A revealing video
What this video doesn't say, and who doesn't say it says a lot about the current state of al Qaeda.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A new video of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader released on Saturday mocks President Bush and U.S. legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the bill would rob the group's fighters of the chance to kill more Americans.
First of all, where is Bin Laden? He's getting harder to hear from than an honest Democrat.
Saturday's video was the fifth message - including posted video and audio tapes - by al-Zawahri this year. Osama bin Laden has not surfaced in any communications since mid-2006.
Hopefully, it is because he is dead.
Secondly, Al-Zawahri speaks as if the bill passed. Either al Qaeda doesn't understand how democracies work (probable) or they feel that even seeing such a bill get through Congress as a victory for their side (likely).
Al Zawahri also says something else the likes of which should sound familiar to some.
"Al-Qaida is not merely for the benefit of Muslims," he said. "That's why I want blacks in America, people of color, American Indians, Hispanics, and all the weak and oppressed in North and South America, in Africa and Asia, and all over the world."
Where have I heard rhetoric like that before?
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A new video of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader released on Saturday mocks President Bush and U.S. legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the bill would rob the group's fighters of the chance to kill more Americans.
First of all, where is Bin Laden? He's getting harder to hear from than an honest Democrat.
Saturday's video was the fifth message - including posted video and audio tapes - by al-Zawahri this year. Osama bin Laden has not surfaced in any communications since mid-2006.
Hopefully, it is because he is dead.
Secondly, Al-Zawahri speaks as if the bill passed. Either al Qaeda doesn't understand how democracies work (probable) or they feel that even seeing such a bill get through Congress as a victory for their side (likely).
Al Zawahri also says something else the likes of which should sound familiar to some.
"Al-Qaida is not merely for the benefit of Muslims," he said. "That's why I want blacks in America, people of color, American Indians, Hispanics, and all the weak and oppressed in North and South America, in Africa and Asia, and all over the world."
Where have I heard rhetoric like that before?