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So now, along with Jewish "Zionists," and apostate leaders, Muslim Shias are the latest participants of the "crusade" against Islam? Here also is a timeline of Zawahiri's propaganda.
"TIMELINE-Messages attributed to al Qaeda's Zawahri," by David Cutler for Reuters, September 8:
(Reuters) - Al Qaeda has issued a video marking the September 11 attacks, in which deputy group leader Ayman al-Zawahri accuses Iran of taking part in a Western "Crusader" war against Islam, Al Jazeera television said on Monday.According to al-Jazeera's report, Zawahiri asserts that the "Iranian-Crusader alliance" -- now there's an oxymoron -- "has made it easier for America to invade Afghanistan and Iraq."
At least 50 messages have been broadcast by Osama bin Laden, Zawahri and their allies since the September 11 attacks in 2001.Following is a chronology of major statements attributed to Zawahri in the past year.
December 14 - Zawahri, in an audio recording, accuses Arab leaders of betraying the Palestinians by attending a Middle East peace conference in the United States and urges Muslims to keep fighting. Zawahri denounces Saudi Arabia and Egypt, saying they were serving Israel and U.S. interests.
December 16 - Zawahri says in a video posted on the Internet that Britain's handover of security in southern Iraq shows insurgents are gaining the upper hand there.
April 2, 2008 - In an audio message, Zawahri denounces the United Nations, vows to attack Jews both within and outside Israel and says bin Laden is alive and well.
April 18 - Zawahri mocks Bush's decision to suspend troop withdrawals from Iraq, saying the U.S. president was scared of admitting defeat. Zawahri also mocked hopes that the Awakening Councils, security units created by Sunni Arab tribal groups to fight al Qaeda in Iraq, would restore stability to the country.
April 22 - Zawahri says in the second and final instalment of his answers to questions compiled by Islamist Web sites that The Islamic State in Iraq remains the main force confronting the "crusaders" and their collaborators.
-- Zawahri also says U.S.-led forces are losing the battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
June 4 - In an Internet recording, Zawahri urges Palestinians to step up suicide and rocket attacks against Israel.
Aug 11 - An audio tape purportedly made by Zawahri accused then President Pervez Musharraf and other politicians of trying to destabilise Pakistan at the behest of the United States.
Aug 22 - Zawahri in a videotape on the Internet eulogises militants killed in a suspected U.S. air strike in Pakistan's border region in July.
Sept 8 - Al Qaeda issues a video in which deputy group leader Ayman al-Zawahri accuses Iran of taking part in a Western "Crusader" war against Islam.
Posted by Raymond at September 8, 2008 1:55 PM
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Given the help Iran and its cats-paw Hezbullah has given al-Qaeda over the years, I suspect this is yet another "disinformation moment."
Posted by: Anthony (Los Angeles)![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at September 8, 2008 2:29 PM
Don't you just hate it when the kids fight?
We should know by now that we are probably in a "taquiya" moment.
Posted by: tanstaafl at September 8, 2008 2:31 PM
I sincerely hope Zawahri and the rest of al-Qaeda will stop tolerating this outrageous apostate-infidel behavior of Iran and start their attacks & suicide bombings on them – esp. on their anti-aircraft defenses - forthwith!
Posted by: FM at September 8, 2008 2:36 PM
Part of this is Al Qaeda's sour grapes over the fact that Shia Iran has become the main benefactor of Sunni Hamas. The reason is obvious: As a state player with a powerful local proxy (Hezbollah), Iran can actually deliver the goods.
The differences between Al Qaeda and Iran are real...both sectarian and in the pursuit of sometimes competing interests . But only a fool who tends to see the world in neatly delineated compartments would conclude from this that there is no operational cooperation occurring between the two entities. That cooperation is well-documented.
Posted by: Cornelius at September 8, 2008 3:05 PM
But, "He's a good boy".
Posted by: Sounder at September 8, 2008 3:38 PM
Revolting "zebibah", revolting human.
Posted by: darcy at September 8, 2008 4:03 PM
So he's still alive then?
Is there anything in this tape that suggests he is?
This bitter and twisted man will of course attack his fellow muslim Iranian "brothers", they are Shia...
This doesn't mean to say they won't unite and fight the great satan of course.
at September 8, 2008 4:05 PM
I am so glad that Iran has joined Crusader alliance. I just wish somebody would tell their prime minister.
Posted by: Jerry M at September 8, 2008 4:08 PM
Al Qaeda issues a video in which deputy group leader Ayman al-Zawahri accuses Iran of taking part in a Western "Crusader" war against Islam.
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Takfir at its best. One imagines an Iranian Mullah and Osama bin Laden standing in a barren desert hurling insults at each other--"crusader dog!" "Filthy kuffr!" "Zionist Jew son of apes and pigs".
