Al-Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama: Calls him House slave

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Al-Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama

PAUL KORING

Globe and Mail Update

November 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM EST

WASHINGTON — Al-Qaeda denounced Barack Obama Wednesday disparaging

America's first African-American president as a ``house slave'' and

saying his vow to fight Muslim extremists in Afghanistan was doomed.

In an video tape released yesterday and recorded some time after Mr.

Obama's Nov 4 election triumph, al-Qaida's second-in-command Ayman al-

Zawahri heaps abuse on Mr. Obama who is shown wearing a kippah, or

Jewish skullcap.

The election of Mr. Obama, whose father was a Muslim and whose middle

name is Hussein, garnered widespread and favourable attention

overseas, especially in the Arab world. Yesterday's al-Qaeda message,

the first in months, seemed intended to convince Muslims that the

election Mr.

Obama didn't signal any fundamental shift in American policy.

" America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind

drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression

and despotism continue to be the same as always, " Mr. Zawahri, said

in the 11-minute tape posted on websites usually used by the

extremist group to distribute its messages.

" You have climbed the rungs of the presidency to take over the

leadership of the greatest criminal force in the history of mankind,

and the leadership of the most violent Crusade ever against the

Muslims,'' the video says in English-language subtitles provided

along with Mr. Zawahri's speech in Arabic.

Along with old footage of Malcolm X, the controversial U.S. black

rights leader who converted to Islam and condemned Christianity as

the white man's religion imposed on African-Americans by their slave

masters, the al-Qaeda tape condemns Mr. Obama as a house slave or a

house negro.

The reference is to Malcolm X, who said household slaves were more

servile than field slaves. The al-Qaeda denunciation of Mr. Obama

also says both the current and former secretaries of states;

Condoleezza Rice and Colin were ``house slaves.''

The message also contained a stark warning about Mr. Obama's plan to

focus American's military might on the war in Afghanistan and — if

necessary — to attack al-Qaeda bases in neighboring Afghanistan.

" It appears that you ..... don't know anything about the history of

Afghanistan and its free and defiant Muslim people,'' it said. " If

you still want to be stubborn about America's failure in Afghanistan,

then remember the fate of (current president W.) Bush and

(former Pakistani military dictator) Pervez Musharraf, and the fate

of the Soviets and British before them.''

It claims that any build-up of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan

is doomed. " Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the

flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after

thousands to them, " the message said.

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Who with their silly heads on at less that 90 degrees would listen to

the crackpots in Al-Qaeda....

My opinion on foreign policy: The seal has an olive branch *and*

arrows for a very good reason.

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Zoe wrote: " ... <snip> ... My opinion on foreign policy: The seal has

an olive branch *and* arrows for a very good reason ... <snip> ... "

Ya! Everyone knows it's good to have something around in case you

wanna have a weiner roast after the olive branch is extended. That's

what they're for, right, Zoe? :-D

Raven