al Qaeda’s Zawahri criticizes Obama for turning back on Islamic roots, urges attacks on America

Video here – “You are neither facing individuals not organisations, but are facing a Jihadi (holy warrior) awakening and renaissance which is shaking the pillars of the entire Islamic world.”

DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s second-in-command urged Muslims to continue attacks against “criminal” America and slammed U.S. president-elect Barack Obama for vowing to back Israel during his campaign.

Ayman al-Zawahri warned Obama that he would fail if he followed the policies of President George W. Bush, according to an audio tape published on Wednesday by the SITE Institute, a U.S. organization that monitors Islamic militant groups.

Zawahri also criticized Obama for what he described as turning his back on his Islamic roots.

via Qaeda’s Zawahri urges attacks on criminal America | Reuters

Also, from the Crescent News Network – Al Qaeda leader mocks Obama in Web posting

(CNN) — Al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader is heard in a Web posting Wednesday warning President-elect Barack Obama that “a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits” him.

The message said Obama represents the “direct opposite of honorable black Americans” like Malcolm X.

The speaker also said Obama, former and current secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, and “your likes” fit Malcolm X’s description of “house slaves.”

“You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand in the ranks of the enemies of the Muslims, and pray the prayer of the Jews, although you claim to be Christian, in order to climb the rungs of leadership in America.”

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