Jihadists turn on al Jazeera

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 25, 2007 06:02 PM

All is not well in the family:

Al-Qaida sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden’s latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes by insurgents in Iraq.

Users of a leading Islamic militant Web forum posted thousands of insults against the pan-Arab station for focusing on excerpts in which bin Laden criticizes insurgents, including his followers.

Analysts said the reaction highlighted militants’ surprise at bin Laden’s words, and their dismay at the deep divisions among al-Qaida and other Iraqi militants that he appeared to be trying to heal.

“It’s not about Al-Jazeera, it’s about their shock from bin Laden,” said Diaa Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on Islamic militant groups. “For the first time, bin Laden, who used to be the spiritual leader who gives guidance, became a critic of al-Qaida and is confessing mistakes. This is unusual.”

“God fight Al-Jazeera,” railed one militant Web poster, calling the station a “collaborator with the Crusaders” for suggesting the tape showed weakness in al-Qaida and featuring discussions of how the tape reflected weaknesses and divisions among insurgents in Iraq.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

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  1. #155756
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:04 pm, Defector01 said:

    Oh this should be very amusing

  2. #155761
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:05 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    Well, well, well. I bet Al Jazeera is wishing they would have done a little more to track those individuals who dropped off tapes of bin laden instead of looking the other way under to “protect” their source.

    What goes around, comes around.

  3. #155763
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:08 pm, hadsil said:

    Lucius Malfoy failed Voldemort one too many times.

  4. #155768
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:11 pm, greysheepdog said:
  5. #155772
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:13 pm, nbarry said:

    This comes only a few days after an Israeli cable network decided to drop CNN in favor of Al-Jazeera. How far can CNN fall?

  6. #155782
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:19 pm, DesertLover said:

    couldn’t happen to a more worthy group of biased propagandists …

  7. #155784
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:21 pm, Boomer said:

    Wow it is really starting to look like a very good news day. First they drop the charges in Italy against an American GI and now this. Once again the savages turn on each other instead of us (at least for now).

  8. #155798
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:30 pm, ajmontana said:

    Station blowing up in 3, 2, 1….

  9. #155799
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:31 pm, Crazy Horse said:

    HA HA HA HA

    This is great. I just wish the Democrats would kick Osama out of the party

  10. #155800
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:31 pm, ajmontana said:

    Whats that word you used dl?
    Kerblooooeeeee?
    lmao.

  11. #155810
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:43 pm, RedWinged Blackbird said:

    Sounds like Al-Jazeera is positioning itself to fill the gap between CNN and Fox News.

  12. #155811
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:44 pm, feebiebabe said:

    looks like our wittiw ow-kedda fwends went and shoots dem sewves in de foot!!!! (sniker)

  13. #155813
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:48 pm, ajmontana said:

    Wait until they find out they BBQ pork chops behind the station on fridays, then their really gunna be pi$$ed off.

  14. #155814
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:49 pm, Leatherneck said:

    Allah wills it!

  15. #155815
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:50 pm, feebiebabe said:

    you suck aj

  16. #155817
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:51 pm, John Ansell said:

    Al Jazeera upsets it’s base and so does Billy Boy Clinton….something’s in the water.

  17. #155819
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:54 pm, granite said:

    #15 feebiebabe:

    In your remark I trust you were referring to Al-Jazeerra, and not to one of our fellow bloggers, right?

  18. #155820
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:55 pm, ajmontana said:

    lol feebs.

  19. #155822
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:56 pm, trinitytim said:

    #16 John Ansell,

    Aren’t the Clintons and Al Jazeera like two peas in a pod?

  20. #155823
    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:57 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Hi Granite,

    It was in jest. He knows what he is doing (hint: feebs on a diet…AJ purposly making OT references to food…).

    Total joke. should have added a smiliey face… :-) see!

    I am sure AJ won’t throw me under the bus here…right AJ?

  21. #155825
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:00 pm, ajmontana said:

    its all good, but it wasnt off topic sorta.. :)
    Feebs is friend not foe.

