Lustig: Nachdem Al-Zawahiris Attacka auf Obama als „Haus-Sklaven“ international verurteilt wurde, beschweren sich Al-Kaida-Unterstützer auf den Dschihadi-Foren über die „unfaire Berichterstattung“, die zu sehr pro-Obama sei. Auf den Websites des Netzwerks ist offenbar eine Debatte im Gange über diesen Propaganda-Fehlschlag der Al-Kaida Nummer 2.
Und ausserdem hat dessen Inanspruchnahme von Malcolm X als „wahrem Muslim“ die amerikanischen Muslime aufgeweckt, die sich dagegen verwahren, ihre Ikone so missbraucht zu sehen. Woraufhin nun Al-Kaida zurückpolemisiert, nicht alle amerikanischen Muslime seien Verräter, man denke nur an Adam Gadahn (den verrückten Konvertiten, der hier schon öfter Thema war).
Es wird eng für Al-Kaida an der Propagandafront.
Hier der Bericht aus dem Counterterrorism Blog:
Global reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri’s controversial condemnation of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama as a „House Slave“ (or, alternatively, „House Negro“) have begun to pour in — including via the top jihad web forums used by Al-Qaida to disseminate its propaganda. Though hardcore Al-Qaida supporters have predictably dismissed any criticism of Dr. al-Zawahiri and are fiercely backing his choice of words, there is a rather ironic (if not entirely unfamiliar) twist to this issue. After observing international press reporting on the incident, these same supporters are now bitterly attacking the media for its „unfair“ pro-Obama bias and for deliberately „confusing“ the meaning of al-Zawahiri’s message.
In related news, Zawahiri’s audio statement also appears to have created a palpable, tense confrontation between Al-Qaida and a significant cross-section of African-American Muslims. Several U.S.-based Muslim organizations immediately held press conferences or issued statements to strongly criticize al-Zawahiri and his manipulation of the words of the late Malcolm X. Conversely, these conferences and statements of response have not gone over well within the jihadi community, with some Arabic-speaking commentators issuing angry rants about the apparent treachery of American Muslims, including specifically the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). One Al-Qaida supporter cautioned his quarrelsome online colleagues, „Brothers, this does not apply to all American Muslims. Do not forget our brother [Adam] Yehiye Gadahn, a naturalized Muslim and U.S. citizen.“