against a country that did nothing to us INSTEAD of going after the terrorists that actually attacked us.
Friggin'' conservatives are spineless cowards.
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Posted by terrorislama at 05:20 PM : Feb 27, 2008
The same stupid reason our extremist terrorist leadership is committing jihad against these extremist terrorist leadership. It''s called stupidity!
Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 06:55 PM : Feb 27, 2008
i am sure you will be first to know
Posted by notblue at 05:49 PM : Feb 27, 2008
It''s no wonder we''re losing this fight people. It''s small minded fascist like this poor man who can''t get the message. We were PROMISED by that lower than life LYING piece of Garbage, George Bush, that he would go after these people and not stop until they are brought to justice. So what do we have AFTER 6 years? Well we''re arguing about Al Queda in Iraq!! What Al Queda in Iraq? Well the group that opposed the invasion of Iraq by the US, it allied itself with the Al Queda that attacked us, the Al Queda that Bush and McCain PROMISED they would not rest until they were brought to justice. The Al Queda that is NOW in a safe haven created by George Bush and John McCain. You fools had better wake up because there is little doubt that John McCain is going to kill even MORE of our troops and it''s a promise that Al Queda in Pakistan will STILL be there when were dead broke... pretty good bet there will still be a civil war in Iraq as well. Just how much failure do we accept?
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Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 06:55 PM : Feb 27, 2008
+ report abuse
It''s pretty certain that''s the ONLY way they are ever going to catch him!!
Posted by MCVet at 07:35 PM : Feb 27, 2008
we still let you post dont we?
Wow, the heads of Al Qaeda are feeling pretty confident that Bush won''t go after them. They even do press releases.
WHAT IS BUSHIT AND THE BOYS UP TO NOW....
BOOGIE MAN!
AMERICA STAND UP OR SHUT UP!
Posted by MCVet at 07:35 PM : Feb 27, 2008
we still let you post dont we?
Posted by jwind11 at 07:45 PM : Feb 27, 2008
It appears that jwind11 is secretly coveting you and it%u2019s just a matter of time before she hit%u2019s you up
Posted by MCVet at 07:35 PM : Feb 27, 2008
we still let you post dont we?
Posted by jwind11 at 07:45 PM : Feb 27, 2008
It appears that jwind11 is secretly coveting you and it%u2019s just a matter of time before she hit%u2019s you up
Posted by mrconservatv at 08:20 PM : Feb 27, 2008
I seriously doubt McVet has ever been coveted by anyone his whole life....thus the anger.
And was produced by KARL ROVER PRODUCTIONS INC
Posted by MCVet at 07:35 PM : Feb 27, 2008
we still let you post dont we?
Posted by jwind11 at 07:45 PM : Feb 27, 2008
It appears that jwind11 is secretly coveting you and it%u2019s just a matter of time before she hit%u2019s you up
Posted by mrconservatv at 08:20 PM : Feb 27, 2008
I seriously doubt McVet has ever been coveted by anyone his whole life....thus the anger.
Posted by jwind11 at 08:22 PM : Feb 27, 2008
In other words you really like Him
It''s rather odd that you chase him all over these threads and can''t deal with the topics instead you turn it into your own McVet can I help you thread.
Posted by MCVet at 07:35 PM : Feb 27, 2008
we still let you post dont we?
Posted by jwind11 at 07:45 PM : Feb 27, 2008
It appears that jwind11 is secretly coveting you and it%u2019s just a matter of time before she hit%u2019s you up
Posted by mrconservatv at 08:20 PM : Feb 27, 2008
I seriously doubt McVet has ever been coveted by anyone his whole life....thus the anger.
Posted by jwind11 at 08:22 PM : Feb 27, 2008
In other words you really like Him
Posted by mrconservatv at 08:23 PM : Feb 27, 2008
yea, i like bitter angry probably impotent losers.
Posted by mrconservatv at 08:25 PM : Feb 27, 2008
oh my god!! mrconsrvatv and mcvet are an item.....want me to leave your boyfriend alone mrconsrvatv?
Terrorist Media Branch Showcases Video Message From Ayman Al-Zawahiri
WOW that war on terror sure has been a success
With over a few hundred billion and the US military chasing them for five plus years
Posted by jwind11 at 08:24 PM : Feb 27, 2008
In a February 2006 column published at National Review Online and distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, Buckley stated unequivocally that, "One cannot doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed." Buckley has also stated that "...it''s important that we acknowledge in the inner councils of state that it (the war) has failed, so that we should look for opportunities to cope with that failure."
