Al Qaeda lost in Iraq… Now they’ve lost their minds.
This image from video released by IntelCenter on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 shows a photo of Ayman al-Zawahri as part of an audiotaped speech harshly criticizing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a new audio tape Saturday, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and threatening a wave of attacks against the North African country because it improved relations with the United States. (AP)
A new Al-Qaeda tape lashes out at American lackey Moammar Gadhafi.
The AP reported:
CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida’s No. 2 figure harshly criticized Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a new audio tape Saturday, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and threatening a wave of attacks against the North African country because it improved relations with the U.S.
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In the 28-minute audio tape called “Unity of the Ranks,” Ayman al-Zawahri also announced that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was joining ranks with al-Qaida.
“The Islamic nation is witnessing a blessed step … The brothers are escalating the confrontation against the enemies of Islam: Gadhafi and his masters, the Washington crusaders,” al-Zawahri said in the audio tape. The recording could not be independently verified, but it appeared on a Web site commonly used by insurgents and carried the logo of al-Qaida’s media production house, as-Sahab.
The recording also carried a message from Abu Laith al-Libi, a Libyan al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan who accused Gadhafi of decades of tyranny.
“He is the tyranny of Libya and is dragging the country to the swamp,” al-Libi said in the recording that also featured old video footage of him walking with other masked gunmen.
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“After long years, he (Gadhafi) discovered suddenly that America is not an enemy … and is turning Libya into another crusader base,” said al-Libi, who has appeared in several recent al-Qaida videos.
Al Zawahiri must have owed this guy Abu Laith al-Libi or lost a bet or something.
Al Qaeda is really slipping since Osama admitted defeat in Iraq.
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