Al-Qa'ida chief brands Obama a 'house negro'

AckwelFoley

In the first comments fromal-Qa'ida since the American elections, the second-in-command of the terror group has branded President-elect Barack Obama as a "house negro", an insult designed to imply he is a black man merely doing the bidding of white masters.


Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qa'ida's deputy leader, also mocked Mr Obama as being the "direct opposite of honourable black Americans" such as Malcolm X, the Muslim African-American rights leader of the 1960s.

As a welcome message to the soon-to-be president, it was predictably aggressive and belligerent, though it contained no specific threats of attack. "You have reached the position of president, and a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you. A failure in Iraq to which you have admitted, and a failure in Afghanistan to which the commanders of your army have admitted."

The message was a clear attempt to dampen global enthusiasm after the election of Mr Obama and the attendant hopes that his taking office in January will spell a fundamental shift in American foreign policy, already highlighted by his renewed promises to close Guantanamo Bay and begin the troop withdrawal from Iraq.

There seemed little initial reason to doubt the authenticity of the message posted on the web or that that isZawahiri speaking. Accompanying the 11-minute taped audio was footage of Malcolm X, still images ofZawahiri and also of Mr Obama, including one of him wearing a Jewish skull cap during a visit to Israel. The message, posted on jihadi web forums and entitled "The departure of Bush and the arrival of Obama", was condemned by the outgoing administration of George Bush. Sean McCormack, the State Department spokesman, said it only amounted to just "more despicable comments from a terrorist".

Zawahiri used the term abeed al-beit to insult Mr Obama as well as Condoleezza Rice, the outgoing Secretary of State, and her predecessor, Colin Powell, which translates as "house slaves". The English subtitles on the posting turned it into "house negroes", however, a term that Malcolm X used to employ about black leaders he believed were not standing up to whites.

The attempt by al-Qa'ida to expropriate the memory of Malcolm X and uphold him as more worthy than Mr Obama will infuriate the black community in America.

The message sought, however, to address Muslims around the world as much as it did the United States, seeking to warn them against being lulled into the belief that, by electing Mr Obama, America was changing policy direction or altering its attitudes to the rest of the world.

"America has put on a new face but its heart is full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always," the al-Qa'ida deputy insisted. Zawahiri also attempts to characterise the victory of Mr Obama in the US elections as an acknowledgement by Americans that Mr Bush's policies had failed and an "admission of defeat in Iraq". "If Bush has achieved anything, it is in his transfer of America's disaster and predicament to his successor. But the American people, by electing Obama, declared its anxiety and apprehension about the future towards which the policy of the likes of Bush is leading it, and so it decided to support someone calling for withdrawal from Iraq."

He assails Mr Obama for pledging to redeploy some of the troops in Iraq to Afghanistan, insisting his strategy in the country is doomed to fail and he would be rewarded with humiliation in the same way as Mr Bush and Pervez Musharraf. "Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them," he said.

Despite the President-elect never having been a practising Muslim,Zawahiri accuses him of having "abandoned" his Muslim faith. "You were born to a Muslim father but chose to stand in the ranks of the enemies of the Muslims, and pray the prayer of the Jews, although you claim to be Christian, in order to climb the rungs of leadership in America," he said.

:rolleyes:

Gandalf23

Dude, why is your avatar pink?

Sorta ghey tbh ...

Cookie_Monster

He's right you know*:rolleyes:









*not really though

robtri

Gandalf23 wrote: »

Dude, why is your avatar pink?

Sorta ghey tbh ...

mmmm have to agree with that point... but more than SORT of.... it is ghey

FlutterinBantam

So!! what ordinary person gives Jack Shidt what Al Qa'ida have to say.

I certainly don't.

javaboy

We should start a letter writing campaign to get him to step down. This is an absolute disgrace.


P.S. Leave snyper's avatar alone! It's just a phase.

AckwelFoley

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

So!! what ordinary person gives Jack Shidt what Al Qa'ida have to say.

I certainly don't.

You sir are many degrees left of ordinary

Mr. Incognito

Least he has a house.

All this guy has is a cave a tape recorder.

Yawn.

Wertz

Snyper: Al Qa'ida propagandist.

Did Osama send you that latest press release himself?
Quit spreading thier f8cking intolerant bullsh*t around the web...

javaboy

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

All this guy has is a cave a tape recorder.

Yawn.

It's a foot on the ladder.

AckwelFoley

Wertz wrote: »

Snyper: Al Qa'ida propagandist.

Did Osama send you that latest press release himself?
Quit spreading thier f8cking intolerant bullsh*t around the web...

guess you missed the rolleyes at the bottom of the post...

Wertz

No no I caught that bit too...your very own addition to justify your blood money.

FlutterinBantam

Spot on W what the fook do you expect AQ to say.


" Great news lads, Mr. O. is the Big Kahuna in the US now,jaysus maybe we might get broadband and cinteral heatin' in these frikken caves."


