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By Pamela Hess, The Associated Press


WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency.

The message was posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site. It says if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain is the better choice.

It says that's because he's more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

SITE Intelligence Group, based in Bethesda, Md., monitors the Web site and translated the message.

The al-Qaida posting says an attack on the U.S. would push Americans to vote for McCain so that he takes revenge for them against al-Qaida, a fight the radicals would welcome.

Mark Salter, a senior McCain adviser, said he had heard about the Web site chatter but had no immediate comment.

The message is credited to a frequent and apparently respected contributor named Muhammad Haafid.

However, Haafid is not believed to have a direct affiliation with al-Qaida plans or knowledge of its operations, according to SITE.

site senior analyst Adam Raisman said this message caught SITE's attention because there has been little other chatter on the forums about the U.S. election.

SITE said it was struck by the message's detailed analysis, and apparent jubilation, about American financial woes.

"What we try to do is get the pulse of the jihadist community," Raisman said. "And it's about the financial crisis."

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden issued a videotape just four days before the 2004 U.S. presidential election directly addressing the American people.




Well that settles it - we have no choice but to vote for Obama now! Remember when it came out that a few Hezbolla guys wanted Obama to win? As I recall, neo-conservatives were screaming this as a reason to avoid Obama at all costs. He's palling around with terrorists!

Don't pull a 180 now neo-cons. I've read too many posts from here and other sites, indicating that support from a terrorist means that Obama will lose the war on terror, become best friends with Al-Qaeda, and plunge America into sharia law. WE MUCH JUDGE CANDIDATES ON THEIR SUPPORTERS!!! And now that John McCain has so clearly gained support of the terrorist demographic, it's only responsible that we vote the other way out of fear.
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