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Afghan warlord calls for 'jihad' against US
www.hindustantimes.com ^ | November 21, 2004 | Agence France Presse

Posted on 11/21/2004 9:16:30 AM PST by Ginifer

Warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is wanted by Washington for terrorism, has distributed a video recording in southern Afghanistan, urging Afghans to wage jihad against America.

In the 22-minute speech on a recording filled with graphic images of carnage and violence against Muslims in Indonesia, Palestine, Iraq and elsewhere, Hekmatyar makes a passionate call for holy war.

"War in Afghanistan and Iraq is the second crusade war but the only difference is in the first crusade Italy was leading the war and this time it is America," Hekmatyar says on the CD.

The video produced by the Abdullah Islamic and Jihadi Films Centre, starts with the slogan, "Our jihad will continue till the destruction of America, Britain and Israel and till the liberation of Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan."

Hekmatyar, who heads the fundamentalist Hezb-i-Islami guerrilla faction, has been declared a wanted terrorist by the US for his attempts to destabilise Karzai's US-backed government.

"We have lots of young fighters, who are ready to sacrifice their lives and wealth to save the religion," he said.

The 8,000-strong ISAF multinational force is in Kabul and some northern provinces helping with security, while more than 17,000 US-led soldiers are hunting militants in the south and southeast.

Hekmatyar also called on Afghans to use suicide attacks against the enemy -- a recent phenomenon in Afghanistan.

"If they cannot fight in an organised front, they can risk their lives and carry out suicide guerrilla attacks which have given great defeats to the enemy," Hekmatyar said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; hekmatyar; jihadinamerica; napalminthemorning; religionofpeace; wot; yadayadayada
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To: Ginifer

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has been ranting against the American infidels for about 25 years ... nothing new about that.


21 posted on 11/21/2004 10:22:30 AM PST by RBroadfoot
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To: Ginifer

He should get a dirt nap.


22 posted on 11/21/2004 10:23:47 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: Ginifer

"We have lots of young fighters, who are ready to sacrifice their lives and wealth to save the religion," he said.

The US gov't will be happy to provide them with whatever they need for the trip.


23 posted on 11/21/2004 11:25:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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To: Ginifer

Blah...blah...blah. More terrorists to kill!


24 posted on 11/21/2004 11:48:37 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: tet68

"Ooooooh, we've already made a list,
We're not checking it twice,
we already know who's naughty and nice.
Uncle Sam is coming to your town.....


25 posted on 11/21/2004 11:51:19 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Trippin

Frankly, this "Jihad" stuff is gettig boring. He can take his Jihad, and shove it up his butt. Nobody cares.


I will see his Jihad and raise 10,000 more spec forces troops... That ought to get their attention...


26 posted on 11/21/2004 1:24:14 PM PST by sixstringer
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To: Ginifer
filled with graphic images of carnage and violence against Muslims in Indonesia, Palestine, Iraq and elsewhere, Why don't we get to hear about this violence and carnage. I was under the impression we weren't doing enough of that sort of thing yet to put an end to this silly jihad stuff. If you declare war as a religion then don't hide behind the BS of "religious freedom for religious wars" and "religion of peace". If we want to carpet bomb..... mecca has lots of carpets.
27 posted on 11/21/2004 2:39:49 PM PST by festus (Old growth timbers make the best campfires....)
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To: Trippin; All

Yawwwwn...another day,... another Jihadist Imam yelling death to America!


28 posted on 11/21/2004 2:50:48 PM PST by mdmathis6
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To: Ginifer
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is maybe the worst of the warlords in Afghanistan, a truly evil man and a psychopath. He's had a long career of nastiness -- he's the one who nearly levelled Kabul in 1992. Afghanistan's worst nightmare. There's some basic background on him here and here.
29 posted on 11/21/2004 3:14:08 PM PST by Southern Federalist
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Tell him to get in line. Their little threat about jihad is getting a bit old. It seems every other week there is some fundamentalist screaming for it. No one is impressed except maybe the French who are shaking in the boots and looking for who else's butt they need to kiss. They do so much of it I suggest, as a humanitarian gesture only, that we air lift them some plane loads of Chap Stick.


30 posted on 11/21/2004 4:53:11 PM PST by foolscap
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