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

[No Weatherman]

The controlling paragraph:

"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."

Muhammad Haafid and Obama go back to Obama's days in Pakistan.

No, that' not true because we know as much about his trip to Pakistan
as we do his stay at Columbia.


On 10/22/08, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> >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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