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Purveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:10 AM
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Al-Qaida No. 2 Calls Obama A 'Fraud'
By SARAH EL DEEB (AP) – 1 day ago

CAIRO — Al-Qaida's deputy leader on Monday seized upon President Barack Obama's failure to bring about a freeze in Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and called him a "fraud" in a new audio message.

Ayman al-Zawahri's 28-minute audio message was mainly a eulogy for slain Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, but he also took the opportunity to slam NATO member states operating in Afghanistan, including Germany, which he criticized for keeping troops there.

The recording comes after a series of al-Qaida videos this past month, including several attacking Germany and threatening strikes against Berlin's military mission in Afghanistan. Those releases raised concerns among German authorities ahead of parliamentary elections which ended Sunday.

Al-Zawahri reserved special scorn for Obama, whom he has insulted in nearly every one of his messages since the latter's historic election as U.S. president.

Many experts believe that Al-Qaida is struggling in the face of Obama's popularity in the Muslim world, especially compared to his predecessor George W. Bush.

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AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZ3r4ZNMqNVN6y01lkhN39zrKvHgD9B0BCS00
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:12 AM
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1. Al-Qaida's No. 2?
That is not a job that I would want.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 12:22 PM
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12. They only hire them on a 'temp' basis.
No benefits except a pre-paid funeral.


I hope he gets to use his benefit soon.
















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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:14 AM
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2. So Al Qaida and the repubs are one and the same?
Because the righties say that Obama is a fraud too. Therefore, the righties are just like al qaida. Throw 'em in jail like any other terrorists.
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:47 AM
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11. I dunno...
...in my short tenure here I've seen some nasty indictments of the president from DU'ers. I tried to start a simle thread claiming that since GOPers are corporate stooges and the GOPers hate the president's HCR plan then the HCR is NOT a corporate handout.

That turned into an instnt flame-war. People here seem very ready to call President Obama a fraud on HCR and a host of issues.
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 01:02 PM
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15. Cut of the same cloth.
Tyrants is tyrants by any other name.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:17 AM
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3. Hasn't that guy died like five times already?
Maybe someone keeps rezzing him.
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:19 AM
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4. Who gives a f*ck what alqaida's "number 2" thinks. /nt
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:22 AM
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5. I thought the same thing..."Who cares?"
Apparently the AP does...
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:31 AM
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8. Like they are a credible source. They are a group of bigoted, pseudo-religious thugs /nt
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:24 AM
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6. yeepeeeee
tell us something we don't already know, sounds to me they have run out of talking point
and that is what you will say when you're being squeezed tightly.

Very soon they're gonna run out of air.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:25 AM
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7. You know, they have so many #2s that it's amazing their toilet isn't overflowing
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:33 AM
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9. .........
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 12:56 PM
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14. Who... does... number 2.... work....for?
Edited on Tue Sep-29-09 01:01 PM by Guy Whitey Corngood
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 11:41 AM
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10. Al-Qaida thinks like Freepers, what else is new?
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 12:30 PM
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13. You mean, he's not really a secret muslin?
Damn, my crazy RW relatives are wrong. Who'da thought?
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 08:32 PM
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17. He's a...............
Muslim-Christian Extremist-Marxist-Socialist-Fascist-Liberal who pals around with terrorists and kills babies. :crazy: Did I miss anything? Oh yeah, according to AQ, he's a "fraud" too! :silly:
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-29-09 04:50 PM
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16. So the POTUS is responsible for what happens in the West Bank?
Who knew? Did it become a state while I was not paying attention?

Al Qaida #2 is a disgusting dipshit, as always.
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