Al-Qaeda calls for holy war against Israel

[JohnLocke]

Al-Qaeda calls for holy war against Israel
By Willa Thayer -- Associated Press
Thusday, June 27, 2006
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call in a new videotape released Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."
In the message broadcast by Al-Jazeera television, Ayman al-Zawahri, second in command to Osama bin Laden, said that al-Qaida now views "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us."
The Egyptian-born physician said that the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and Palestinian militants would not be ended with "cease-fires or agreements."
"It is a Jihad for the sake of God and will last until (our) religion prevails ... from Spain to Iraq," al-Zawahri said. "We will attack everywhere." Spain was controlled by Arab Muslims until they were driven from power at the turn of the 16th century.
He also said that Arab regimes were complicit in Israeli fighting against Hezbollah and the Palestinians. "My fellow Muslims, it is obvious that Arab and Islamic governments are not only impotent but also complicit ... and you are alone on the battlefield. Rely on God and fight your enemies ... make yourselves martyrs."
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Al-Qaida's media production wing, Al-Sahab, had announced the al-Zawahri tape would be ready soon in a message earlier Thursday on an Islamic Web site.
Al-Zawahri said Muslims everywhere must rise up to attack "crusaders and Zionists" and support jihad (holy war) "until American troops are chased from Afghanistan and Iraq, paralyzed and impotent ... having paid the price for aggression against Muslims and support for Israel."
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[MadMaddie]

Oh Dear....so much for the the path of peace going through

Iraq to the Middle East......sir I do believe it was "Darth Chaney" who spoke those words.....

[MadMaddie]

1. Delete-Dupe

[Ignoramus]

2. I don't think anyone could have predicted that

[laura888]

3. Hmmmm.... right in time for Bush/Cheney

How conVEnient....

[Cameron27]

4. Looks like a battle of who's the biggest baddest terrorist..

[GainesT1958]

5. If these clucks think they're going to drive Israel into the sea"...

They'd better think again. They've all already been there, and tried that. It didn't work back then, and it won't work now. If they all want to be martyrs, Israel can facilitate that--apparently, a lot better than we ever could.

Though I notice that Hezbollah's spiritual leader did high-tail it into Syria. Kind of reminds you of Dub, doesn't he!?:eyes:

B-)

[countmyvote4real]

6. Duh. They were supposed to say, "No one here, but us chickens?"

This has been mishandled badly by all parties from the get go (1948). Israel has a better record, but that does not give them an excuse to behave badly again. The lack of diplomacy from Israel and the US is very disturbing; particularly, the US.

If US policy prior to 9/11 was enough to trigger the subsequent fairy-tale explanation of the same tragedy, then the US policy post 9/11 will surely deliver further blows that will have be redined yet again. Future attacks are not likely to be "inside" jobs, but I wouldn't rule it out as MERKA slowly awakes.l

[cigsandcoffee]

7. How many Al Qaeda numder twos are there?

A Brazilian, at least.

[madrchsod]

8. ohhhh..... the big bad no 2 spoke...

i guess they are pissed cause no one cares about them anymore.

funny..they sound just like some people here in the usa..i wonder who they are?