Posted on 05/31/2009 1:10:39 PM PDT by james500
The self-described leader of an al-Qaida front group issued a new audio tape this weekend, deepening the mystery surrounding the identity of the insurgent leader whom the Iraqi government claims to have in custody and whose very existence the U.S. once questioned.
The man purporting to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State of Iraq, issued the usual litany of militant rhetoric against the West in the 40-minute tape that was posted Saturday on militant Web sites.
He criticized Pope Benedict XVI's recent trip to the Middle East, including Israel, condemned the Pakistani army's offensive against the Taliban and called President Barack Obama "a black slave and Muslim renegade."
The speaker also said the Iraqi government's claim that it had captured him was "a pure lie," adding the detainee who has confessed to being him was an impostor.
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hmmm, one out of three?
He criticized Pope Benedict XVI's recent trip to the Middle East, including Israel, condemned the Pakistani army's offensive against the Taliban and called President Barack Obama "a black slave and Muslim renegade." The speaker also said the Iraqi government's claim that it had captured him was "a pure lie," adding the detainee who has confessed to being him was an impostor."And what's up with that pull-a-number system at the DMV? I never see anyone go up in any kind of resemblance to the order they came in. More Zionist imperialist occupation!!!"
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