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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Al-Qaida deputy insults Obama

Ayman al-Zawhri says Barack Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:15 AM

in other words

"Barack Obama is not an Islamist fundamentalist. That means he sucks."

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:20 AM

That's all they got?

That is nothing compared to what true patriots call them.

These Al Qaeda are too weak and PC.

Are you sure they aren't Democrats?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:22 AM

I'm suprised "house negro"

has made it all the way to Afghanistan as an insult. Oh, what an age we live in.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:28 AM

OK, now they have gored the left's most sacred ox...

...by using openly racist language. Can we finally get some legit outrage and willingness to take the fight to them out of you guys? Or do you still think they're just misunderstood?? I'm looking at you, Juan Cole...

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:28 AM

No Surprise

Well, they did endorse McCain for President. You can’t expect them to be happy.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:42 AM

And this is surprising?

The reason that Al Qaida wanted John McCain to win the election is because they need to have a symbol to direct their hatred at. Someone that can be seen as hostile to Muslims, so that they can rally the troops. By taunting Obama with racist remarks, they hope to piss him off enough to attack them, and cause resentment in the Middle East towards America. It's so transparent that it's almost comical...

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:45 AM

Honorable black Americans like Malcolm X?

So the majority of black Americans are Sunni Muslim?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:46 AM

maybe it's all a misunderstanding

maybe they meant "White House Negro"?

or maybe they just don't understand the US system, and the difference between the House and the Senate?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:46 AM

@ rattletrd

Let's see here:

1) Osama is in Pakistan

2) BO has said he will strike Al Qaida targets in Pakistan

3) McCain and Palin criticized this strategy

4) Conservatives decry lack of outrage

Logical conclusion: Let's invade El Salvador!

- - -

In regards to al-Zawhri, is that really the best he could do? Palin took better shots at Obama then this guy. What a pussy.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:48 AM

If they want Obama to attack...

...maybe they should insult his father. It worked with Bush, didn't it?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:50 AM

For perspective.

Try viewing an uncensored version of the Paul Robeson classic, "Emperor Jones".

http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=370

I am pretty sure that this is something that they have viewed. It may be something that we should view as well.

I saw the restoration in 2001 and the version prior to that is pretty much is pointless and gutted, which made it acceptable.

"House" versus "Bush" - interesting to say the least.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:50 AM

"house negroes"

I guess that makes al Qaida guys "cave killers".

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:50 AM

Of course, they are not enthralled

Afterall, their strategy of depleting USA of all its resources (like it happened with USSR) has been working almost to a perfection with W in the office. Now they have to readjust.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:53 AM

What is the count?

How many "number two" men does he have before they start counting again? Seems we're always killing, capturing, or listening to his "number two."

B.S.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:54 AM

Barack Obama is no "abeed al beit"

But if he really represented real change he'd just dispatch 'ol Joe Lieberman off to Afghanistan to duel it all it out with Ayman al-Zawhri..just generally duke it out in the desert, face to face, fanatic to fanatic. The Zionist and the Islamist...we could call it "The Rumble in the Rubble."

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 07:55 AM

@ rattlerd

See, we don't have to attack people just because they don't insult us.

Why are right-wingers such pussies? "Waaaaah they insulted us. Let's nuke 'em!"

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:02 AM

I think al-Qaida is trying ...

... to get Obama to fly off the handle and do the kinds of irrational things they got Bush to do.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:03 AM

al-Zawhri is Osama's No. 2

What is the count?

How many "number two" men does he have before they start counting again? Seems we're always killing, capturing, or listening to his "number two."

B.S.

Well, unlike the plethora of nameless No. 2's that we've seen take the place of slain terrorist leaders in Iraq, al-Zawhri has been No. 2 bin Laden's main branch of al-Qaida for a very long time.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:03 AM

Oh, it is SO on...

...you fundie pussies.

You had a free ride while you were aided and abetted by the criminal incompetent in the White House for 8 years. But now, you'll feel the power of a united world committed to true freedom, including religious freedom.

And that scares the crap out of you, doesn't it? The tide is turning, and your days are numbered. Suck it.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:07 AM

If Obama is slavin' for yo lily white momma

Then Ayman be slavin'

For Grand Master Osama

From the Occident

To the Orient

The east is the east

And the west is the west

But why can't no slave

Get a well deserved rest?

It ain't easy bein' a slave

Ya work ya fingers ta the bone

Till ya end up in ya grave

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:10 AM

My dear Alkaline,

"... to get Obama to fly off the handle and do the kinds of irrational things they got Bush to do."

Brzezinski, Biden, Rahm and Clinton have already got all those bases covered.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:14 AM

What?! They didn't insult his race like an American would...damn sand....

Sadly, this "insult" shows that terroristic killers living in caves seem to have a greater sense of respect for racial difference than many "God-fearing" 'Mericans. Al-Qeada has refused to play the race card, unlike many of Obama's primary and general election opponents. What does that say about us? Think about it.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:15 AM

Maybe we should get together and...

...sing a chorus of "Keep on the Sunni Side."

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:16 AM

Al-Qaida deputy insults Obama

right - as if anyone cares was Zawhri calls our president. nah nah nah! my boss is better than your boss -- oh right - I'm living in a cave.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:17 AM

With an insult like that...

...al-Zawhri might have fit in really well at a Palin rally.

BTW, does NASCAR have any licensed merchandise in Arabic?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:18 AM

I guess he's having a tough time letting go

But seriously, shouldn't Al-Qaida have realized that the good times under Bush couldn't last forever?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:27 AM

I think Obama should send Joe Lieberman on a special classified mission to the Kyber Pass

Joe with his josting stick

Ayman with his rusty scimitar

One could fight for the star of David

The other for the crescent and the star

Klytus sends his best

To this worthiest

Of worthless

Don Quiotein' quests...

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:42 AM

That Tape Is Phony And Meant To Control Obama And Anyone Who Will Try Broker A Peace Deal

Once again, we have the phony tape in an effort to derail any thought of the Obama Administration trying to broker a peace deal. We must stop allowing any other country dictate our foreign policy.

We know who our friends and allies are and we are devoted to them but we must act to keep America strong, safe, and respected around the world by acting fairly towards all countries we are seeking peace for and from.

There is more money in war and hate than there is in peace.

We must stop sending our men and women to die on the battlefield without trying to first achieve peace.

We must stop calling people anti-???????, just because they

do not agree with us or we them.

The tape is so phony and the words are a dead giveaway.

I hope it does not derail the Obama Administration from

sitting down and talking to some of these countries before

sending American men and women to their deaths.

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