Al-Qaeda Leader Calls To Bleed US Economy

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

Published: Friday, 13 Sep 2013 | 9:31 AM ET

Al-Qaeda's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept.11, 2001, attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to "bleed" America financially.

In an audio message released two days after the 12th anniversary of the attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri said America is not a "mythic power" and that the mujahedeen, Islamic holy warriors can defeat it with attacks "on its own soil."

Al-Zawahri, the successor to Osama bin Laden, used the anniversary to argue that the United States can be defeated by targeting its economy. At the same time, he also addressed the ongoing upheaval in the Arab world.

Pointing to a power struggle going on within the rebellion against Syria's regime, he warned that jihadi fighters in that country's civil war should not "compromise" with more secular or moderate rebel factions ,who he said would eventually turn against the al-Qaeda-linked radicals.

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[Orrex]

1. Pffft. The 1% crowd is waaaaaay ahead of him.

[djean111]

3. EXACTLY what I thought!!!!!!!

[Live and Learn]

4. +1 Really, is he using the Koch brother's playbook now? nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. We need a catagory for best reply.

Winner so far, Orrex.

[Amonester]

13. He probably has stocks invested in drones.

Bin Laden and family showed him how to be in the big 1% club.

[Brigid]

20. Another vote for Orrex as thread winner.

[hibbing]

21. Nailed it

I guess there is a bit of "group think" here, but that was my first thought also.

Peace

[Jack Rabbit]

23. Hey, Ayman, just get an account with JPMorganChase or Goldman Sachs

Join Legs Dimon and Pretty Boy Lloyd in buying derivatives with other people's retirement funds or swindling middle class families out of their homes. You and your pals will make a mint and meet your stated goal. In addition, America's political leaders will regard you as a pillar of society and members of Senate Committees will kiss you ass instead of hunting you down. That would be a lot easier on a man your age than running around the mountains hiding from predator drones, wouldn't it?

[SoapBox]

29. Orrex gets a big old SUPER-DUPER Ditto!

Spot on.

Mr. Al-Qaeda leader guy? You are a day late...and a "dollar" short on your plot.

[sakabatou]

30. +1

[Solly Mack]

31. !

[Myrina]

2. They had those orders from OBL ... and thanks to "Just Go Shopping" George W, it worked.

The majority of this country is already on it's knees. Won't take much more to break us the rest of the way --- then all hell will break loose civilly.

[TeamPooka]

5. GW Bush and crew beat him to it.

[Taverner]

6. Too late, dude. The 1% beat you to it

[modrepub]

7. Throwing $800B+

into the defense budget every single year from now until eternity is already "bleeding us dry".

[Turbineguy]

8. The GOP has

competition!

[iamthebandfanman]

9. Someone should send him over to DU

so he could learn from folks here he doesn't have to worry about Syria because there are no secular or moderate rebel factions..
hadn't he heard :p

[Amonester]

11. He wants more drones flying around him.

That's about all he'll get (in reality).

[golfguru]

12. Al Qaeda has already succeeded

Add all the loss of productive time taking our shoes off and wait for them to go through the X-ray machine, then putting them back on.....

We are spending 3 times on Homeland Security compared to before 911. Yet it did not stop Boston bombing.

All our emails and phone calls are being tapped and recorded.

I would say Al Qaeda is succeeding.

[DFW]

14. Bleed the US economy? Al Qaeda has joined the Republican Party?

I thought they didn't like people who shaved................

[tom_kelly]

15. There's too much competition in front of them. Good luck to them. n/t

[Fantastic Anarchist]

16. Our warmongers will be too happy to oblige them.

[durablend]

17. Have they been living under a rock?

Surely they have teevee in the cave.

[Katashi_itto]

18. Hell, Al-Qaeda, just donate to Teabagger and Koch organizations. Far more cost effective.

[Jamastiene]

19. Can't get blood out of a turnip.

We've been pilfered and plundered by our bought and paid for corporate owned politicians already. Need I mention how much richer (at taxpayers' expense) Bush and Cheney and their cronies got during his administration? Or how many of their cronies are still making money off taxpayers even now? We've already been bled dry. They are going to be mighty disappointed when they come for our blood only to find out we have none left to give. Every damn dime we make goes back to the rich who collect money from us every time we turn around. Let's face it: America is already a vampire owned livestock farm as it is, when it comes to our economy.

[Sunlei]

22. I thought people who make direct threats are #1 for drone attack?

[Thinkingabout]

24. I am thinking they have already recruited the like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. There are others

And they usually have a R after their name.

[louis-t]

25. I wish this Al Quaida guy would just skip the middle man

and just start bleeding the Koch brothers directly.

[durablend]

26. Same thing I was thinking n/t

[xfundy]

27. Al Qaeda (R)

[geek tragedy]

28. "I urge my fellow travelers in the Great Satan's Congress to continue

their plans to shut down the government and default on the Great Satan's debt if the accursed Obama does not agree to repeal Obamacare."

[athenasatanjesus]

32. Ruining our economy just gives more power to the powerful people..

..the same people that Al Qaeda supposedly hates,someone needs to teach these guys logic.

[JoeyT]

33. You have to admit that it worked out pretty well for them last time.

Making someone burn $1,000,000 for every $1 you spend is about the best return on investment that's ever happened for anyone anywhere.

[golfguru]

34. Xactly +1

[Purveyor]

35. Yes it has. It is spooky to read the bin Laden manifesto released right after 911 as much of his

agenda has been or is on the way to being realized.

[lastlib]

36. In Other Words, become Republikkkans!

it seems to be working...........