Al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has blamed Iran for spreading the theory that Israel was behind the 11 September 2001 attacks.
In an audio tape posted on the internet, Zawahiri insisted al-Qaeda had carried out the attacks on the US.
He accused Iran, and its Hezbollah allies, of trying to discredit Osama Bin Laden's network.
Correspondents say the comments underline al-Qaeda's increasing public hostility towards Iran.
In a two-hour audiotape posted on an Islamist website, Osama Bin Laden's chief deputy responded to questions posted by al-Qaeda sympathisers.
In response to a question about persistent rumours in the Middle East that Israel was involved in the 9/11 attacks, Zawahiri said the rumour had begun on the Hezbollah television station, Al-Manar.
"The purpose of this lie is clear - [to suggest] that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no-one else did in history, he said.
"Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it."
Sunni fears
Zawahiri went on to criticise Iran for co-operating with the US in its 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, that helped to oust the Taleban.
"Iran's aim here is also clear - to cover up its involvement with America in invading the homes of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq," he said.
This is the second verbal attack on Iran, a predominantly Shia Muslim country.
Earlier this month, in an audiotape marking the fifth anniversary of the fall of Iraq's leader Saddam Hussein, the al-Qaeda deputy accused Iran of planning to annexe southern Iraq and the eastern part of the Arabian peninsula.
BBC security correspondent Rob Watson says such messages appear designed to play on Sunni fears throughout the region of growing Iranian influence, and to present al-Qaeda as the best bulwark against Tehran.
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Tell Al-Qaeda I didn't see any planes flying into the Pentagon. And also tell them that simply claiming it won't work. There are groups in Venezuela who claimed responsibility for 9/11 as well.
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
- Stephen Hawking
Tell Al-Qaeda I didn't see any planes flying into the Pentagon. And also tell them that simply claiming it won't work. There are groups in Venezuela who claimed responsibility for 9/11 as well.
Al qaeda didn't claim it, they attacked Iran for saying that Sunnis can't o anything.
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Sikhs did it....
Well you had to pay the price for it. I bet a lot of people took the turban of when entering the Gudwara?
zawahiri needs to seriously start taking his head out of his a$$ for a while and FOR ONCE say something with some basis and credibility.
seriously this guy sounds like an american stooge now, hes even bringing global warming up!!!!!!! global warming is a scam just to make more money for rich big corporations who are going to be slapping higher taxes on consumers. secondly scientists now say the earth is COOLING DOWN...............
then he goes on to attack iran 24-7, wow geeeeee what a coincidence when iran becomes americas number 1 enemy, al-qaeda suddenly and miracously start attacking Iran and repeat the same nonsensical propaganda that the Americans are saying, coincidence? you can decide.
zawahiri is a joke and i seriously hope no Muslim thinks hes a hero, hes a man of empty words and empty threats, i am a palestinian and i can confidently say on behalf of all palis that zawahiri is a joke to us. he just uses the name palestine to make a name for himself and gain support, ohhhhhhh we will liberate palestine and we will not stop till everh inch of land is returned back! oh really? then why havent you done JACK in palestine for 50 years? palestinians are liberating palestine, not this fake stooge hiding in a cave, when hamas took gaza he releases a video trying to join in on the success, and this loser had the audacity to attack hamas just a few weeks earlier.
infact IRAN has given more money and support to the palestinians than zawahiri and his al-qaeda have ever done! the only thing al-qaeda have given palestinians are some lunatic palestinians of a corrupt familly tribe who went and kidnapped an innocent english journalist! these guys are a serious joke!
this loser i remember he had the audacity to even make threats during the lebanon war, yet what did al-qaeda do????? NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGG they didnt do anything for lebanon, this supposed great army of theyres was no where to be seen, rather it was hezbollah on the front lines, oh yeah and geeeeeeee wiz what a coincidence zawahiri doesnt like them neither.
zawahiri shouldnt push his luck with Iran, the Sunnis in iraq have already destroyed al-qaeda in iraq, and if Iran wanted to, they could easily send in some of their best elite trained agents to take out the last small pockets of al-qaeda in iraq that remain, so it would be best if he just kept his mouth shut, because hes doing worst for his men than good!
i mean zawahiri is an idiot, does he not see that his group has been destroyed in iraq because of their stupid tactics? yet he persists in continuing with it trying to start a war between the Sunnis and Shia.
and folks, as yourself, WHO WILL IT BENEFIT if there is a major war between the Sunnis and Shias in the mid-east? who stands to gain the most????? i dont have to tell you.
so really this guy is a STOOGE, he NEVER helps the Muslims, he attacks Muslim groups who are anti-Israel and anti-USA, on top of this he pushes the american agenda in the mid-east, and on top of this he wants a war between Muslims, so do you really believe he isnt a stooge?????????????????????? and to sum it up this piece of monkey cr@p sits happily in a cave calling for massive destruction and war which will leave millions of Muslims dead, seriously if any Muslim supports this then u need ur head checked, only when reality hits u and ur own familly start being killed then maybe u will be against this garbage.
Last edited by The_Prince; 04-24-2008 at 11:06 AM.
Zawahiri is a propogandist...that is his role. Either Bin Laden is too sick or too scared to make tapes, or Zawahiri is actually the leader at this point, who knows. I believe Zawahiri may be reacting to the Iranian influence among the Shia, but these divisions have existed long before Zawahiri came around. Perhaps he thinks Ahmanutjob is stealing some of his thunder.
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
zawahiri needs to seriously start taking his head out of his a$$ for a while and FOR ONCE say something with some basis and credibility.
seriously this guy sounds like an american stooge now, hes even bringing global warming up!!!!!!! global warming is a scam just to make more money for rich big corporations who are going to be slapping higher taxes on consumers. secondly scientists now say the earth is COOLING DOWN...............
I heard most scientists are against global warming. The only people I heard speaking against global warming are hippies and celebrities like Al Gore.
i mean zawahiri is an idiot, does he not see that his group has been destroyed in iraq because of their stupid tactics? yet he persists in continuing with it trying to start a war between the Sunnis and Shia.
Yeah, killing hundreds of women and children every day is not the best form of recruitment.
Loved your post b tw, you should post more it's very entertaining to read.
I heard most scientists are against global warming. The only people I heard speaking against global warming are hippies and celebrities like Al Gore.
Yeah, killing hundreds of women and children every day is not the best form of recruitment.
Loved your post b tw, you should post more it's very entertaining to read.
yes global warming is another good way for globalization (however you spell it) and more ways to rip of the consumer. just look al gore, how much money he made from the documentary, its good business money now.
It was the Chucklebrothers! In allegiance with Lord Kitchener
Kitchener, after defeating "the Mahdi" at Omdurman in 1899, knew that the victory would go to Britains head, causing it to enter a period of stagnation, allowing the United States to become a world player. After World War Two, The Chucklebrothers, (aged only 3 years old) were trained by the spirit of Lord Kitcherer, (prove me wrong!) to allow Britain to reaffirm its rightful place as world dictatorship, under King William the fourth, (unless he gets IED's by the tallys).
Hence the Chucklebrothers, who's catchphrase "To-me- To you", echo's the tit for tat exchanges between israel and palastine.
The first letter of the Chucklebrothers is C which is the third letter of the english alphabet. If you times THREE by itself then you get NINE!
If you take three again and add eleven, THEN TAKE AWAY THREE!, You get ......
Hold on to your hats......
Twelve!!!!
Umm.. hang on...No.....Eleven!
What does that make?
9/11.
Shocked? I was.
Occupation: The term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Iraq 2003-2005 Liberation:when something or someone is freed: Operation Telic 2003
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