Qaeda No 2 praises 'martyrs' in Afghanistan

[ECH1969]

Al-Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, paid tribute to the Islamist "martyrs" in Afghanistan, in an audiotape posted on an Islamist website purportedly from the target of an air strike last week.

The website said it was "a new speech by Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri, may God protect him".

In the style of classical Arabic poetry, the speaker praises "the martyrs of the Crusader campaign against Afghanistan".

He addresses "our brother mujahedeen (fighters) ... hunted by the Crusaders and mercenary bands in the mountains of Afghanistan, its valleys, villages, even in its wounded capital, Kabul".

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/20012006/323/qaeda-2-praises-martyrs-afghanistan-audio.html

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. You know, if I were Al-Quaeda

number 2, I would go around advertising it.

Those guys have a very short life expectancy.

[patdem]

2. I am sure he praised Al Quida's # 3, 4, 5 & 6 guys who America's

drone killed? Is this JUST WHAT BUSH NEEDS OR WHAT? EITHER AL QUIDA IS STUPID OR THEY THINK AMERICAN PUBLIC IS STUPID! :grr:

[ECH1969]

3. Classical Arabic poetry?

WTF

[psychopomp]

6. Sorry that you do not know of it

Good lord, this *is* "the cradle of civilization." You might expect that there is such a thing.

[geomon666]

4. Isn't he supposed to be dead?

Or was that Al Qaeda #2 from Earth X...or was it Earth Blue? I'm always confusing those.

[pinniped]

5. The purpose of this piece of propaganda is an attempt...

to legitimize the Pakistan bombings last week.

Some may doubt these alleged al-Qaeda terra dudes were killed last week, now, you don't have to doubt it anymore.

Along comes this mysterious tape that confirms 'our' guys were martyred last week.

I thought the plan was to remove the four or five dead terra dudes' bodies so they won't know the real reason for the bombings.

Wasn't that the official story?

[ECH1969]

7. It doesn't say any members of al-Qaeda were killed last week

[pinniped]

8. This the big scaaary surprise boogeyman tape from Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Four or five dead dudes in Pakistan have been reported to be allegedly linked to al-Qaeda even though the bodies were taken away by their buddies to hide the real reason for the attack, whatever the hell that means. All dead brown people allegedly have connections to al-Qaeda.

Your other boogeyman audio tape thread mentions tribute to his dead colleagues allegedly killed in Pakistan.

This article is not too detailed and doesn't even make sense.

--PARIS (AFP) - Al-Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, paid tribute to the Islamist "martyrs" in Afghanistan, in an audiotape posted on an Islamist website purportedly from the target of an air strike last week.--

The website was the target of the air strike last week?

[Straight Shooter]

9. Latest reports indicate no AQ members killed.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20124547.htm

No sign of al Qaeda dead from US strike -Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - No evidence has yet turned up of al Qaeda figures among the dead when a U.S. missile killed at least 18 people in a remote part of Pakistan, the South Asian nation's prime minister said on Friday.

"As of an hour ago, when I last checked with our relevant security agencies who are combing the area, they have not found any tangible evidence that a particular group or any individual was there," Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said.

Both the government and the people of Pakistan have condemned the Jan. 13 attack but will continue to look for victims and investigate their identities, Aziz told a news conference after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

"We have been very active proponents and partners in the war against terror with the rest of the world, and we will continue to do so," he said during a U.S. visit that will take him to Washington next week.

[pinniped]

10. I really am shocked.

Ayman al-Zawahiri may want to hold off on that big audio tape release.

It turns out his colleagues were not killed in Pakistan because they're probably sitting right next to him.

I will have to chart a graph with al-Qaeda dead dudes over a weeks period and it will go up and down up and down.

[daleo]

11. Why would he praise martyrs that didn't die?

Things that make you go hmmm.

[DeepModem Mom]

12. CNN: Bin Laden's No. 2 releases poetry tape

Bin Laden's No. 2 releases poetry tape
Al-Zawahiri recording doesn't mention CIA attempt to kill him
Friday, January 20, 2006


(CNN) -- With no mention of last week's attempt on his life, Ayman al-Zawahiri recited poetry to jihadists on a 17-minute audiotape that appeared on the Internet on Friday.

Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant was the target of a January 13 CIA airstrike on a home in Damadola, Pakistan, where al Qaeda members were believed to be attending a dinner.

Friday's tape makes no reference to dates, so it is unknown when al-Zawahiri recorded it. The Egyptian doctor has released numerous taped messages in recent months.

A U.S. counterterrorism official said "it could be old tape" because there is no reference to recent events. This official added that he doesn't "read much significance into it."

On Friday's tape -- which comes one day after a tape was released by bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader's first in a year -- al-Zawahiri recited a poem called "Tears in the Eyes of Time."...


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/zawahiri.tape/index.html

[Barrett808]

13. Code phrases? Attack imminent? n/t

[TallahasseeGrannie]

14. I swear I thought this was a joke

life is strange...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. I did too until I saw it was posted by DeepModem Mom

Life is strange and seems to be getting stranger every day.

[Eurobabe]

15. probably code

i agree. something about to happen??

[Henny Penny]

19. Nah... Its hard getting your work published these days!

[NanceGreggs]

17. Bad marketing strategy ...

"On Friday's tape -- which comes one day after a tape was released by bin Laden ..."

I hope they don't record for the same label -- diluted marketing and promotion efforts always result in lower initial sales for each artist.

Besides, I ain't buying (in more ways than one) any of this Bin Laden tape crap -- now, or ever again.

[EarlG]

18. Hmmmmmm

Ayman al-Zawahiri's poetry talking points sound just like the president's.

"Roses are red/Violets are blue/Oh my, lump in the bed/How I've missed you," starts the romantic poem by President George W. Bush written to his wife, Laura Bush.

In a rare disclosure, the first lady shared her husband's mushy sentiment with a crowd assembled at the Library of Congress for the National Book Festival in Washington last weekend.

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34996

Why do al-Zawahiri and George W. Bush both recite poetry? I think we should be told.

:sarcasm:

[tanyev]

20. Next: #3 releases karaoke tape.

[rodeodance]

21. he deicated the poem to several groups-including the lions--but who

are the lions?---US and Pakistani troops?



He dedicated his message to the "mujahedeen brothers in Palestine, Iraq and Chechnya, and to the lions who are targeting the crusaders in Afghanistan in its villages and mountains."

U.S. officials have said that between four and eight al Qaeda members were killed in the CIA attack in Damadola, near the Afghanistan border.

[rodeodance]

22. I have been trying a tranlation for the poem but not able to. anybody know

[leesa]

23. Americans must be the dumbest people on the planet to believe this crap.

Oh! We caught theis #2 Goldstein and that #2 Goldstein....and people...even people who think they are smart liberals fall for this OBL/AlQaeda/9-11 bullshit. God, Cheney and Bush, et al. must wet themselves laughing at the stupidity of Americans.

[IndianaGreen]

24. Except for Osama, everyone else is No. 2 in Al-Qaeda

I don't know how many Number Twos we have killed since 2001, they must number in the dozens.

[HuffleClaw]

25. these guys do WAAAYYY better propaganda than bush and co.

really, compared to 'the iraqis will stand up as we stand down', 'they hate us for our freedoms', and 'last throes', these guys stuff IS poetic.

[leftofthedial]

26. I thought #2 was dead

and in captivity in Pakistan

and dead again

and captured in Iraq

and issuing a new OBL video and/or a fatwa

and dead

and captured somewhere

and dead

and dead again

:shrug: