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Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri: "On the Parting of Bush and the Arrival of Obama" The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new audio recording from Al-Qaida Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri released on November 19, 2008, titled "On the Parting of Bush and the Arrival of Obama. During the recording, ...
Al-Qaida No. 2 says Obama betrays race
msnbc.msn.com — Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri has criticized President-elect Barack Obama, calling him a demeaning racial term implying... that Obama is a black American who does the bidding of whites. (more) Al-Qaida No. 2 says Obama betrays race
Frustrated Claims of Pro-Obama Media Bias... This Time From Al-Qaida
counterterrorismblog.org — 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 ... (more) Frustrated Claims of Pro-Obama Media Bias... This Time ...
Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Risks of Having a Big Mouth
counterterrorismblog.org — During several recent conferences concerning extremist radicalization and the web, I have frequently commented that the Internet... can often serve as a double-edged sword for terrorist organizations: while it may certainly help facilitate their ... (more) Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Risks of Having a Big Mouth
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al Qaeda calls Obama “House Negro”
Michelle Malkin — ... Barack Obama as a dishonorable black and a House Negro. (Full transcript and audio at NEFA .) B-b-b-but I thought Obama’s election was supposed to change the world’s attitudes about America! ...

al-Qaeda Message for Obama
Blue Star Chronicles — ... You can read the full transcript here. It basically translates to say, ‘I slap you across your face with my glove you infidel cur! Ha! Find me if you can! hahahahahahaha’ ...

NEFA Foundation: Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and "The Death of Our Heroes and Betrayal of Our Rulers"
Counterterrorism Blog — The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new Arabic-language audio recording from Al-Qaida Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri released on December 1. During the recording, titled "The Death of Our Heroes and Betrayal of Our Rulers", al-Zawahiri hailed the recently-executed culprits behind the 2002 nightclub bombings on the island of Bali—who "did not change, did not substitute, and did not compromise an inch in their ideology and in their determination to perform jihad on behalf of Allah and to drive the enemies of Islam away from the lands ...

NEFA Foundation: Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and "The Lions of Al-Azhar"
Counterterrorism Blog — The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new video interview of Al-Qaida Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri produced by Al-Qaida's As-Sahaab Media Foundation and titled "The Lions of Al-Azhar." During the interview, al-Zawahiri called upon fellow Egyptians to observe a general strike in honor of besieged Palestinian Muslims in the Gaza Strip: "Our people and brothers in Egypt want the embargo on Gaza to be lifted, and I tell them that the lifting of the embargo is in your hands...And know that your remaining in your houses until the siege is lifted is a direct ...

Al-Qaida's Mustafa Abu al-Yazid Blames Blackwater for Peshawar Bombings
Counterterrorism Blog — ... The NEFA Foundation has obtained a transcript of a video message from Shaykh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid (a.k.a. “Shaykh Saeed”) titled ““Blackwater and the Peshawar Bombings”. Addressing the recent violence in Pakistan, Al-Yazid stated, “We totally reject these bombings which occur in Muslim marketplaces and amongst residents. This is something that we as well as others from our brother Mujahidoon have clarified on various occasions. We have nothing to do with them. The reasons the Mujahidoon are fighting is to make Islam supreme, to establish Islamic law, and to aid ...

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