Zarqawi: US deserved Katrina

[ECH1969]

Dubai - The group headed by Iraq's most wanted man Abu Musab al-Zarqawi hailed in an Internet statement published Sunday what it said was the "start of the collapse" of the United States after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

"Congratulations to the Islamic nation, to our sheikh Osama abu Abdullah (Osama bin Laden)? and to sheikh Ayman Zawahiri (bin Laden's deputy) for the destruction of America, which is at the forefront of evil. It is the start of its collapse."

The statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, was referring to the hurricane that has devastated New Orleans and left thousands feared dead.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Hurricane_Katrina/0,,2-10-1942_1764861,00.html

[OKNancy]

1. Screw him

Screw Bush too, but screw him.

[donco6]

2. No one's ever denied the guy's an asshole.

At least, not that I remember.

[LisaL]

15. Nobody had ever shown that the guy is alive either.

How many times they have claimed he was killed by now?

[qanda]

3. Well, he's not saying anything different than

Some of the Christian websites that I have been reading. Even some people I know, who are self-righteous beyond words, have said similar things. Their motives for saying it are different, but the message is the same.

[durablend]

6. How do we know it's not more "Rove"?

Inflammatory statement intended to get America back on message--"TERRA-ISTS ARE OUT TO GET YOU...NEED TO FIGHT THEM OVER THERE SO WE DON'T FIGHT THEM HERE"

[qanda]

12. It probably is Rove

But I'm pointing out that there are rightwing Christians, in our own country, who feel that New Orleans was a den of sin and degradation and have pretty much said what a terrorist is being reported to have said. That is pretty sad.

[StClone]

35. I pray I don't hear Sodom and Gomorrah

I haven't heard it yet, but with the Christians today it's only a matter of time.

[goclark]

14. Katrina was a terrorist

and Bush and his Home Land InSecurity could not save us from Katrina Bin Hurricane.

[skooooo]

30. lol..

if we explained it that way to the freepers, they'd still support him!

[blossomstar]

4. They don't want the war to stop!

We've been falling right into these pricks hands long enough! They are egging on our dumb pres all along....

[stray cat]

5. No surprise coming from Zargawi -

[0007]

47. .......or perhaps the Department of Defense.

[expatriot]

7. These fucks really need to take a sociology course

and then a bullet to the stomach.

[JoFerret]

8. Religious nut like Falwell and Roberstson

Their ilk deserve each other. They should have a Prayer-Off in some far-away place to see whose god is stronger.

[H5N1]

9. This is propaganda bullshit

'al-Zarqawi' is your first clue

[durablend]

10. See #6 above

[Judi Lynn]

13. It's a wonder some people won't catch onto it!

I thought he was still dead, as we were told by the administration nearer the beginning of _Bush's war on the Iraqi people.

On edit:

Once again, as per usual, taken from the article:

The statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, was referring to the hurricane that has devastated New Orleans and left thousands feared dead.
(snip)

That's the way they almost ALL are judged after they are examined. Somehow it's never really possible to say for sure the tapes aren't simply bogus blobs of propaganda which can't be scrutinized without revealing they are complete fabrications, cranked out every time the administration needs a little boost, a little legitimization. It seems to work on the slow people, unfortunately.

[Roy]

40. No, they will never catch on...

Wonder who took the dictation???

He should be running short on #3 men and computers since one is found with every #3.

[liveoaktx]

24. Yup-Let's change it from US Against Bush to US against the terrorist

It's baloney

[bunny planet]

11. US didn't deserve Bush either, and he is the cause of 9/11, Iraq, and now

Katrina aftermath.

[laststeamtrain]

16. Iraq's al Qaeda says Katrina is "wrath of God"(Reuters)

Iraq's al Qaeda says Katrina is "wrath of God"-Web
Sun Sep 4, 2005 11:21 AM ET

DUBAI (Reuters) - The al Qaeda group in Iraq on Sunday hailed the hurricane deaths in "oppressor" America as the "wrath of God," according to an Internet statement.

"God attacked America and the prayers of the oppressed were answered," said the statement, which was posted on an Islamic Web site often used by the insurgent group fighting the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.

