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March 2008

Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri: Rush to the rescue of our people in Gaza

Date: March 23, 2008

Length: 4 minutes, 42 seconds

Notes: Audio tape; Arabic transcript; NO video provided

Link (audio only): http://www.lauramansfield.com/z032308.mp3

Translation:

Rush to the rescue of our people in Gaza

Muslim Brethrens everywhere, peace be upon, God’s mercy and his blessings

The Israeli planes are now bombing our people and brothers in Gaza with an American decision, an Egyptian siege and an Arabic involvement.

The plot was well planned against Gaza. The bombs of the Jews are over the heads of its people, the Israeli tanks are aiming at their chests and the Egyptian borders guards and security officers are aiming at their backs, preventing any kind of supplies to them, narrowing the routes to their food supplies and medication, preventing help to reach them and prohibiting them from evacuating their injured and protecting their families, locking them down from the south and the west so that the Jews take their full opportunity to kill and imprison whoever they wish and to destroy whatever they want.

Hosni Mubarak is repeating with the Jews to play the same role that the (Lebanese) Phalangist forces did with them in Sabra and Shatila. These are the same roles even though the faces have changed. These are the same betrayals even though the names have changed.

O Muslims, today is your day, strike the interests of the Jews and the Americans and everyone who participated in the aggression against the Muslims, watch out for the goals, gather the funds, bring out the weaponry, plan carefully then storm relying on God seeking martyrdom and paradise.

O Muslims, forget about the demonstrations which just devolve your anger energy in the air to no avail because today is work day, and if you let the people of Gaza killed today, while you shout and demonstrate, tomorrow the events will turn around and the Crusaders and the Jews will kill you instead and others will do nothing but shout back and demonstrate.

There is no room for those who say that we must fight the Jews only in Palestine, so let us work with what Almighty once truthfully said “and fight the Pagans all together as they fight you all together. But know that God is with those who restrain themselves.”

And when he said “If then any one transgresses the prohibition against you, Transgress ye likewise against him. But fear God, and know that God is with those who restrain themselves.”

Let us strike their interests everywhere, just as they gathered against from everywhere, and let them know that every dollar they spend on the killing of Muslims, there will shed blood instead in return, and every bullet that they shoot against us will be shot back as volcanos and that they will not be able to insult and mock our Prophet peace be upon him, and support Israel, then live in their countries safe and secure, while the Jews are killing our besieged fleeing people.

This diabolical alliance keeps showing us every day its viciousness and decadence, this alliance of the Crusaders and the Jews with our rulers such as Mubarak, Al Saud and the son of Al-Hussein and their lookalikes. They are besieging our brethrens, torturing and imprisoning the Mujahedeen, and recognizing Israel, then they push their scholars of beggary to write doctrines of impotence and humiliation to create that illusion that we will benefit by submission and will be saved by surrender .

Let us revoke this alliance of the devil and let us discard its lies and hallucinations and let us defend our brethrens with our own souls and wealth and not by our screaming and shouting in demonstrations. God once said “And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help! Those who believe fight in the cause of God, and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan.”

Finally, our prayer is always to thank God, the God of the worlds and prayers be upon our beloved Mohammed, his kin and companions, peace be upon you, God’s mercy and his blessings. "