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So much for the assessments by the learned analysts that there was a great rift between the two. "Zawahiri tape praises insurgency," from the BBC, with thanks to JE:
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in a video praising insurgents in Iraq, and in particular, militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.He describes Zarqawi, a Jordanian and the leading Jihadi militant in Iraq, as his "beloved brother" and calls on Muslims to support him.
"I have lived with him up close and have seen nothing but good from him," Zawahiri says in the video.
The tape dated November 2005 appeared on the internet on Thursday.
UPDATE: The BBC story above didn't see fit to quote some other pearls from Zawahiri, which I found in this AP story (thanks to Ruth King):
"The Islamic nation must support the heroic mujahedeen (holy warriors) in Iraq, who are fighting on the very front line for the dignity of Islam," al-Zawahri said, waving his right hand toward the camera."And to my mujahedeen brothers in Iraq, I say, Stay firm. Stay together. Your enemy has begun to falter, so don't stop pursuing him until he flees defeated," he said....
"Bush, son of Bush, eliminating Israel is the duty of every believer," al-Zawahri said. "Beggarly clerics ... and every bankrupt propaganda machine is trying to convince the people to bring change by peaceful means, but the Islamic nation knows that its path is jihad (holy war) and the bearing of arms."
I expect a communique from Ibrahim Hooper any minute now, explaining why eliminating Israel is not the duty of every Muslim.
Posted by Robert at April 13, 2006 7:00 AM
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After watching Mr Zarqawi's beheading videos, I wouldn't want to see his darker side.
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at April 13, 2006 7:12 AM
The BBC also has this story about Iraq:
Iraq unrest forces 65,000 to flee
There is also another story on Iraq that's run at LGF and at Michelle Malkin's blog about an Associated Press photographer who was caught yesterday with a cache of weapons by US forces:
This charmer is known for dramatic photographs of terrorists - he got a Pulitzer Prize for one - that appear to have been taken up very close. Strangely, he lives to file his photographs - photographs that might also be mistaken as a form of propaganda for the enemy.
Posted by: Yojimbo at April 13, 2006 7:12 AM
"I have lived with him up close and have seen nothing but good from him,"
Zawahiri says in the video.
Cutting off heads, kidnapping people for ransom, blowing up mosques and Iraqi civilians is 'nothing but good' fort this SOB.
The wonderful & bizarre world of Mohammedan Jihad!
Check out "My Allah is better..." from the winds of Jihad album:
http://islamcomicbook.com/lyrics.htm
Posted by: sheik yer'mami at April 13, 2006 7:20 AM
"I have lived with him up close and have seen nothing but good from him," Zawahiri says in the video.
Brokeback Jihad?
Posted by: JanuaryMan at April 13, 2006 7:21 AM
It's better that people don't know that Zarqawi is actually being a pretty faithful koran true believer. When people are "true" to a belief, it's looked upon as good. It's the cognitive dissonance factor of smart, talented people sacrificing for an idea, so it must be worthy. It's actually better for western commentators to mischaracterize Islam as being something it isn't so as to make people believe that they're being untrue to the idea and therefore ignoble.
Posted by: Rococo Harmonic at April 13, 2006 8:24 AM
Tribes have their feuds, but they unite against the enemy, which consists of all infidels.
Posted by: WatchfulEye at April 13, 2006 9:04 AM
After seeing all the 911 perps and all the other Jihadists if you look into their eyes they lack any semblace of a soul. They are spurred by Allah which is the same as Satin....Lacking any spirit loving life, just taking it. I still have a picture of one of the fireball/smoke columns from the twin towers that have Satin in it. He came up personally to take the SOB's straight to hell.
Posted by: Siciliano at April 13, 2006 2:27 PM
All I can say about these psycho-killers is:
Holy crap.
Times two.
Posted by: profitsbeard at April 13, 2006 2:34 PM
My dear dear Robert, of course we can't quote from the more....inflamatory statements made by these 'radicals'. Islam is a religion of peace and has been hijacked, you simply misunderstand. We can not have the word getting around that these people are motivated by the koran because then our book sales will go down, and people won't support CAIR anymore, and the middle east will fall to ruin....so please, be more considerate, like those wonderful chaps from the "Christian" peaceworkers group. Now they had the right attitude....
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and that's about all that my sarcasm meter can take right now....until next time....peace
at April 13, 2006 2:59 PM
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