"Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, using a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies. Ayman al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant Web sites, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.
In al-Qaida's first response to Obama's victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect — along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — "house negroes."
Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house negroes."
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As if we didn't have enough racism in America, now we gotta hear this bullshit from terrorists too? Don't hate the player, hate the game."Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message... more
CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites.
The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies. Ayman al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant Web sites, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.
In al-Qaida's first response to Obama's victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect — along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice — "house negroes."
Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house negroes."
The message also includes old footage of speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains the term, saying black slaves who worked in their white masters' house were more servile than those who worked in the fields. Malcolm X used the term to criticize black leaders he accused of not standing up to whites.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the latest message was just "more despicable comments from a terrorist."CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama... more
The 2ic of Islamic militant network al-Qaeda has hit out at US President-elect Barack Obama.
In a message purportedly from Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda deputy called Mr Obama a "house negro" - a demeaning term implying he served white people.
Zawahiri, is often reported as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man, almost certainly playing a key role in al-Qaeda. If genuine, the message would be the first acknowledgement by al-Qaeda of the president-elect's victory.
The audio message appeared on militant websites where Zawahiri also criticised Mr Obama - whose father is Muslim - for abandoning his Islamic roots. "You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand with the enemies of Muslims," he said.The 2ic of Islamic militant network al-Qaeda has hit out at US President-elect Barack... more
Al Qaeda has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan's beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf accusing him of betraying Muslims by supporting the US-led war in Afghanistan.In a rare English language audio message believed to be from Ayman Al Zawahiri, which was aired on Sunday by a Pakistani private TV network, Osama bin Laden's number two called for jihad against Pakistan, listing a litany of charges against Musharraf.Al-Zawahiri said in the tape that Musharraf had betrayed Muslims by supporting the US after the September 11, 2001 attacks in its battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan.Zawahiri urged Pakistanis to rise up against the United States or at least support the insurgents."Pervez has insulted and compromised Pakistan's sovereignty by allowing the CIA and FBI to operate freely in Pakistan and arrest, interrogate, torture, deport and detain any person, whether Pakistani or not, for as long as they like, thus turning the Pakistani army and security agencies into hunting dogs in the contemporary crusade," said the purported tape from al-Zawahiri.The message, the authenticity of which has not been fully confirmed, came as Pakistan's leader fights a critical battle for his political survival, threatened by an impeachment motion by opponents.The Pakistan television channel ARY said the tape was delivered to its office in Islamabad by an unidentified person. People familiar with Zawahiri's voice said the tape could be genuine.Al Qaeda has launched a blistering attack on Pakistan's beleaguered President Pervez... more
