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January 23, 2005

Alleged Zarqawi tape vows to fight Iraq vote: Web

This has been eminently predictable for several years now. From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei:

DUBAI - Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi declared a “bitter war” on Iraq’s parliamentary elections next Sunday, in an audiotape purporting to come from the Jordanian militant and posted on the Internet.The speaker urged Sunni Muslims to fight against the vote, which he said was a plot against them by Washington and its ”infidel” Shia Muslim allies.

“We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it,” the speaker, who was identified as Zarqawi, said in the tape posted on Sunday.

“Candidates in elections are seeking to become demi-gods while those who vote for them are infidels. And with God as my witness, I have informed them (of our intentions).”

Posted by Robert at January 23, 2005 8:49 AM
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Sorry Kawi,you mean "As Satan as my witness".

The god of Islam IS NOT the same god for followers of Christ,Muhammed created his retro-active religion by taking bits and pieces from the Jews and Christians tenets and built a death-cult that preserves its existance by murdering any oppositions or any follower that leaves.


If that is the best Islam has to offer then
the Muslims in the West have no chance of continueing the "Peace and Tolerance" veneer they put on their version of Allah and Islam.


The jig is up and Sharia-Law is not a liberating practise from the Quran,just ask Theo Van Gogh or the Coptic family in Jersey,oops I forgot,they were slaughtered by those peace-loving followers of the misogynistic/pedophile called Muhammed.
Here's a link to help give you a laugh since Muslims have been hell bent on taking us back to the 7th century.
http://davidsonpress.com/islam/


Posted by: ala-sux [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 9:17 AM

Can psycho killer Zarqawi really put this one over on the Ummah? That other human beings who favor democracy cannot rule Iraq? Only those who proclaim the Jihadist version of Islam can, since they are but instruments of Allah?

(And are chosen through raw power struggles rather than the ballot box.)

Posted by: dennisw [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 9:34 AM

I am encouraged by this statement, I hear desperation.

Moose

Posted by: Moose [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 11:41 AM

MOOSE
Me too! The Butcher of Baghdad is worrying about his own slaughter by fellow countrymen...Wonder if they will videotape it??

Posted by: Morgane [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 12:23 PM

Zarqawi has declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy?

Doesn't that, by definition, make him a Democrat?

Posted by: Mahdi Al-Dajjal [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 12:52 PM

DUBAI - Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi declared a “bitter war” on Iraq’s parliamentary elections next Sunday, in an audiotape purporting to come from the Jordanian militant

Let's stop being PC, he is a palestinian....

Posted by: Rambam [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 1:22 PM

stated: The god of Islam IS NOT the same god for followers of Christ,Muhammed created his retro-active religion by taking bits and pieces from the Jews and Christians tenets and built a death-cult that preserves its existance by murdering any oppositions or any follower that leaves.

well to be truthful...

you are correct, there are differences in the concept of god for christians, jews and moslems...

however regardless of the differences in the concept of "one g-d" the ACTIONS currently of islam are UNg-d loving... and actually not to much different than the Christians had done for the better part of it's history, but now beliefs not withstanding Christians are not murdering in christs name anymore...

Posted by: Rambam [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 1:27 PM

'beliefs not withstanding Christians are not murdering in christs name anymore... '~Rambam

That's correct: Unlike islamists, Most all Christians finally figured out that they shouldn't be following the people who twisted Jesus' teachings so badly.

Posted by: Gary [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 1:34 PM

Zarqawi, a nihilist, will sacrifice every man, woman, and child in Iraq before he allows a non-Muslim concept take hold there. He is reflecting the tenets of the Koran and will have the approval of strict-interpreting Muslims everywhere.

Posted by: epg [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 23, 2005 2:52 PM


Rambam:


Please show me where in history that people used the words of Christ to slaughter people for his father in heaven,I must have missed that part of world history since I've only read about man killing for personal gain.
The Quran orders Muslims to kill the unbelievers to gain favor with Allah and be in paradise,Jesus warned of a false-prophet that would promise peace but would only bring war and suffering along with fooling the people by citing old words from God as it proved they spoke to the Father in heaven.

Even the terrorists can have the forgiveness of Christ and avoid judgement day,washing the feet and shaving your head as well as stoning a rock
and circling a monolith are rituals and ball worshipping. A clean heart is far better than daily acts of idolatry that are meant to please man.

Posted by: ala-sux [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 24, 2005 1:07 AM

Elections do not a democracy make. A democracy based on the American model cannot be an Islamic democracy, as is the blueprint for Iraq. With an established state religion, inequality is a given.

