Goat vs. camel, place your bets.
Posted on 09/10/2015 10:15:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Just ahead of the fourteenth anniversary of al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the leader of the terrorist group took aim in an angry speech at a mortal enemy -- but not American “crusaders” this time. Rather, the object of his tirade was the leader of ISIS in a declaration of war that will “irreconcilably” divide the two terror groups in a way the U.S. may be able to exploit, experts say.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who replaced Osama bin Laden as the head of al Qaeda four years ago, in a new audio message accused ISIS top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of “sedition” and insisted the Iraqi terrorist recluse was not the leader of all Muslims and militant jihad as “caliph” of the Islamic State, as al-Baghdadi had claimed 14 months ago in a Mosul mosque.
“It’s pretty interesting,” said former National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen. “Zawahiri until now has not been willing to openly condemn Baghdadi and ISIS. It highlights how deep the division is between al Qaeda leadership and ISIS. It suggests that the differences are irreconcilable.” Had ISIS and al Qaeda realigned by joining forces, it “would be terrible,” said Olsen, an ABC News contributor.
That division -- now formally declared by the highest ranking official of the group that slaughtered almost 3,000 Americans 14 years ago in multi-pronged aviation attacks -- could provide an opening that American counter-terrorism operatives could find a way to exploit, he added.
Olsen said the U.S. could use misinformation to further pit the two jihadi menaces against each other and encourage the series of gunfights and assassinations each has waged against the other -- like when ISIS reportedly killed a top Zawahiri emissary trying to broker a ceasefire between the fighters in Syria in February 2014.
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Hmmmm....
My theory is that all of these Muslim groups are pretending to hate each other to sucker us in.
Most of the “loosely-affiliated” AQ Groups are declaring allegiance to ISIS, which is actually doing something, and generating headlines.
Not to worry - I’m sure John f’in Kerry will have a peace plan to bring these two parties together on Obola’s desk within 24 hours
Nah... Zawahiri is bored. tough being a leader of a terror group the world forgot.
Rather, the object of his tirade was the leader of ISIS in a declaration of war that will “irreconcilably” divide the two terror groups in a way the U.S. may be able to exploit, experts say.
Not with POS Obama in charge.
Goat vs. camel, place your bets.
Yeah...BS story.
If it is true, which I doubt, it is merely a family squabble. It is just different sects of the same clan having a difference of opinion.
Olsen said the U.S. could use misinformation.....
That says it all right there. This is probably just that.
JMHO, but the US needs to stay out of this. Let the ragheads fight it out in their own sandbox. We need to be casual spectators, not vigorous participants.
No Doubt Obama, Kerry & MeCain will want to arm them.
i thought Al Zawahiri was already on the USSA payroll... for years... Where is his villa?
“Nah... Zawahiri is bored. tough being a leader of a terror group the world forgot.”
It sucks when the JV team gets a lot more press than the varsity.
They do hate each other but they both hate us more.
“My theory is that all of these Muslim groups are pretending to hate each other to sucker us in.”
Maybe, but we’d like to see some bodies to be sure.
al Qaeda is Sunni. ISIS is salafi. Salifis don’t consider Sunnis to be “Sunni” enough. And they both hate Shi’ites.
This kind of inter-Islam squabbling has resulted in more muslims being killed than anything the US have ever done. By a LOT.
Terror on Terror: Ex-CIA chief wants to use Al-Qaeda to fight ISIS
Former Army general and CIA director David Petraeus has been urging US officials to consider using the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front to fight ISIS in Syria ...
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20150902/3270099/Terror-on-Terror-Ex-CIA-chief-wants-to.htm
What could possibly go wrong?
Isn’t this kind of like a grudge match between the Joker and Darth Vader?
Good luck trying to figure out whose on whose butt vs. who is on whose throat over there.
Emnity and alliance seems to shift with the weather; about the only constant is their hatred for Jews and Christians and obsession with taking over the whole Planet for Islam... Their version of Islam, of course.
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