The war on terror is headed the same way just as the war on drugs failed
In a February 2006 column published at National Review Online and distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, Buckley stated unequivocally that, "One cannot doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed." Buckley has also stated that "...it''''s important that we acknowledge in the inner councils of state that it (the war) has failed, so that we should look for opportunities to cope with that failure."
The war on terror is headed the same way just as the war on drugs failed
In its most current manifestation, the "war on terrorism" today is a religious war between a faith-based Christian nation and Islamic extremists, both groups controlled by fundamentalists, not unlike the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and emerging Protestant movements during the Thirty Years'' War. It is an unevenly matched conflict between a powerful state military machine and clandestine cells engaged in asymmetrical warfare reminiscent of the early phases of the Thirty Years'' War. It is an unbalanced game between an organized system with visible and open targets everywhere and a vast network of disjointed cells that are impossible to find until after they surface with an attack. The same was true with the Holy Roman Empire in its effort to rein in the Protestant German princes and their religious zealot advisers during the Thirty Years'' War.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GD14Aa01.html
Posted by guadalcanal3 at 08:41 PM : Feb 27, 2008
Before or after USAMA BIN DEAD is identified
Posted by jwind11 at 08:24 PM : Feb 27, 2008
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Posted by jwind11 at 08:28 PM : Feb 27, 2008
Yeah, J-Whitman is not promoting that John McCain be allowed to make cannon fodder out of military volunteers for a cause that first of all was an illegal pre-emptive war on another country for it''s oil, and second is a totally failed initiative!
Mr. McCain has become a liar for the benefit of the Neocon regime and deserves to be spit on!
Posted by jwind11 at 07:49 PM : Feb 27, 2008
Make up your mind.
Is he a productive member of society or is he a senator and a presidential candidate?
Posted by guadalcanal3 at 08:41 PM : Feb 27, 2008
Before or after USAMA BIN DEAD is identified
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Posted by mrconservatv at 08:43 PM : Feb 27, 2008
Osama is dead! Ms. Bhutto announced it on international tv, and now that she''s let the cat out of the bag, she''s dead! Quite a coincidence, huh?
No more boggieman Osama!
Posted by guadalcanal3 at 08:41 PM : Feb 27, 2008
You''ve got to look for ''em, before you can find ''em.
No more boggieman Osama!
Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 08:49 PM : Feb 27, 2008
Wasn''t that just the neatest coincidence reminds of
9/11 Security Courtesy of Marvin Bush
Marvin Bush was a principal in a company which provided security for the World Trade Center, United Airlines, and Dulles International Airport.www.whatreallyhappened.com/911security.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Who are these conspiracy theorists anyway? ROLLING MY EYES
Anyone with a 3rd grade education knows from the latest anonymous e-mails circulating around that Obama is an al Qaeda operative and a devout jihadist.
So it''s only fitting that he chooses this old guy with the turban as his running mate. It should be an interesting ticket going up against McCain. Obama-Zawahri for president of the United States of Al Qaeda. Praise be to Allah! Yippee!
I can''t say how many people have had to hold their gut from laughter after reading your post. You write for Saturday Night Live, is this right?
May 1, 2003
President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended
Remarks by the President from the USS Abraham Lincoln
At Sea Off the Coast of San Diego, California
Bush Works To Rally Support for Iraq ''Surge'' - washingtonpost.comJan 9, 2007 ... President Bush yesterday began promoting his plan to send more troops to Iraq placing troop levels around 132,000
Pentagon expects ''post-surge'' troop levels in Iraq to be 140,000
The Associated PressPublished: February 26, 2008
Now back to the war on terror
William F. Buckley, Jr. quote
Sounds like 9/11
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Posted by MCVet
Spoken like a true dummy. Al-Qada safe? Well, perhaps you ought to get a "seance" together, see if you can get in touch with the dead, and ask Al-libi if he thought he was safe....
We have replace one bunch of homicidal maniacs for another at great cost to this country. Follow the money!
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by prinzowhales
March 1, 2008 3:36 PM PST
- Which al-Zawahiri?--The SITE employee pictured above or his cousin who is a ranking leader of special forces of our allies--the drug dealing KLA terror organization, whose rule we made possible in Kosovo?
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See all 50 Comments"Ana raicha al Qaeda." In Arabic, this means, "I''m going to the toilet." Do you think dose bad ole tewwowists named their little gang after a sh*tpot?
"al Qaida" was also the name given to the data base of all the mujahideen fighting for the CIA.
Its little wonder that the US-backed al Qaida appeared in Iraq only when the Americans had cleared a path for them.