Al Qaeda notices Obama media bias

Counterterrorism Blog:

Global reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's controversial condemnation of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama as a "House Slave" (or, alternatively, "House Negro") have begun to pour in -- including via the top jihad web forums used by Al-Qaida to disseminate its propaganda. Though hardcore Al-Qaida supporters have predictably dismissed any criticism of Dr. al-Zawahiri and are fiercely backing his choice of words, there is a rather ironic (if not entirely unfamiliar) twist to this issue. After observing international press reporting on the incident, these same supporters are now bitterly attacking the media for its "unfair" pro-Obama bias and for deliberately "confusing" the meaning of al-Zawahiri's message.

In related news, Zawahiri's audio statement also appears to have created a palpable, tense confrontation between Al-Qaida and a significant cross-section of African-American Muslims....
It is ironic that an organization that is founded on the principal of religious bigotry would take offense at being called a racial bigot too. This could be a problem for al Qaeda where half its war effort takes place in the realm of the media. They are used to hurling insults at President Bush that mimic many of those already used by the left. The religious bigots have lost their leftist allies for now and will have to recalibrate their message.

Zawahiri probably thought he was on safe ground by using the words of a black Malcolm X, but they did not understand the blatant double standards when it comes to racial identity politics.

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