Here’s one of the more amusing news stories I’ve seen. Apparently Al Qaeda is irritated with Ahmadinejad’s 9/11 conspiracy theories. It turns out the people who committed the atrocity are quite proud of it, and don’t want people to forget it.
Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader issued a new audiotape Tuesday accusing Shiite Iran of spreading a conspiracy theory about who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks to discredit the power of the Sunni terrorist network.
Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden’s deputy, has stepped up his denunciations of Iran in recent messages in part to depict al-Qaida as the Arabs’ top defense against the Persian nation’s rising power in the Middle East.
The increasing enmity toward Iran is a notable change of rhetoric from al-Zawahri, who in the past rarely mentioned the country — apparently in a hopes he would be able to forge some sort of understanding with Tehran based on their common rivalry with the United States. Iran has long sought to distance itself from al-Qaida.
…One questioner asked about the theory that has circulated in the Middle East and elsewhere that Israel was behind the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Al-Zawahri accused Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television of starting the rumor. “The purpose of this lie is clear — (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it,” he said.
“Iran’s aim here is also clear — to cover up its involvement with America in invading the homes of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he added. Iran cooperated with the United States in the 2001 U.S. assault on Afghanistan that toppled al-Qaida’s allies, the Taliban.
Al-Qaida has previously claimed responsibility for the Sept. 11 attacks.
Maybe next time we can ask them about what they think of the 9/11 troofer movement.
Update – Life imitates parody:
9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous,’ Al Qaeda Says
My favorite line is “Talking to you is like talking to a goat!”
Thank’s SIS
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