Al Qaeda's #2 PR Man Speaks Out

[Frustratedlady]

IN NEW VIDEO, AL QAEDA NO. 2 MOCKS RECENT U.S. LEGISLATION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM IRAQ, PRAYS FOR 'UNFORGETTABLE LESSON' OF '200,000 TO 300,000 KILLED' BEFORE U.S. PULLS OUT

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In a new video posted today on the Internet, al Qaeda's number two man, Ayman al Zawahiri, mocks the bill passed by Congress setting a timetable for the pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq.


"This bill will deprive us of the opportunity to destroy the American forces which we have caught in a historic trap," Zawahiri says in answer to a question posed to him an interviewer.


Continuing in the same tone, Zawahiri says, "We ask Allah that they only get out of it after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson."


Based on the references to the bill, the tape, produced by al Qaeda's propaganda arm, as-Sahab, appears to have been made after Congress passed the legislation last week but before President Bush vetoed in on Thursday.


According to Laura Mansfield, a counter terrorism analyst with Strategic Translations, an organization that monitors al Qaeda postings, the tape was posted on the Internet this morning and covers the usual range of Zawahri's topics including Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.


I guess they missed the Friday dump?

[Turbineguy]

1. Good old Doctor

Do No Harm.

Maybe it's a good thing he left pediatrics. Treating children is no good if you like killing them.