U.S. confirms voice on audiotape is that of al-Qaeda leader in Iraq

[sabra]

http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=909262

U.S. confirms voice on audiotape is that of al-Qaeda leader in Iraq

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (KUNA) -- The intelligence community has reviewed a recent released audiotape and is confident that the voice on the tape is that of al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, White House spokesman Tony Snow said on Friday.

"The audiotape and the posting on a jihadist web site of a video allegedly showing Abu Hamza murdering a Turkish hostage in 2004 demonstrates the brutality and evil of Abu Hamza and his cadres," Snow said during a White House briefing. The call by Abu Hamza for scientists to come to Iraq to create biological and dirty bombs for use against U.S. bases "shows the grave danger these terrorists pose and continue to seek and will willingly use heinous weapons," Snow said. "We are not going to buckle to pressure from evil men who use kidnapping and other terrorist tactics to free other evil men like Omar Abdel Rahman," Snow said, referring to the blind Egyptian Muslim cleric who is serving a life sentence in the United States in connection with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. The demand by Abu Hamza that Iraqis repent and submit themselves to the terrorists "shows that for people like him, there is no peaceful coexistence with those who do not subscribe to their vision of the world, a vision darkened by fear, murder and hatred," Snow said. "And we stand by the Iraqi people who have rejected this message of violence and hate in favor of peace and freedom." Abu Hamza assumed the leadership of al-Qaeda in Iraq last June after U.S. bombers in Iraq killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former head of al Qaeda in Iraq.

[mom cat]

1. My my. That was quick!

[xxqqqzme]

3. when you assist in the production

it is easy to identify the voice.

[jayfish]

4. Yeah, They Let This One Out Of The Bag Way Early.

From the September 27 White House press briefing.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060927-2.html

Now, what is going on? They're looking for excuses. As a matter of fact, Ayman al Zawahiri today is going to issue yet another tape that is -- at least we are told -- that is going to try to get people whomped up, in this case, I think about the Pope, about Darfur -- because, apparently, we're trying to save people in Darfur -- and the Danish cartoons.

Of course the tape wasn't released until today. How did ol'Tony know on the 27TH?

Jay

[mom cat]

5. Bingo! They probably used the same CIA asset as last time.

[Kikosexy2]

2. The October ..

sweeps are rolling early this time around...Terra Tapes 24/7...Boo!the Boogeyman Osama is gonna get you!....Again Rove and Chimpie made calls to the Saudi Royals...Osama's go-betweens and ordered up new terra tapes to be played in October. The Academy should award the terrorists with an Emmy for this....

[MO_Dem]

6. 'Spose they gave a jihad and no one came?

At least this little production doesn't seem to be doing the bushies much good. What with Woodward's book and Foley's "coming out" and the school shootings and such, I barely heard a whisper about the 'terra' tape.