CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against <FORM class=yqin action=http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search method=post><INPUT type=hidden value='"Israel"' name=p> <INPUT type=hidden value=c1,i,yn,c3 name=sourceOrder> <INPUT type=hidden value='[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Israel[/FONT] ' name=c1> <INPUT type=hidden value='SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web ' name=c3> <INPUT type=hidden name=sourceURL> <INPUT type=hidden value=yq-news name=fr> <INPUT type=hidden value="Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."" name=context> </FORM>Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to <FORM class=yqin action=http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search method=post><INPUT type=hidden value='"Iraq"' name=p> <INPUT type=hidden value=c1,i,yn,c3 name=sourceOrder> <INPUT type=hidden value='[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Iraq[/FONT] ' name=c1> <INPUT type=hidden value='SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web ' name=c3> <INPUT type=hidden name=sourceURL> <INPUT type=hidden value=yq-news name=fr> <INPUT type=hidden value="Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq."" name=context> </FORM>Iraq." In the message broadcast by Al-Jazeera television, Ayman al-Zawahri, second in command to <FORM class=yqin action=http://yq.search.yahoo.com/search method=post><INPUT type=hidden value='"Osama bin Laden"' name=p> <INPUT type=hidden value=c1,i,yn,c3 name=sourceOrder> <INPUT type=hidden value='[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Osama bin Laden[/FONT] ' name=c1> <INPUT type=hidden value='SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web ' name=c3> <INPUT type=hidden name=sourceURL> <INPUT type=hidden value=yq-news name=fr> <INPUT type=hidden value='In the message broadcast by Al-Jazeera television, Ayman al-Zawahri, second in command to Osama bin Laden, said that al-Qaida now views "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us."' name=context> </FORM>Osama bin Laden, said that al-Qaida now views "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us." The Egyptian-born physician said that the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and Palestinian militants would not be ended with "cease-fires or agreements." "It is a jihad (holy war) for the sake of God and will last until (our) religion prevails ... from Spain to Iraq," al-Zawahri said. "We will attack everywhere." Spain was controlled by Arab Muslims for more than seven centuries until they were driven from power in 1492. He said Arab regimes were accomplices to Israel. "My fellow Muslims, it is obvious that Arab and Islamic governments are not only impotent but also complicit ... and you are alone on the battlefield. Rely on God and fight your enemies ... make yourselves martyrs." He also called for the "downtrodden" throughout the world, not just Muslims, to join the battle against "tyrannical Western civilization and its leader, America." "Stand with Muslims in confronting this unprecedented oppression and tyranny. Stand with us as we stand with you against this injustice that was forbidden by God in his book (the Quran)," al-Zawahri said. Kamal Habib, a former member of Egypt's Islamic Jihad militant group who was jailed from 1981 to 1991 along with al-Zawahri, said the al-Qaida No. 2's outreach to Shiites and non-Muslims was unprecedented and reflected a major change in tactics. "This is a transformation in the vision of al-Qaida and its struggle with the United States. It is now trying to unite Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims and calling for non-Muslims to join the fight," he said. Al-Zawahri wore a gray robe and white turban in the video. A picture of the burning World Trade Center was on the wall behind him along with photos of two other militants. One appeared to be a bearded Mohamed Atta, the Egyptian ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks. The other was Mohammed Atef, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri, a former top lieutenant of bin Laden who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in afganistan in November 2001. The Arab satellite station did not transmit the entire tape, using instead selected quotes interspersed with commentary from an anchor. An Al-Jazeera official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters said the full tape was about eight minutes long. The satellite channel aired only about half the message. It would not say how it received the tape. "The shells and rockets ripping apart Muslim bodies in Gaza and Lebanon are not only Israeli (weapons), but are supplied by all the countries of the crusader coalition. Therefore, every participant in the crime will pay the price," al-Zawahri said. "We cannot just watch these shells as they burn our brothers in Gaza and Lebanon and stand by idly, humiliated," he added. The message was al-Zawahri's 10th this year. Bin Laden has issued five messages in a particularly active year of messages from the top al-Qaida leadership. Al-Zawahri last appeared in a video posted on an Islamic Web site on the first anniversary of the train bombings in London. In the July 7 tape, he said two of the four suicide bombers in London had spent time in an al-Qaida training camp, preparing themselves for a suicide mission. The two top al-Qaida leaders also paid tribute in June to the slain leader of their Iraq network, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in separate recordings. Many of their messages this year have dealt with current events in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. Another new audio or video message from bin Laden had also expected in the past week on the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, according to IntelCenter, a U.S.-based independent group that provides counterterrorism information to the U.S. government and media. However, no messages have appeared on Islamic Web sites to announce the release. Al-Zawahri said Muslims everywhere must rise up to attack "crusaders and Zionists" and support jihad "until American troops are chased from Afghanistan and Iraq, paralyzed and impotent ... having paid the price for aggression against Muslims and support for Israel." Israel began an offensive on Gaza days after Palestinian militants captured an Israeli soldier on June 25. It opened a second front in Lebanon after Hezbollah guerillas killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two others on July 12.
