Back to Al-Baghdadi’s Speeches

"Promising a quick withdrawal from Iraq, Senator Barack Obama often says that he “will end this war” when and if he’s elected Commander-in-Chief. Obama neglects to mention that wars usually involve two or more sides, and cannot be unilaterally ended; the enemy waging the war on the other side unavoidably must be consulted on the matter as well. But Obama doesn’t tell us who the enemy is in Iraq, and whether he has any special insight as to why this enemy would call the war quits if America withdraws from Iraq.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the man—fictitious or not—who heads of Al-Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), is promoted by jihadist propaganda as America’s top enemy in Iraq, so it is useful to reflect over he has to say. Here’s a hint: it doesn’t end when Barack Obama says it will.

This blog believes al-Baghdadi to be a real person, and has closely followed his speeches from the very beginning. The following is an attempt to catch-up with his latest speeches, which by my reckoning are nos. 8, 9 and 10. I shall be skipping no. 7 for the time being since I’ve been unable to download an audio file of it.

I will add the translated excerpts for speeches 9 and 10 once I’m done with them.

For a previous in-depth discussion of al-Baghdadi on this blog, check this link."
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Dude I think it's called surrender