Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s Internet Press Conference
[A guest post by See-Dubya]
Who are the jihadist media consultant geniuses who came up with this one? Al Qaeda’s Number Two solicited questions over the internet and filmed an interview in which he answers ninety of them, including questions from jihadist critics of Al Qaeda. Among them was a question about why Al Qaeda kills innocents. Answer: they don’t, silly!
“We haven’t killed the innocents, not in Baghdad, nor in Morocco, nor in Algeria, nor anywhere else,” al-Zawahri said, according to a 46-page English transcript that accompanied the audio message posted on Web sites linked to al-Qaida.
The irony was too much for MSNBC, who had to point out that the record differs slightly from Zawahiri’s recollections–and noted that Zawahiri corrected himself:
“If there is any innocent who was killed in the mujahedeen’s operations, then it was either an unintentional error or out of necessity,” al-Zawahri said.
He went on to accuse al-Qaida’s opponents of being the ones who kill innocent people. He also charged that “the enemy intentionally takes up positions in the midst of the Muslims for them to be human shields for him.”
Oops, um, er, yeah, well, you see… I’m not even going to dignify this with a contradictory link; I’d rather just laugh at Al Zawahiri. See, Al Qaeda first emerged as an unknown group of faceless badass mad-dog killers that hijacked planes, blew up buildings, and cut off heads. As a shadowy cult that plotted daring acts of asymmetric warfare for years at a time, they were supposed to be the “strong horse” (in Osama’s phrase) that would draw the support of the world against America’s weak horse.
Yet now here they are, spinning and dodging and lying and droning on like cavebound Baghdad Bobs. Except without Bob’s flair; Divot Head there has found a way to make jihad boring. Perhaps this video will have a different effect on their intended audience, but to American eyes, this is a joke. Here are these scions of incandescent ideological purity, reduced to an internet press conference like common politicians. And…taking questions? I thought Al Qaeda just told you how it was gonna be?
If you judged Al Qaeda only by their actions, you might be inclined to overestimate their power. But if you judged them only by this rhetoric, you would underestimate them–because they are revealed as a bunch of maladjusted losers. It’s a long tradition Zawahiri has in common with his boss: back on Dec. 13, 2001, Time ran an article called “The Banality of Bin Laden” about how stultifying these video presentations are, and how Al Qaeda’s video program shows exactly how relentlessly vain, stupid and clueless they are:
All of al Qaeda’s earlier posturing — of confidence, bravery, omniscience — seems all the more phony in the light of this one. In his own words at his celebration dinner, bin Laden laid out bluntly his theory of power: “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.” Maybe so. But when they see a supposedly strong horse later show himself to be weak, they will want all the more strongly to send it to the glue factory.
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IMAO has an early translation of some of the questions for Divot Head:
Q: We miss the Iraqi information minister. Could you please hire him as your spokesman?
A: Are you nuts? The man was a pathological liar with sub-zero credibility! It’d be like using the New York Times!
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He can give interviews and field questions….and we can’t find him and bomb him back to the stone age?
HUH?????
Michelle, this is so ridiculous that it’s almost funny.
I would laugh if not for the fact that there are few people I want to see at the end of a JDAM more than him.
Pathetic Muslim thug.
It’s like Al Gore, Jr. saying that Al Gore, Sr. was a great civil rights proponent.
Procopy, this post is actually by me, See-Dubya. I added a note to that effect at the top.
And I agree–it’s so bizarre it’s hilarious. I’m sure bloggers have done parodies of Al-Qaeda Q&A sessions before, but I never thought there would be a real one.
How do you purposely kill innocent people by “unintentional error”?
Out of Necessity? Would that be like nuking a city of 100,000 people so 2-3 million don’t die if you have to invade?
Wouldn’t it be great to have the high moral ground? How wonderful would it be to talk about the US army refusing to bomb in urban areas like Basra for fear of killing civilians. What a public relations coup to be able to distinguish ourselves from these animals by virtue of us never torturing anyone or causing the death of (killing) anyone in our custody. How nice if our President agreed to respect international treaties against cruelty against prisoners.
Instead, we sound just like them.
After Ima Moodynutjob’s “no homosexuals in Iran” comment, nothing these idiots say surprises me.
Tsk, tsk.
Our troops put themselves at risk and have died KNOWING that the civilians they just let go are going to (and did) rat them out to the insurgents and you have the gall to say we sound just like people who glorify and videotape cutting off the head of a bound and helpless NONCOMBATANT just becuase he’s Jewish or American.
