Posted on 07/28/2008 5:47:24 AM PDT by SJackson
Al-Qaeda Commander: Islam Doesn't Distinguish Between American People, American Gov't – Both Are Infidels and At War with Islam
On July 21, 2008, Pakistan's independent television network Geo News aired an exclusive interview with Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, Al-Qaeda's No. 3 man and top commander in Afghanistan. The interview, conducted in Arabic, was broadcast on Geo News with a voiceover in Urdu. It was later posted on Islamist websites, and its content was published in Pakistani newspapers.
Abu Al-Yazid, also known as Sheikh Sa'id, is a 52-year-old Egyptian with two wives and 14 children. In 1981 he was arrested in Egypt for involvement in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat, but was released a year later. In 1988, after heading various militant groups, he joined Al-Qaeda and shifted his base of operations to Afghanistan. In 1991 he worked for Osama bin Laden in Sudan as an accountant, and later became director of Al-Qaeda's financial affairs. He has also been a member of Al-Qaeda's Shura Council, in charge of financial planning, organizational affairs, and public relations. [1]
The following are excerpts from the Geo News interview:
Pakistan Caused Great Damage to Al-Qaeda by Supporting U.S. In the interview, Abu Al-Yazid stated that Al-Qaeda was responsible for the attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad last June. He said that the bomber was a Saudi, and added: "We are proud to have carried out [this operation], and we congratulated our brothers for completing this task. We timed the attack in such a way that no Muslims were in the vicinity." Abu Al-Yazid also stated that Al-Qaeda had been responsible for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. On a previous occasion, he claimed that the organization had carried out the December 27, 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime-minister Benazir Bhutto.
Referring to the permissibility of suicide bombings, Abu Al-Yazid said that eminent Islamic scholars around the world had issued fatwas sanctioning them. He added: "Suicide attacks are justified by Islamic shari'a. [However, Islamic] scholars [who are affiliated with] governments issue whatever fatwas they are told to issue... However, suicide attacks inside mosques are forbidden."
About the role of the Pakistani government in the U.S.-led war on terror, the Al-Qaeda commander remarked: "The Pakistani government is the government that has caused the greatest damage to the mujahideen. It was [Pakistani President] Pervez Musharraf...who caused the most damage to his neighbors, the mujahideen [of the Taliban], though it was [only] thanks to their sacrifice that the USSR did not invade Pakistan [in the 1980s]."
Abu Al-Yazid praised Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, who is currently on trial in the U.S., saying: "Khaled is a fearless man of whom the entire Muslim nation can be proud." [2]
"The Allegation that Al-Qaeda Is Promoting U.S. Interests Is a Lie"
Asked about a conspiracy theory that has gained currency in Pakistan, namely that Al-Qaeda was created by the U.S. in the 1980s with the purpose of fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, Abu Al-Yazid said: "This is a lie and falsehood, and was exposed as such years ago... when Sheikh Osama bin Laden declared jihad against the U.S. Since then, [Al-Qaeda has carried out] a series of operations against the U.S... first the attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, then the attacks on U.S. targets in Yemen and Somalia, and culminating in the pious action of 9/11. This series of attacks on the U.S. is clear proof that this allegation - [namely] that Al-Qaeda is promoting U.S. interests - is [nothing but] a lie and falsehood." [3]
Abu Al-Yazid added: "Al-Qaeda is waging jihad against the U.S. because it is the head of the infidels and the pharaoh of our times. The U.S. is the flag-bearer of the new modern crusade... against the Muslim nation. We are [also] fighting the U.S. because it is standing by Israel and providing it with all sorts of assistance and power..." [4]
"Islam Does Not Distinguish Between the American People and the American Government"
Abu Al-Yazid stressed: "Islam does not distinguish between the American people and the American government, since both are in a state of war with Islam. After all, these are the people who elect the [American] governments, and who even elected [President George] Bush for a second term in office, despite their awareness of his agenda against Islam. Despite witnessing Bush's many brutal [actions] against the Muslims, these people re-elected him. They are the ones who pay the taxes that enable the American government and army to wage war and spill the blood of Muslims..." [5]
Abu Al-Yazid added that Al-Qaeda's attacks on the U.S. forces in Afghanistan were becoming more frequent, and that the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not last. He also emphasized that Al-Qaeda receives no support from any Muslim government. [6]
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[1] www.muslm.net, accessed July 23, 2008.
