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Sheik Muhammad Abu Al-Qat’: Today, on May 10, 2008, at 22:50 – through Al-Manar TV – let me bring good tidings to the Muslims: Allah willing, the American empire will very soon collapse. They object to any talk about the destruction of the state of Israel.

Interviewer: And they are celebrating its 60th anniversary…

Sheik Muhammad Abu Al-Qat’: That’s not the issue. We say that Allah willing, within 20 to 12 years, America will collapse. This won’t happen as a result of war. Not at all. Allah will send to America an American Gorbachev, from within. Gorbachev, who brought about the USSR collapse, was one of them. Everybody knows this story. An American Gorbachev will surface in America, and he will destroy this empire.

From USAToday.com:

With the overwhelming election of Obama, “the entire world felt that America wanted change and was expecting change,” said Gorbachev, 77.

Obama’s detractors in Russia express hope that his policies will lead to the demise of the United States, pointing to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 following Gorbachev’s liberal reforms.

But Gorbachev said the world needs a strong America, as shown by the current global financial crisis, and he urged Washington to use its power for the good of all.

“America is needed — an America that is strong, democratic and sure of itself — for the entire world, not just for Americans,” he said. “We are seeing that if it’s bad for America, it’s bad for us all.”

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