Here ya go boys. This is what's coming for you...
Posted on 10/12/2005 5:45:50 AM PDT by truthandlife
Senior U.S. intelligence officials call a letter from al Qaeda's No. 2 man to its leader in Iraq "chilling" because of how "calm, clear and well argued" it is in urging preparation for a U.S. departure from Iraq.
According to a translation of the 6,300-word letter provided by the U.S. government, Ayman al-Zawahiri predicts "the Americans will exit soon" from Iraq and says "things may develop faster than we imagine."
U.S. leaders have refused to set a timetable for troop withdrawals, saying such a move would embolden insurgents. Military leaders have suggested a reduction in 2006 is possible, depending on the preparedness of Iraqi security forces.
But in the letter, al-Zawahiri is clearly worried that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, with his televised beheadings of hostages and attacks on Shiites, could lose what he calls a "media battle" for the "hearts and minds" of Muslims. (Full textexternal link)
"I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media," al-Zawahiri writes.
"The Muslim populace who love and support you will never find palatable ... the scenes of slaughtering the hostages," he warns al-Zarqawi, self-proclaimed leader of al Qaeda in Iraq.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The MSM told us there is no al Qaeda in Iraq. </sarc>
How comforting and encouraging it must be for the ragheads to know the American liberal media is squarely in their corner.
"U.S. leaders have refused to set a timetable for troop withdrawals, saying such a move would embolden insurgents"
Gee, ya think this letter might back up that theory a bit?
We leave when the job is done and not a day sooner. Period.
Has anyone sent a copy of this to Howard Dean? Oh, never mind, he probably got his own copy directly from the source with a short thank-you letter.
Typical CNN drivel! The letter is not 'chilling'..it is the words of a beaten man! You can read it here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1500864/posts
He even ends by asking Zarqawi to send HIM money from Iraq!!
Will someone please tell the New York Times! Then tell them to quit aiding the enemy? Or is that abetting?
It could have been written by the DNC as a strategy letter.
Step 1: Tell everyone that the US is failing to embolden the opposition and wait until the pressure mounts to withdraw from the War on Terror.
Step 2: Grab power by saying the goals of democratizing Iraq are noble, but the strategy and mismanagement of the Republicans caused it to fail.
Step 3: Do not go back and try to fix things --- just spend money, appoint more liberal judges and expand the reach of gov't into your life.
I say, if they do another major terrorist attack then we should teach them the true meaning of jihad! It will be time to finish what they started.
He even ends by asking Zarqawi to send HIM money from Iraq!!
Which pile of rubble should it be adressed to. Hopefully he is buried under a very large one.
Al Quaeda is doomed.
Here ya go boys. This is what's coming for you...
He needn't worry - CNN will always be there to lend a hand. If this letter was "chilling" it was that it told the CNN staffers that the boys they've been rooting for are losing.
"I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media," al-Zawahiri writes.
Something fishy here about the whole thing. I'm sure somewhere along the way someone at CNN and the MSM is thinking a CIA forgery. Its just sounds too suspicious.
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The fourth stage: It may coincide with what came before: the clash with Israel, because Israel was established only to challenge any new Islamic entity.
No surprise there. These people won't stop until we stop them.
Yeah, this line really caught my eye too. The most revealing line in the whole letter.
Shouldn't the money be flowing the opposite direction?
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