One Grain of Sand

Al Qaeda's No. 2 speaks out against elections

December 20, 2006

DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new videotaped statement Wednesday that said "holding elections won't lead to Palestine's liberation," CNN Arabic experts confirmed.

"Those who try to liberate Muslim land through elections ... will not liberate one grain of sand of Palestine," al-Zawahiri said in video footage aired first by the Arab-language Al-Jazeera television network.

NewsPoet writes:

"One Grain of Sand"

A man of peace?
A warmonger - full of
Death and destruction?

Choose now.
The choice is clear
Life or Death.

Liberate Muslim minds first.
Jihad can use the oppressed
To protect the oppressors.

Do you trust anyone
Who is quick to
Throw your life away?

Fear not death
But the one who
Advocates it for you.

Choose a life full of:

Struggle.
Children and responsibilities.

The grains of sand
That count the moments
In your life.

Raucous debates and
Passionate elections.

Jihad demands
Your commitment
To the struggle -
Not the end to your life.

Live to righteously fight
Against your oppressors
Not for them.

Choose life today.
Death will come
Soon enough
Tomorrow.