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Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahri calls on Sunnis to fight in Syria
NDTV ^ | 6 Jun 2013 | NDTV

Posted on 06/09/2013 8:10:24 PM PDT by Cronos

Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahri calls on Sunnis to fight in Syria

Beirut: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has urged Sunni Muslims to spare no effort to join the battle in Syria, overthrow President Bashar Assad and set up Islamic rule in the country.

Zawahri called on Sunnis everywhere to devote their lives, money and expertise for the fight and prevent a US-allied government from taking over in post-Assad Syria.

He urged Sunnis to "rise above their differences" and fight expanding Shiite influence in Syria.

The message came in a new audio recording posted today on the Internet. Its authenticity could not be independently confirmed but the message was posted on a militant website commonly used by Al Qaeda.

Zawahri has repeatedly called for holy war in Syria and has blasted Lebanese Hezbollah militants and Iran for supporting Assad.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alzawahri; globaljihad; syria

1 posted on 06/09/2013 8:10:24 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos
Ayman Al-Zawahri.

His problem must be that he is "fascinated with firearms" - like John Zawahri in Santa Monica.

Otherwise, I see no possible connection.

2 posted on 06/09/2013 8:14:54 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Cronos

Syria is now officially the new Muslim Roach Motel.


3 posted on 06/09/2013 8:23:15 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Cronos

This Syria thing seems more like a proxy war like the Spanish Civil War before WW2. Back then it was the Commies supporting the rebels and Hitler supporting Franco.

This one has Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the US going against Iran and Russia.

The real losers are whatever Christians are still living there.

The smart ones are the Chinese for staying of it.

The best part of it is you have Sunni radicals and Shia radicals killing each other.


4 posted on 06/09/2013 8:28:14 PM PDT by chopperman
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To: wideawake

Yep, both have the same last name, no wonder our local media has been fiddling around with the name, making it sound different so people wont see the connection


5 posted on 06/09/2013 8:35:38 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Cronos

How about his nephew in Santa Monica?


6 posted on 06/09/2013 8:36:28 PM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 can we make it until 2016?)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Very strange that many media outlets still are not saying who the shooter was now almost three days later? What is issue here? Seems that somebody is not wanting this to be exposed.


7 posted on 06/09/2013 8:37:56 PM PDT by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 can we make it until 2016?)
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His name is John Zawahri, they showed his high school yearbook photo today on our local news, but the way the reporters have been saying his name, its like they are trying to make the last name sound white..and they have not said one peep about his religious background, the fact that he’s Lebanese according to neighbors, not one word about that. All they talk about is how his family had issues and that he was upset about their divorce..please, his parents got divorced in the early 90s and he was 24 years old, all of a sudden he woke up on Friday and realized his mommy and daddy are no longer married..Im thinking some kind of Islamic Jihadi connection here


8 posted on 06/09/2013 8:47:31 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: chopperman
yes, the best part is Alqaeda v/s hizballah

But the US is on the same side as AlQaeda, thanks to Obama.....

9 posted on 06/09/2013 9:24:34 PM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros>Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
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To: Cronos

Aren’t his messages usually followed by a major attack somewhere?


10 posted on 06/09/2013 11:42:24 PM PDT by huldah1776
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That guy is idiot #1 that I want to see die since bin ldaen’s gone. Adam Gadahn is up there with him.

This moron’s forehead is literally callused from banging his head against the floor for his stupid ass allah.


11 posted on 06/09/2013 11:46:35 PM PDT by Monty22002
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Hezbollah has never flown airplanes into US buildings nor conducted any mass attacks on US civilians in America. There really should not be any doubt that they are by far the lesser of two evils.


12 posted on 06/10/2013 5:05:06 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I did a search on “Ayman al-Zawahri” and just about every article spelled it “Ayman al-Zawahiri” with the extra “i” in there. Mainly the newer ones dropped the “i”.

Have they decided to use John Zawahri’s spelling as the standard?


13 posted on 06/10/2013 5:12:05 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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