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Recommendation: Colgate and LensCrafters!!!

News Media are now reporting on the latest video released by Al-Qaeda’s al-Zawahri who has been the almost-exclusive source of almost all communications coming from Al-Qaeda.

The video does not offer up much new information, it makes the same threats and declarations of al-Qaeda’s terrorist intentions as usual, saying over and over that someday they’re gonna get us. We’re used to seeing that of course.

AP Story CLICK HERE

Breitbart HERE

YNET News (Israeli) has the most extensive quotations

There were a couple of interesting differences however, that simply highlight a few things to keep in mind about understanding the conflict, and the very real dangers that America faces at the hands of these terrorists, as well as the importance of Iraq in that struggle (contrary to what Democrats will tell you – that the only important place to fighting terrorists is the Afghan/Pakistan border )

For one, the video highlights the bickering between Sunnis (Al-Qaeda and insurgent groups) and Shias (Mahdi Army / Iran ) that is the root of so many security problems in Iraq. Zawahri criticized the statements of some Iranian officials who claim that the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center/Pentagon were the work an Israeli Intelligence operation, not al-Qaeda.

The statements made by this Iranian Military Official sound a lot like what ‘truthers’ will try to tell you:

“The events of September 11 were ordered by U.S. [officials] and Mossad (Israeli equivalent of our own CIA) so that they could carry out their strategy of pre-emption and warmongering and unipolarisation [sic] in order to dominate the Middle East”, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi (Supreme Commander of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – whatever that means) told military commanders on Tuesday. His comments were reported by the state-run news agency ISNA.

He goes on to state:

“The U.S.’s neo-conservative strategy was to dominate the vast energy resources of the Persian Gulf in order to be able to control Europe, China, and India and drive the world to a unipolar state. Therefore, it planned to change undesirable regimes such as those of Iraq, Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan”.

Noam Chomsky couldn’t have said it better himself. I wonder if they get Starbucks together?

In his response, Zawahri takes issue with the Iranians claiming that 9-11 was an “inside job” basically whining that al-Qaeda is losing cred and reiterates that “yes, we did it and how dare you say we didn’t!”

“The purpose of this lie is clear — (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it,” he said.

“Iran’s aim here is also clear — to cover up its involvement with America in invading the homes of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he said.

So al-Qaeda is claiming that Iran is actually working with the US to extend it’s influence in Iraq. Well I am glad to see that these extremist elements still hate each other, because it is precisely their inability to stop fighting and blowing each other up that eventually caused Iraqi’s caught in the middle to finally reject AQI and JAM and support their own government.

It’s amusing, yet morbidly disturbing to see these two radical factions of two different religious sects arguing about “who REALLY hates the Jews more”

In a previous audio-only release, Zawahri reassured his droves of faithful jihaidist listeners out there they al-Qaeda is still committed to ridding the world of Jews!

“We promise our Muslim brothers that we will do the best we can to harm Jews in Israel and the world over, with Allah’s help and according to his command.”

Full Article on THAT release HERE from Jerusalem Post

Aside from the spat between Iran + Shiite Militias vs. al-Qaeda + Sunni Militants, there is another element to this story which is VERY telling about the situation in Iraq and progress of the war over the past few months.

Zawahiri says:

“I call upon the Muslim nation to fear Allah’s question (at judgement day) about its failure to support its brothers of the Mujahedeen (holy Warriors), and (urge it) not to withhold men and money, which is the mainstay of a war,”

News reports said:

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri criticised Muslims for failing to support Islamist insurgencies in Iraq and elsewhere in a new audiotape posted Tuesday on the Internet.

Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant also blasted Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas over their reported readiness to consider a peace deal with Israel.

Sounds to me like al-Qaeda is getting more and more desperate, pleading for support as they are currently getting their butts handed to them by Iraqi Army + Iraqi National Police + Coalition Forces!