Al Qaeda Offers Obama Conditional Truce If Troops Leave Muslim World

CAIRO — Osama bin-Laden's deputy said in a video message released Monday that the al-Qaida leader's offers of a truce with the U.S. and Europe remained on the table, though he ridiculed President Barack Obama as "the new face of the same old crimes."

In a video posted on an Islamic militant Web site, al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, scorned the American president over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the U.S. approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Nonetheless, al-Zawahri said "fair" truces offered by bin-Laden were still valid.

In 2004, bin-laden offered a truce to European countries that do not attack Muslims. Two years later, he offered the American people a "long-term truce" without specifying the conditions, though in that same audio recording he also warned that his fighters were preparing new attacks in the United States.

"These offers were dealt with impolitely but are still valid, and the offer is fair," al-Zawahri said. "But they (Americans) want a relationship with us based on suppression."

"Obama is like a wolf whose fangs tear your flesh and whose paws slit your face and then he calls on you to talk about peace," he said.

Al-Zawahri has been critical of Obama since his election, even releasing a message that referred to him as a "house negro," a slur for a black subservient to whites.

In the message released Monday by al-Qaida's media operation, Al-Sahab, al-Zawahri said Obama is seeking to mislead the Muslim world with calls for better ties and was doing so because wrath from the Muslim world had inflicted catastrophes upon America.

"We are not idiots to accept meaningless flexible words. Obama is the new face with the same old crimes," he said.

U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters Monday that the United States believes it has "turned a tide" in the struggle against extremists. He spoke of success in Afghanistan, "difficult as it is," and "meaningful steps" by the Pakistani government against al-Qaida and others.

"This is not a struggle that al-Qaida is destined to win," Crowley said. "As to a truce, I have no further comment."

Comments

[jtmoney]

these are the same people that throw acid in the face of school girls. their word means zilch to me.

[balrog221]

A truce? No they want a breather. they are very patient and would use any respite to re-group for the next attack. Obama' has the right idea.... Search and kill exteremists and engage and encourage moderates. Will it work?

It might work if certain things happen. 1. Secularize government. 2. Significant democratization including all women. 3 Positive economic development and opportunity.

With out that as a baseline we may be just in a holding pattern until the american public grows weary of the wars. At that point Al Queda will renew it's attacks.

[BKearney]

It might work if certain things happen. 1. Secularize government. 2. Significant democratization including all women. 3 Positive economic development and opportunity.

In which country do you see a possibility of this happening, Afghanistan where we are fighting or Pakistan where al Qaida lives? Or maybe Suadi Arabia where they get there money. Pipe dreams all three.

[jtmoney]

you could have stopped at #1 to be honest.

[ModernTimes1]

Shove a predator up his.....

[OutsourcedAgain]

He must be feeling the heat, now that a competent leader is in the White House. Truce this you punk!

[Eidolas]

The truce has been on the table for 5 years, this is nothing new.

[noreast77]

A new face on the same old crimes... yes that much is true.

[ThanksMatt]

This is good news - because they are afraid. They try to force President Obama in the direction they want but will not succeed and they know it.

[marecek]

Hey, folks, this is Al-Qaeda. The day any American President makes a truce, conditional, limited, or what have you, is the day I call for that President's impeachment. There is only one thing we can do with Al-Qaeda, and that is KILL them. Anything else is wasted action and missed opportunity.

[Phreaked]

Spoken like a true warmonger

[cybernautical]

too late for the impeachmen­t... the bin Laden and Bush's are old family friends and you wonder how come we didn't catch him with 43 in office and now that the drone attacks are working and they are getting scared they want to talk peace?

[Eidolas]

Not a new policy, this is a continution of an existing policy. Since you support it, you might as well give credit where credit is due.

[instarx]

I am so heartbroken. We haven't been POLITE to al Queda? How can that have ever happened?

I was living in Manhattan on 9/11 and I want to see every last one of those murderous b*st**ds tracked down and shot.

[SFBunkSurf]

This man, and anyone who is a part of Al Qaeda, are in no position to negotiate for anything!!!! You don't get to negotiate if you are not legitimate. You don't get to negotiate if you've already killed 3,000 Americans in New York, Pennsylvania and DC.

Ayman al-Zawahri and Al Qaeda don't seem to understand that they have absolutely no credibility on the international stage and will get nothing in terms of negotiation from us. Revenge. Payback. That's all he deserves.

[fauxtalk]

Obama is like a wolf whose fangs tear your flesh and whose paws slit your face and then he calls on you to talk about peace.

Well at least the french like us. funny!

[instarx]

This makes no sense whatsoever. I'm seriously concerned about your grip on reality, faux.

[OC4Obama4Pres]

You are either an id10t or an enemy plant.

[ModernTimes1]

Fauxtalk is whats popularly known as cyber Jihadist.

[Zen0469]

Ayman, I told you yesterday, the towel on your head is wrapped too tightly.

Don't restrict the blood flow to the head. Gives you funny thoughts and paranoid delusions; sometimes nightmares too. Unwrap it, feel the breeze, think normally again ..........­..........­......

[savroD]

A success-oriented Obama and Bush gone has made recruitment difficult and it's cutting into their pathetic followers. They need peace more than we do; however, we need to get the hell out of other peoples business.

[jackinhack]

I'm fairly confident now that we are beginning to win. Go Obama

[zer0ne]

Al Qaeda's beginning to panic. Give 'em hell President Obama. And Happy Birthday too.

[Lordsuhn]

A truce? Who do they think they are? You don't make truces with criminals!