Friday, November 21, 2008

Al-Qaeda's tantrum


Al-Qaeda Declares War on Obama -Judith Miller

Al-Qaeda has officially added President-elect Barack Obama to its enemies list. In a new video message, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's number two, calls Obama a "House Negro" who "claims" to be Christian.

The video says that because Obama has chosen to support Israel and has threatened to strike Pakistan and send more troops to Afghanistan, he has decided to continue "the crimes of the American crusade."

Zawahiri also says that by choosing to abandon the faith of his Muslim father in favor of Christianity and to continue waging America's War on Terror, Obama has agreed to "pray the prayer of the Jews."

In case anyone misses the point of this diatribe (widely distributed on Arab television networks), the video portrays Obama wearing a yarmulke - a Jewish skullcap.
(FOX News)


Intelligence Expects Al-Qaeda's Appeal to Falter -Scott Shane

A new study by American intelligence agencies suggests that al-Qaeda could soon be on the decline, having alienated Muslim supporters with indiscriminate killing. The report says that the group "may decay sooner" than many experts have assumed because of severe weaknesses...
(New York Times)

1 comment:

LHwrites said...

They are not going to score many brownie points, so to speak, on the world stage attacking Obama at this juncture. As for the belief that they will soon falter and decay...probably wishful thinking but nice if it turns out that way!