The statement's authenticity could not be verified.

"The wrath of the All-powerful fell upon the nation of oppressors. Their dead are in the thousands and their losses are in the billions," said the statement from the group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has a $25 million U.S. bounty on this head.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&summit=&storyid=2005-09-04T155349Z_01_EIC455253_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-QAEDA-DC.XML

[Big Kahuna]

17. They should go bowling with Pat Robertson

[catzies]

44. Cue Camper van Beethoven "Take the Skinheads Bowling!"

Michael Moore used that song to great effect in Bowling for Columbine.

[MnFats]

18. you had to see that coming....

a reminder that fundie extremists of all stripes SUCK.

[jasmeel]

19. This kind of statement is ridiculous no matter which religion

says it.

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

20. And it won't be long....

before Bushco will be telling us and the media to stop speaking out on behalf of our nation's security. Get ready for flag waving, freepers telling us that anyone speaking out against Bushco's disaster are traitors and a load of other shit.

[bemildred]

21. "Wrath of Nature" is more like it.

But seriously, isn't this going to make paying for the boondoggle in Iraq even more difficult? When does the entire federal government implode into a black hole?

[laststeamtrain]

23. Proposal for Reality TV Show: FUNDIE ISLAND...barbed-wire...

...cage chain-saw fights between fundamentalist clerics.

Fred Phelps vs. Mullah X. etc.

This is some high concept shit, baby.

[nyhuskyfan]

27. And how many Muslims died in the Tsunami...

Or the massive earthquake in Iran a couple years ago.

God seems to be spreading his wrath around.

[Roy]

41. Iraq's al Qaeda says Katrina is "wrath of God"-Web

WEB????

Is this a direct link to God's web-site??

[AlCzervik]

22. oh please, Zarqawi and comapny are the all purpose boogie man

i doubt he's even alive and i think it's a way for the gov. to distract even if it's only for a moment.

[Don Claybrook]

25. Emmanuel Goldstein has always hated us and said things like this

Because we've always been at war with Eastasia.

[Doremus]

26. OBL doesn't have to lift a finger.

Well, except when he sweeps up the rubble after we've self destructed.

[Zodiak]

28. A few things to say:

1. Is Zarquawi alive, dead, here, there, everywhere? C'mon...we get really, really tired of the "unconfirmed" Zarquawi sightings. Either confirm it or we have to chalk it up to an "Elvis" sighting in the desert. A lot of people have died because this boogey-man has been seen here or there by unconfirmed sources. We kill singular men with large bombs, preferably.

2. What were prominent religious fundamentalists in this country saying when Iran was hit by the big earthquake last year? Just asking.

3. Does this mean that Pat Robertson and his fundmantalist ilk are now giving aid and comfort to our enemies by agreeing that the destruction of NO was a good thing? Just asking.

4. Do you think that this is the smart tack to take for the insurgents in Iraq? It would be far better to show how America's evil government kills the helpless. I am not one of those people that think that because Islamist terrorists are crazy, they are stupid. It is wrong to underestimate one's enemy.

5. Now this wouldn't be fortunate timing in the face of two massive political failures (Sheehan followed by the gulf coast) that are soon to be dovetailed with a large-scale anti-war protest in the near future, would it?

6. Sholdn't this be vetted before it is released to the public? Isn't withholding the movements and actions of the enemy a matter of national security? It sure is when it comes to "chatter" before 9/11. And why publish it? Should we pulish the ravings of every lunatic that bothers to type some drivel on the internet? Should Ted Kacynski start a syndicated column?

7. Why hasn't BushCo caught this bastard? After all,they shot him twice, blew his leg off, killed him once, stole his laptop, and bombed every bed and breakfast he ever stayed in. Does the incompetence in the gulf coast have anything to do with the incompetence of not catching this one guy who may pop up at an Baghdad internet cafe near you?

Boy, this piece of shit can be easily framed to hurt BushCo as much as help it.

