al Qaeda :“Americans will be suppressed by their leaders”

Oct 31, 2008 - al Qaeda’s expectations: “Americans will be suppressed by their leaders” By Walid Phares AL QAEDA’S MILITARY LEADER “May Bush’s Party be humiliated http://video.google.com/videoplaydocid=2104640428749904397&hl=en Abu Yahya Al-Libi Washington DC, October 30, 2008 In a Jihadi speech delivered in an undisclosed location and aired on internet, al Qaeda’s highest military commander Abu Yahya al Libi called on Allah to take revenge on America by “humiliating Bush’s Party” and by “having Americans suppressing Americans and by having leaders oppressing them.” This powerful statement, made public during a sensitive period of US election deserves high attention in terms of al Qaeda’s strategic aims regarding the outcome of American vote next week. Thanks to Laura Mansfield’s monitoring of the Jihadi web sites, a video tape of al Libi was made available to viewers in Arabic. The Mansfield bulletin said (with permission): “Al Qaeda has finally made an official statement of policy regarding the 2008 US elections, and it is a ringing “anti-endorsement” for the Republican Party. - 21 Comments