Posted on 08/28/2006 8:52:37 AM PDT by IrishMike
Website quotes al-Qaeda senior figure as saying: 'Hizbullah are infidels, it and Israel are enemies of Allah'
A speech allegedly made by Sheikh Abu Abdul Rahman has surfaced on a jihadi pro al-Qaeda website in which Rahman is cited as condemning the "infidel Hizbullah" and "the most corrupted regimes of Syria and Iran."
"We need to know the reality, and we already know how Hizbullah do not fight for the sake of Allah. They declare themselves that they fight for the sake of Lebanon, are backed by the most corrupted regimes – Syria and Iran – and backed by the most evil people," Abdul Rahman was cited as saying. The speech was posted on the Islamist Muntada internet forum, frequently used by British Muslim al-Qaeda sympathizers, and was described as being a "summary of an address by Sheikh Abu Abdul Rahman speaking from Lebanon."
It is unclear whether the speaker identified as Rahman on the forum is a reference to al-Qaeda's second in command in Iraq, Abu Abdul Rahman al-Iraqi, and whether the senior al-Qaeda figure actually delivered the message from Lebanon.
The statement does, however, represent the seething resentment of Sunni al-Qaeda, directed at what it sees as an attempted Shiite takeover of the jihad campaign in the Middle East.
In the speech, Rahman espoused anti-Semitic conspiracy theories inspired by the Russian forgery, the protocols of the elders of Zion: "We know very well from our history that the Jews target to occupy Lebanon, Syria and even the north of the Arabian peninsula even up to Iraq to the river of Furaat (Euphrates)."
However, he then turns his wrath to Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria, calling them "infidel entities," and arguing that they are preventing Sunni jihadis from attacking Israel. 'Hizbullah not fighting for Allah'
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Oh, no...we can't let Hezbollah and al Qaeda fight. That would be sectarian violence! Bush's fault.
The Sunnis and the Shi'ites are locked in a major battle for power and the hearts and minds of Muslims everywhere. The Sunnis used to have the power everywhere by Iran, now they are seeing it slip away in Iraq and now Lebanon. Where next? Syria?
..everywhere BUT Iran...
Some Al Queda types and followers may go to the website where the speech by Sheikh Rahman was posted, simply because no matter whether Shia, Sunni, Saudi, Egyptian, Pakistani or otherwise there are some underlying points, involving hatred of "the west" and Israel that they all share.
But, it is my understanding that Sheikh Rahman and the main line of Al Qeuda, led by Osama, had a falling out since some time before the establishment of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, and the Sheikh has no role today with Osama affiliated groups.
That is not to say that he does not have supporters and followers in Hamas and other Palestinian related terrorist groups. If my memory serves me correctly, Osama and he divided over who should be the primary target and focus of all Al Qeuda type groups - the U.S. or Israel.
That is not to say that he does not have supporters and followers in Hamas and other Palestinian related terrorist groups. If my memory serves me correctly, Osama and he divided over who should be the primary target and focus of all Al Qeuda type groups - the U.S. or Israel.
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Your memory is sound.
Why don't people like Rahman get killed in prison?
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Oh, so al-Qaeda is NOT backed by evil? That's funny!
Before Hezbollah, it was the Shiites who most people would call more moderates. After all, they themselves are called infidels by the Wahabi Sunnis.
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