Al-Qaeda No.2 urges Egyptian Strike Action Over Gaza Blockade

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Dubai, 28 Nov. (AKI) - In an apparent change of strategy Al-Qaeda has called on Egyptian Muslims to pressure their government to re-open the key Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip via industrial action rather than holy war. The terror network's second-in-command, Egyptian-born Ayman Al-Zawahiri, launched the appeal in a new video posted by Al-Qaeda's media arm Al-Sahab to jihadist websites .

"What problem could there be if students and workers went on strike to end the embargo against Gaza? Why can't they all go on strike together?" said al-Zawahiri.

"All that is needed is for workers and students not to go to work or attend school for a week, or two or three, until the embargo against Gaza ends," he said, urging Islamist and jihadist websites to spread his message.

The 90-minute video titled 'The Lion's Den' appears to have been made in October and makes no reference to this week's deadly terrorist attacks in the Indian financial capital Mumbai.

The video shows al-Zawahiri answering questions put to him by an interviewer who is off-camera.

"This embargo will only be broken by exerting pressure, and doing so is the task of the entire Islamic Nation and especially of Egyptians.

more: http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2762170256

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1. Is this a kinder, gentler al-qaeda?

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Those damned No. 2 men never go away, do they?

They must breed like rabbits.

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3. This is THE number 2.

Really, he appears to be the number one, as bin laden is MIA.

The number 2's in Iraq do breed like rabbits, though.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. I get all mixed up.There's so many "Al's" over there, too.

Their Offical Book of Baby Names must've ended before the B - Z chapters.


I'm getting a headache from all this...............:banghead:

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5. Gee, that's funny, because according to CNN, we "captured" him in 04

funny how these guys get killed and captured, but yet somehow continue to make videos.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x430569

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6. that's your evidence? Uh, the thread is a rumor that Al-Zawahiri

was captured with no link and it was swiftly debunked. There have NOT been numerous reports that Al-Zawahiri has been captured/killed, let alone, official U.S reports that he's been captured killed. It's the number 2 in Al-Qaeda in Iraq, whose demise has been officially reported several times.