[2] Roznama Jang (Pakistan), July 22, 2008.
[3] www.muslm.net, July 23, 2008.
[4] www.muslm.net, July 23, 2008.
[5] www.muslm.net, July 23, 2008.
[6] Roznama Jang (Pakistan), July 22, 2008.
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When I was a boy I got in a fight with another kid about twice my size. Who knows why, but he would have pummeled me if I didn’t fight back. I was doing just fine. My older brother came running towards us. I thought, “Oh good, now we can wipe this kid up.”
My brother came up behind me and pinned my arms behind my back because he didn’t think it was right that I was fighting. The other kid marched right up to me and punched me square on the jaw.
My brother is now a liberal Democrat against the WOT.
I know you are loathe to do so, but it really is ok if you type “Islam” into your keyword list. ;)
I’m sure Mr. Abu Al-Yazid, AKA Sheikh Sa’id, would feel differently if he had the chance to talk for just a few minutes with Bambi.
(uh... sarc.)
(Islam Doesn’t Distinguish Between American People, American Gov’t–Both Infidels, At War with Islam)
I have been trying for years to get people in know to understand this.
But because the MSM denies it or downplays it must Americans did not understand this.
YOU are the enemy. Not George Bush, not the American GI,YOU. Because you have what they can not allow people to have. FREEDOM.
You know, you just articulated the current liberal congress
perfectly; to hold America’s hands pinned back so that our enemies can sock us in the jaw economically and militarily because what we are as an nation “isn’t right”!
and culminating in the pious action of 9/11. ........................... WOW! I guess that means they were really behind the attack and not the Jooooz. Someone should send this to the DU.
During the Second Battle of Fallujah in November, 2004 I remember hearing an interview with one of the American ground commanders who was calling a temporary halt to operations in his sector beacause there has been an "unacceptably high" incidence of casualties among women and children. We stopped because we are a decent, good people.
On 9/11/01 the islamists stopped their action for one reason only: they ran out of airplanes.
Liberals fail to recognize this very simple fact. The reason the 9/11 fatalities numbered "only" 3,000 is not due to a surgical strike by al-quaeda, or because Osama called a halt when he'd seen that too many women and children were dying; it was limited to 3,000 because of the courage of FDNY firefighters who gave their lives to evacuate the towers, and the selfless sacrifice of the heroes of Flight 93 who prevented a wholesale slaughter in DC. The "limited" casualties of 9/11 were simply, solely and exclusively the result of exhausted means to kill more. Had Osama possesed the capability of killing 30,000 or 300,000 or every last of 300 million Americans, rest assured he would have done so, and at no point would he have issued the order to, "call back the planes, there's been enough killing today." The islamist ilk has no threshold for the death of innocents...indeed they believe that all infidels are guilty and must either convert or die.
The American public had best understand this mindset before the wahabis reconsolidate and gather the means to kill 300 million Americans, because once they do, they will not hesitate to pull the trigger.
Until they get over that “us versus them” mentality, they should be carefully monitored and immigration restricted.
You may have changed his whole outlook on life. Another thing, if dad found out he held my arms, dad would have kicked his a$$ also. Then mom would have kicked his A$$. We handled our family issues a little differently than yours apparently.
Well, you don't have it quite right either.
Not that it matters to me "why", but the word "freedom", as we understand it, did not exist in arabic (the official language of islam) until propagnda purposes forced them to invent one, in the 20th Century.
Same with the concept of "Nation".
Just saying.
Holy crap. If my brother did that to me he’d be kicked to pieces by the rest of the family.
The photo clearly displays the enemy within.
He was always Mr. Justice. Me, 25 years later I’m still studying and practicing the martial and combat arts.
I ended up being good friends with the kid I was fighting.
Textbook Terrorism
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