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This is an outrage! Ayman al-Zawahri must be punished! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Stupid, but not worth getting angry over. 19%  19%  [ 7 ]
Meh ... what do you expect from al-Qaida? 44%  44%  [ 16 ]
We knew it all along, but so what? 11%  11%  [ 4 ]
Americans are infidels! Jihad! Allahu Akbar! 11%  11%  [ 4 ]
Just show me the results. 11%  11%  [ 4 ]
Other (Please explain) ... 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
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26 Nov 2008, 6:11 pm

Nothing new.......arabs had blacks for slaves for 1000s of yrs.



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26 Nov 2008, 6:45 pm

it wasn't racist it was basically saying that obama is a sell-out to the Afro-American community and it was basically an attempt to get more afro centric extremists on their side.



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26 Nov 2008, 8:12 pm

t0 wrote:
Voted stupid... because it is - all around.

Anyone know arabic? Was the phrase translated accurately or is it open to interpretation?


I know very little of the Arabic language, but that seems an accurate translation. Also,
Wikipedia wrote:
In the Sudan, an Abid (Arabic: عبد‎, plural Abeed عبيد or El Abeed العبيد) is a stereotype applied mainly by the Northern Sudanese to the Southern Sudanese. The name literally means "slave", and the stereotype is in general that of an inferior, demeaned, negroid race.


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