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Al-Zawahri: Gulf, Israel Next Targets

2006-09-12

Osama bin Laden's deputy warned that Persian Gulf countries and Israel would be al-Qaida's next targets, according to a new videotape aired by Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Ayman al-Zawahri accused the governments of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia of supporting Israel's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

You should not waste your time in reinforcing your troops in Iraq and Afghanistan because they are doomed to defeat and are already all but defeated...

Addressing the West, the al-Qaida No. 2 said: "You should not waste your time in reinforcing your troops in Iraq and Afghanistan because they are doomed to defeat and are already all but defeated. Instead, you have to reinforce your troops in two regions. First is the Gulf, where you will be thrown out after you are defeated in Iraq, at which point your economic ruin will be achieved. The second is Israel, because the jihad reinforcements are getting closer to it."

He also condemned the U.N. peacekeeping force now deploying in Lebanon under terms set out in a cease-fire resolution. "What is so terrible in this resolution ... is that it approves the existence of the Jewish state and isolates our mujahedeen in Palestine from Muslims in Lebanon," he said in excerpts of the video aired on Al-Jazeera television. "This is consecrated by the presence of international troops who are hostile to Islam. Anyone who accepts this resolution means that he accepts all these catastrophes."

Posted by:Fred

#9 al-Qaida's becoming moderate---focusing on destruction of Israel rather than global caliphate.

Not so much "becoming moderate", gromgoru, as being forced to recalibrate their goals so that they're more in line with their actual capabilities. It's hard to go global when your head office is in a cave and you're afraid to even use the phone.

This doesn't even take into account the "outsourcing factor" in how al Qaeda's sworn enemy, Iran, is actually doing most of the heavy lifting when it comes to Israel.

Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-12 23:08

#8 That's the official definition of moderate muslim, 6.

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-12 19:30

#7 al-Qaida's becoming moderate---focusing on destruction of Israel rather than global caliphate.

damn! 9.8 on the Cynic Metre of Doom.

Posted by: 6 2006-09-12 18:03

#6 2x4- ?
My point was that they don't want us to send more troops because they're losing. More troops would only hurt the jihadis.

Posted by: Spot 2006-09-12 13:54

#5 al-Qaida's becoming moderate---focusing on destruction of Israel rather than global caliphate.

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-09-12 13:46

#4 Spot, they're kicking our asses!

Wishful thinking does not make it so.
Islamonutz, meet reality. Reality, meet Islamonutz. CLASH!

Posted by: twobyfour 2006-09-12 10:49

#3 You should not waste your time in reinforcing your troops in Iraq and Afghanistan because
they're kicking our asses!

Posted by: Spot 2006-09-12 08:46

#2 The video was not on any of the militant Web sites that usually carry messages and videos from al-Zawahri and other al-Qaida figures.

Who need them when they have Al-Jizz?

and isolates our mujahedeen in Palestine from Muslims in Lebanon

Trying to draw them into the fold, too, eh?

I could go on and on but only a part of the article shows up on the page and I'm lazy. :-)

Posted by: gorb 2006-09-12 01:47

#1 See also WND.com [World Net Daily]. Zawey has affirmed, as others have, AGAIN, that the WOT > WAR FOR THE WORLD + WAR TO DESTROY THE USA-WEST + WAR TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY + WAR TO THE DEATH + NEW ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICA ARE INEVITABLE. SURRENDER, OR BE DESTROYED - NOT EVEN FRANCE [IN LR] IS TO BE SPARED.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-09-12 00:49

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