A democracy must be able to defend its citizens against internal and external menaces. That is, a viable security force must protect citizens from criminals and (in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan) against terrorist insurgents that want to destroy a democracy loosely based on the American model and replace it or revert to a totalitarian Islamic regime.

The Iraqi police, national guard, and whatever other security forces have been trained have not shown that they have the stomach to safeguard the citizens of a democracy and preserve its government.

The only Islamic countries that have shown they can keep insurgents at bay are such regimes as Egypt and Syria, and they do have elections there--although not on the American model. They also had elections in the Arab-occupied "Palestinian" territories, but democracy?

What type of governments then should be established in Islamic countries? Shouldn't the people living in these countries be concerned with how they want to live? What happened to the promise that our armed forces and tax dollars would not be used for "nation building?

Why should we be concerned that Islamic countries have viable economies and solid infrastructures? As long as they pose no danger to us, the employment status and education of its inhabitants is of no concern. Before somebody gasps at this attitude towards schools in these places, remember what is taught in these schools (we are talking about Islamic countries here, and look at what is being taught in the schools of the PLO territories).

And the argument that poverty and lack of education breeds Islamic terrorists won't wash after it was shown that the vilest of them are university-educated and come from families well above the poverty line.

Whether providing US (and coalition) armed forces to police and prop up the governments of the Islamic countries we are attempting to "democratize" is in our national interest remains in doubt.

Posted by: unicorns62000 [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 24, 2005 2:55 AM

Elections do not a democracy make. A democracy based on the American model cannot be an Islamic democracy, as is the blueprint for Iraq. With an established state religion, inequality is a given.

A democracy must be able to defend its citizens against internal and external menaces. That is, a viable security force must protect citizens from criminals and (in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan) against terrorist insurgents that want to destroy a democracy loosely based on the American model and replace it or revert to a totalitarian Islamic regime.

The Iraqi police, national guard, and whatever other security forces have been trained have not shown that they have the stomach to safeguard the citizens of a democracy and preserve its government.

The only Islamic countries that have shown they can keep insurgents at bay are such regimes as Egypt and Syria, and they do have elections there--although not on the American model. They also had elections in the Arab-occupied "Palestinian" territories, but democracy?

What type of governments then should be established in Islamic countries? Shouldn't the people living in these countries be concerned with how they want to live? What happened to the promise that our armed forces and tax dollars would not be used for "nation building?

Why should we be concerned that Islamic countries have viable economies and solid infrastructures? As long as they pose no danger to us, the employment status and education of its inhabitants is of no concern. Before somebody gasps at this attitude towards schools in these places, remember what is taught in these schools (we are talking about Islamic countries here, and look at what is being taught in the schools of the PLO territories).

And the argument that poverty and lack of education breeds Islamic terrorists won't wash after it was shown that the vilest of them are university-educated and come from families well above the poverty line.

Whether providing US (and coalition) armed forces to police and prop up the governments of the Islamic countries we are attempting to "democratize" is in our national interest remains in doubt.

Posted by: unicorns62000 [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 24, 2005 2:55 AM

Elections do not a democracy make. A democracy based on the American model cannot be an Islamic democracy, as is the blueprint for Iraq. With an established state religion, inequality is a given.

A democracy must be able to defend its citizens against internal and external menaces. That is, a viable security force must protect citizens from criminals and (in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan) against terrorist insurgents that want to destroy a democracy loosely based on the American model and replace it or revert to a totalitarian Islamic regime.

The Iraqi police, national guard, and whatever other security forces have been trained have not shown that they have the stomach to safeguard the citizens of a democracy and preserve its government.

The only Islamic countries that have shown they can keep insurgents at bay are such regimes as Egypt and Syria, and they do have elections there--although not on the American model. They also had elections in the Arab-occupied "Palestinian" territories, but democracy?

What type of governments then should be established in Islamic countries? Shouldn't the people living in these countries be concerned with how they want to live? What happened to the promise that our armed forces and tax dollars would not be used for "nation building?

Why should we be concerned that Islamic countries have viable economies and solid infrastructures? As long as they pose no danger to us, the employment status and education of its inhabitants is of no concern. Before somebody gasps at this attitude towards schools in these places, remember what is taught in these schools (we are talking about Islamic countries here, and look at what is being taught in the schools of the PLO territories).

And the argument that poverty and lack of education breeds Islamic terrorists won't wash after it was shown that the vilest of them are university-educated and come from families well above the poverty line.

Whether providing US (and coalition) armed forces to police and prop up the governments of the Islamic countries we are attempting to "democratize" is in our national interest remains in doubt.

Posted by: unicorns62000 [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 24, 2005 2:55 AM


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