Thursday, January 14, 2010

Al Qaeda Mostly Targets Muslims

Al Qaeda Hurts Muslims Most -- Washington Times

Study finds much smaller toll on its Western targets.

Muslims are the main victims of al Qaeda's deadly terrorist attacks against the West, despite claims by the group's leaders that only a few Muslims have died in the organization's global war against Westerners, according to a study by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, N.Y.

In 2007, al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri said in a document he wrote called the "The Power of Truth" that "we haven't killed the innocents; not in Baghdad, nor in Morocco, nor in Algeria, nor anywhere else. And if there is any innocent who was killed in the mujahedeen's operations, then it was either an unintentional error, or out of necessity."

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My Comment: I am not surprised by this report .... and predictably .... it is not being fully disclosed by the news media in the Middle East. The full report is here.

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