Your comment disgusts me and that’s not something I say lightly.
HIGHFIVE!
If ever there was a good candidate for an Internet-based attack, these Jihadi nitwits surely deserve the hacker communities’ attention. Bombardment with tiny packets of data can cut the life blood of these preachers of hate: their Internet presence.
It would just be a mater of time, I suppose, before the ACLU would intervene claiming that the Jihadi boy’s civil rights were being trampled….
PB - that definitely explains the color of the sky in his world, doens’t it?
ah, the afternoon dose of namby-pamby moral relativism from lgm…
you forgot to mention that we started Al Quaeda! you’re not following your copy points troll!
Nice one boilermaker!
It sure does, Chief.
lgm, re; “Instead, we sound just like them.”
So you figured out that they are bad?
But aren’t there civilians just little Eichmanns too?
#7 lgm
I cannot imagine the line of sight from where you sit, through what prism of reality, bounced off of what mirror of Bizarro World, refracted through what lens of darkness that would allow you to reach that conclusion.
lgm is a useless simpleton. It’s best to ignore America bashing apologists of jihad like him/her/? as they will never be taken seriously–not even by their own selves. Te-hee.
Double high-five KaosKlerik, PBoilermaker and thanks to see-dubyafor the post.
Perhaps the mujahedeen would care to offer an explination about the “necessity” or “unintentional error” in purposley strapping bombs to two women with down-syndrom to blow up 99 people?
Monsters.
I always knew that was littlegirlymans favorite place to rest his head.
I am personally finished with the idiot after his stupid comments. He has absolutely nothing to contribute to MM’s great site.
I feel so sorry for the kids that are in his classroom and for all the money wasted on this moron in the guise of education. Get involved with your kids at school, stop contributing to campuses that are infested with these imbeciles.
I hope his head is stuck up his a$$ forever.
lgm - get a grip!
#7 lgm- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is now over. Please pull your head out and tell everyone that things were okay dokey up there.
Feebs - he’s trying, but he just cant seem to find the handle.
#22 - shocker
I’m uncorking a bottle of Dom when lgm gets banned.
I always, unintentionally think the same thing when I see a picture of this guy. That thing on his forehead makes a perfect aiming point.
To get us back on track on this thread. I would love to see his next internet interview to come from hell, which can’t come too soon for me.
Sadly, the Troll is either stuck in the 60s & early 70s; or has become enamored of that time, not unlike the way trekkies wear Star Fleet uniforms or alien outfits when they go to Star Trek conventions.
I remember when the Troll’s type of blathering, morally relativistic, more or less existentialist thinking and rhetoric became increasingly fashionable in school (high school & college) in the 60s and early 70s; as well as in movies and TV shows.
Sorry, can’t cite specific examples right now - day job, dontchya know; also, it was so often more of a subtle, almost background-type of theme, rather than an in-your-face, loudly proclaimed theme.
But, it was there, believe me.
Anyone else who “came of age” in the late 60s to early-mid 70s remember what I’m referring to?
Anyway, the Troll cannot seem to mature past that way of viewing the world (there I go again…can’t help it; Thomas Sowell’s book is so damn good and spot on!).
The Troll just cannot, or refuses to, understand that, even though he may not want to be at war with anyone; others are very happy, even seeking, to be at war with him.
The Troll may not be be looking for war; but war is looking for, and will indeed find, him. (A paraphrase of someone else’s saying.)
What will the Troll do then, when he is mortally threatened?
Try to talk himself out of his predicament, by explaining to his savage attacker that he (the savage) really doesn’t want to kill the Troll?
Try to meekly submit to his savage attacker?
Offer to be the savage’s lackey, and to betray the rest of us?
Scream for help from the rest of us?
As Clubber Lang said in Rocky III:
“I pity the fool.”
We have bigger problems as a society when the psychotic mouthpiece for a group of murderers is taken seriously, as if his rationalizations are worthy of even a moment of consideration.
On April 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pm, lgm (#7)said:
It’s called war, lgm, and in wars, unfortunately, people are harmed and things get broken. And remember, they called the tune on 9/11; don’t blame our side for being the better dancer.
…and I am buying.
Southernboy got banned for less.
LGM, aka Jonathan Goodman, has bigger problems than a distorted world view.
