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| Al Qaeda offers head of American as 'gift to Bush' |
| 2008-04-20 |
| A leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq has announced a one-month campaign in which the group will "offer the head of an American" as a gift to US President George W Bush, according to an audiotape made public. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, better known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, made the announcement in a speech entitled, "The Paths to Victory," monitored by the SITE Intelligence Group. In the speech to Islamist forums, he said mujahedeen, or holy warriors, would "offer the head of an American as a gift to the deceitful Mr Bush, in any manner [they] see fit." The campaign, to be called "Attack of Righteousness," was announced in "celebration" of Mr Bush announcing that 4,000 Americans had died in the war in Iraq. Masri is regarded by US commanders as the real leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq although the jihadist group constantly claims it is led by an Iraqi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. US commanders say Baghdadi is a "cyber invention" and that he is a straw man invented to put an Iraqi face on a terrorist group led by foreigners who infiltrated Iraq to sow chaos and undermine the US-backed Government. Egyptian-born Masri, reportedly an expert bomb maker, was named leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq in June 2006 following the death of his better-known Jordanian predecessor Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an American air strike. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 We could clean up AL Qaeda by sending out the South Bay Crips......... You have that right. I remember when I was in Baghdad is 2004, the word on the street was that Al-Douri as well as AQ had put out the word they would pay $5000 for every US soilder killed. There were no takers and the incentives increased the bounty to almost $100k...still no takers at the time...and that was in a city where $20 would feed a family of four for a week. AQ is a bunch of pedophiles and borderline personalities justifying their sociopathic behaviour as jihad. They are all cowards and sissies that send developmentally disadvantaged girls and boys with Downs into crowds with explosive vests and call themselves holy warriors. Not a one of them would dare stand up and fight like a soldier. They are reduced to remote detonating road side bombs and kidnapping unarmed citizens....if the MSM wanted to portray them accurately they would be portrayed as a bunch of impotent thumbsucking little nebishes who wet their pants everytime a US warplane flies over. |
| Posted by: Imperial Sock Puppet 2008-04-20 23:23 |
| #5 Think about it. With all the US forces and contractors over there. Is this the best AQI can do? Shoot. The gangs in Chicago killed or wounded 28 in the last 2 days. AQI are a bunch of pansies. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-04-20 15:37 |
| #4 Adam Gadahn's.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-20 10:20 |
| #3 Just one? We have a Senator Obama on the phone who wants to talk. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-04-20 09:28 |
| #2 Hey Ramsey Clark, Bush has a new job for you. Ambassador to al qaeda. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-04-20 09:10 |
| #1 Any chance it could be Peanitwit's....? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-20 00:05 |