Al-Qaida operative chides Hezbollah for 'protecting' Israel

[Behind the Aegis]

A leading Al-Qaida operative has accused Hezbollah of "protecting" Israel, the first time a high-ranking figure in the global terror organization has openly condemned the Lebanese group for undermining its campaign against the Jewish state.

In a recent interview with Al-Akhbar Al-Fajr, a Web site Al-Qaida uses to promote its jihadist ideology, Salah Al-Karawi said Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army have become "bodyguards" for Israel. "They don't allow us to act, but they don't strike Israel themselves," he said, describing Hezbollah as "nothing more than protectors of the Jews. It is the biggest hurdle delaying our activity on the ground against Israel."

Al-Karawi - 35th on the list of Saudi Arabia's 85 most wanted men - is an expert in document forgery, and believed to be responsible for establishing new Al-Qaida terror cells worldwide.

In the interview he threatened that his organization would again strike Israel from Lebanon, as it did a year and a half ago in firing Katyusha rockets across the border between the two countries. "The best way to liberate Palestine is to recognize the real powers collaborating in its occupation. The foundation of the conflict is not between Arabs and Jews but between the forces of good and evil," he said.

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1. Aw, He thinks he's one of the GOOD ones.

[Alamuti Lotus]

2. Not the first time

At various times Zawahiri and Zarqawi were extremely critical of Hizbu'llah (the Sheikh himself has reserved any comment to the best of my knowledge, though it cannot be out of the goodness of his heart), as have several Syrian and scores of prominent Saudi, Egyptian, and Yamani salafists bound up in the loose entity referred to as "al-Qai'dah". I previously had my doubts about his endless pragmatism, but Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah is indeed the greatest threat to the zionist entity in its entire history; more even than Nasser or Arafat could have ever been. No Shiite or any Arab nationalist politican can claim the respect that he nearly universally commands. But as is their tendency, the "al-Qa'idah" takfiris are impotent, sore losers desperate for attention and never opposed to turning reality on its head in the course of doing so.