Al Qaeda message to Obama: A 'legacy of crimes' awaits you
Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command used the Internet to send a clear message to the incoming American President, Barack Obama. On a Web posting directed at the new president, the group’s leader warns that “a heavy legacy of crime awaits” him. The message, reported to be from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Obama is criticized for his position on foreign policy and Israel, and is ridiculed for his view on the state of the world.
For many people, the election of Barack Obama marked the culmination of the efforts of leaders of the African-American rights movement, such as Malcolm X. But according to the speaker in
this message, Obama is nothing like those men, who he refers to as “honourable black Americans”.
“You have reached the position of president, and a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you. A failure in Iraq to which you have admitted and a failure in Afghanistan to which the commanders of your army have admitted.” The speaker also spoke about Obama’s plan to remove troops from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan, saying that that is a policy that was “destined for failure before it was born….The dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thous