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Frustrated Claims of Pro-Obama Media Bias... This Time From Al-Qaida
Global reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's controversial condemnation of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama as a "House Slave" (or, alternatively, "House Negro") have begun to pour in -- including via the top jihad web forums used by Al-Qaida to disseminate its propaganda. Though hardcore ...
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Al Qaeda Takes On The MSM
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Move over, Halperin. Al-Qaida is pissed: Global reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's controversial condemnation of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama as a "House Slave" (or, alternatively, "House Negro") have begun to pour in -- including via the top jihad web forums used by Al-Qaida to disseminate its propaganda. Though hardcore Al-Qaida supporters have predictably dismissed any criticism of Dr. al-Zawahiri and are fiercely backing his choice of words, there is a rather ironic (if not entirely unfamiliar) twist to this issue. After ...

Al Qaeda Condemns "Unfair" Pro-Obama Press Bias
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Counterterrorism Blog reports that Al Qaeda isn't pleased with the media reaction to its anti-Obama missive: Global reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's controversial condemnation of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama as a "House Slave" (or, alternatively, "House Negro") have begun to pour in -- including via the top jihad web forums used by Al-Qaida to disseminate its propaganda. Though hardcore Al-Qaida supporters have predictably dismissed any criticism of Dr. al-Zawahiri and are fiercely backing his choice of words, there is a rather ironic (if not ...

Remainders: Volker
Ben Smith's Blog — ... move to transition, and says you should have been nicer to him. In other transition news you weren't following: McGinty is out. A Cleveland councilman wants to name a school after Obama, already. Huck is robocalling for his book tour. The National Republican Trust PAC is back, in Georgia. Obama's going to London. (Next spring.) Fred Davis tells Scherer about his favorite ads that never ran. And Al Qaeda agrees with Halperin.

They'd Like to See His Birth Certificate, Too
Hit & Run — Al Qaeda supporters accuse the media of an "unfair" pro-Obama bias.

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