  22. #155826
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:02 pm, granite said:

    Feebiebabe:

    Ah, I see.
    Just a coincidence.

    ‘Course, I didn’t think it was an insult; but I has to make sure!

  23. #155829
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:02 pm, trinitytim said:

    No only is feebs a friend, but AJ is too busy driving the bus in all that smoke to throw anyone underneath.

    AJ, you are okay with the fires right?

  24. #155832
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:03 pm, ajmontana said:

    just getting even for feebie throwing slim fast on me. lmao

  25. #155834
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:04 pm, feebiebabe said:

    LOL – you guys take care….feebs out early today. MWAH! :-) (my new favorite saying (c) Bear!)

  26. #155836
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:06 pm, ajmontana said:

    OT-
    Yes Trinity thanks, but 16,000 houses in the town I grew up in are still threatened. :(
    A couple friends are waiting things out if they cant get back up the hill by weekend their coming here.

  27. #155837
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:06 pm, ajmontana said:

    nite feebs. 8)

  28. #155839
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:09 pm, trinitytim said:

    Bye Feebs.

    AJ, You and your friends are in my prayers.

    PS. I’ll be passing through your way in the Spring. If things are still burning by then, I’ll bring my fire extinguisher.

  29. #155844
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:14 pm, Alphonse said:

    Israel’s largest cable provider to drop CNN for Al-Jazeera

    “It’s about to lose the right to broadcast CNN in Israel, but the country’s largest cable provider appears to have found a replacement: Al-Jazeera in English.

    A contract with the controversial Gulf-based news network “should be finalized within a few days,” a senior representative of HOT Television told The Jerusalem Post Monday. Should the deal be signed, it will put Al-Jazeera’s English-language offshoot on the air around the time HOT drops CNN, said Yossi Lubaton, the company’s vice president of marketing.”

  30. #155848
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:18 pm, Defector01 said:

    Alphonse
    I can just see the cable providers in Israel thinking “Well, if we want to go get terrorist propaganda on cable networks, let’s just go straight to the horse’s mouth. Not to mention it’ll be cheaper”

  31. #155852
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:26 pm, calamityville said:

    Al-Qaida vs. Al-Jazeera. Sounds good. I need some popcorn.

  32. #155864
    On October 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pm, Snooper said:

    awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

    Poor jihadim

    Why is everybody always pickin’ on them?

    Nuke ‘em til they glow and shoot the survivors in the dark.

    No mercy.

  33. #155869
    On October 25th, 2007 at 8:03 pm, a crapweasel said:

    I wonder what Rageboy has to say about this?

  34. #155871
    On October 25th, 2007 at 8:03 pm, John Ansell said:

    LOL snoop. Shoot them when they glow in the dark. Reminds me of the pictures of the glowing pigs.

  35. #155898
    On October 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pm, nbarry said:

    Since it is well known that the radicals will say one thing in English and something else in Arabic or Farsi, a good source of what’s really on their mind is the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which translates the stuff the cutthroats don’t want us to read and posts it on its website.

  36. #155927
    On October 25th, 2007 at 9:51 pm, Dumpling said:

    “I know you are, but what am I?” They deserve each other.

  37. #155992
    On October 25th, 2007 at 11:18 pm, namvet527 said:

    I thought Al Jazeera was an Arab word for DemoKKKrat.

  38. #156002
    On October 25th, 2007 at 11:35 pm, docflash said:

    The upset is about Aljazerra misrepresenting what Obama said,do their reporters work for The New Republic too?

  39. #156194
    On October 26th, 2007 at 10:01 am, Eric_CharlotteNC said:

    On October 25th, 2007 at 6:30 pm, ajmontana said:
    Station blowing up in 3, 2, 1….

    Where are the dhimicrats going to get there talking points now?

  40. #156790
    On October 26th, 2007 at 5:32 pm, Cosmo said:

    “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”

    –and then fall on your own sword…preferably that one on the Saudi flag.

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