I swear, this is exactly, word-for-word, something you would read every, single day on Daily Kos or HuffPo. Unbelievable. Zawahri has released the video that was promised and it may as well be a video version of Kos.
"Can't you be honest at least once in your life, and admit that you are a deceitful liar who intentionally deceived your nation when you drove them to war in Iraq," al-Zawahri said in a portion of the video released by the Washington-based SITE Institute.
Al-Zawahri also criticized Bush for continuing to imprison al-Qaida leaders in prisons, including al-Qaida No. 3 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind who was captured in Pakistan in March 2003.
"Bush, you deceitful charlatan, 3 1/2 years have passed since your capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, so how have you found us during this time? Losing and surrendering?" he said, according to the SITE Institute.
"What you have perpetrated against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other Muslim captives in your prisons and the prisons of your slaves in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and elsewhere is not hidden from anyone, and we are a people who do not sleep under oppression and who do not abandon our revenge until our chests have been healed of those who have aggressed against us," the Virginia-based IntelCenter quoted the message as saying. "And we, by the grace of Allah, are seeking to exact revenge on behalf of Islam and Muslims from you and your soldiers and allies."
Wow. Just wow. We've seen this before, of course. Guess he finally picked just the right material.
UPDATE: Here's the SITE Institute's coverage – it's a little more extensive then the AP report that was written partially based on it.
Following up on Koz sexy-man thing, does this mean Oprah will grant title to Zawahri as one of next year’s sexiest man in the world?
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