From correspondents in Dubai | October 31, 2008
AN al-Qaeda leader has called for US President George W. Bush and the Republicans to be "humiliated", without endorsing any party in the upcoming US presidential election, according to a video posted on the internet.
"O God, humiliate Bush and his party, O Lord of the Worlds, degrade and defy him," Abu Yahya al-Libi said at the end of sermon marking the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, in a video posted on the internet.
Libi, one of the top al-Qaeda commanders believed to be living in Afghanistan or Pakistan, called for God's wrath to be brought against Mr Bush equating him with past tyrants in history.
The remarks were the first comments from a leading al-Qaeda figure referring, albeit indirectly, to the US elections.
Muslim clerics often end sermons by calling on God to guide and support Muslims and help defeat their enemies.
In 2004 al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden issued his first video in more than a year just days before the elections to deride President Bush and warn of possible new Sept. 11-style attacks.
Bin Laden made little mention of Mr Bush's Democratic challenger John Kerry, telling Americans: "Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al-Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands and each state which does not harm our security will remain safe."
AN al-Qaeda leader has called for US President George W. Bush and the Republicans to be "humiliated", without endorsing any party in the upcoming US presidential election, according to a video posted on the internet.
"O God, humiliate Bush and his party, O Lord of the Worlds, degrade and defy him," Abu Yahya al-Libi said at the end of sermon marking the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, in a video posted on the internet.
Libi, one of the top al-Qaeda commanders believed to be living in Afghanistan or Pakistan, called for God's wrath to be brought against Mr Bush equating him with past tyrants in history.
The remarks were the first comments from a leading al-Qaeda figure referring, albeit indirectly, to the US elections.
Muslim clerics often end sermons by calling on God to guide and support Muslims and help defeat their enemies.
In 2004 al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden issued his first video in more than a year just days before the elections to deride President Bush and warn of possible new Sept. 11-style attacks.
Bin Laden made little mention of Mr Bush's Democratic challenger John Kerry, telling Americans: "Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al-Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands and each state which does not harm our security will remain safe."
Source: The Australian
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