March 12, 2007
New Zawahiri Video Released 3/11
So far as I can tell the largest consumer of poppys in Pakistan is mumbling something about Palestine. How murdering people in Afghanistan and Pakistan helps that, I'm not sure.
Laura Mansfield is verifying the subtitles and will have a text translation, "shortly".
Update II: Parital text commentrary here.
Focus is placed upon the Hamas government and its alleged neglect of Palestinian Muslims in particular and Islam in general as they have acquiesced to international diplomacy, giving “respect” to past peace accords with Israel. Zawahiri believes that Hamas has “sunk in the swamp of surrender”, and has committed an act similar to deceased Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s reorganization of Israel to only maintain power in a “farcical” government authority. As Hamas has apparently abandoned its militant position, accepting bargaining over “martyrdom operation”, Zawahiri calls upon Muslims to reject politics and engage in jihad against the enemy. He states: “they must continue their Jihad in Allah’s path until the liberation of every land of Islam invaded by the infidels, from Spain to Iraq, and until the Word of Allah is supreme and the Caliphate returns to protect the sanctuary of Islam and spread its Shari’ah.”Embedded copy below the fold.
By Howie at March 12, 2007 05:26 AM | | l digg this
