Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad declares allegiance to al-Qaida

Memo to the BBC: why are these guys declaring allegiance to a non-existent group? From AP:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had resolved a dispute with al-Qaida over strategy and vowing unity against ''the enemies of Islam.''

The question of al-Zarqawi's relationship to bin Laden and the al-Qaida leadership has been the subject of considerable speculation. Some experts believed al-Zarqawi who has claimed to be leading a bloody campaign of bombings against U.S. and Iraqi forces and beheadings of American hostages considered himself a rival to bin Laden.

The authenticity of the statement, found Sunday on an Islamic Web site, could not be independently confirmed.

The statement, which began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity, said the Jordanian al-Zarqawi, leader of the Tawhid and Jihad group, had been in contact with bin Laden eight months ago and ''viewpoints were exchanged'' before the dialogue was interrupted.

''God has soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad,'' the statement said.

It announced the ''allegiance of Tawhid and Jihad's leadership and soldiers to the chief of all fighters, Osama bin Laden,'' declaring that it would follow his orders without question.

''You are the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates,'' said the statement by the group, whose name means ''Monotheism and Holy War'' in Arabic.

The statement said the announcement was being made at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, ''at a time where Muslims need more than ever to stick together in the face of the religion's enemies.''

''It's good tidings for our nation ... to tease the infidels and scare the enemies of Islam.''

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This certainly reinforces what Mr. Spencer has been conveying all along. He hasn't exagerated nor had the Qur'an. Consider the following verse of the Qur'an:
Sura 9:29-31 (fight against Jews and Christians until they are subdued, because God's curse is on them)
"Fight those who believe not in God nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of truth, (even if they are) of the people of the Book (Christians & Jews), until they pay the jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."

That just proves OBL is dead. Zarqawi can safely declare allegience to someone who isn't around to tell him what to do. Note he didn't say he'd follow orders from Al Qaida, or Zawahiri, just from Osama Bin Laden.

Wow,there's a real revelation,I almost didn't check the internet news today.
I better keep an eye out for any articles exposing the 9/11 attack as committed by Muslims or non-Jews. All these years I've been so misinformed as preached to me by the leftwing peaceniks that have all the answers and a special link to the truth that the CIA,FBI,Interpol,MI6 can't access.
Why even Michael Moore had connections to the facts about 9/11 that nobody esle had according to his FRNHT 9/11 Mock-u-mentary.
The truth is out there Scully,and only people like Moore know how to get it and expose it against the will of the rightwing media conspiracy to supress the press.

We haven't seen anything yet. This is just the beginning. I've experienced their terror first hand. Where do we sign up for the new Crusade?

Doesn't this violate some sort of anti-trust act?

We fought Rommel, though the war was against the nazi.
We may fight obl or zarqawi, and hopefuly git em, the war though, is against moslems being islamic.
If they follow mo, as a Christian might follow Christ or a Buddhist Buddha, the closer they get to their ideal, the more dangerous they get.
The opposite happens to Christians and Buddhists.
islam is an 'evil' religion. The more enthusiasticly you follow it, the more evil and dangerous you become.

Hmmmm. Methinks its high time Team America is sent in to smoke out the Zarqwawi rat.....*LOL

Folks, I hear the Team America:World police movie's awesomely hilarious. Don't miss it for the world and take ppl along when you do go to see it. I heard reports of lefties leaving midway coz the spoofy expose on leftist moral bankruptcy was oh-so-total.... All the pundits and reviewers who praised f911 are desperately panning this one.

But here's the best few words I heard about the movie from a reviwer:
" The damage caused by this movie to the left is orders of magnitude greater than what Moore could do to the right. The movie's aimed at the young and as such may cause an entire generation of young people to lean right rather than lean left...."

Wow.
Need I say more....Am stuck in a small town and will be a wghile before Team America comes home to me. Should any of you jihadwatchers see and like it, lemme know...(:-)

I just discovered a site that is particularly interesting, I don't know what to think about it. It is pretty scary.
http://www.blessedcause.org/PressRelease/Bush%20Islam.htm

This is probably the only good thing the Butcher of Baghdad has done for Infidels! By declaring himself a follower of OBL, Zarqawi has supplied the allies with an Al Quaida link that we can hopefully throttle them all with...In the case of Zarqawi, think he should be handed over to relatives of his victims,HIS HEAD SLOWLY SAWN OFF WITH A BLUNT KNIFE AND TASTEFULLY VIDEO TAPED BY AL JAZEERA[their cameramen have lots of experience]. Gee - this would certainly be No 1 Beheading Gore for pious Muslims!!

Carolyn,

I'm going to go ahead and post the article. Whats worth noting is at the very end, where they state they would welcome a lawsuite to be able to prove the allegations.

