Zawahri says Muslims should fight NATO in Libya

[jakeXT]

Source: Reuters

DUBAI, April 15 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri has urged Muslims in North Africa to fight NATO forces in Libya, the SITE Intelligence Group reported on Friday.

The monitoring group said the video message by the group's second in command appeared to have been recorded before NATO and Western forces began military operations to support rebels against Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

"I want to direct the attention of our Muslim brothers in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and the rest of the Muslim countries, that if the Americans and the NATO forces enter Libya then their neighbours in Egypt and Tunisia and Algeria and the rest of the Muslim countries should rise up and fight both the mercenaries of Gaddafi and the rest of NATO," Zawahri said. (Reporting by Martina Fuchs; Editing by Andrew Hammond)

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE73E0IU20110415

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Islamist leaders and their contingent of followers represent a relatively small minority within the rebel cause. They have served the rebels' secular leadership with little friction. Their discipline and fighting experience is badly needed by the rebels' ragtag army.

Among his followers, Mr. Hasady has the reputation of a trained warrior who stood fearlessly at the front ranks of young protesters during the first days of the uprising.

And his discourse has become dramatically more pro-American, now that he stands in alliance with the West in a battle against Col. Gadhafi. "Our view is starting to change of the US," said Mr. Hasady. "If we hated the Americans 100 percent, today it is less than 50 percent. They have started to redeem themselves for their past mistakes by helping us to preserve the blood of our children."

http://newmediajournal.us/indx.php/item/1025

[pampango]

1. AFP: Muslim countries should "fight both the mercenaries of Kadhafi and the rest of NATO."

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri incites Muslims to rise up against both NATO and Moamer Kadhafi's forces in a newly released video apparently taped before the Western intervention in Libya.

"I want to direct the attention of our Muslim brothers in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and the rest of the Muslim countries, that if the Americans and the NATO forces enter Libya then their neighbors in Egypt and Tunisia and Algeria and the rest of the Muslim countries should rise up and fight both the mercenaries of Kadhafi and the rest of NATO," he said, according to SITE.

Zawahiri stated Al-Qaeda's backing for the ousted Tunisian and Egyptian presidents and also accused the Egyptian government of "separation from Islam" and "subservience to the West," the monitoring group said.

In his third installment in February before the toppling of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, he accused the United States of installing sympathetic new regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, demanding Muslims rise up against "whippers" and "invaders".

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j3C_aFhG1EZatQWSyGxGj81UnXzQ?docId=CNG.9baeed4b77985cc23322a6a1edf5ef6e.851

[Alamuti Lotus]

2. one of the bolded passages is mistranslated

he states al-Qai'dah's backing for the uprisings against the Tunisian & Egyptian dictators, not the presidents themselves.

[WatsonT]

3. So just kill everyone?

That's a brilliant tactic.

[octothorpe]

4. Ever play a deathmatch (not team) in a game like Doom or Quake?

I'm guessing it's a similar concept.

[jakeXT]

5. I remember

killing sprees: Killing 5, 10, 15, 20 ... enemies without dying is called a killing spree, each greater kill count being considered more valuable and having a unique title. The game tracked how many times has the player achieved each of these titles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathmatch_%28gaming%29I

[WatsonT]

6. Yeah, it was fun on a computer

in real life . . . less so.

Being able to respawn is nice. Maybe the hindus will take over the world afterall.