One of the Men Who Created Al Qaeda Rips Into Usama bin Laden

Fox News ^ | Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | Bret Baier

[nickcarraway]

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:

Founding Fodder

One of the founders of Al Qaeda has written a book repudiating terrorism and railing against Usama bin Laden and deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper reports Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, better known as Doctor Fadl, led an Islamist insurgency in Egypt in the 1990s. Now he writes that the terrorist attacks on 9/11 were both immoral and counterproductive: "Ramming America has become the shortest road to fame and leadership among the Arabs and Muslims. But what good is it if you destroy one of your enemy's buildings, and he destroys one of your countries? What good is it if you kill one of his people, and he kills a thousand of yours?"

Fadl says the murder of innocent people goes against Islam: "Every drop of blood that was shed or is being shed in Afghanistan and Iraq is the responsibility of bin Laden and Zawahiri and their followers."

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Fatwa.

[MarkL]

But what good is it if you destroy one of your enemy's buildings, and he destroys one of your countries? What good is it if you kill one of his people, and he kills a thousand of yours?"

This just tells me that we're not trying hard enough...

I think 1 building vs 10 countries is getting more "fair," and 10,000 of them for one of ours is still too expensive.

Mark

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Fadl says the murder of innocent people goes against Islam: “Every drop of blood that was shed or is being shed in Afghanistan and Iraq is the responsibility of bin Laden and Zawahiri and their followers.”

WOW! All kidding aside, this is huge.

[PGalt]

I think 1 building vs 10 countries is getting more "fair," and 10,000 of them for one of ours is still too expensive.

You're a GRRRRRREAT thinker.

[rmh47]

10,000 of them for one of ours is still too expensive.

The way I see it, they owe us big time. And they ain't even keeping up with the vig.

[piytar]

In other words, GWs approach worked. Zero’s won’t.

[PGalt]

More commentary...here...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025012.php#respond

Thanks to Robert Spencer and the outstanding posters at jihadwatch.

[6SJ7]

But what good is it if you destroy one of your enemy's buildings, and he destroys one of your countries?

Looks like this twit figured it out. Hit us, and we'll hit back... much harder (of course all bets are off with Bambi, now).

I'm reminded of the line from the movie, "The Untouchables"...
" They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue."

[ElayneJ]

Wow! Truly amazing. I’m sure the MSM will be all over it. :)

[RummyChick]

All Bin Laden needs to do is sit back...Obama is doing in our country quite nicely.

Maybe he is a psychiatrist, too..as they are the root of all terrorism including 9/11 and the Holocaust ...so sayeth the “authorities”

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32878_Scientologists-_Psychiatry_Caused_9-11_and_the_Holocaust

[holden]

this is huge

Yeah, sure it is. Hear the chorus of Muslims throughout the world spouting such messages of not spilling innocent blood.

Baloney. This is somebody's little PR fight. Before last week almost no one had heard of Dr. Fadl. If he's big why haven't the media been all over him? ( <-- rhetorical straw man question)

When Dr Fadl's message is on the lips of Muslims by the millions (out of their 1.3 billion) and the rest of Islam isn't cutting out their tongues, I'll start considering that maybe they have a few moderates among the blood-thirsty culture of death.

HF

[reagan_fanatic]

It looks like at least some of the jihadis are realizing that a sucker punch invites a bloodbath. Massive retaliation works.

[Just another Joe]

200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead because their legends tell of fire from the sky.

I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth, shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.

I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with "If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you", and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obeisance.

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea .. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.

[Clioman]

Is there such a thing as a moderate Muslim? Or is he just a back-slider? The answer to this question will shape the history of the next 50 years.

[Dajjal]

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