...and he's pissed off, dammit!
Osama bin Laden's deputy Al-Zawahri on Tuesday accused Hezbollah's Al-Manar television of starting a conspiracy theory that Israel was behind the 2001 suicide airplane hijacking against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "The purpose of this lie is clear - [to suggest] that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it," he said in a lengthy audiotape posted on an Islamic web site. The tape could not be immediately confirmed as authentic, but the voice sounded like past audiotapes from the terror leader.
Are ya listening, Troofers?
With reference to Hamas' apparent readiness to agree to a peace agreement with Israel, pending a referendum, Al-Zawahri expressed scathing criticism, branding it was a violation of Islamic law. "As for peace agreements with Israel, they [Hamas] spoke of putting it to a referendum despite considering it a breach of the Sharia [Islamic law]," Al-Zawahri said. "How can they put a matter that violates Sharia to a referendum?" he added in the message, the second in a two-part series to answer about 100 questions put to him via online militant forums.
Dear Doc. It burns when I pee. Whaddya think the problem is?
Al-Zawahri also called on Sunni militants in Lebanon to attack UN peacekeepers, whom he labeled "the invading Crusaders who pretend to be peacekeeping forces in Lebanon and not to accept resolution 1701."
We can't do that, doc. How else will we get our guns in?
The Al-Qaida leader was referring to the UN resolution that ended Second Lebanon War between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. A 13,500-strong UN force, known as UNIFIL, monitors the truce in southern Lebanon.
...and a damn fine job they do, lemme tell ya.
"The road is long but they have to break the siege imposed on them and to shove their way to Palestine," al-Zawahri said, referring to militants in Lebanon.
...and make sure you lemme know how you make out.
Lebanese Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat told Al-Arabiya television that al-Zawahri's comments were "very dangerous and a bad omen for the Lebanese."
The Sports Minister?
In the message, Zawahri also warned that Al-Qaida still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war. Asked by one of his followers if the terror group still had plans to attack Western countries that participated in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and subsequent war, al-Zawahri said "my answer is: Yes! We think that any country joined aggression on Muslims must be deterred." Asked if there are any women in Al-Qaida, the terror leader answered simply "no."
They can't run too good in those sacks. What do you think we are? Like that movie where Demi Moore joins the SEALS?
The tape Tuesday was the second time that al-Zawahri has answered the more than 900 questions submitted on extremist Internet sites by Al-Qaida supporters, critics and journalists in December. In a first response earlier this month, al-Zawahri rejected the criticism of attacks by the terror network's followers, which have killed thousands, and maintained that the group does not kill innocent people.
Nope. If Big Mo didn't want them dead, they wouldn't have died when we blew them up. InshAllah...
In another answer Tuesday, al-Zawahri said it was against Islamic religious law for any Muslim to live permanently in a Western country because in doing so they would have permanent stay there under the laws of the infidels.
Does that mean we can start shipping them out?