March 14, 2009 12:37 PM

Osama: Israel Inflicts "Holocaust" In Gaza

(AP)  Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden called Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip a "holocaust," and lashed out at Arab governments that he said failed to stop the bloodshed, in an audio recording broadcast Saturday.

Bin Laden, whose message was released in excerpts on Al-Jazeera TV, called Arab leaders hypocrites and accused them of sacrificing the Palestinians in Gaza and collaborating with Israel.

The three-week offensive, which ended on Jan. 18, killed about 1,300 Palestinians, according to Palestinian human rights groups.

"It was clear that some of the Arab leaders have collaborated with the Crusader-Zionist alliance against our people, those whom America calls the moderate leaders," said bin Laden. "We must disown ourselves from all those" governments.

He did not mention any governments by name in the brief excerpts, but Egypt, in particular, drew criticism during the offensive for not opening its border with Gaza to more aid shipments and humanitarian cases.

Both Israel and Egypt have closed their borders with Gaza since the Islamic militant group Hamas violently seized control of the Palestinian territory in June 2007. The closure deepened economic hardship in the already impoverished strip, home to 1.4 million Palestinians.

It was bin Laden's second audio message on the Gaza offensive since January, when he urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel. It was not possible to verify the message's authenticity. A spokesman for Al-Jazeera refused to say how the network obtained the recording.

The terror leader again urged Muslims to fight Israel.

"The Gaza holocaust, amid this prolonged embargo, is an important historic event and a catastrophe that shows the necessity of distinguishing Muslims from hypocrites," he said. "It is not right that our situation after Gaza will be as it used to be before. There should be serious work and preparation for jihad to fulfill righteousness and defeat evil."
By Associated Press writer Omar Sinan

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by earth562 March 21, 2009 9:04 PM EDT
moa-a,

Moa- A ?

Is your real name Moa- A-s-s-w-i-p-e ?
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by factsearcher March 16, 2009 2:51 PM EDT
There is not much to discuss here.
THe world has spoken.
Nazis Holocaust happened and killed over 6,000,0000 MIllions! people...most of the jews. THey were tortured, burnt , killed, gassed, starved...just for bieleving in one god, being studious and being able to accomplish more than the average. Nothing wrong..right?
Well, things haven't changed much since the nazis.
For Bin laden, the ideology is very similar. These extremists together with Ahjmajenacrazy and hamas to name a few (there are some others in this post) think the same way as they did thousands of years ago.
Destroy and eliminate whatever is threatening our primitive powers.
Don't forget the Mohammed guy was born hundred of years after the supposedely Palestine existed.
There is no occupation because the british mandate ordered and nations accepted for Israel to exist where it is now way back when. PERIOD. End of silly discussion about an occupation it does not exist.
If I were Israel- after already tried peace and resolutions and parting of land...
I would not give the palies parasites one more inch of land until they deserve it with their actions and recognition of an Israel (which is the only one it exists in reality...there's no Palestine). As long as Hamas continues denouncing and rejecting the reality which is that Israel exists now and will exist for many many more hundreds of years...
There will not be a Palestine!
It will continue being a figment of the primitive imagination!! haha!
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by dougnshannon March 16, 2009 9:34 AM EDT
not that you use it, but if someone cut you little "winkie" off you'd be mad about it too..
Posted by dougnshannon at 12:29 PM : Mar 15, 2009




Yes, you're right. I would be just a little PO'd.

But *** does that have to do with this conversation?
Posted by hungry1968-15 at 2:17 PM : Mar 15, 2009
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nothing micro-dick...lol
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by dougnshannon March 16, 2009 9:28 AM EDT
What? You have plans to nuke Union of Socialst Maryland?
Posted by RealityCheckyouFreaks at 2:27 PM : Mar 15, 2009
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Not my plans, but I'm sure it's in the crosshairs of some Muslim extremist...
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by aziridine March 15, 2009 8:44 PM EDT
I will concur with Hungry on one thing. The Palies have been been living in Palestine for 400 yrs. Unfortunately, and this is so typical of zealots like Hungry, he forgot to mention that Kings David and Solomon had established Jewish rule over Palestine 3000 yr ago.

Thank you Hungry for establishing the incontestable primacy of Jewish dominion over Palestine!!!


If Hungry were American he would have voted for Barak HUSSEIN Obama, since he's not American he didn't so we can't blame him for Obama's financial mess.
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by aziridine March 15, 2009 8:20 PM EDT
I'm starting to think that "Hungry" is Ayman Al-Zawhiri. His thinking and his lame arguments are very similar to Zawahiris, as are his baseless, irrational hatred of Israel. Hungry it's time for you to fess up!

Clearly, Hungry has never lived in America save for his two month fundraisering trip in 1993, during which he raised a mere $2000 (didn't even cover the trip!).
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by aziridine March 15, 2009 8:07 PM EDT
LMAO..Hungry defends the crime of smuggling perpetually undertaken by the Palies. The Palies should do as any law-abiding people do. Produce what they need from the agriculutral and industrial infrastructure they have developed. OH Wait!!!!!! The Palies were too busy bombing, rocketing and hating to develop such capabilities.

Where Israel has made the desert bloom and created great universities the Palies have done nothing. Where Israelis have won numerous Nobel Prizes, no Palie ever has, they've been too caught up in hatred, rocketry and bombing.!!!

Sorry Hungry, there is never any excuse to break the law by criminal smuggling. I'm sorry that it is "inconvenient" for the Palies not to do so, but criminal activity is no answer. I'm sure Hungry's list of crimes is a long one, that's why he defends criminals like the Palies.
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by speakinup March 15, 2009 6:08 PM EDT
"You apparently have never looked the word up in a dictionary. Note definition number one:

holocaust
Noun
1. destruction or loss of life on a massive scale
2. the Holocaust mass murder of the Jews in Europe by the Nazis




"Here's another one. Note definition number two:
holocaust
1. a burnt offering or sacrifice.
2. large-scale destruction by fire or other violent means.
Posted by hungry1968-15 at 2:23 PM : Mar 15, 2009


- then why didn't we refer to 9/11's events as a holocaust ? A "massive scale" is much larger than 1 or 3 thousnd innocent poeple.
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by RealityCheckyouFreaks March 15, 2009 5:27 PM EDT
wow....Lucky for you this is not 1945 otherwise you'd be glowin in the dark...
Posted by dougnshannon at 12:27 PM : Mar 15, 2009

What? You have plans to nuke Union of Socialst Maryland?
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by RealityCheckyouFreaks March 15, 2009 5:25 PM EDT
Don't think so babe. Why don't you get on some site that has other trolls from foreign lands on it so you can feel the love or your Allah as you blow your self up.
Posted by littlebuddyd at 12:03 PM : Mar 15, 2009

I'm not interested in blowing myself up. I bet you're interested in blowing yourself though or anyone with a spare dime really.

Nor am I in some "foreign" land. Although, unbeknownst to some poor, ignorant souls, America is considered "foreign" if one lives in another country.I bet you're interested in blowing yourself though.
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