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September 29, 2006

Islam: Al Qaeda Deputy Calls Pope And Bush "Charlatans"

Today, a video was released by Al Qaeda on the internet, states the Guardian, Catholic World News, BBC, CNN, The Australian, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and other sources. The CIA has confirmed the video's authenticity.

In this 18 minute long video, which has been advertised on the internet for some days, Ayman al-Zawahiri (pictured), former eye surgeon and now deputy leader of Al Qaeda, began his attack upon US president George W. Bush. President Bush was called a "murderer and spiller of Muslim blood" and also a "charlatan."

Zawahiri claimed that the US was losing the war on terror. He said terror attacks "have deprived you of the pleasure of quenching your thirst for revenge."

"Bush you are a lying failure and a charlatan. It has been three and a half years [since the arrests] ... What happened to us? We have gained more strength and we are more insistent on martyrdom."

"Why are your troops retreating in secret from the south and east of Afghanistan? Be aware that the liberation of our captives is a debt on our shoulders which we must fulfill."

"Why don't you tell them how many million citizens of America and its allies you intend to kill in search of the imaginary victory and in breathless pursuit of the mirage towards which you are driving your people's sons in order increase your profits?"

Zawahiri also made mention of the Al Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was arrested in Pakistan and handed over to the US authorities. This individual has confessed to plotting the 9/11 attacks and is currently in detention in Guantanamo, after being transferred there from a secret prison.

He said: "I ask this lying failure, who are the leaders of al Qaeda whose killing or capture was facilitated by the information extracted from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, may Allah free him, has hurt you thousands of times more than you have hurt him."

"Can't you be honest at least once in your life and admit that you are a deceitful liar who intentionally deceived your nation when you drove them to war in Iraq under the pretext of the presence of nuclear weapons there and under the pretext of al Qaeda's connections with Saddam Hussein, following which evidence proved that you intentionally lied and misled?"

"You should worry about your presence two areas. The first is the Gulf, from where you will be expelled, God willing, after your defeat in Iraq, and your economic ruin will be achieved. And the second is Israel, because the jihadi reinforcements are getting closer, with God's help and power, and your defeat there will put an end to the superiority of the Zionists and Crusaders."

He said that mujahideen "are a people who do not sleep under oppression and who do not abandon our revenge until our chests have been healed of those who have aggressed against us."

Zawahiri also spat venom at the United Nations. He said: "Rise, O Muslim nation, to defend your land and your honors from the crusaders' aggression who are now hiding behind the masks of the United Nations. Nothing will protect you but a jihadi popular war that will be led by the mujahedeen."

He spoke of Darfur in Sudan, and urged Sudanese Muslims to mount a Holy War against "crusaders" disguised as United Nations troops.

Much of this bravado-fuelled rhetoric is to be expected from Zawahiri, though it appears to be more ranting than usual. But some of his strangest claims came when he addressed Pope Benedict XVI. He called on the pontiff to convert to Islam, which may be seen as ludicrous, but also could be seen as an ominous threat. Traditionally, if a Muslim leader wages war upon an infidel, he firstly urges the infidel to convert. The exhortation to Pope Benedict to become a Muslim could be seen as a prelude to a jihad against Christians.

He said: "This impostor, Benedict, reminds us of another impostor, his predecessor Urban II from the 11th century in Clermont, France, who urged the people of Europe to kill the Muslims and launched the crusades."

He said that the Pope's religion is "made of myths, like the Trinity, crucifixion, sacrifice and the original sin."

Referring to the Regensburg speech made by Benedict XVI on September 12, Zawahiri said that the Pope "went beyond his way to defame us, we will respond to his insult with kindness."

"This charlatan accused Islam of being incompatible with rationality while forgetting that his own Christianity is unacceptable to a sensible mind."

"We will call upon him and all of the Christians to become Muslims who do not recognise the Trinity or the crucifixion, and say that Allah united with the human."

At no stage in his speech did Zawahiri make mention of Osama bin Laden.

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Yesterday, an audio tape appeared on jihadist websites, coming from the head of Al Qaeda in Iraq and successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir urged Muslims in Iraq to kidnap Christians. Details of his speech can be found on the BBC, AKI and Associated Press on Topix.net, Washington Times, Times of India and numerous local papers with AP feeds.

Muhajir, also known as Ayyub al-Masri, said: "I call on every holy fighter in Iraq to strive to capture some dogs of the Christians so that we can liberate our imprisoned sheikh."

This was a reference to Omar Abdul Rahman, the blind Egyptian sheikh, who is currently in prison in the US for his role in the plotting of the first attack upon the World Trade Center of February 26, 1993, in which six people died. The sheikh is the spiritual leader of Gamaa Islamiya, a group which has claimed to have renounced violence. Al Qaeda states Gamaa Islamiya has now officially joined its ranks.

As well as urging Iraqis to kidnap Christians, he gave Muslims a Ramadan greeting, saying: "I congratulate the Muslim nation on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the month of jihad. I ask God to make it a month for honour and victory for Muslims."

Muhajir also urged scientists, including nuclear scientists, to join the cause of jihad. He said: "We are in dire need of you. The field of jihad can satisfy your scientific ambitions, and the large American bases are good places to test your unconventional weapons, whether biological or dirty, as they call them."

"The blood has been spilled in Iraq of more than 4,000 foreigners who came to fight." he said, admitting that his fighters have suffered heavy losses.

He concluded his speech with the following: "To the tribal leaders who are on our side and help us economically and with manpower I say Allah will reward you....but to those who are with the traitors and the occupiers I say that certainly you may earn money and important positions but the truth is with Allah. We ask them to return to their faith and they can do so only if they repent."

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