LGM’s Site
Idiot,
Those treaties apply to prisoners of war. These are terrorists and have NOT signed said treaties. They would be glad to demonstrate how they deal with prisoners with you. Care to volunteer? Somehow, I doubt it.
yes they’re so stupid, but they’ve eluded capture from the foremost military organization for almost 7 years now…10 if you include Clinton’s failed attempts to uproot the group
IGM is suggesting that we follow the Geneva Convention in the treatment of “prisoners”. Okay..I read it and all the conventions. And, I agree with IGM that we should follow it to the letter, exactly as it was written and signed. “Hello, Gitmo? Give each person there a copy of the Convention to read, then try ‘em and shoot ‘em.”
He looks exactly as I’d pictured him.
lgm-liberal genetic moron.
Should you ever acquaint yourself with a map (and reality), you might notice that Basra is in the UK area of operations.
D’oh!
Right on TexasTiger,
I will not respond to that moron again or even let my fingers form those 3 letters in the likeness of his handle.
He’s a lying crapweasel, but we all knew that. “Innocents” as defined by al quaeda is anyone who submits in the right way, to the right thug at the right time… other than that everyone (including mentally impaired women) are fair game.
And really:
If you can’t distinguish yourself from these cold blooded murderers (worse than animals mind you) then that’s between you and God. I, and the people I love who serve, know the difference, we live the difference, and in spite of your careless, hateful words, my soldiers are good, honorable men who have stood in front of children when the likes of al Qaeda was trying to destroy them. So, really if you get a moment you may want to pull your head out of your colon, wipe the crap from your eyes and get off of your self-righteous, smug, pretentious pedestal.
BZ!
On April 3rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm, ArmywifeArmymom said:
I think he’s superglued to that “self-righteous, smug, pretentious pedestal.” Believing they are morally and intellectually superior to the rabble (us) is the only way moonbats can live with themselves.
DBNinKY said (#31):
This is exactly what they say. It doesn’t justify the Bush indifference to the lives of ordinary Iraqis any more than it justifies Al Qaeda’s indifference to the lives of ordinary Americans.
TexasTiger said (#38):
Yes, but …
ArmywifeArmymom said (#40):
I chose the words carefully. I do not hate the military. I do think it’s a tragedy for America that the Bush civilians failed to live by American values.
Pardon me. In spite of your carefully chosen, hateful words…
Hateful is in the “eye of the beholder.” You are not the one on the home front having to constantly listen to the BS rhetoric that sounds so nice and polished when it’s coming from people living in relative comfort and safety. It’s really easy to bash your Country and those you don’t agree with (by comparing them to you know… cold blooded killers like Al Zawahiri) when you are sitting in a secure, safe and comfortable environment.
I, on the other hand, get to switch gears and read the latest from the front lines… the latest email where I learn about the close calls of last week. Emails where I hear about how our troops took their only day off in weeks and visited a local school to be sure the local kids had a good water source now that the hot season is coming. Emails where I hear about brothers lost, and new Iraqi friends made. Emails and phone calls filled with exhaustion from the endless work, paranoia from the resounding buzz sound of the last bullet that came too close for comfort, and excitement about the accomplishments of the day. Calls and notes filled with pride for this Country and pride in what has been accomplished in Iraq. Pride in a history that they have lived, and that some of their fellow citizens will dishonor by skewing it for the sake of politics.
Don’t preach to me about American values. If you want to point the finger at those who have failed to live by those values then take a close look at the likes of the infamous Berkeley protesters, who don’t believe in exercising their free speech only… they impede the freedoms of others. That’s disgusting and definitely not living by American values.
Let’s talk about American values when our young Marines are tried and prosecuted by the media and by our Senators in Congress and by the citizens they were fighting to defend, before they were even offered a fair trial. Of course their names, careers, and reputations are forever tarnished — even after they are found not guilty by the courts. They were denied even being considered innocent before proven otherwise. There’s some good old fashioned disrespecting of American values. We could continue, but it’s late, and I have a care package to pack.
Priorities.
ArmywifeArmymom (#44)
All the bigger shame that news of these good works is drowned out by news of American fliers being ordered to bomb apartment buildings full of families.
ArmywifeArmymom,
Well said, but this guy is one of the Berkeley people, only he is in a university in New York.
I have had it with this moron and will not respond to anything he has to say. Furthermore if he changes his handle, I hope Michelle will let us know.
I do think he got real close today to a temporary ban with his stupid comments.
Don’t waste your time on this loser.
