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Al Qaeda Leader Zawahiri Says He Has American Hostage
ABC News ^ | DECEMBER 1, 2011 | RYM MOMTAZ

Posted on 12/01/2011 3:17:55 PM PST by RobinMasters

In a newly released audio message, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri claims that his organization is holding hostage Warren Weinstein, a 70-year-old American who went missing last August in Pakistan.

Zawahiri's statement is the first official claim of responsibility by any group in relation to the kidnapping, and a U.S. official said the statement buttressed earlier "indications" that al Qaeda might be holding the American.

"I tell the captive soldiers of Al Qaeda and the Taliban and our female prisoners held in the prisons of the crusaders and their collaborators, we have not forgotten you and in order to free you we have taken hostage the Jewish American Warren Weinstein," says Zawahiri in the 30-minute statement, which appeared on jihadi websites Thursday and otherwise focuses mainly on the situation in his native Egypt.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 201108; 201111; 201112; 20111201; alqaeda; alzawahiri; americanhostage; hostage; hostages; pakistan; warrenweinstein; weinstein; zawahiri

1 posted on 12/01/2011 3:17:59 PM PST by RobinMasters
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To: RobinMasters

I wonder how quickly he’ll be turned over if America were to cut off all aid to all Islamic countries?


2 posted on 12/01/2011 3:23:05 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Israel is real:))
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To: RobinMasters

Zawahiri, the “other” Al Quaeda “leader” that needs a serious visit from Seal Team 6! I only hope that the next president gets him so that we can parade the bastard’s head around on a stick instead of giving him a “traditional” Mooslim burial at sea!


3 posted on 12/01/2011 3:23:13 PM PST by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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To: RobinMasters

Zawahiri, the “other” Al Quaeda “leader” that needs a serious visit from Seal Team 6! I only hope that the next president gets him so that we can parade the bastard’s head around on a stick instead of giving him a “traditional” Mooslim burial at sea!


4 posted on 12/01/2011 3:23:28 PM PST by vette6387 (Enough Already!)
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To: RobinMasters

Keep talking Zawahri. I am sure that you will eventually make a mistake.


5 posted on 12/01/2011 3:27:36 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Dogbert41

The islamo&#)ks have one year to act as bad as they can before Perry gives THEM the final solution.


6 posted on 12/01/2011 3:30:23 PM PST by txhurl
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To: RobinMasters

What a big, brave guy ... kidnapping a senior citizen...


7 posted on 12/01/2011 3:32:33 PM PST by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: RobinMasters

I can’t believe there is a single American stupid enough to be in Pakistan.


8 posted on 12/01/2011 3:57:05 PM PST by PALIN SMITH (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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Excuse me but what the h*ll is a 70-year old Jew doing in Pakistan?

The only Jews in Pakistan should be Israelis, preferably Mossad.

9 posted on 12/01/2011 4:00:23 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: RobinMasters

I must admit I thought he was talking about Zero.


10 posted on 12/01/2011 4:12:36 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (To Obama, bipartisanship is giving the opposition the opportunity to do as they are told. (WGensert))
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To: vette6387

Be assured that the big cats in the sky, the drones, are stalking al-Zawahari. One minute the target is eating lunch, the next moment he’s a splotch of red corpuscles on a wall.


11 posted on 12/01/2011 4:16:13 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: RobinMasters

I didn’t know the CIA was hiring senior citizens to spy on the Pakis / s


12 posted on 12/01/2011 4:35:20 PM PST by Popman (Obama is God's curse upon the land....)
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To: RobinMasters

Let’s swap one of theirs for one of ours.

Let’s give them Obama.


13 posted on 12/01/2011 9:17:56 PM PST by NoLibZone (Occupy- Proof we are right - They beg for retrun of morality that the left removed from society.)
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