Posted on 12/22/2006 12:38:01 PM PST by bnelson44
The leader of an al-Qaeda-backed group has offered US forces safe withdrawal from Iraq within a month if they left their heavy weapons behind, according to an audio tape posted on the internet on Friday.
The authenticity of the tape could not be verified, but it was posted on two main web sites used by al-Qaeda and other armed groups in Iraq.
"We call on [President George] Bush not to waste this historic opportunity," said the speaker, identified as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, head of the so-called Islamic state in Iraq, which was announced in October by al-Qaeda and groups linked to it.
"We are awaiting your response within two weeks of this announcement," said the speaker in the tape, which was dated December 22. He said armed groups would refrain from attacking withdrawing US forces if it is completed within a month.
Iraqi Sunni groups including al-Qaeda announced in October the creation of what they described as an Islamic state in Iraq.
Addressing the United States, al-Baghdadi said: "We are announcing today our orders for you, so obey them before you regret it.
'US rebuffed'
"We order you to withdrew your troops immediately, using troop carriers and aircraft, and taking only your personal weapons. Don't withdraw any heavy weapons. Instead you should hand that and your military bases over to the holy warriors of the Islamic State," he said on the tape.
Al-Baghdadi claimed that Washington had tried to open a channel of negotiation with his group through the Saudi government. But he had rejected the initiative.
"The giant has started to fall. It is looking for an escape and seeking to negotiate with all the other groups and parties," al-Baghdadi said.
Thank you, Nancy Pelosi, for making the Arab world think we lost.
This has got to be Scrappleface.
Tell me its scrappleface.
Ha! Pshaw, right!
Hahahahahaha!
No, it is reality. They think they have won. They have been listening to the American voter.
""The giant has started to fall. It is looking for an escape and seeking to negotiate with all the other groups and parties," al-Baghdadi said.?"
Merry Christmas Demonrats!
We order you to withdrew your troops immediately, using troop carriers and aircraft, and taking only your personal weapons. Don't withdraw any heavy weapons. Instead you should hand that and your military bases over to the holy warriors of the Islamic State," he said on the tape.
Sure we will. These people are crazy. This isn't for real is it????
Hahahaha! Oh my Goodness! This is the most funny thing I have read in a loooong time...
Yeah we'll give you all our tanks, artillery and vehicles because you ORDERED it!
The Democrats really have boosted their ego!
Those silly thugs. They don't understand the short attention span of the American. The cut and run idea is so pre-election. Now that the Dems have their little committee chairmanships, it's too boring to bother with. And besides, it's all good news now. Those poor stupid thugs. Never know what hit them.
Once 'enemies' now ALLIES?........right!!
That's DhiminiRATS
To which I say: "Nuts!"
The US forces might "safely" withdraw, with safe passage "guaranteed" by the Islamic State of Iraq.
But then they would only follow us home.
If we are going to go on a Crusade, might as well make it stick, this time.
Award land grants to all corporations that supply and support the US invasion of Muslim lands, and allow them to take full charge of the economic development of the region.
We were doing this, once, then somebody in the State Department got all hypersensitive to the "rights" of the nomads wandering around over there, and accorded them the status of a "nation".
Supposedly this was done in the name of "respect", but "respect" turns out to be a two-way street. Or else it becomes a recipe for surrender.
ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=jihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=alqaeda
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=alqaida
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=aljazeera
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5BAF9AB5-AF21-485D-8432-96E64745C600.htm
"Iraq al-Qaeda 'offers US safe exit'"
I say we offer them safe exit to their 72 virgins.
And we offer al qaeda a free aLL expense paid one way ticket to hell IF they leave all their weapons and vacate Iraq NOW! Otherwise, they'll wish they did die and go straight to hell! http://sacredscoop.com
ON THE NET...
FreeRepublic.com: The Threat Matrix
(December 2006 Issue)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts?page=9#9
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=threatmatrix
We'd love to "surrender" to you. Where can we "meat" you to drop off the "keys"?
I'm not so sure it's a message solely for Americans. These that call for an Islamic state will use this to convince the thugs that follow them, that any and every withdrawal of Americans from any and all areas was done because they ordered it, and Allah delivered.
