DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri called President Bush a "lying failure" for saying progress had been made in the war on terrorism, according to a video posted on the Internet on Friday.
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"Bush you are a lying failure and a charlatan. It has been three and-a-half years (since the arrests) ... What happened to us? We have gained more strength and we are more insistent on martyrdom," the Egyptian militant leader said.
Zawahri was referring to the arrest of al Qaeda figures such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States.
"Bush, O failure and liar, why don't you be courageous for once and confront your people and tell them the truth about your losses in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said.
He also called Pope Benedict a "charlatan" because of his remarks on Islam.
"This charlatan accused Islam of being incompatible with rationality while forgetting that his own Christianity is unacceptable to a sensible mind," Zawahri said.
In a speech to a university in his native Germany on Sept 12, Pope Benedict quoted criticism of Islam and the Prophet Mohammad by 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who wrote that everything Mohammad brought was evil and inhuman.
The Pope said there was no room for violence in a religion based on reason.
Zawahri also urged Muslims in the same video to launch a holy war against proposed U.N. peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region.
2006-09-29 09:53:22 · 6 answers · asked by battle-ax 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It sounds like he lifted his speech from some of the postings in this forum. In the alternative, he's quoting this week's DNC talking points.
2006-09-29 09:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by rustyshackleford001 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he's only yet another ineffective raghead who couldn,t carry a janitor job in the west. over there he has impact over even dumber ragheads. they build not something, they grant little need in a position service, they're 3 generations in the back of the progressed international. answer = Nuke Em shop lots of yapping
2016-10-18 05:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like all the Liberal press I've read over the past few weeks!!! Is he quoting Pelosi or Kerry or.......
2006-09-29 09:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by bereal1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes it is better to let people think you are stupid than to ask a question like this and confirm it
2006-09-29 09:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by lobo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I thought we stopped listening to cave people after we invented fire? Isn't that how it went?
2006-09-29 09:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by rohannesian 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
TROLL ALERT
2006-09-29 09:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by Tofu Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