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| Al Qaeda Claims to Have 12,000 Hardboyz In Iraq, Jerusalem, White House Soon To Be Conquered |
| 2006-11-10 |
| More on the tape mentioned in the rooters article. CAIRO, Egypt — Al Qaeda in Iraq's purported leader vowed on Friday that his fighters would never rest until they have reached Jerusalem and blown up the White House. In the audio tape made available on a militant web site, a man introduced as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir said Al Qaeda has 12,000 fighters at the ready in Iraq. "We will not rest from our Jihad until we are under the olive trees of Rumieh and we have blown up the filthiest house -- which is called the White House," al-Muhajir said. The "olive trees of Rumieh" appeared to be a reference to the Mount of Olive in Jerusalem, or Christendom in general as a continuation of the Roman empire. Also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, al-Muhajir became the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by the U.S. military in June. Though the voice on the tape identified itself as al-masri, there were no means to independently verify this. Describing George W. Bush as "the most stupid president" in U.S. history, the Al Qaeda leader reached out to the Muslim world and said his group was winning faster than expected in Iraq. The U.S. president's policy had enabled the militant group to achieve their goal of fighting more Americans, said the Al Qaeda leader. And the inverse is true too, much to the dismay of the overworked "We call the lame duck (Bush) not to hurry up in escaping the same way the defense minister did," he said, referring to the removal of Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary following the Democrats' victory in Midterm elections. "They are getting ready to leave, because they are no longer capable of staying," the Al Qaeda leader said. "Remain steadfast in the battlefield you coward," he called on the U.S president. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #10 Egypt's ALLAWI > iff America is not destroyed, the Radics wanna see America as a de facto WEAK PROXY [read-ISLAMIST-CONTROLLED] STATE UNDER ISLAM. Essentially no different than for the Secular-Global Socialists. For these scenarios to happen, ANARCHIES + WAR, ETC. MUST COME TO US SOIL. NASRALLAH > America to get out of ARAB-MUSLIM/ISLAMIC WORLDS = SURREALLY INCLUDES FROM AMERICA ITSELF??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-10 23:35 |
| #9 12,000 in Iraq, aye? And a goodly number of them are pushing Daisies. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-10 22:12 |
| #8 I just left CNN and amazingly for some reason they have not heard or recieved word on this audio tape "Wonder Why" hmmm.... |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-11-10 19:39 |
| #7 Is it possible to put them in uniforms? We'd hate to kill 12,001 people because we couldn't tell the difference. I'll make a call to the Phoenix AZ sheriff to see if he has some spare pink jumpsuits for ya. Howz about some pink RIT dye for them turbans. Just so's we know, ya know. |
| Posted by: kilowattkid 2006-11-10 19:03 |
| #6 He thinks he's shouting threats at our backs as we run away, eltoroverde. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-11-10 17:04 |
| #5 I find it a wee bit odd that he is goading the President into staying in Iraq. I was under the impression that the sooner we pulled out, the sooner they could claim victory, making it in their best interest to expedite any pull out. Perhaps it's just AQ puffery and he's just trying to look tough. Thoughts? |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2006-11-10 14:53 |
| #4 Alrigh dems, here's your first chore, go get em. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-11-10 13:47 |
| #3 I'm Nancy Pelosi and I approved this message. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-11-10 13:18 |
| #2 Do they intentionally parrot the Dems, or is it a matter of convergent evolution? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-11-10 13:07 |
| #1 12,000 new cannon fodder. At our present rate of killing them... how long will it be before Abu's next announcement? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-11-10 12:26 |