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"CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. 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. In al-Qaida's first response to Obama's victory, al-Zawahri also called the president-elect—along with secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice—"house negroes." 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. In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the latest message was just "more despicable comments from a terrorist." The 11-minute 23-second video features the audio message by al-Zawahri, who appears only in a still image, along with other images, including one of Obama wearing a Jewish skullcap as he meets with Jewish leaders. In his speech, al-Zawahri refers to a Nov. 5 U.S. airstrike attack in Afghanistan, meaning the video was made after that date. Al-Zawahri said Obama's election has not changed American policies he said are aimed at oppressing Muslims and others. "America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always," the deputy of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden said. He said Obama's plan to shift troops to Afghanistan is doomed to failure, because Afghans will resist. "Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them," he said. Al-Zawahri did not threaten specific attacks, but warned Obama that he was "facing a Jihadi (holy war) awakening and renaissance which is shaking the pillars of the entire Islamic world; and this is the fact which you and your government and country refuse to recognize and pretend not to see." He said Obama's victory showed Americans acknowledged that President George W. Bush's policies were a failure and that the result was an "admission of defeat in Iraq." But Obama's professions of support for Israel during the election campaign "confirmed to the Ummah (Islamic world) that you have chosen a stance of hostility to Islam and Muslims," al-Zawahri said. "

11/19/2008 12:43:48 PM

Release the dogs!

11/19/2008 12:45:36 PM

what happened to those crazy fundies who thought terrorists would love an Obama president?

11/19/2008 12:47:12 PM

Yeah, I saw this early in the morning, it's funny.

11/19/2008 12:48:12 PM

^^ LOL

11/19/2008 12:49:46 PM

^^^^ haha, playing that game right now

11/19/2008 12:53:17 PM

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"what happened to those crazy fundies who thought terrorists would love an Obama president?"

now they both share a common desire to "shoot that n----- in the head"

11/19/2008 12:55:08 PM

shocking that the terrorists dont take him seriously.

about as shocking as the "change" he is bringing to Washington by hiring the entire Clinton administration

[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 1:05 PM. Reason : omg this keyboard is driving me crazy ]

11/19/2008 1:04:49 PM

this just in....islamic extremists hate anyone who isn't a muslim, no matter what color he is.

11/19/2008 1:13:08 PM

honestly though, that part about the dogs liking the taste of our soldiers is pretty fucked up.

11/19/2008 1:15:19 PM

someone needs to tell this zawahiri(sp?) guy that obamas middle name is hussein

11/19/2008 1:17:31 PM

OMG!!! RACISTS

11/19/2008 2:13:14 PM

the naacp is gonna go to afghanistan now

11/19/2008 2:19:21 PM

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"now they both share a common desire to "shoot that n----- in the head""

11/19/2008 2:19:49 PM

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"the naacp is gonna go to afghanistan now"

lol

11/19/2008 2:30:37 PM

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"honorable black Americans like Malcolm X"

Never seen those in a sentence together before.

11/19/2008 2:32:30 PM

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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.""

How can Al-Qaida possibly see the two as the same?

11/19/2008 2:33:35 PM

Are you serious or joking?

11/19/2008 2:34:20 PM

Just pissed off.

11/19/2008 2:34:59 PM

I'd rather be pissed off than to be pissed on.

11/19/2008 2:35:33 PM

Don't knock it till you've tried it.

11/19/2008 2:35:53 PM

There's a lot of shit that I won't knock before I try it, but there are always exceptions and being pissed on is one of them.

11/19/2008 2:38:20 PM

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"the naacp is gonna go to afghanistan now"

11/19/2008 2:54:00 PM

HOUSE NEGRO

11/19/2008 2:55:20 PM

And who here trusts Obama's ability to handle terrorists?

11/19/2008 2:55:47 PM

me

11/19/2008 3:06:30 PM

He's Halfrican-American

11/19/2008 3:06:48 PM

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"this just in....islamic extremists hate anyone who isn't a muslim, no matter what color he is. "

And most of the people who are Muslim if they aren't the exact right kind of Muslim for that matter.

