Al-Qaeda has warned Barack Obama, the US president-elect, against sending more troops to Afghanistan and vowed to continue attacks against "criminal" America.
In an internet audio message released on Wednesday, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, said Obama would fail if he followed the policies of George Bush, the current US president.
"What you have announced before ... that you will withdraw [US] troops from Iraq [and send them] to Afghanistan is a policy that is doomed to failure," al-Zawahiri said in the message made available by the SITE Institute, a US organisation that monitors Islamic groups.
"If you still want to be stubborn about America's failure in Afghanistan, then remember the fate of Bush and [Pakistan's former president] Pervez Musharraf, and the fate of the Soviets and British before them," he added.
Al-Zawahiri also referred to Obama and other African-Americans who have served in US government in as "house negroes", an insult that comes from the time of slavery in the US, and used to describe a black person who does the bidding of white masters.
Obama's transition team has declined to comment on the tape, while Sean McCormack, spokesman for the US state department, dismissed the tape as just "more despicable comments from a terrorist".
"If anybody needed ... more of a contrast between what ... the West and the United States stand for, in terms of democracy and what these terrorists stand for, I don't think you need to go any further than those comments," he said.
'Harm America'
In a major interview aired on Sunday, Obama reiterated his campaign promise to begin pulling troops out of Iraq and switch the military focus to Afghanistan.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds in Washington DC said that if many people in the Arab and Muslim world were hoping for big changes in the US approach to dealing with al-Qaeda then they were likely to be disappointed.
Al-Zawahiri's message appeared chiefly aimed at convincing Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in US policies.
Al-Zawahri said that Obama is "the direct opposite of honourable black Americans" such as Malcolm X, the 1960's African-American activist.
"America, the criminal, trespassing crusader, continues to be the same as ever, so we must continue to harm it, in order for it to come to its senses," al-Zawahri said.
In his speech, al-Zawahri refers to a November 5 US air raid in Afghanistan, meaning the video was made after that date.
Al-Zawahri said Obama's election has not changed American policies, which he said are aimed at oppressing Muslims and others.
LOL... how exactly do you say "House Negro" in Arabic?
(Abeed A-beit,") = House slave = Mtumishi wa Ndani a.k.a Beki tatu au (Mtumwaa wa ndani ya nyumba).
"house Negro" ni maneno aliyowahi kuyatamka Malcom X, akiwapiga vijembe waafrika wa kimarekani kwa kuwasapoti weupe. Baadae aliwaomba radhi baada ya kutoka hajj.
...hellow deluded wannabe truth the plumber,who is the president of United States of America?
George W. Bush............
Jamani just to make it clear:
Al Qaeda's message iliweka footage ya Malcolm X ya radio superimposed with grainy photos ambapo Malcolm X alizungumza maneno yake kuhusu "Field Negroes and House Negroes" Na ndipo Al Zahawiri alisema Obama ni Abeed A-beit. Na translation hata wakati Malcom X anazungumza kuhusu house slave ilitumika neno hili hili. So that is what AQ wanted to say. There's no 2 ways about it, and no reasonable explanation about this other than that AQ is racist!
True dat Susuviri,
Kisha kumbuka the quotations they are using zilikua back when Malcolm
was still the uncut radical.Alipo-hiji Mecca hayo matamshi yote aliyaacha.
AQ, apart from being terrorists, are also a racist minded organisation
which is slowly losing relevance as time goes by.
Now, Dr. al-Zawahiri has begun his assault on the U.S. President-Elect -- before Barack Obama has even taken office. Clearly, Al-Qaida is seeking to undermine the surge of popularity and enthusiasm for the Obama victory that has spread throughout the developing world, and particularly in Africa -- where Al-Qaida has strong vested interests in at least two ongoing military conflicts. There certainly are ways to accomplish this -- as was demonstrated by Al-Qaida's skillful use of imagery of Barack Obama at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. However, by indulging in divisive labels such as "House Slave" or "House Negro", Dr. al-Zawahiri has strayed from being merely disrespectful into being entirely disreputable and dishonorable. By playing the race card so quickly and so brazenly, al-Zawahiri may end up causing backlash against Al-Qaida in the very constituencies he is seeking to woo. It also invites the question, how is this a legitimate criticism coming from the senior leadership of Al-Qaida, which is dominated almost solely by Arab Egyptians and Saudis? Moreover, what would Malcolm X have thought of an organization, Al-Qaida, that at one time offered a higher salary to its Arab membership than its Black African adherents? One might imagine that the financial guru responsible for overseeing this inequitable arrangement -- Egyptian national Mustafa Abu al-Yazid -- would have been punished for his bigoted actions. In fact, al-Yazid has since been promoted to the number 3 position in Al-Qaida, right behind Dr. al-Zawahiri. This is hardly the type of image that Al-Qaida would like to see proliferate in critical regions adjacent to jihadi conflict zones in Somalia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania.
Marekani si waondoe hayo majeshi yao huko Afghanstan na Iraq...! Kisha tuone hao Al-Qaida watamlipuwa nani....?
Watu kwenye nchi zao hawataki kuona majeshi ya kigeni, lakini U.S wanang'ang'ania tu... wanauwa watu wasio na hatia kila siku kwa visingizio mbali mbali... na hakuna media au nchi zinazo laani mauwaji hao... Yaani watu wasiende hata kwenye harusi... mkusanyiko kidogo... linashushwa bomu...!
CIA+Al-Qaida = Ugaidi
kwani kabla ya Sept. 11 kulikuwa na wanajeshi wa marekani huko Iraq au Afganstan?
Tafadhali soma articles hapa chini:
Illuminati New World Order
The Truth about 9/11
New clue About 9/11
Craft of 9-11
CIA+Al-Qaida = Ugaidi
Obama ni Mjaluo na 'hajatahiriwa' hivyo hawezi kuwa rais wa watu waliotahiriwa kama Makikuyu
Lakini Pundit come to think about this right?Obama is not from Kenya his father ndiyo happen kuwa from kenya but as far as him hawezi kusema i am from kenya you know..he has been to kenya but i doubt hata kama anajua any kenyan/african culture..yeah we all happy we finally have african american in white house but keep in mind hana say yeyote na kenyan govrment..yeye ana represent united state..why should kenyan take this is big deal for them?....