[Vision2020] Al Qaeda-linked Website Backs McCain as President

[Tom Hansen]

>From the New Zealand Herald at:

http://tinyurl.com/6zt8ks

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Al Qaeda-linked website backs McCain as president 
5:05PM Wednesday Oct 22, 2008

WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda supporters suggested in a website message this week 
they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the US as a way to 
usher in a McCain presidency.

The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah website, 
said if Al-Qaeda wants to exhaust the United States militarily and 
economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. John 
McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars 
in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, 
who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier," the 
message said. "Then, Al-Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming 
elections so that he continues the failing march of his predecessor, Bush."

SITE Intelligence Group, based in Bethesda, Maryland, monitors the website 
and translated the message.

"If Al-Qaeda carries out a big operation against American interests," the 
message said, "this act will be support of McCain because it will push the 
Americans deliberately to vote for McCain so that he takes revenge for 
them against Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda then will succeed in exhausting America 
till its last year in it."

Mark Salter, a senior McCain adviser, said he had heard about the website 
chatter but had no immediate comment.

The message is credited to a frequent and apparently respected contributor 
named Muhammad Haafid. However, Haafid is not believed to have a direct 
affiliation with Al-Qaeda plans or knowledge of its operations, according 
to SITE.

SITE senior analyst Adam Raisman said this message caught SITE's attention 
because there has been little other chatter on the forums about the US 
election.

SITE was struck by the message's detailed analysis - and apparent 
jubilation - about American financial woes.

"What we try to do is get the pulse of the jihadist community," Raisman 
said. "And it's about the financial crisis."

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden issued a videotape just four days before 
the 2004 

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college 
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


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