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Report: Al-Qaeda No. 2 calls Obama dishonorable
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ ondeadline/ 2008/ 11/ repor...News roundup: Stevens loses Alaska; transplant breakthrough • Al-Qaeda No. 2 calls Obama dishonorable, calls for attacks against U.S. •
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Al Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri Calls Obama “House Negro”
http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/pervez-musharra...Al Qaeda has wasted no time issuing a not-so-thinly veiled threat to President Elect Barack Obama via a throw-down-the-gauntlet statement by Al Qaeda’s number two official, whose words suggest that journalists should now add the adjective “racist” to “terrorist” when describing the group. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the organization’s second in command, has warned Obama that he will suffer the same political fate as America’s current and Pakistan former Presidents — and labeled Obama a “house Negro.” Some news organizations simply originally reported that he used a ‘dishonorable” phrase or words — but reports are now specifying what was said. The timing is not unexpected, however. In his highly rated 60 Minutes interview Obama said that he felt Al Qaeda’s top official Osama bin Laden should be captured or killed. Here are the details of the threat and injection of racial labels, from various press reports. Digital Journal reports: The No. 2 leader in Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is dishing out criticism to United States President-Elect, Barack Obama. According to reports, a new audio message has surfaced online where Al-Zawahiri calls Obama a dishonorable man. The audio message that also comes with still photos was released by As-Sahab, Al-Qaeda’s official media website. According to reports, Al-Zawahiri says Obama is “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X. The Associated Press also reports he uses a “demeaning racial term” to describe Obama. Other reports indicate that racial term was “house negro.” The still pictures that play over top of the audio message feature al-Zawahiri, Malcolm X praying and Obama with Jewish leaders. QUESTION: Will American conservative talk radio (which is still talking about the Reverend Wright and William Ayers) still suggest Obama is some kind of a Islamic terrorist enabler or mole? (Most likely, yes…). The message is the first time the Al-Qaeda has commented on Obama’s win. They say the President-elect’s plan to move soldiers to Afghanistan
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