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| New Zarqawi tape blasts ulema (muslim scholars) |
| 2004-11-24 |
| An audiotape purportedly made by Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi lashed out Wednesday at Muslim scholars for not speaking out against U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying they have "let us down in the darkest circumstances." It was unclear whether the tape posted on the Internet Wednesday was intended as a direct threat against Iraq's Sunni religious establishment, who have come under attack recently with the slaying this week of two Sunni clerics by gunmen. On the tape, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, al-Zarqawi addressed his comments to the "ulema" — senior Muslim religious clerics. The tape was not posted by al-Zarqawi's designated media coordinator, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi. It was unclear whether the material on the tape was new. "You have let us down in the darkest circumstances and handed us over to the enemy... You have quit supporting the mujahedeen," al-Zarqawi purportedly said on the tape. "Hundreds of thousands of the nation's sons are being slaughtered at the hands of the infidels because of your silence." |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #18 For a second I thought that tape blasting Ulema meant: "Mr Phelps, this tape will self-destroy in five seconds, kabooooom". |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-11-24 6:16:16 PM |
| #17 sounds like he has a case of PIST "Post Insurrection Sucked Trauma" Whem the Dem shrinks are done "healing" our morons, they can go heal these morons! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2004-11-24 5:01:43 PM |
| #16 Yeah, folks, I think he's talking to the ulema in general, not the Association of Muslim Scholars. He's bitching that the Syrian, Saudi, Jordanian, and Yemeni religious communities aren't hitting their armed-lunatic production quotas. Or he's agitating for an increase in the quota... |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-11-24 3:05:59 PM |
| #15 It's even narrower than that. AQ vs AMS seems a lot closer to burning your own seed stock. It might even present a broader template for GWoT victory if we could somehow get AQ and the Takfiris to start wiping out the Wahhabi clerics. Interneccine warfare on the furthest extreme. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2004-11-24 2:04:42 PM |
| #14 Sunni-on-sunni? Love it. Bring it on. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-24 1:33:57 PM |
| #13 Now he's waging war against his own religion. That's a great move, Al! He evidently thinks that he can control the muslim world by simply declaring himself its leader. I will enjoy watching how this turns out for him. |
| Posted by: Iowa 2004-11-24 1:32:43 PM |
| #12 Zman is going to have a day of reckoning soon... |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2004-11-24 12:53:51 PM |
| #11 Whatever the case, the fact that he's lashing out in this way is some sort of sign of his frustration. So I suppose he's unhappy with the current situation. Woo hoo! |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-11-24 12:12:09 PM |
| #10 Again, autophagic lysozomes run amuck. The insurgency may be eating itself up. That would make November the equivalent of a triple crown....or something. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-24 11:46:42 AM |
| #9 Best November ever. I'm beginning to suspect the Jan 30 elections will be more successful than anyone anticipates now. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-24 11:05:56 AM |
| #8 A dense tangle of possibilities, all of them pleasing, suggesting a Rantburg response of Surprise and Sympathy meters pegged at Zero, and a popcorn call .... |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2004-11-24 11:04:22 AM |
| #7 Sounds a little like the Michael Moore crowd, and overestimated the amount of backing within the comunnity they had. When you live in a small world of like minded people, to start to believe everyone thinks that way. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2004-11-24 10:50:00 AM |
| #6 Remember, Zarqawi and his ilk are above all fascists committed to a death cult. At bottom they have little in common with the imams and view them only as tools. Z and his people are almost certainly behind the assassinations, which is their stock in trade. I agree that Z is getting desperate as Jan 30 approaches. This is very good news, and a story that our idiotic MSM will of course ignore in their rush to the next Meme du Jour (Iraqi Elections Are Illegitimate) |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-24 10:39:13 AM |
| #5 Like I have said in the past , he's gonna get whacked by his own b4 anyone else gets their mitts on him . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2004-11-24 10:38:48 AM |
| #4 3. He wants folks to think he dislikes the Sunni Imams, so folks will stop assasinating them. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-24 10:26:24 AM |
| #3 Possibilities 1. Zarq really is mad at the Sunni Imams, and wants more fervent support A. And it was actually Zarq, not Shias or moderate Sunnis who has been responsible for offing the "scholars" for being too moderate!!!! B. He's mad at the ones who have been less vocal, and is afraid that the recent assasinations will scare off imams from supporting him, so hes reminding them they have plenty to fear if they DONT support him. 2. They Imams were assasinated by Shiites or moderate Sunnis, but Zarq wants it to look like he offed them, to prevent imams from getting scared of shias and moderate sunnis. ??? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-24 10:25:50 AM |
| #2 sounds like desperation from Zarqawi - the religious justification is all he has left when the sunnis start to realize how well they fare when he's amongst them. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-24 10:21:49 AM |
| #1 Hundreds of thousands? Please. The sounds like it's for external consumption. He needs more patsys for his terror jihad. My suggestion to the "scholars" is to shut up unless they want to stop breathing. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-24 10:13:30 AM |