Al-Qaeda 'number-two' says he really, really, really doesn't want the U.S. and Iran to get friendly

[bigtree]

from Wired.com: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/bin-laden-deput.html

April 20, 2009

Qaeda Deputy: Please, Please Don't Cozy up to Iran

In a video posted today on militant websites, the terror group's deputy dog, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had a new message for the Obama administration: "The more you cooperate with Iran, the more hatred you will generate from Muslims."

[mmonk]

1. I believe al queda leaders call Iranians "Shia dogs".

[anonymous171]

2. Hopefully Obama is paying attention to this.

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3. Oddly enough, al Qaeda/Taliban and Iran are not buddies at all.

You would think there would be some sort of opportunity there for a smart leader ...

[anonymous171]

4. I know. We should be exploiting the divisions between the two groups

instead of forcing them both into an alliance by being overly aggressive.