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Trash talk from Al Qaeda
Ben Smith's Blog —
From the AP:
Al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri is criticizing Barack Obama in a new message, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro."
The audio plays over still pictures of al-Zawahri, Malcolm X praying, and Obama with Jewish leaders.
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When Smears Collide
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Al Qaeda sends out a new message Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "house negro." The audio plays over still pictures of al-Zawahri, Malcolm X praying, and Obama with Jewish leaders. Jason Zengerle snickers: "Evidently, Al-Zawahri doesn't spend a lot of time reading the conservative blog Atlas Shrugs. Otherwise he'd know that Obama is actually Malcolm X's ...
