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From Reuters:
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's deputy Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video tape aired on Wednesday elections would not free Palestinian land from Israeli occupation and that any path other than holy war would lead to "loss and defeat".
"Those who are trying to free Islamic land through elections that are based on secular constitutions ... will not free a grain of Palestinian sand, but will choke jihad (holy war)," he said in the tape broadcast by Al Jazeera television.
"Any path other than jihad will only lead us to loss and defeat."
Zawahri lashed out at the Islamist Hamas movement for being "dragged" into taking part in elections, which he said would eventually lead to the recognition of the Jewish state.
"How did they (Hamas) not demand an Islamic constitution for Palestine before entering any elections, are they not an Islamic movement?", he asked.
Even terrorists see elections as leading to an end to terrorism. This documents why bringing Democracy to the mid-east, via the creation of a Democracy in Iraq, is so important to ending terrorism.
(Hat Tip to A.M Davis. )
