Racism of Al-Qa`idah. Al-Qa`idah's number 2 who has the charisma of a potato, came out with yet another speech that is read more by Americans than by Arabs. Let us face it: I prefer to watch Larry King read from the phone book than Ayman Dhawahiri deliver a speech--and Larry King is as boring as they come. Well, in his new speech, he referred to the Ethiopian invading army in Somalia as "`abid Bush." (slaves of Bush). The word has clear racist connotations in Arabic as racist Arabs refer to dark skinned people as "`abid." But are you surprised?