Posted on 11/10/2006 8:41:06 AM PST by presidio9
Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in a new audio tape Friday to be winning the war faster than expected in Iraq, saying it had mobilized 12,000 fighters. The leader meanwhiled vowed his fighters will never rest until they have blown up the White House.
The group also said it welcomed the Republican electoral defeat that led to the departure of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also urged the U.S. to stay in Iraq so his group would have more opportunities to kill American troops.
"The al-Qaida army has 12,000 fighters in Iraq, and they have vowed to die for God's sake," a man introduced as al-Muhajir said in an audio tape made available on militant Web sites.
Al-Muhajir became the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June.
The tape could not be independently verified.
The speaker praised the outcome of Tuesday's elections in which Democrats swept to power in the House and the Senate, in large part due to U.S. voter dissatisfaction over the handling of the war in Iraq.
"The American people have put their feet on the right path by ... realizing their president's betrayal in supporting Israel," the terror leader said. "So they voted for something reasonable in the last elections."
Describing President Bush as "the most stupid president" in U.S. history, al-Masri reached out to the Muslim world and said his group was winning the war in Iraq faster than expected due to U.S. policies.
He urged Bush not to withdraw U.S. forces so al-Qaida could have more opportunities to fight U.S. soldiers. "We haven't had enough of your blood yet," he told the U.S.
The speaker also referred to Rumsfeld's resignation and called on "the lame duck (Bush) not to hurry up in escaping the same way the defense minister did."
"They are getting ready to leave, because they are no longer capable of staying," the al-Qaida leader said, referring to U.S. forces.
"Remain steadfast in the battlefield, you coward," he said, addressing Bush.
Ds are toast. Their philosophy is toast. Watch.
What makes you so sure we aren't Spain? We must look like a joke. All this might but no collective will to win. I think those who beieve in nothing will always be overcome by those who believe in something....even when that something is evil.
" "The American people have put their feet on the right path by ... realizing their president's betrayal in supporting Israel," the terror leader said.
"So they voted for something reasonable in the last elections."
Well, there you go.
"The al-Qaida army has 12,000 fighters in Iraq, and they have vowed to die for God's sake,"
I say we kill them, then, for God's sake.
Is that kind of attitude now passe in Pelosi's America? It's so 11/6.
Nice sentiment, especially knowing that 85% of the Jewish population votes Democrat.
Those who voted for the peacenik line are already getting the Alqaida response. Oops! Didn't work. What's wrong? Pelosi also said Congress won't be forcing much of a change on Iraq policy. This is not Spain. This is not any kind of Europe.
Abraham Lincoln, 27 January 1838:
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. "
nothing
nothing has to be done
just bring those troops home
those 12,000?
will follow the dog home
and try to kill him in his den.
we are safe
there are no problems
The Director of Manufacturing in my company once said that the more you see your name on the bathroom walls, the better job you are doing. When I hear of President Bush being insulted I always remember his words.
Not so fast. Remember, they NEED the Viet Nam model. This means, if not done so already, Senator John F. Kerry will meet with the enemy in secret in support of their efforts. Check Kerry's foreign travel schedule!
Just what is your evidence that there were enough "tantrum voters" to make any difference in the seats lost? Particularly the Senate seats, since that was a "by the hair of their cheating chinney chin chin". Both in terms of individual races and the overall seat count.
Wow. Fantastic quote!
You think this tape will make it to MSM TV
Don't hold your breath
The media will spin this as proof positive the invasion of Iraq made the world a more dangerous place.
The amazing thing to me is that AlQ boasts of having 12000 men, and the 'Rats are shivering in their shoes, calling "the war unwinnable", and running away. What cowards!
It's probably the media themselves typing up these messages.
I don't understand quoting the fellow who overthrew the Constitution about destroying the American order.
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