Here's my idea of a handover of our heavy weapons...
AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ (AND GLOBALLY) CAN GO POUND SALT. Period. End Of Message.
Just in case the Islamokazis (or the younger amongst us) don't know exactly what that means, take a listen to this explanation of that quote
Where is Scrappleface when you really need him? Could somebody tell me that?
I say we offer them unsafe exit to their 72 virgins.
We should send George McGovern to lead our troops out behind a white flag.
So you beat me to that quote. It seems the Islamokazis don't have a good sense of history.
*pish* It'll be a cold day in hell.
How bout we withdraw to Iran??
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Now you're talkin'.
We should withdraw our troops. And I suggest this exit strategy.
We will set up two carrier groups, half in the gulf and half in the Med off the coast of Lebanon.
Half our forces will withdraw through Iran to the Gulf and the other half through Syria into Lebanon. Israel will meet us at the Syrian border to assist us with the withdrawal.
As for our heavy weapons, thanks, but we will take them with us and show the Iranian and Syrian militaries how we use them.
if they left their heavy weapons behind???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... they are just too funny
And I thought liberals were delusional hehe.
How bout we turn over a few rounds at a time??
Pray for W and Our Troops
They would also conclude that Senator Kerry's and Senator Nelson's trips to meet with boy Assad of Syria have borne fruit and that this offer is proof negotiation can successfully resolve our differences with the Muslim world, which we have so profoundly wronged.
When the big war comes, we'll need detention camps up here!
Things I wish Gates would have said along with President Bush!
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Gates: Bomb Mosques, Seal Borders, Slaughter al-Sadr
by Scott Ott
(2006-12-05) — Despite weeks of leaks indicating the Iraq Study Group would call for retreat and diplomatic talks with Iran when it releases its report Wednesday, Defense Secretary-nominee Robert Gates, at his senate confirmation hearing today, called for a three-step plan to solve the crisis:
1) Bomb the Mosques
2) Seal the Borders
3) Slaughter al-Sadr
Mr. Gates, former director of the CIA, said he would counsel President George Bush to abandon his “stay the course” strategy in favor of what is known, in military terminology, as “find the evil people who hate you and kill them.”
“Civil war is not breaking out in Iraq,” Mr. Gates said, “civil war is breaking in.”
To end the foreign-funded fighting, and to protect the only democracy in the heart of the Muslim world, he said his Pentagon would “nail the evil, murderous ringleaders as well as the foreign governments who supply them with men, money and materiel.”
“If confirmed,” said Mr. Gates. “I will instruct the U.S. Air Force to bomb any mosque whose Imam has his own army, or where weapons are stored, or from which gunfire originates. Our satellites will monitor every mile of Iraq’s border, and fighter jets will target any groups or individuals crossing into Iraq without passing through authorized checkpoints.”
“Finally,” he added, “Shiite Muslim cleric Moktada al-Sadr, whose Mahdi Army numbers in the tens of thousands, will be captured, beheaded and buried with 72 virgin hogs at a pig farm in Israel. The video will be posted at YouTube.com.”
Don't blame Pelosi, blame the 48% of Americans who vote donkeycrat.
When it hits the fan they are going to have to be dealt with the same as the ragheads.
What is the reaction at DU?
Yep, instead of sending a message to the Arab world about how we were going to defeat the terrorists, for three years the Dems have been sending out the message of the hatred of this president and their willingness to try to destroy him to get back power. Every one of those treasonous b*st*rds who have been harming our country while we are at war should face the gallows.
I looked.
They said they should pressure the congress to act now and get out while we still have a chance.
That was one of the legible posts.
90% of the others were random profanities and curses at Bush.
I swear I cannot read that stuff for long. I just stare at the monitor with my jaw open in amazement.
When is President Bush going to get tired of this crap and cleans Iraq.
No worry here. Our new bunch of "conservative" Democrats will not "cut and run."
Al Queda to Dems:
"Don't forget who brought you to the dance"
Or, the Dems might decide to try and show how tough they are. Been done before. And they screw it up, cuz they don't know what they're doin'!
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