[Peace-discuss] Vote Bush-Bin Laden

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Reuters is reporting that a group claiming to have links with al Qaeda
said on Wednesday it was calling a truce in its Spanish operations and
urging the re-election of George Bush. You really can't make this stuff
up...  --CGE]

...In a statement sent to the Arabic language daily al-Hayat, the Abu Hafs
al-Masri Brigades, which claimed responsibility for the Madrid bombings
that killed 201 people, also urged its European units to stop all
operations...

The statement said it supported President Bush in his reelection campaign,
and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic
candidate John Kerry, as it was not possible to find a leader "more
foolish than you (Bush), who deals with matters by force rather than with
wisdom."

In comments addressed to Bush, the group said:

"Kerry will kill our nation while it sleeps because he and the Democrats
have the cunning to embellish blasphemy and present it to the Arab and
Muslim nation as civilization."

"Because of this we desire you (Bush) to be elected..."

The group said its cells were ready for another attack and time was
running out for allies of the United States.

"Whose turn is it next? Will it be Japan or America, or Italy, Britain or
Oslo or Australia?" the statement said, adding Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
were also targets.

The group is named after Muhammed Atef, also known as Abu Hafs, a close
bin Laden aide killed in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.

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