11/19/2008 3:36:47 PM

^^I have never heard that. Funny, tho.

11/19/2008 3:39:01 PM

i am related to a bunch of muslims, north african style, and damn they hate black people...but then they were all really happy when we elected Obama. I don't know if it's because they think we are a joke of a country or if they REALLY hate McCain. I think they probably REALLY hate McCain.

Obama 2012.



[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 3:44 PM. Reason : apostrophe]

11/19/2008 3:40:08 PM

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"its because they think we are a joke of a country "

11/19/2008 3:41:56 PM

it'd be so totally fucking funny if this is what finally gets you filthy hippies to hate al qaida enough to support the war.

i mean like record breaking shit

11/19/2008 3:45:38 PM

I think very few people in this country wouldn't like to see al-qaida wiped out. The ones who don't support the war just doubt the wisdom and ethics behind the decisions made in the effort to fight al-qaida. there are some who are outright anti war and think we could reason with them and some who think bush is pure evil, but its mostly just the first one.

11/19/2008 4:37:21 PM

^^Al Quaida had nothing to do with Iraq until we invaded Iraq

We should put more resources in Afghanistan

[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 4:44 PM. Reason : ..]

11/19/2008 4:43:51 PM

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"it'd be so totally fucking funny if this is what finally gets you filthy hippies to hate al qaida enough to support the war."

Wow, how ignorant of you

11/19/2008 4:47:49 PM

They don't have Xbox... they have to continue to hate america so we'll come over there and play C.O.D. modern warfare IRL...

I mean shit its better than whacking off w/ no porn, lube or a/c.

11/19/2008 4:50:40 PM

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"it'd be so totally fucking funny if this is what finally gets you filthy hippies to hate al qaida enough to support the war."

Every American wants Al Qaeda brought to justice. No one wants American justice tarnished, and that's what Bush did.

11/19/2008 4:51:31 PM

I do think we have to re-build iraq though... otherwise we just went to our friends house... destroyed his lego-land to show him how to build a better one.... and walked out before we built it.

11/19/2008 4:56:53 PM

it's all part of the plan

11/19/2008 5:00:49 PM

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"what happened to those crazy fundies who thought terrorists would love an Obama president?"

what happened to those crazy bush haters who thought the terrorists only hated us because of bush?

11/19/2008 5:05:57 PM

^there were never many of them to begin with

11/19/2008 5:08:55 PM

I'm sure they wouldn't have said anything had McCain been elected....

11/19/2008 5:14:04 PM

They would have said a lot of stuff, that doesn't mean there's a lot of them, it's not like I'm defending them, fuck them just as much as ann coulter for being insane on the other end of the spectrum.

11/19/2008 5:17:21 PM

^^^hahaha you must've never read any threads in The Soap Box if you think that

11/19/2008 5:50:42 PM

^never read it through your eyes i guess, when people say bush is making the situation worse that doesn't mean they think he is the sole cause of it, there are only a few who would claim that.

[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 5:52 PM. Reason : -]

11/19/2008 5:52:26 PM

only a matter of time before NC State gets blamed for this.

11/19/2008 6:14:28 PM

Is this something that unites the country behind Obama.

"Hey, you can't call him a negro! He's our negro!"

11/19/2008 6:18:21 PM

it'd be so totally fucking funny if this is what finally gets you filthy hippies to hate al qaida enough to support the war

11/19/2008 7:46:04 PM

which war?

11/19/2008 7:46:30 PM

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"Never seen those in a sentence together before."

So....how exactly was Malcolm X so dishonorable that his name shoudl not be associated with "honorable"?

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"How can Al-Qaida possibly see the two as the same?"

youve obviously never heard of the "happy house nigger" concept

[Edited on November 19, 2008 at 7:54 PM. Reason : c]

11/19/2008 7:52:31 PM