This is all the result of Iran's all too successful jockeying in the region, backing Hizb'allah and Hamas in the largely Sunni Middle East. Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs of Shi'ite Iran want to be seen as *the* agents of Jihad--but so does Sunni Wahhabi Saudi Arabia, with its mosque building and money Da'wa, and so does Al Qaeda, with its successfully pulling off 9/11 in the very heart of Dar-al-Harb--throw in the resurgent Taliban and the "Islamic Courts" of chaotic Somalia and all the rest of the violent Islamic splinter groups and you have quite a brew.
Whether all this inevitable Muslim in-fighting will be good for Infidels has yet to be seen--while it may keep more of the homicidal maniacs busy killing each other, it may also spur the various factions to vie with each other over who can strike more terror into the hearts of the unbelievers.
All of this, in any case, certainly gives the lie to "the peace of Islam"--except, of course, the peace of the grave. Repulsive.
Posted by: gravenimage
at September 8, 2008 4:21 PM
A shame Al-Qaeda, apart from their video production dept., seems to be without operational competence.
What sweet irony it'd be if they would work for regime change in Iran - at their own expense!
MeThinks this deserves posting high and wide. Such a breach of the Islamic front against the West can only add to confusion and internal strife within Islamist ranks.
Posted by: Henrik at September 8, 2008 4:28 PM
HAH!!! He is bitter isn't he? Gee, things aren't working out according to plan for AQ with the Christians, so he calls other Mulsims on the carpet. Just goes to show ya, and the world, the mentality of these fanatics. They have to whine about something or they ain't happy.
Wah wah wah all the way home.....
Posted by: gymgal at September 8, 2008 5:09 PM
Did Iran do something to help the Sunnis in Iraq to STOP fighting the evil infidel?
I guess we can take from this video that Iran has never hosted al-Zawahiri in his many years on the lam? He must be feeling neglected.
Posted by: PMK at September 8, 2008 6:14 PM
Maybe Zawahri is upset that he didn't get an invite to the Ramadan party in Iran.............
Posted by: tanstaafl at September 8, 2008 6:22 PM
Good Lord, can the dent on his forehead get any bigger????
Posted by: Trollhammer at September 8, 2008 6:56 PM
Maybe Zawahri is upset that he didn't get an invite to the Ramadan party in Iran.............
Posted by: tanstaaf
That must be it.
Hell hath no fury like a Muslim scorned.
Posted by: PMK at September 8, 2008 7:22 PM
Where , oh where, is MAD magazine?
I think we need an updated version of that old favourite, 'Spy vs. Spy', with turbanned and bearded jihadists replacing the original trenchcoated spooks.
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at September 8, 2008 8:39 PM
Convert to Islam, and in a short you too can look and sound like Zawahiri.
Look what Islam has done for him...
Posted by: duh_swami at September 8, 2008 9:04 PM
Seriously, if you bang your head very hard on the ground for long enough you are going to get a bad result.
Posted by: ausinfidel at September 8, 2008 9:04 PM
He looks sick to me. Islammation of the brain, no doubt.
Posted by: Dsinc at September 8, 2008 9:32 PM
"Good Lord, can the dent on his forehead get any bigger????"
Posted by: Trollhammer
He just wants the whole world to know that, despite his murderous activities, political rants, and being a serious contender in the blame game, he still finds time to pray. Ostentatious, isn't it?
Posted by: Abscedere at September 8, 2008 11:33 PM
Trollhammer wrote:
Good Lord, can the dent on his forehead get any bigger????
...............................
Hah! Good one, Trollhammer!
Well, just as have surgically reconstructed "born-again virgins" in Muslim countries, maybe we'll start to see plastic surgery used to create the perfect zebiba--larger, more discolored, a bigger dent in the head--I can see it now. Get that "devout look" without all that bothersome mosque attendance, crushing headaches, and resulting brain damage . . .
Posted by: gravenimage at September 9, 2008 12:07 AM
I think I could find a use for a picture of that zebibah at the range.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at September 9, 2008 12:14 AM
Trollhammer wrote:
Good Lord, can the dent on his forehead get any bigger????
...............................
May I dare say YES!! I have a few ideas on how to make it bigger too :-)
Posted by: Ummah Gummah at September 9, 2008 12:30 AM
That 'dent' is known as 'Zebiba' in the Islamic tradition.
And in the Christian, the 'Mark of the Beast' is worn by the adherents of the false prophet. Who uses deception and causes people to worship an idol.
Revelation 19:20:
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Go figure...
Posted by: Henrik at September 9, 2008 1:37 AM
The hole in his forehead is the remaining scar from a brain transplant, making him the first human to successfully receive the brain from a jackass.
Posted by: champ at September 9, 2008 2:36 AM
Sounds to me like provocation. Perhaps he's trying to shame Iran into launching that nuke warhead that they're not developing to show that they're really serious about this jihad stuff?
Posted by: Liam1304 at September 9, 2008 4:07 AM
Isn't that dishtowel around his head beginning to look tattletale grey?
Posted by: angryamerican at September 9, 2008 10:51 AM
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