Posted on 11/10/2006 5:29:44 AM PST by jmc1969
A purported audio recording by the leader of Iraq's al Qaeda wing said outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld quit to flee the Iraqi battlefield.
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, said in the recording posted on the Internet that the group has 12,000 armed fighters and 10,000 others waiting to be equipped to fight U.S. troops in Iraq.
"I tell the lame duck (U.S. administration) do not rush to escape as did your defence minister ... stay on the battleground."
Stung by a "thumping" defeat at Tuesday's Congressional elections, U.S. President George W. Bush said Rumsfeld had resigned because there was need for "fresh perspective in Iraq."
Bush said he was open to any idea for a new approach and publicly reaffirmed a belief that "victory" was possible in Iraq. The change of guard raised speculation it was meant to pave the way for a swift U.S. troop withdrawal.
The speaker vowed allegiance to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of a Sunni Islamic state comprising Iraq's mostly Sunni Arab provinces which was announced in October by al Qaeda and groups affiliated to it.
"I say to ... the ruler of believers (Baghdadi) I vow allegiance to you," he said. "I put under your command 12,000 fighters who are the army of the al Qaeda," he said.
The speaker called on fellow Sunni insurgent groups in Iraq to join ranks under the Islamic state.
what a retard.. I guess him fleeing from cave to cave is being brave.. front and center of the battlefield.. LMAO
Congress will not pull the military out of Iraq. Since this is the main reason they were given control of both Houses, the voting public will wonder why they bothered to vote in Ds, who will lose some of that shine and polish of victory immediately. All eyes are on Congress now.
The liberal press :
"Hey! The US is taping your phone calls. "
"Hey! Pssst. The US is tracking your bank accounts."
"Keep bombing. They're starting to waver."
"Just a little while longer. We're wearing the Americans down. We will continue the anti-Republican reporting, and a democrat victory will be yours - guaranteed!"
".....when they didn't get that they targeted the congress in the guise of "America" wanted a split party government but they only managed to pull it off by offering up a bunch of Blue Dog Democrats."
If ANYBODY thinks that those "Blue Dogs" are within light years of the conservative values they talked before the election once they get sworn, I've got some beachfront property in north central Montana to sell.
Ain't my fault that the ocean was there 60 million years ago.....
We weren't in Iraq on 9/11.
Clinton (D) didn't call the numerous attacks on his watch a war either.
They've been attacking us since the '90's. Bin Laden referred to us as yellow bellies because the democrats cowered. That's how we got 9/11.
It won't be the last attack. It was just a taste of what's to come now. The democrats are back in charge. It's the Clinton years all over again for the terrorists. It's play time.
This is a larger war than just Iraq. It will be fought in NYC too. If American citizens die it is a part of war. We may think just our military will be fighting this but it won't be.
The sad part is for the left, even if we were being attacked ever day ,it would be because we made them mad, because we attacked Iraq and support the Jews.
The left is beyond reason, it's the 10% in the middle that need to be brought over to the right side. This takes leader ship and focus. We had none of that in the last election. Vote for us were not totally crazy is not leadership.
That's why I brought up what Gaffney said. He predicted what you said.
He needs to be on more talk shows.
BTTT
I honestly believed that when Rumsfeld stepped down it was because the President thought he would become a distraction with an all Democratic congress. They would rant and rave until he stepped down and so he was doing the best thing he thought for the country to move forward.
Well his talk took that away. Did the President think loyality would see him through the election? Was it fake loyality since he dumped him two days later?
I just don't get it.
One of the last things Rumsfeld should do as SECDEF is take a trip to Iraq.
"Will someone ask Pelosi what her timetable is for capturing Bin Ladin?"
Right after she cures Parkinson's.
Hmmm. ANY guess as to what AQ would say if we pulled out within the next year?
THANKS DHIMOCRATS. You surrendered the War on Terror. Hope you like living in Halal.
There will be a third war in Iraq some day if we do not win this one "today".
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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck & quacks like a duck, it will be perceived as a duck!
The POTUS has two years to turn this around, I pray he does, but in all honesty, I don't think he has much of a chance!!
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