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Are we seriously supposed to take this ‘An Al Qaeda spokesman said today’ stuff as anything other than war propaganda?

Back in early April, I ran this hilarious video from The Onion, where a very annoyed Al Qaeda spokesman claims conspiracy theories about 9/11 are “ridiculous” because :

“How would you like it if you spent two months in a mountain cave, sleeping on rocks, planning something really special, only to have someone take the credit away from you…”

9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous,’ Al Qaeda Says

9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous,’ Al Qaeda Says

Well, in the supposedly real world of the ‘War On Terror’, a spokesman for whatever is passing as Al Qaeda is now claiming that, yes, 9/11 conspiracy theories are ridiculous because it takes credit away from Al Qaeda for the attacks :

Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida’s strike against the U.S.
The comments in a recording posted on an Islamic Web site reflected the increasing criticism by al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri against Iran. Al-Zawahri has accused Iran in recent messages of seeking to extend its power in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and through its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

“The purpose of this lie is clear — (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it,” he said.

“Iran’s aim here is also clear — to cover up its involvement with America in invading the homes of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq,” he said.

Iran cooperated with the United States in the 2001 U.S. assault on Afghanistan that toppled al-Qaida’s allies, the Taliban.

You don’t see that mentioned very often in the mainstream media.

One more quick point, though it hardly seems worth mentioning :

“The authenticity of the two-hour audio recording could not be independently confirmed.”

Hell, who cares if it’s real or not, the Associated Press sure doesn’t? Dammit, it sounds like something the New Nazis would say, or should say, and that’s good enough.

So we’re supposed to now believe that Al Qaeda is trying to convince the more paranoid Muslims and Arabs that Israel wasn’t involved in 9/11, and they should blame Iran for trying to divert credit away from the entity branded by the CIA as Al Qaeda claims of responsibility for the terror attacks in New York and Washington DC, and Iran is actually in cahoots with the United States in the invasion of Iraq.

Confused? Well, maybe that’s the idea, from both sides (or is that all sides?) of the ‘War On Terror’.

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld did promise the ‘WoT’ would be fought with sophisticated propaganda, online, as well in the front lines, and Osama Bin Laden has already proven how effective and how far only a few minutes of repeatedly recycled footage and speeches can go.

Paul Joseph Watson has some very interesting information on the American based IntelCenter, which supplies the American media with a steady stream of Al Qaeda videos, audio tapes and translated speeches and statements.