Why President Bush Embraces Islam as Peaceful

by Jen Shroder
6/26/04 Repost at will

Saudi Arabia is blackmailing the U.S. and President Bush to accept Islam in our public schools in exchange for oil. When Bush first took office he had inherited a dire choice: allow Islam, as Muslims present it, into public schools or be completely cut off from oil and face a full-blown GLOBAL jihad. Within months, top members of Bush's administration quit to "go home to be with their families."

Bush was preceded by Bill Clinton, who gave a Ramadan message publicly outlining the progress of our conversion at the end of his term:

"As America's six-million-member Muslim community grows in numbers and prominence, Americans of every religious tradition are learning more about the origins and meaning of Islam. That on "the Night of Power," the Angel Gabriel appeared to the Prophet Muhammad and revealed to him the first verses of the Koran. That the Koran declares that Ramadan was the month Allah's words were sent down, and so should be spent in fasting." - Bill Clinton

When Bush was apprised of the agreements, America’s textbooks already contained a fanciful version of Islam to embrace. The system was in place and America was accepting it. The Saudis were not asking for much, just access to our children’s minds. The promotional endorsement that Islam is "peaceful" in the media, even as opponents to Allah are slaughtered on every border of Islam, was already being consumed. Bush had little choice. To cut off oil supplies to the U.S. would severely cripple the country. Advisors cautioned that to face a global Jihad complete with the Saudis would be annihilation of an oil-starved America.

The United States has a knife to its throat and Bush knows it. So he stepped up to the microphone and began to talk of a peaceful Islam, most likely choking on the words, praying and banking on the fortitude of Americans to remain strong in their faith and freedom. The Saudis did their part and ordered a cease to Jihad, even as Saudi textbooks teach children to revel in the torture and death of all unbelievers of Allah.

Then the World Trade center was hit, and all America grieved in confusion as the media saturated our airwaves that Islam is peaceful, even though the Koran distinctly calls for the death and beheading of all who oppose it. But just as the WTC was hit, a campaign "BlessedCause," began to oppose the blatant indoctrination of Islam in textbooks. Media attention came in waves with the consistent question, "Do you think the outrage is due to the heightened awareness of 9-11?" With the answer of "yes," Saudi’s reiterated to Jihadist Muslims to be patient, their attacks were defeating America’s conversion, and the rift in Saudi Arabia exploded between diplomats and warriors.

Through all of this, BlessedCause.org, a small organization, noticed a consistently high volume of hits from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Middle East countries. In Sept. 2002, a link located at www.iaea.com to the BlessedCause 6th Grade Textbook Review was discovered. The IAEA is a United Nations Organization, the "nuclear watchdog." It is also a watchdog to assure America swallows the Islamic fairytales in public school. Americans do not understand that NOTHING is more important to Muslims than the spread of Islam, either by conversion in our classrooms or the bombing of our buildings. (1)

Allah 's apostle said, " I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' (Hadith 4:52:196*)

We declare ourselves to be clear of you, and enmity and hatred have appeared between us and you forever until you believe in Allah alone. (60:4)

"When the sacred months are past, kill those who join other gods wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them with every kind of ambush; but if they convert and observe prayer and pay the obligatory alms, let them go their way." (9:5) (more)

Suspicious of why the United Nations would even notice their website, BlessedCause began to unearth incriminating evidence, confirmed by other news sites and journalists, of the political acceptance of Islam in public schools, such as an Islamic terrorist being party to writing Clinton’s "Religious Expression in Public School Guidelines" in 1995, as well as other shocking facts and players.

So as rumors run rampant that Bush is not really a Christian as he promotes Islam and deals are struck with the Saudis, guess again. Bush has been working to cut our dependence on Saudi Arabia and produce domestic oil, much to the screaming and rage of "environmentalists." Do not blame President Bush as colleges such as Cuesta College, California, knowingly allow "philosophy" teachers to mandate students to read anti-Bush environmental rhetoric. Legislators allow carefully selected verses of the Koran be required reading in universities. And Judge Phyllis Hamilton, appointed by Clinton, rules children can be REQUIRED to memorize worship to Allah.

This was not President Bush’s making. There have been few clear options as he prays, seeks guidance, and even Christians question his actions. Clearly Bush is willing to fight, but the country is divided, accusations are flying and impossible decisions must be made. What would America have him do?

As children assume the position of prayer in classrooms, as the ACLU continues to attack every vestige of our Judeo-Christian heritage, posturing on the hill continues and words of outrage are spoken, (thanks Bill O’Reilly!) but little is done. We have sold our religious freedom for oil and creature comforts. Given the choice, I wonder how many Americans would welcome Islam, as long as our economy remained intact and our biggest concern is the latest color of our nail polish or the new $1.00 sandwich at Burger King. As humanists and pluralists cheer and applaud the select "tolerance" of other religions, who knows, maybe they’ll appreciate blue burkas and prayer carpets rather than a cross on a city seal.

***

Jen Shroder would welcome a lawsuit to illuminate the overwhelming evidence (2) supporting these assertions, verified by other news sources.

