Attn: RedQueen . . .

[CrispyQ]

Do you have a link to the al Qaeda quote in your sig?

My mother is adamant that bin Laden/al Qaeda would prefer Kerry to Bush as president. I'm looking for ammunition against this take.

[Killarney]

1. search for "al queda endorses bush"

there was an AP story with the quote. several sites have it. i've googled it before.
:)

[redqueen]

2. Sure thing

This was reported in stories about the Spain terrorist attack, because it was in a letter from a group claiming responsibility.

If you google for 'al qaeda statement because of this we desire bush to be elected' (not in quotes in the search), you'll get about 32,200 hits. Here's just one:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1068257.htm

(snip)

The statement said it supported US President George W Bush in his re-election campaign and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic candidate John Kerry, as it was not possible to find a leader "more foolish than you , who deals with matters by force rather than with wisdom".

In comments addressed to Mr Bush, the group said "Kerry will kill our nation while it sleeps because he and the Democrats have the cunning to embellish blasphemy and present it to the Arab and Muslim nation as civilisation".

"Because of this we desire you to be elected."

The group is named after Muhammed Atef, also known as Abu Hafs, a close bin Laden aide killed in the US-led war in Afghanistan.