Funny, but there’s a really huge part of a story that broke yesterday that the AP didn’t feel worth covering. Reuters did. Oh, they buried the quote halfway down the story, and they titled it “Zawahri says bin Laden in good health,” but at least Reuters—and the European and other outlets that use Reuters—printed it.
AP editors must have decided that this just isn’t very newsworthy:
Zawahri also called for attacks on Jews. “We promise our Muslim brothers that we will do our utmost to strike Jews in Israel and abroad with help and guidance from God.”
Nope. Another call for the annihilation of Jews from a Muslim terrorist is not newsworthy. But remember, the root cause is Israel. Or poverty. Or Western “imperialism.” The cause is not Jew-hatred. The cause is not a religion that brainwashes people into believing that they are absolutely not responsible for the murder of thousands of innocents.
But even Reuters whitewashes Zawahiri’s Jew-hatred:
The Egyptian militant also reiterated al Qaeda calls to Muslims to topple Western-allied governments and to attack Western and Israeli interests in Muslim countries.
“We call the nation in Egypt and other parts to hit crusader and Jewish interests wherever they are to force the invaders to leave Muslim land, and to stop supporting corrupt regimes.”
“Jewish” is not interchangeable with “Israeli,” and here is the exact quote:
In regard to Egypt, our independent judgement to which we invite the Ummah in Egypt and elsewhere is: the striking of the Jewish Crusader interests wherever they are found to force the invaders to depart the lands of the Muslims…
That’s not “Western and Israeli interests.” I do believe “crusader” is defined as “Christian” by al Qaeda and, well, he pretty clearly called for the deaths of Jews. Including, I would presume, me.
Once more, with feeling: If you want to find the news, you’d best not rely on the wire services or the mainstream media. Dig for yourself and read the source material. There’s much, much more at that link. (And at Hot Air, where I found it.)