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Bin Laden hails slain Zarqawi as 'lion'
AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/29/06 | Lee Keath - ap

Posted on 06/29/2006 7:58:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden praised slain al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the "lion of holy war" in a new videotape posted on the Internet on Friday.

The 19-minute message shows an old still photo of bin Laden in a split-screen next to images of al-Zarqawi taken from a previous video. A voice resembling bin Laden's narrates a tribute to the Jordanian-born militant, who was killed in a June 7 airstrike northeast of Baghdad.

"Our Islamic nation was surprised to find its knight, the lion of jihad (holy war), the man of determination and will, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed in a shameful American raid," bin Laden said.

It was the fourth message put out this year by al-Qaida leader bin Laden. All have featured his voice in audiotapes. New video images of him have not appeared since October 2004.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: binladen; elvisbinladen; hails; lion; slain; zarqawi; zawahari; zawahri
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1 posted on 06/29/2006 7:58:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

So did the the Daily Kos and the DUmmies.


2 posted on 06/29/2006 7:59:38 PM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: NormsRevenge

This image made Thursday, June 29, 2006 from an undated video distributed by U.S. government contractor IntelCenter, shows an undated still photo, left, of Osama bin Laden alongside a video of the late chief of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The 19-minute audio message by bin Laden pays tribute to al-Zarqawi, and was posted on an Islamic militant web site. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)


3 posted on 06/29/2006 7:59:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Help the "Pendleton 8' and their families --- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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More like a dead ally cat .....


4 posted on 06/29/2006 7:59:59 PM PDT by Todd
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This image made from an undated video distributed by U.S. government contractor IntelCenter shows Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri, wearing a white robe and black turban, speaking to the camera with a picture of a smiling al-Zarqawi over his left shoulder. Al-Zawahri paid tribute to the slain Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a video released Friday, June 23, 2006, extolling him as 'the prince of martyrs' despite the rocky relationship that the terrorist leader in Iraq had with the al-Qaida command. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)


5 posted on 06/29/2006 8:00:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Help the "Pendleton 8' and their families --- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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Well this cats 9 live ran out Binny, and with any luck yours soon will too. I hope its painful.


6 posted on 06/29/2006 8:01:54 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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If he was lion or telling the truth, who cares? He needed killing.


7 posted on 06/29/2006 8:02:19 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (12th district Freeper.)
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To: The South Texan

Too bad you can't lay out his hide like a dead lion....


8 posted on 06/29/2006 8:03:03 PM PDT by thebaron512
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9 posted on 06/29/2006 8:03:24 PM PDT by ASA Vet (3.03)
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Zarqawi WAS A SERIAL KILLER. He's now buried in an unmarked grave and a few pig parts were buried with him.


10 posted on 06/29/2006 8:05:02 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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Digs look nice and stylish. Lighting behind him is can lights. Fireplace pokers on the left. Hmmmmmmm. Interesting.


11 posted on 06/29/2006 8:05:34 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Is there a link, and translation, to the video?

The photo of Aylman Zawahawri looks old.
12 posted on 06/29/2006 8:06:23 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: sgtbono2002

Yeah, maybe his brain will pop out through his nose also, LOL.


13 posted on 06/29/2006 8:06:31 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Bin Laden calls Zarkawi "a lion". "His head'll look good on my trophy wall.", Rumsfeld responds.

14 posted on 06/29/2006 8:06:36 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
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"Even if we lost one of our greatest knights and and princes, we are happy that we have found a symbol for our great Islamic nations, one that the mujahedeen will remember and praise in poetry and in stories secretly and aloud," bin Laden said.

Does this guy go to beatnick poetry places or something?

15 posted on 06/29/2006 8:06:40 PM PDT by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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I find myself in agreement with bin Laden. Zarkman was like a lion. Male lions are lazy, foul-smelling, and vicious.
16 posted on 06/29/2006 8:08:55 PM PDT by Fairview
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17 posted on 06/29/2006 8:10:39 PM PDT by Vision ("America's best days lie ahead. You ain't seen nothing yet"- Reagan)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Zarq met the world's finest Lion Hunters! (the kitty lovers will have a snit over that picture, though;)


18 posted on 06/29/2006 8:10:55 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: NormsRevenge

Yes he's lyin' really still these days.


19 posted on 06/29/2006 8:11:54 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

haha I was going to search for a pic of 'lion roadkill'!


20 posted on 06/29/2006 8:12:08 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock.)
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