(1) http://www.blessedcause.org/Quran.htm

(2) http://www.blessedcause.org/clinton.htm

See Also Understanding Webstats, an explanation of how links from IAEA were tracked

Susan_b-
That article was brought to you by the paranoid religious right! I can't make any sense out of it. A nice touch is: This is all true. because no one is willing to prove it's not!
The fog....

Artist,

This is one of those weird stories, that is just strange enough, to maybe be true in some sense.

The part at the end was what made me decide to post it for comments.

Where they state they would welcome a lawsuite for the chance to prove the allegations.

That was what made me wonder about it.

It makes me hoot, how they always call westerners
"the enemies of Islam.".Whether this is just a cheap ploy to get ALL muslims on their side or not is a different matter, but the fact still remains extremists and west-hating moderates alike frequently use the term.

Instead why don't they try more accurate terms such as :
"Enemies of uncivilized neanderthalic devil-worshippers...."

.....Or....

"Enemies of religiously-obsessed, bloodthirsty savages, on a global domination conquest...."

Sorry susan_b, Carolyn2, the US is NOT dependant on Middle East oil and has not been since the oil embargo of the 70’s. In fact it was precisely the oil embargo that taught the US not to trust Saudi oil. It was also this same embargo that taught the Saudi’s that the direct approach would not work. Today the USA gets most of its oil form Canada (which happens to have the largest single oil reserve in the world), and the Saudi’s are quietly sponsoring hateful mosques in America and giving plenty of money for Muslims to immigrate to the USA. It is these legitimate invaders / traitors that are lobbying the government to change the textbooks. Unfortunately they never needed to re-write our school textbooks. The anti-religious left (specifically anti-Christian left) have already filled the text books with a lot of fanciful nonsense about the peaceful scientific wise medieval Moslems, and the barbarian Christians who were burning witches, and conducting evil crusades into the peaceful utopia of the Moslems.

WHY are we interested in Saudi oil?
2 reasons

1) Almost everyone else IS dependent on Middle East oil. China, Japan, and most of Europe NEED Saudi oil. It is they who are beholden to the Saudi’s NOT us.

2) Saddam taught us that having all that oil in one place means that it will always be a target for some one who wants to control most of the world oil supply.

Removing Saddam was necessary to mitigate the LOCAL threat (see 2).

DO NOT under estimate the work of China behind closed doors. They have always been overtly hostile toward the USA and it may yet be determined that they have had a hand in supporting terrorists groups in one form or another. Keep in mind that Pakistan did not just come up with The Bomb they were given the technology by China. From Pakistan that same Bomb technology went to North Korea, Iran and Libya.

Nathan -

I agree with your last paragraph and its conclusion. The US already has troops in SA and if the Saudis tried any such blackmail, the oilfields could be seized with moderate force.

However, purely in the interest of accuracy, it is blatantly obvious that the Blessed Cause site has nothing to do with the 'loony left' as you suggest. The site has page after page of biblical prophecies and references and is very approving of, for instance, Bill O'Reilly (except where he criticises the notion that 9/11 was an 'Act of God'!)

Check out:
http://www.blessedcause.org/BlessedCause%20Exclusives/Response%20to%20O'Reilly.htm

I opened a can of worms didn't I? Like I said I don't know what to think about the article, but the thought of the strongest military in the world held hostage by a backward country in the middle east is hard to swallow. But then my question is, why did President Bush refer to Islam as a religion of peace? Do not misunderstand me, I am going to vote for the President because he is taking the fight to them. The statement about Islam stays in the back of my mind, and remains a big question mark. So when I see something that purports to answer this question I will bring this to all of your attention to see what your thoughts are. I value your opinions.

Carolyn2:

The answer to your question is POLITICS. President Bush has to keep up the PC rhetoric until he's voted in for a second term. While it won't completely dissapear, watch for the gloves to come off somewhat if he's re-elected, and some truths to be told openly. There's also a bit of our own brand of taqiyya going on - don't let the enemy know that you're completely aware of its orientation until your plan is formulated and ready to be implemented.

I agree completely with CGW.

After all, the Bush adminstration has done more to displease the Saudi government and Saudi-funded organizations than any other administration since Nixon.

Their attempts to poison our textbooks with a whitewashed version of Islam has been going on for a long time.

I can only imagine it getting much worse under a Kerry adminstration that would never have the backbone to appoint Daniel Pipes to anything or stand up for brave patriots like General Boykin.

Keep in mind that it was Hillary who started inviting groups like CAIR and the AMC to the Whitehouse...

...and it was the Bush administration that put an end to this.

CG:There's also a bit of our own brand of taqiyya going on - don't let the enemy know that you're completely aware of its orientation until your plan is formulated and ready to be implemented.

Ssshhhh. Yous shouldnt have mentioned this. Be wevy wevy quiet.

Seriously though, I hope you are right. The problem is still the 8 million muslims in France, 6-8 million in US, etc etc in all Western countries, and the problem is growing geometrically.

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