[ima_sinnic]

60. great post! (n/t)

[jmc777]

62. Re: point number 5

Funny how these "al-qaeda" boys pop up to divert the public's gaze from Bush whenever he's in a sticky situation. "Fortunate timing" indeed.:tinfoilhat:

[sakabatou]

29. Just like Phelps...

[KamaAina]

31. ...except Zarqawi made no reference to "fag fecal matter".

Phelps did. He really did. Perhaps Zarqawi should consider establishing the next al-Qaeda terror training camp in Topeka...

[Burma Jones]

32. Humbug

What MAY be collapsing is the collective fog that has clouded about half of the American people that believe this Administration is competent, commpassionate or (truly) conservative......

[NorthernSpy]

33. some far-right "Christians" have been saying the same thing...

...to a conspicuous lack of Freeper outrage, I'd like to point out.

United we stand? Like hell!

[Lindacooks]

34. Well, it should be a comfort to fundies that they think just like Zarqawi.

Tell any right wing whacko fundie you know that they are on the same page as muslim fundamentalists and watch their heads explode!

[daleo]

36. The usual "authenticity could not be confirmed" stuff

I don't doubt religious fanatics would say this (I expect the same from fanatic Christians blaming gays eventually), but it could also be propaganda. "If you criticize the government's handling of the hurricane you are helping the terrorists", would be roughly the point of the propaganda.

[raysr]

37. Face it people

with what we've done to Iraq during the years of the sactions and what we're doing now why wouldn't he say that!?

[Roy]

38. Just remove the wite-out......

you will see KKKarl's fax ID number.

"The statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, was referring to the hurricane that has devastated New Orleans and left thousands feared dead."

[proud patriot]

39. FUCK YOU Zarqawi

x(

[Frederik]

42. Yawn

That guy at Langley who writes this bullshit is getting very predictable. It couldn't possibly be Pat Robertson could it?

[Joanne98]

43. That's the same thing Christian Radio said.

[struggle4progress]

45. Whoa! Ouija boards have gone online! eom

[Miss Chybil]

46. Fuck him. nt

[are_we_united_yet]

48. We'll tear you a new asshole

when we finish with this administration

[despairing optimist]

49. Zarqawi is Pat Robertson with a tablecloth

Notice how they're never on the air at the same time. A sure giveaway.

[54anickel]

50. The "start of the collapse" of the US was when the SCOTUS ruled for the

usurper. It's been 5 years. This is not the start, we are on the brink of collapse. Don't flatter yourself, Zarqawi, the shit started months before 9/11.

[Ilsa]

51. What an evil man. Screw him. eom

[Andrushka]

52. LOOK! OVER THERE! OVER THERE!

:eyes:

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

53. One-legged dead men don't speak

this is nothing more that Rove's attempt to deflect and deny from the incompetence of this unholy administration...

Zarqawi is fiction...the current monster under the bed...

Wake the fuck up America...

[Malikshah]

54. oooohhhh bright shiny things-- look over here!! *jinglejingle*

It's a given Zarqawi--who doesn't appear, IIRC, to have been definitively seen by anyone....-- is still a jerk.

Boy oh boy, though Rove can sure trot out the boogeyman to divert folks attention.

Now let's all go to the corner and play with brightly colored bits of string...

In other words-- we'll deal w/ that boogeyman later-- we've got more than enough of those types in DC right now.

[DS1]

55. I'm still waiting for Fred Phelps to say the same

and register www.godhatesneworleans.com

[MileHiStealth]

56. Someone already did .....

redirects to the Red Cross.... Luckily someone
on our side registered it ...

[pursuivant]

57. So God is on their side now?

Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have some serious explaining to do.

[Hekate]

58. Pfft. Our nutjobs beat him to it.

We have plenty more at home just like him. Flaming *holes, every one of 'em.

Hekate

#Why won't the Chickenhawk cross the road?#
#Why won't the Chickenhawk be waitin' on the levee?#

[pinniped]

59. This is all you need to know.

--The statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed--

I call BS.

I would expect a similar communique should California be struck down by a large tremor.

* doesn't like us here in CA either.

[tsuki]

61. Insert RW radical clerics from US. Is the message any different?