al-Zawahiri: "Innocents" killed in a-Q attacks are "unintentional errors" or enemy's "human shields"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

(CNN) -- The second-in-command of al Qaeda has said the terrorist group does not kill innocents and that its leader Osama bin Laden is healthy, according to a transcript of an audio tape released by radical Islamist Web sites. Ayman al-Zawahiri made his remarks in response to questions solicited on a Web site close to al Qaeda.

The questions asked his views about Egypt and Iraq as well as Hamas, the militant Islamic group that seized control of Gaza last year.

They also referred to attacks by al Qaeda and affiliated groups that have killed scores of civilians in Muslim nations, such as Algeria, Iraq and Morocco.

Al-Zawahiri, who led an Egyptian Islamic militant group that joined forces with bin Laden in the 1990s, said innocents who have been killed in attacks by al Qaeda or affiliated groups died as a result of "unintentional error" or because they were used as "human shields" by "the enemy."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/zawahiri.message/index.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. And MSNBC showed file footage of Zarqawi

What dopes.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. "You say Zawahiri, I say tomato...you say Zarqawi, I say potato...

...Zawahiri, tomato, Zarquawi, potato...

...Let's call the whole thing off."

:patriot:

[I work for workers]

3. So when AQ bombs a market they are just trying to wreck fruit stands?

What utter nonsense.

I thought we were good at killing Al Qaeda's number two guy. Shouldn't Zawahiri be dead by now?