I came across this article on NewsRealBlog yesterday and it really made my blood boil. They link a page at Memri that was pretty interesting. Apparently Anwar Awlaki owes the Washington Post a debt of gratitude.
It starts off with this little gem:
Yemeni-American Jihadi Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki in First Interview with Al-Qaeda Media Calls on Muslim U.S. Servicemen to Kill Fellow Soldiers and says: “My Message to the Muslims…is that we should Participate in this Jihad against America…”
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know all about your “message”. I have a question though. The media and/or apologists for Islamic terrorism keep trying to convince people that jihad is simply an inner struggle that has nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism. How do you participate in an “inner struggle” against an outside force?
Someone has some ‘splainin to do. Maybe there ARE jihadis that just want to kill the infidel.
Anyway, on down in the article we get this little bit of information…
“They shut down my website following Nidal Hasan’s operation. I had posted an article of mine in support of what Nidal Hasan did, and so, they shut down my website. Then I read in the Washington Post that they were monitoring my communications. So I was forced to stop these communications. I left that region, and then the American air strikes took place.
Tipped off by the Washington Post.
So the Washington Post let him know that his communications were being monitored and for some odd reason he stops those communications.
Nice.
He continues…
“My message to the Muslims in general, and to those in the Arabian Peninsula in particular, is that we should participate in this Jihad against America. Today, America leads the global Crusader campaign against the Muslims. The America of today is the Pharaoh of the past. We should take part in it. We have a glimmer of hope in this small band of mujahideen in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and in Somalia, who have managed to bring the US army to its knees. Due to this Jihad, the US economy is reeling today. If that small band of mujahideen have managed to defeat America, imagine what would happen if the Islamic nation rose up. America cannot withstand this Islamic nation. It is too weak. America’s cunning is weaker than a spider web.”
Yeah, well my message to muslims in general- stop your crazies or we will.
Read the whole thing here: Yemeni-American Jihadi Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki in First Interview with Al-Qaeda Media Calls on Muslim U.S. Servicemen to Kill Fellow Soldiers and says: “My Message to the Muslims…is that we should Participate in this Jihad against America…”
