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Al-Qaeda names Zawahiri to succeed bin Laden
AFP ^
| 06/16/11
Posted on 06/16/2011 6:57:34 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Al-Qaeda names Zawahiri to succeed bin Laden
By Lynne Nahhas (AFP) – 7 hours ago
DUBAI — Al-Qaeda on Thursday named Egyptian surgeon Ayman al-Zawahiri to succeed slain leader Osama bin Laden and vowed no let-up in its deadly "jihad" against arch-foes the United States and Israel.
"The general command of Al-Qaeda announces, after consultations, the appointment of Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri as head of the group," the jihadist network said in a statement posted on an Islamist website.
Zawahiri, the group's long-time number two, succeeds bin Laden who was killed by US commandos in a May 2 raid in Pakistan.
The statement said that under Zawahiri's leadership Al-Qaeda would relentlessly pursue its "jihad" (holy war) against the United States and Israel.
"We seek with the aid of God to call for the religion of truth and incite our nation to fight ... by carrying out jihad against the apostate invaders ... with their head being crusader America and its servant Israel, and whoever supports them," said the statement.
The fight would continue "until all invading armies leave the land of Islam."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; binladen; haqqani; haqqaninetwork; hekmatyr; succession; zawahiri
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Meet the new boss ... same as the old boss ...
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posted on
06/16/2011 6:58:47 AM PDT
by
dartuser
("Dealing with preterists is like cleaning the litter box ... but at least none of the cats are big.")
To: TigerLikesRooster
this guy should have been worm food long long ago...
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posted on
06/16/2011 6:59:20 AM PDT
by
wyowolf
To: wyowolf
Yeah!! I wonder where the Pakistani’s have him hidden.
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:00:46 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Venturer
Pakistan wouldnt do that, they are our allies...
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:02:15 AM PDT
by
wyowolf
To: TigerLikesRooster
The real question is: Who is the new number three?
Number 3 never seems to live long.
Maybe they should just not have a number 3 like buildings don't have a 13th floor.
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:03:10 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President. He's shovel ready!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
At least they promote from within, unlike the company I work for.
To: TigerLikesRooster
more likely he named himself as successor.
Whether his troops go along with that remains to be seen.
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Look forward to seeing ya” - DevGru
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:12:19 AM PDT
by
ryan71
(Dear spell check - No, I will not capitalize the "m" in moslem!)
To: Mikey_1962
I found No. 3:
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:12:49 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: TigerLikesRooster
Well, well if we didn’t have a new bogeyman then we wouldn’t have any more use for the TSA or wouldn’t need to be at war in the Middle East. There will always be a replacement so our government can continue the pat downs, groping and fighting.
To: TigerLikesRooster
May we kill Ayman al-Zawahiri yet or do we have to wait a little while? Bring on the machine gun kitty. Machine gun kitty will take care of Ayman al-Zawahiri in about 1/3 of a second.
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:26:18 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Did they make the announcement in the company newsletter?
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:28:08 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:28:39 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President. He's shovel ready!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Tango Acquired”.
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:28:51 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Did they just call bambi an “apostate”?
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:29:39 AM PDT
by
Blado
(Audemus jura nostra defendere)
To: no-to-illegals
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:31:14 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Sniper Kitty too? Ayman al-Zawahiri, your days are numbered!
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:33:40 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kitty's against Al Qaeda:
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posted on
06/16/2011 7:35:33 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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