U.S. Said Trying to Replace Arab Gov'ts

[CShine]

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- A purported audiotape from al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, broadcast Saturday on an Arab satellite station, accused the United States of trying to replace Arab governments through its plan for regional reforms. The comments appeared to be in response to an agreement this week by the Group of Eight industrialized nations on a U.S. plan to promote democratic reform in the Middle East.

"America has no relation with reform. What it is really looking for is to replace the existing regimes with new ones," said the voice on the tape, played on Al-Arabiya. "The so-called American reforms will not bring to us our independence or our dignity."

The tape said real reform must come from within the Arab people.

"It starts by implanting the will to resist, in our souls and the souls of our children and the next generations," said the voice on the tape.

The station said it planned to broadcast more of the tape in the coming hours. Editor-in-Chief Salah Negm refused to say how Al-Arabiya received the 10-minute audiotape.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EGYPT_ZAWAHRI?SITE=CADIU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Mountainman]

1. We make more enemies than friends around the world.

I feel helpless because I don't support the world according to Bush. Yet I am part of the "we" that is making more enemies than friends just because I am an American.

The way to end terror is to help nations develop the way they want to develop or leave them alone if they want that.

We have become what we fought the cold war about. We were afraid that Russia would try and force it's form of government on the rest of the world and now we are do the very same thing.

All I can do is to help vote this administration out of office and hope Kerry doesn't plan to follow the same foreign policies as Bush.

[Just Me]

4. Well said. I don't support the "world according to Bush" either.

I shudder to consider another four years of this administration.

:scared:

[saigon68]

2. I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE

It was spoken in places where there were jungles.

[tom_paine]

3. "It start by implanting the will to resist"

And in the hearts of all Free Americans behind the Televised Curtain of Lies in Imperial Amerika!

Restore the Old American Republic!
Restore the Honor of American Armed Forces!
Restore the Honor of America!

[htuttle]

5. I think it went something like:

"Create two, three, ...many Iraqs."