Al-Qaida chief warns Obama of attack

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Deckard

I used to occasionally wonder if the imperialist forces of neo-conservativism and the warped ideology of al-Qaeda might secretly, at some level, be in cahoots. Assuming this tape isn't such an example of negative psychology, it seems, once again, extraordinarily stupid and a sure-fire way to get your opponent to stick to doing the very opposite of what you appear to want.

Oooh you little conspiracy theorist, you

The thought has crossed my mind too, though. There is something very bizarre about the whole Al Qaida thing in my mind, most notably that according to the FBIs "Most Wanted" website, Bin Laden isn't even listed as being wanted for 9/11. His family is, of course, very close to the Bush family.....

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

Oooh you little conspiracy theorist, you

Well putting it into the spectrum of strengths of belief, from certainty to occasional suspicion/gut feeling, it's there right at the bottom. I'm currently more inclined to favour the conclusion that they're just solidly anti-American. But still... the possibility doesn't disappear completely! (Perhaps because I heard someone mention The Power of Nightmares just a couple of days ago)

[Sean]

I also thought it was a nice touch when they called Obama a "house negro".

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."

Although I doubt that any of the rhetoric in this latest release will greatly influence Obama's plans on how to tackle the issue of terrorism.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

WTF w/ the Halloween soundtrack?

Who the hell thought of the grand idea of building a recreation park over a freeway?

8 minutes into part 2, contradiction-o-meter on high.