Wednesday, November 19, 2008

These al Qaeda types might not be nice people

In what I'm sure came as a huge shock to Barack Obama, al Qaeda are out in full force calling him racial epithets. I'm sure it's surprising because for the past year he's faced a constant barrage of accusations that not only is he a Muslim, but he wants to negotiate with terrorists, and is al Qaeda's preferred candidate. How shocking to find out they aren't fans.
The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and Arabs that Obama does not represent a change in U.S. policies. Ayman al-Zawahri said in the message, which appeared on militant Web sites, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s African-American rights leader.
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Speaking in Arabic, al-Zawahri uses the term "abeed al-beit," which literally translates as "house slaves." But al-Qaida supplied English subtitles of his speech that included the translation as "house negroes."

The message also includes old footage of speeches by Malcolm X in which he explains the term, saying black slaves who worked in their white masters' house were more servile than those who worked in the fields. Malcolm X used the term to criticize black leaders he accused of not standing up to whites.
First off, I love the fact that they included their own translation so we knew exactly how racist they were getting. Secondly, I like the fact that they had to give a long history of America's racial conflicts and civil rights leaders (with video clips) so their supporters would have the proper context for their "We hate the negro" screed. They also seem to transplant all their Bush hate and criticisms onto Obama. I TOTALLY didn't expect that! You know, I wasn't certain before, but...yeah...now I'm pretty sure al Qaeda are a bunch of dicks. At least they're trying to match our casual racism towards them with some directed back. We needed the racism to get mixed in with the religious and culture hate. Like peanut butter and chocolate coming together in a delicious hateful snack.

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