al-Qaida No. 2 Mocks Iraq Pullout Bill

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A new video of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader released on Saturday mocks President Bush and U.S. legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the bill would rob the group's fighters of the chance to kill more Americans.

Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahri derided the new U.S.-backed Baghdad security plan, recounting an April 12 suicide bombing in Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone when an attacker slipped through security and killed a Sunni legislator in the Iraqi parliament's cafeteria. An al-Qaida-led amalgam of Sunni insurgents in Iraq claimed responsibility.

``And lest Bush worry, I congratulate him on the success of his security plan, and I invite him on the occasion for a glass of juice, but in the cafeteria of the Iraqi parliament in the middle of the Green Zone,'' al-Zawahri said.

The video was obtained Saturday by U.S.-based monitoring groups who released a transcript to media.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6611266,00.html

[rsmith6621]

1. Bush to Stupid To Understand....

....point of this...

[liberal N proud]

2. Why isn't the MSM showing this video?

Doesn't the American moron need a dose of terra?

:sarcasm:

[ChazII]

3. Yes, it would be wonderful

if the media would play the video.


"The video was obtained Saturday by U.S.-based monitoring groups who released a transcript to media.

Al-Zawahri, shown seated before a bookshelf in a white robe and turban, addresses legislation pushed by Democratic leaders, and vetoed by Bush, that would have required the first U.S. troops in Iraq to be withdrawn by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later.

"This bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American forces which we have caught in a historic trap," al-Zawahri said, according to a transcript released by the monitoring group SITE. The bill is evidence of American "failure and frustration," he added.

"We ask Allah that they (U.S. troops) only get out of it after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson," he said.

He made no mention of Bush vetoing the bill on Thursday — an indication the video may have been made beforehand."


Rest of this article can be found at Yahoo.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_video

Not having cable, I doubt anything will be covered over the commercial channels.

[ChazII]

4. I never did see

anything in or on the MSM about this story. Since I don't have cable I do not know if it was covered. Thank goodness for the internet.