MEMRI translation of Qaeda rantings on alneda.com...
"The danger of the Shi'a to the region is no less than that posed by the Jews and the Christians. Throughout Islamic history, the Shi'a helped the Christians and the polytheists in their battles against Muslim countries. The seemingly anti-Jewish and anti-Christian Shi'a hatred is nothing but slogans used to export the Khomeini revolution."
| "It's all an act. And all those dead people, they're props..." |
According to the article, the Shi'a in Iran developed a five-step plan, each step lasting ten years, to export their revolution to the countries of the region. The plan was devised by the "Shura Council of the Iranian Cultural Revolution," and the article maintained that "whether the plan has been truly hatched by it or not, it does reflect the reality."
| Ahah! The obligatory deep-laid plot... |
"Since the threat that we face from the naïve leaders who have Sunni roots is much greater than the dangers that we face from the West and the East
if we succeed in undermining the entities of these governments by creating discord between the rulers and the clergy, and by hurting businessmen in those countries, and by diverting [capital] from them to our country or to other countries in the world, we would achieve a startling victory
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| "If we steal all their stuff, then they're powerless, right?" |
"We witnessed how the Shi'a clergy in Iraq rushed to open the gates for the Crusaders, and how they cooperated with them in order to control Iraq. At the beginning they issued a Fatwa about the need to fight the enemy who is attacking Muslim countries. [But] this Fatwa was meant for internal consumption and was not implemented in the field, and the Iranian-based Shi'a 'Badr Brigades' did not enter Iraq and did not fire a single bullet in accordance with the Fatwa."
"When the Shi'a realized that the balance is tilting in favor of the Crusaders, they rushed to open the gates for them and to cooperate with them to control most of the southern cities. They reiterated the role of one of their ancestors, Ibn Al-'Alqami, who opened the gates of Baghdad for the Mongols [in 1258]. Nothing is left for the Americans but to thank those Shi'a clergymen for their efforts to assist them in entering the cities and controlling them
The Iraqi Shi'a continue to support the enemies, the Crusaders, [and] they inform on the Sunnis [to the Americans] to get them arrested or killed."
The article also offered several calculations which, it claimed, prove that the Shi'a are not the majority in Iraq, and that such claims are "American propaganda:"
| Couldn't possibly be. All you have to do is count the turbans... |
"If the Shi'a call for the establishment of a government representing the majority, then this government should be Sunni, because the Sunna are the majority in Iraq. They constitute 68% of all Arabs and non-Arabs. The problem is that this majority, in reality, is an absent majority, because there is not one Sunni country that takes care of them and demands for them their rights.
| That doesn't make any sense. Or does that mean they're all off fighting jihad? |
The only way the Sunna will be able to restore their legitimate rights is by raising the banner of Jihad against the enemies of the nation and Islam."
| If you have jihad and counterjihad, what happens to all the dead guys when they get to Paradise? Are they allowed to get together to play cards and swap doe-eyed virgins? Or do they go to separate ends of Paradise, with djinns and avenging angels to keep them separated? |
"In conclusion, the threat of the Shi'a to the nation is equal to the threat posed by the Jews and the Christians. They harbor the same ill-will against the nation, which needs to protect itself from them and from being deceived by them
They pose a danger not only to Iraq, but to the whole region. If the Shi'a have influence over Iraq, or if they obtain some kind of autonomy in southern Iraq, they will be so much closer to extending their influence. After all, they exist in considerable numbers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
| But not the majority. Nope. Nope... |
If those Shi'a get organized and if their initiatives get support from countries that sponsor them — Iran, Syria, and Lebanon — it will mean that they have reached advanced stages in their 50-year plan
The Muslims should be careful, because the Shi'a do not hesitate to cooperate with the Crusaders and the Jewish enemies [of] the Sunna. The Shi'a believe that the threat of the Sunna and their heresy is greater than the threat posed by the Jews and the Christians. Whoever follows history knows that the Shi'a assisted the enemies of the nation who stabbed her in the back. It suffices that the Shi'a defiled the sanctity of Allah's house and stole the Black Stone [the Ka'ba] for twenty years, before it was brought back to its place. Those who are familiar with the beliefs of the Shi'a can hardly fathom the depth of their evil and hatred. Beware them, Oh Muslims."
| They kidnap Sunna babies and sacrifice them. They use the blood to mix with their felafel... |
"We also caution against those who advocate befriending the Shi'a. Such [an] approach can only cause further harm to the nation. To get close to the Shi'a is more dangerous than getting close to the Jews, because the animosity of the Jews is well known, while the Shi'a pretend [to be friendly] and deceive the nation
How can we approach those who believe that we should curse the followers of the Prophet Muhammad and accuse them of heresy? They, who curse the Prophet's wives and accuse [the Prophet's wife] 'Aisha of prostitution?... If you advocate getting closer to people with such beliefs, then getting closer to Christians is not as bad
[N]ot everyone who maintains that he is Muslim is indeed a Muslim, if his deeds completely nullify Islam 
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| On the other hand, many people who identify themselves as Muslims, whether Shia or Sunni, seem to be nuts... |
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