Cop yourself on horse.

Frisbee

javaboy wrote: »

It's a foot on the ladder.

Reckon I could get in on the milk round?

Nerin

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Spot on W what the fook do you expect AQ to say.


" Great news lads, Mr. O. is the Big Kahuna in the US now,jaysus maybe we might get broadband and cinteral heatin' in these frikken caves."


Cop yourself on horse.

Exactly. He hasn't even started the job yet. At least wait for him to do something before the name calling. Is it just me,or are the terrorists like little kids in a playground.

javaboy

snyper wrote: »

guess you missed the rolleyes at the bottom of the post...

Sticking a rolleyes at the bottom doesn't mean you're not still spreading this crap around. Besides 99% of your post was Al-Qaeda propaganda. Only 1% was editorial "comment".


Anyway does anyone else think this will only help Obama? Let's look at a couples of categories and how this kind of bull will impact them:

Obama supporters: Won't believe it. No impact except to hate Al Qaeda more.
Obama opponents: Well if Al Qaeda hate him, he's probably a good thing. Plus at least we know now he's not a Muslim terrist[sic]. Yay Obama!
White power nuts: Oh so if he's a puppet, then the whites are still in charge. Yay Obama.


Best thing that could have happened for Obama imo.

Agamemnon

Nerin wrote: »

Exactly. He hasn't even started the job yet. At least wait for him to do something before the name calling. Is it just me,or are the terrorists like little kids in a playground.

Yes, those terrorists are awful. Don't they care that they could hurt Obama's feelings?

Nerin

Agamemnon wrote: »

Yes, those terrorists are awful. Don't they care that they could hurt Obama's feelings?

Yup. They should just stick to blowing **** up instead of trying to insult people. Stick with what they're good at. Kinda. :P

Wagon

Terrorists have as low an IQ as Bush's government. This is why they fight each other.

kmick

www.newsimadeup.com/obamafightbackgousago

Just in...
Obama calls Al-Qaida top man - "..sand jockey in his mums dressing gown.."

Officials said the war of words is at "fever pitch".

In other news...dog eats homework. Woman gets leg trapped in tv.
More at 9

toiletduck

Al-Qa'ida chief brands Obama a 'house negro'

I'd imagine that was the job of the slave master.

Caoimhín

Its rich coming from a damn sand nig...

It BeeMee

Let me get this straight: the guy in the White House is basically a puppet for others, like banks, oil companies, weapons manufacturers and the like?

Wow. Novel concept....

FlutterinBantam

Das Royatt.. them fookers who provide the dosh for you an' me to live on:rolleyes:

biko

A negro president? Soon they'll take up golf too...

FlutterinBantam

:eek: Too late!!

javaboy

biko wrote: »

A negro president? Soon they'll take up golf too...

Pepperidge farm remembers.

Matt Holck

I never thought House Slave ever meant Uncle Tom
I thought House Slave was a reference to the slaves that worked in the house
as opposed to the Field Slave that had to work all day in the hot sun.
To a slave in the field, a slave in the house was fortunate
even if at the end of the day they were all still slaves.

Sean Quagmire

i heard they are going to burn a big 'T' on the white house lawn for 'Time to leave'

http://mcbush3.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/burning-cross.jpg

AckwelFoley

Matt Holck wrote: »

I never thought House Slave ever meant Uncle Tom
I thought House Slave was a reference to the slaves that worked in the house
as opposed to the Field Slave that had to work all day in the hot sun.
To a slave in the field, a slave in the house was fortunate
even if at the end of the day they were all still slaves.

correct. They were disliked essentially for being more 'fortunate'

Terry

Caoimhín wrote: »

Its rich coming from a damn sand nig...

Don't even try that again.

Warning given as a reminder.

Matt Holck

snyper wrote: »

correct. They were disliked essentially for being more 'fortunate'

the house slave would consider the field slaves dull as they know nothing but working the crops

Dudess

And yet, the simpleton contingent in the US reckon Obama and Osama are best mates... my, how this must confuzzle them.

Matt Holck wrote: »

I never thought House Slave ever meant Uncle Tom
I thought House Slave was a reference to the slaves that worked in the house
as opposed to the Field Slave that had to work all day in the hot sun.
To a slave in the field, a slave in the house was fortunate
even if at the end of the day they were all still slaves.

Yeah, you probably had to be really docile and passive and sorta willingly subservient to get to work in the house... understandable it would have pissed off other slaves.

AckwelFoley

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah, you probably had to be really docile and passive and sorta willingly subservient to get to work in the house... understandable it would have pissed off other slaves.

docile my arse!
Id be the same if i thought i could get the handy number in the house as a dish washer
or foot stool and having a nice straw bed in the shed. Sounds alot better than being
out in the fields pulling a plough being whipped by a horse