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The Associated Press: Al-Qaida-linked Web site backs McCain as president
12 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency. The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to ...
Al-Qaida-linked Web site backs McCain as president - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency. The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, ... (more) Al-Qaida-linked Web site backs McCain as president - ...
McCain Advisers Freaked Out by Al Qaeda Preference for McCain
washingtonindependent.com — I just got off a conference call held by the McCain campaign to deny that Al Qaeda, contrary to reports in the AP and the Washington Post , is rooting for their man. To describe the call as panicked would be an… (more) McCain Advisers Freaked Out by Al Qaeda Preference for ...
Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com — There was an astonishing quotation in a recent New York Times story about John McCain from Robert Timberg, a biographer and admirer of McCain's.  Timberg told the Times reporter David Kirkpatrick that, "Political campaigns have a way of ... (more) Mark Salter on the Press and John McCain
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John McCain: The Al-Qaeda candidate?
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... a campaign rally Saturday in his Illinois district with Vice President Dick Cheney, Hastert said al Qaeda "would like to influence this election" with an attack similar to the train bombings in Madrid days before the Spanish national election in March. When a reporter asked Hastert if he thought al Qaeda would operate with more comfort if Kerry were elected, the speaker said, "That's my opinion, yes." I wonder what Denny Hastert (and his party) thinks of this: Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would ...

Jewish Vote For Obama Breaks 80% After Al Qaeda Endorses McCain
TPMCafe — ... That is all you would hear about! Instead, in a coded message to its supporters, AQ said that it favored a terrorist attack on America before the election to help elect McCain. ...

Terrorist endorsements
democracyarsenal.org — ... and AP reported today that Al-Qaeda affiliated websites have endorsed Senator McCain, saying that he will continue the policies of George Bush that have weakened America and strengthened them. In response the McCain campaign has organized a panicky conference call that will likely try to dismiss Al Qaeda's endorsement of Senator McCain as ridiculous. ...

Digging a Deeper Hole
democracyarsenal.org — ... to the terrorist group. It said the Arizona Republican would continue the "failing march of his predecessor," President Bush.”  As Adam Raisman, a senior analyst for the Site Intelligence Group, says “The idea in the jihadist forums is that McCain would be a faithful ‘son of Bush’ -- someone they see as a jingoist and a war hawk... They think that, to succeed in a war of attrition, they need a leader in Washington like McCain.” Here is what the Associated Press wrote: Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this ...

McCain Camp: When Terrorist Endorses Obama, It’s For Real; When One Endorses McCain, It’s A Head Fake
Think Progress — ... .” The site said if al Qaeda wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, “impetuous” McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

Which Candidate is Al Qaeda's Choice?
Political Punch — ... and the Associated Press about a commentary posted on the website al-Hesbah, which some have suggested is linked to al Qaeda, calling for Al Qaeda supporters to help elect Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz."Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election," the commenter said, arguing that McCain would continued the "failing march of his predecessor, Bush." The poster, Muhammad Haafid -- who experts say is said to NOT have "a direct affiliation with Al Qaeda plans or knowledge of its operations" -- also said that a terrorist strike against the U.S. "will push the ...

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