God Bless our Troops
#45
Can you please give us your thoughts on the belief that it being a necessity or a unintentional error to trick two woman with Down’s syndrom into wearing backpacks full of explosives?
Please, I would like to hear you actual stick to the topic of Al Queda’s response to killing innocent people instead of side-tracting off like a little wussy to compare these monsters to our US Military.
Please, enlighten me/us.
What is he instilling in the minds of his students? Multiplication factors of many more little lgms??!!
Wow, were you there when that call was made? Is this what was said “Hey, roger that. Please go over there and blow that building up… I am quite sure there are some innocent happy families in there, and I just wanna do some killin’ We can’t let the liberals down on this one. Gotta make sure we act just like the terrorist… hell you kill the families, I am heading for the orphanage. Roger. Over.”
How self-righteous can you get. The next time you are in the heat of real combat and making the vital calls, I will be sure to tell the press to make sure they skew the stories and forget to tell the entire truth of what happened… and then maybe you can get spit on and called a baby killer when you come home… oh, but wait, you are home aren’t you? Hm.
Oh, and please spare me the stupid line that the spitting and name calling isn’t happening… because it has in the past and it has in this war too.
In case you missed this:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344409,00.html
lgm, we’ve taken a poll as to what the best course is for you, given that your IQ has been measured conclusively to be at the freezing point — and I’m talking Celsius here, not Fahrenheit:
Kill yourself!
Al Queda takes control of an area and teachers get beheaded in front of their wives and children for the “crime” of teaching young girls how to read.
Americans take control of an area and use their day off making sure little kids have clean water.
As long as asshats like lgm maintain a Howard Zim, proctologist view of America they will always take up the defense of those who seek to destroy her.
Claire, trust that there are many of us here that understand first-hand what you, your son/husband and other military personnel are going through.
lgm will never understand, but he is free to continue spreading his hateful lies because of the actions of better men and women than himself.
He has been given enough rope, let him hang himself with further comments.
how does a person’s life become so distorted with hate they cannot believe in their country?
lgm may be a citizen of the U.S. but he is no American.
PB, thank you. I do not always choose to engage, but there are some days when you just feel the need to place a boot upside someone’s head (so to speak of course, lest I perpetuate the violent stereotype of the military).
I do find the folks here, by far and large, to be savvy and experienced with the military, and it is deeply appreciated.
rightisright said (#54):
Believing in your country does not mean thinking everything is perfect. This is America, not Stepford. It does mean calling out leaders who take America in the wrong direction.
The New York Yankees have a terrible owner. Most Yankee fans think the owner is bad for the team. They stay Yankee fans.
As parents of a severely retarded adult w/Downs, IMO those were intentional deaths of innocents, an evil means to achieve an evil result. If the global warming freaks ever get into control (God help us!) they cculd easily dimish the population by letting some innocent people die or actively assist them. Sound familiar?
My oldest brother died in service to this country and our grandson volunteered to do the same (Iraq 2x). I think crapweasels must be born that way. There is no other logical explanation.
Just who decides when we’re headed in the wrong direction, LGM?
You?, an apparently avowed leftist, who can’t get past the letter “R” behind a politician’s name well enough to objectively evaluate his/her policies and plans for the country.
Or the MSM?, which is rabidly leftist and stopping at nothing to get a fellow (but not the gal) Democrat back in the White House, including the use of inconclusive right-direction/wrong-direction polling to mislead Americans into thinking the worst of their country and its conservative leaders.
Lgm-
Now you’ve done it. You are drawing a parallel between the New York Yankees fans and ownership of the team to support for our troops because you don’t agree with the President… URGGHHHH. yooo-hoooo, anyone home?
Did you see my previous question to you? I would like to know your thoughts about Al Queda believing it is a necessity or a unintentional error to trick two woman with Down’s syndrom into wearing backpacks full of explosives?
(Image: Feebz anticipating the posted response from LGM to include a reference to “Curse of the Bambino”)
Grab the duct tape, my head is about to explode. I don’t know who is more ridiculous-AQ or the Troll.
USMCgramma, I have a 5 y/o with Downs who was recently also diagnosed with autism. I wouldn’t trade her for the world though.
The troll does not understand how easily manipulated those girls were. He has an answer but it’s one his mother did not choose for him, thus he’s here spouting his idiocy on a daily basis. He will never understand the meaning of sacrifice or the meaning of God doesn’t make mistakes.
God Bless you and your husband. I’m sure your child and all your children are wonderful people and I know your grandson is as well.