What struck me about Zawahiri’s latest “Aggression Against Lal Masjid” is how he invokes (and plagiarizes) the last words of the prophet on his Farewell Pilgrimage by using the same ending:
Have I not conveyed? O Allah, be my witness. Have I not conveyed? O Allah, be my witness. Have I not conveyed? O Allah, be my witness.
This has got to mean something.
Other versions even have the prophet repeating these same lines three times just like Zawahiri does here.
“This has got to mean something”
If a large-scale attack is in its operational phase, he would understand that if we are hit we will at that point go after the leadership core no matter where they located even if it means creating a much more dangerous problem down the road, because we will not be acting rationally. So that may indeed be extremely significant if he is quoting from Mohammed’s final sermon.
The repetition three times may indeed be a signal.
Thanks for the explanation.
Translation (a loose one):
Listen you dummies, I HAVE TOLD YOU THE PLAN, didn’t you get it?
What’s wrong with the rest of you?
...and oh yes, pbuh, because Allah knows best.
OR...
Repetition of this phrase is the GO signal.
/end speculation opinion.
Jihad, another day.
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HI PENGUINO!
Glad to see you on TM.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/signal-to-attac.html
Signal to Attack? Worries Over Latest al Qaeda Tape
July 13, 2007 12:36 PM
Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:
Fearing a possible coded signal to attack, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials are studying an unusual pattern of words in the latest audiotape from al Qaeda’s No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri.
On the tape, posted on the Internet Wednesday, Zawahri repeats one phrase three times at the end of his message.
Have I not conveyed? Oh God be my witness.
Have I not conveyed? Oh God be my witness.
Have I not conveyed? Oh God be my witness.
A new FBI analysis of al Qaeda messages, obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com, warns that “continued messages that convey their strategic intent to strike the U.S. homeland and U.S. interests worldwide should not be discounted as merely deceptive noise.”
Intelligence analysts are also investigating technical clues that Zawahri’s most recent audio message was phoned in via computer phone, using voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.
The ease and frequency of Zawahri’s propaganda messages is one of the factors that have led U.S. intelligence analysts to worry abut a possible attack against the United States this summer.
The new FBI analysis, reviewing more than 70 al Qaeda messages over the last 14 years, found a recurring theme of “the duty to kill Americans — both military and civilian.”
I think it means something as well.
Have I not conveyed? = I am conveying or I have conveyed. conveyed...conveyed..conveyed
go...go...go
So very good to hear from you again Penguino. Excellent observations, on your part, regarding Zawahiri’s latest, thank you.