So how goes it? I'm fine. Oh wait a minute. Am I supposed to be shaking in my sneakers right now? Shock and Awe is a destructive force to deal with either in the initial presentation or the aftermath. Though these big mouthed bomb-jockeys need to look back at history and figure out if they want the Big Guns aimed at their cities. America has proven in the past that it will, if it is deemed necessary, that it can retaliate like none other. This reminds me of something else. I am not prejudiced against black people and I think they deserved the right to be free just like everyone else. However when that crap about the 40acres and a mule came up as reperations, I almost laughed myself to death. Imagine you having to pay for something that was not of your doing. And remember, someone had to round up the slaves to sell. So in saying that. This is the same move that Al-Idiot is making. They are saying they are trying to persecute those ancestors that run the crusades which killed muslims and took over countries. We had no direct hand in the crusades and should not pay for any reperations whether in cash or blood for past wrongs done to them. And they are blaming us for helping out Israel. As far as my lessons of the past go, haven't we helped almost all countries across the globe? In fact we may have helped all of them. So sue us if America takes a stand with Israel against ungrateful idiots that like to wear bomb-boxers in crowded places. I may be a bit naive, though I don't recall hearing of any Israelis sneaking into places to kill like cowards. Could be wrong. Never know. Maybe Israel is actually a giant jewish terrorist group that kills innocent men, women and children with no prompting. Could be that they are just so well disguised that we miss it. Though maybe there really are a few fanatics, doubtful though it could happen. Besides all that, what do you expect them to do when cowards attack and run hide in holes in the ground? It is terrible that those not involved, children, die though it is war that has been mail-ordered by these fanatic jivists (Jive Jihadis). It was like ordering a pizza. "Hello, I want you to shell my country please." "Sure, we'll get right on it." I'd like to see how this new urging the non-muslims goes. I wonder when they were blowing the hell out of innocent civilians worldwide to make a 'statement', did they kill only muslims? Or are the non-muslims supposed to forget the fire that rained down on so many of their relatives and join with the group repsonsible? Making a deal with the devil they will be. As soon as these terrorists have 'eliminated the great satan and their accomplices' you can bet your bottom dollar that they will start to eliminate the non-muslims as well. Meglomaniacal, religious fanatic, terrorists will never accept that there are others that don't follow them. It's been proven before. Sadsack personally ordered thousands of his country's people murdered with gas because they weren't his kind. If he had taken over the world with the 'fight with us and all will be well' speech, how long do you think it would have taken him to get around to eliminated those who weren't like him? Look at Hitler. That maroon was thinking global domination. He went at it with a religous and fanatical fervor that knew no bounds. Slaughtering all before him that weren't his idea of the 'pure race'. Too bad it isn't as easy as 'Eliminate one man, eliminate the threat'. This is a hydra it seems. When one head is cut off, two more grow in it's place. Though even a hydra is killed by fire. That may start a whole lot more mess though. Fire raining down from the heavens like the stars are falling all because some jivist says there needs to be a cleansing. I truly am at a loss for any possible answer to this other than using force. And then it may take generations for it to wind down to quiet again. I guess that saying is true, 'Some people just need killin'.
One dead, 5 hurt in Seattle Jewish center shooting <!-- END HEADLINE --> <!-- BEGIN STORY BODY -->1 hour, 16 minutes ago A woman was killed and five other women were wounded on Friday when a gunman opened fire at a Jewish organization in downtown Seattle that last weekend organized a rally in support of Israel. A Seattle police spokesman said the gunman, who was thought to be acting alone, had been taken into custody but that authorities were "taking every precaution" in searching for explosives and additional suspects. Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Vice President Amy Wasser-Simpson told the Seattle Times in a story on its Web site that a man got through security at the building and shouted, "I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel," then began shooting. Police did not confirm the report and offered no immediate motive for the shooting. It was not clear if the shooter was specifically targeting women. A handgun had been found at the scene, police said. A hospital spokeswoman said at least three of the victims had been taken into surgery for their wounds. The federation had organized a large rally last weekend to demonstrate support for Israel in its fight against Hizbollah in southern Lebanon.
Okay, let me be the first to say this reeks of something most foul. I do not give credit to those morons, the fanatics, however when they strike it's not with a simple handgun and they rarely let themselves be taken. I think this was just some arm-chair commando either wanting to stir the poop there or his cheese has slid completely off his cracker and he was using the 'I'm mad at Israel' hoping for a Temp-Insane plea later. Seems wrong to me. Sometimes a bush is just a bush, though sometimes it's a sniper.
