Al-Zawahiri Calls Obama a "House Negro"

Al-Qaeda has warned Barack Obama, the US president-elect, against sending more troops to Afghanistan and vowed to continue attacks against "criminal" America.

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Al-Zawahiri also referred to Obama and other African-Americans who have served in US government in as "house negroes", an insult that comes from the time of slavery in the US, and used to describe a black person who does the bidding of white masters.

Al-Zawahiri lashes out at Obama



i can't believe i haven't seen this here on ATS yet... i tried searching!

to be quite honest, i really don't know what to say! it's just... typical, of this world as of late...

i'm not surprised at all anymore with the inhumane actions that i witness on a daily basis, all around me.

something's gotta give!

[edit on 26-11-2008 by adrenochrome]

reply to post by adrenochrome


This is insulting in most profound implications. Malcolm X, as an anarchist, knew the difference...

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funny you mention that - i just came across this article from yesterday, stating that Al-Zawahiri quoted Malcolm X...

In his attack on Obama, al-Zawahiri draws on a 1963 speech by Malcolm X.

“The house Negroes ... they lived in the attic or the basement, but still they lived near the master, and they loved their master more than the master loved himself,” Malcolm X said. “Just as the slave master of that day used Tom, the house Negro, to keep the field Negroes in check, the same old slave master today has Negroes who are nothing but modern Uncle Toms, 20th-century Uncle Toms, to keep you and me in check, keep us under control, keep us passive and peaceful and nonviolent.”

If al-Zawahiri believes that describes Obama, I think he’s spent too much time in the caves of Afghanistan and Pakistan hiding from American troops. Obama is the master of the White House he will soon move into. In less than two months, he’ll be this nation’s commander in chief.

Obama didn’t feel compelled to respond to al-Zawahiri. But during a recent interview on “60 Minutes,” he made it clear he has bin Laden — the al-Qaida leader who ordered the 2001 terrorist attacks — in his cross hairs.

Obama a ‘house Negro’? Malcolm X wouldn’t have agreed

So Al-Qaeda calls Barack Obama a “house negro” and now the debate between so-called “house Negroes” and “field negroes” is in full force.

Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader, insulted Obama on the Internet, saying he was “the direct opposite of honorable black Americans like Malcolm X,’’ according to The Associated Press.

The story quoted Al-Zawahri as calling Obama “abeed al-beit,” literally translated into “house slaves,” or, loosely, “house negroes.”

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Now mind you, The Associated Press also quotes Al-Zawahri as saying, “America has put on a new face, but its heart full of hate, mind drowning in greed, and spirit which spreads evil, murder, repression and despotism continue to be the same as always ... Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them.”

Al-Zawahri also warned that Obama was “facing a Jihadi (holy war) awakening and renaissance which is shaking the pillars of the entire Islamic world; and this is the fact which you and your government and country refuse to recognize and pretend not to see.”

One would think that these strong words from a terrorist would elicit strong reactions from our government leaders as veiled threats. But nooooo!

The words that have caused an uproar were “house negro.”

THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS: House negro vs. field negro – has everybody lost their minds?

she's got a point... we still can't seem to open our eyes, and turning a blind eye to anything negative seems to be the American way.

do you blame us though?? this government has subliminally told all these poor people how to think and act through media, Hollywood, and literature, and they force us to act selfish and greedy - "my problem is obviously more important than anyone else's"...

"who cares about all the starving people of the world - i've got a car payment to make this week!"

since when is slander or name-calling more important than the safety of a country?! why must they resort to ridicule instead of responding maturely to a threat?!

this government is a joke... a sorry, lame, dirty, joke.

Already being discussed here:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

This is rediculous. I hope they had the sense to do a voice analysis comparison with an actual previous video sample and with the return results of a 100% match before they dared air that "Al Zawhiri" did or said anything.

I thoughouly disappointed in CNN for claiming Al Zawiri said, and not somebody claiming Al Zawiri said.

The guy is probably dead or else his face would be up there and he would be speaking. Same with Bin Laden. I doubt there is even an Al Queda, just a bunch of dead peoples faces up on the FBI's seeking information pages and another group of individuals running the game undetected, pawing their bs off on another group of individuals...that no one can seem to find....maybe because they are doubling as the informants or the experts. Who would know?

Anyways, until the guy shows his face he is just a voice on a recorder, like Al Zawiri is going to be so interested in American history and Malcom X.

more misled, eaten up, propaganda pawned off as fact without a shred of validatable evidence as to the identity of the speaker or source. While we are looking for 'Al Zawhiri' because "somebody" in the 80's told us we should... what are we missing?

I think he is dead, where is he? He would be proud to show his face, if he had one that has not been dead for 20 years, no?--and I'll be looking very closely at any face that pops up in video claiming to be him.

We should call their bluff and demand an actual video. No?

I guess this is continued from here about a month ago, that no one seemed to care about......

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by adrenochrome
"who cares about all the starving people of the world - i've got a car payment to make this week!"

That ladies and gentleman is called:

Modern day slavery

Slight clarification. He called him "A house slave" (Abd Al-Bayt - literal "slave the house").

All blacks are referred to in Arabic, using the term 'abd' and this is because of the time in Arabia where all blacks were slaves (unless manumitted if they became old/sick) - so the word became synonymous, and it still is - ie. a black person was a slave and a slave was black so only one word is used because they meant the same thing.

So while the translation "the house negro/black" is technically accurate, it doesn't take into account the actual meaning/usage of the word. "The house slave" is a more accurate translation.

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Hey, I didn't say it was any *better*, just a clarification.

What I'd really like to know is what Malcolm X would say about Obama.

Yup. BO's going to be the first black president of America. But will it make any difference? Richard Dolan's been quoting Machiavelli a lot lately. The substance of the quote is that, if you want to have a revolution from the top, you must keep the old forms of government, but move the power elsewhere.

I'd say this has, in many respects, happened. The excesses of the neocon regime however, suggest that there is still some power in the White House - but is that simply because those guys were closely connected and aligned with the real power centers in the US?

Obama's hook has been about "change". The indicators are that it's just going to be more of the same, however. I can easily imagine that, like Clinton, he'll be a more plausible face for "business as usual" for the US.

I have seen black commentators have a pop at ScaryRoboCodi for being, effectively, a "house negro", although that particularly inflammatory phrase wasn't used, just implied. Again, I'd love to see Malcolm X's opinion of her and Colin Powell.

Of course there are going to be a lot of black people who will be outraged about this, understandably. But I have to say that when I lived in the US, it was always the black people that I could have proper conversations with. They were usually the ones who didn't trust the war on terror, who had an idea of what the US had done to other countries in the region, who were aware of the propaganda being pumped out through the media. I should imagine there are quite a few who are going to be in real conflict because a black President is simultaneously a huge advance and yet, if change doesn't materialise, a massive potential disappointment.

At least he can put a sentence together, unlike the previous incumbent. Although I have to say that on the few occasions I've heard him speak (early in his campaign for leadership of the Dems) his oration was unusually content-free, even for a politician.

I wonder what his weakness will turn out to be. He's a good-looking guy. Will it be womanising like Clinton and JFK?

of course, he would use this language. hyperbolic speech, and name-calling is used when one cannot express his feelings in a civilized way. it is also used to inflame passions as a persuasive tool to acheive a desired result in others.