Terrorism: Obama 'a criminal like Bush' says Al-Qaeda no. 2

AKI ^ | 2009 Oct 5

[Wiz]

Dubai, 5 October (AKI) - United States president Barack Obama is deceiving Muslims and committing crimes that violate human rights, just like his predecessor George W. Bush, Al-Qaeda's second-in-command said in a new video message on Monday.

"Barack Obama is tricking us. He is responsible for crimes against human rights, just like Bush," Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a ten-minute video posted to Muslim extremist websites.

The video is dedicated to Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, a Libyan Al-Qaeda militant believed to have died recently in prison in his native Libya. He was handed over Libyan authorities by the US, who bought him from Pakistani tribesmen after he escaped from Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan in 2001.

"Obama, you say you're against the violation of human rights. So I won't ask you what is happening in Bagham prison and what the CIA agents are doing with their renditions (of terror suspects)," al-Zawahiri stated.

"Nor will I ask you about the ban on publishing photographs of torture in Iraq."

"But I do ask you why your government connived with the Libyan regime in the killing of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi."

"He was killed during your presidency," al-Zawahiri said.

"All he did was to resist the US occupation of Afghanistan," al-Zawahiri added, urging Obama to apologise and to compensate al-Sheikh al-Libi's family.

Before being tortured to death in a Libyan prison, al-Sheikh al-Libi was tortured in jail in Egypt into falsely confessing links beween al-Qaeda and late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, al-Zawahiri alleged.

"This confession was used by (secretary of state during the Bush administration) Colin Powell, to justify the US's war in Iraq," Zawahiri said.

Monday's video was the third message from al-Zawahiri in less than two weeks and the latest of many criticising Obama since his victory in last November's US presidential election.

[Wiz]

In Obama's eye, it should be very disturbing to be compared to President Bush.

[FlingWingFlyer]

But...but...but I thought these guys said President Bush was a “cowboy!”

[reagan_fanatic]

"All he did was to resist the US occupation of Afghanistan," al-Zawahiri added, urging Obama to apologise and to compensate al-Sheikh al-Libi's family.

Cripes - don't give him any ideas, Al.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bu, bu, but....I thought all of our enemies LOVED ‘The One’. He was going to ‘cure all ills’ in the world. /s

[jessduntno]

"Obama 'a criminal like Bush' says Al-Qaeda no. 2"

Crazy...the current POtuS is a much bigger criminal...

[libh8er]

Obama 'a criminal like Bush' says Al-Qaeda no. 2

Well he's half correct there.

[JPG]

When even your best buds start to turn on you, you're screwed.

[RJS1950]

Wow! Two slap-downs in a week. First the olympics, then the terrorists he is trying to have a reasonable dialog with.

[HiTech RedNeck]

if they call dubya a cowboy, they’d probably call Bummer a yankee doodle dandy