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AQ In Iraq: $150,000 for Swedish cartoonist 'if slaughtered like a lamb'
2007-09-15
"Happy Ramadan to all our pals in Sweden!"
Oh, dear! I do hope this doesn't lead to increased Islamophobia!
The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq offered money for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist and his editor who recently produced images deemed insulting to Islam, according to a statement carried by Islamist Web sites Saturday. In a half hour audio file entitled "They plotted yet God too was plotting," Abu Omar al-Baghdadi also named the other insurgent groups in Iraq that al-Qaida was fighting and promised new attacks, particularly against the minority Yazidi sect.
"Our god is a plotting god."
"We are calling for the assassination of cartoonist Lars Vilks who dared insult our Prophet, peace be upon him, and we announce a reward during this generous month of Ramadan of $100,000 for the one who kills this criminal," the transcript on the Web site said.
The "faithful" worship their idols with blood sacrifices. Blood, blood, and more blood. There isn't enough blood in the entire world to satiate their thirst.
The al-Qaida leader upped the reward for Vilks' death to $150,000 if he was "slaughtered like a lamb" and offered $50,000 for the killing of the editor of Nerikes Allehanda, the Swedish paper that printed Vilks' cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body on Aug. 19.

Vilks said from Sweden he believed the matter of his cartoons had been blown out of proportion. "We have a real problem here," Vilks told The Associated Press by telephone. "We can only hope that Muslims in Europe and in the Western world choose to distance themselves from this and support the idea of freedom of expression."
Right. You can also hope they sprout wings and fly to the moon. Odds are approximately the same.
Ulf Johansson, editor in chief of Nerikes Allehanda, said he took the bounty "more seriously" than other threats he had received. "This is more explicit. It's not every day somebody puts a price on your head."
You may not be interested in Jihad, Sven, but Jihad is interested in you.
Johansson said he had contacted the police and that they had already started work on the threat.
Swedish cops have a lot of stuff on their desks right now.
I doubt they're off to Tikrit to arrest Abu Omar, though.
Aside from a few scattered protests and condemnations by Muslim countries, the reaction to the cartoon has been muted, in contrast to last year's fiery protests that erupted in several Muslim countries after a Danish newspaper published 12 cartoons of Muhammad that were reprinted in a range of Western media.

In an attempt to defuse the tensions caused by the cartoon in both Sweden and abroad, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt last week invited 22 Sweden-based ambassadors from Muslim countries to bitch talk about the sketch. Reinfeldt expressed regret at the hurt it may have caused, but said that according to Swedish law it is not up to politicians to punish the free press.
According to shariah, it is up to Muslims at large to punish infidels for anything they damned well feel like punishing them for.
Al-Baghdadi added in his message that if the "crusader state of Sweden" didn't apologize, his organization would also attack major companies. "We know how to force you to retreat and apologize and if you don't, wait for us to strike the economy of your giant companies including Ericsson, Scania, Volvo, Ikea, and Electrolux," he said.
In utterly-secularized Sweden, the above-named firms will have to do as Sweden's religious hierarchy.
"Crusader state of Sweden"? My mind just boggled. I think I'll go lie down.
No photo has ever appeared of al-Baghdadi, whom the U.S. describes as a fictitious character used to give an Iraqi face to an organization dominated by foreigners. The U.S. has said that under interrogation, a top al-Qaida member revealed that al-Baghdadi's speeches are read by an actor. Al-Qaida in Iraq in the past has carried out operations in Jordan and may have links to militant groups in Lebanon, but is not known to have any kind of presence in Europe.
An integral part of al-Qaeda in Iraq is Zarqawi's al-Tawhid organization, which does have a presence in Europe.
Posted by:mrp

#23  How about a counter-offer? Something like: "$150,000 for AQI leaders if slaughtered in a wood chipper".

To claim prize please bring videotape of slaughter, audio included, and bucket of DNA evidence. Double the reward if he screams for over five minutes after his feet disappear.
Posted by: gorb   2007-09-15 18:55  

#22  "I seem to recall much of Europe fussing at us because their jihadis were bringing back the training they'd got in Iraq, making them a serious threat to peace loving Europeans. Did I miss another memo? they don't know how to actually do anything else."

There - fixed that for ya', tw.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-09-15 17:58  

#21  Al-Qaida in Iraq in the past has carried out operations in Jordan and may have links to militant groups in Lebanon, but is not known to have any kind of presence in Europe.

I seem to recall much of Europe fussing at us because their jihadis were bringing back the training they'd got in Iraq, making them a serious threat to peace loving Europeans. Did I miss another memo?

Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-15 17:11  

#20  Oh heck ... From QuickRob ... there's this:
Posted by: doc   2007-09-15 15:58  

#19  Note to Who's Your Baghdaddy -


Posted by: doc   2007-09-15 15:50  

#18   "We can only hope that Muslims in Europe and in the Western world choose to distance themselves from this and support the idea of freedom of expression."

Hope for that, and I'll hope for a super model girlfriend.

Odds are, I'll get my wish first.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2007-09-15 15:36  

#17  "We can only hope that Muslims in Europe and in the Western world choose, etc, ............"

Like, we still giving them foks a choice?

6-7 years into a war, maybe more if you count OSL's declaration of war in about '98, these fokks still in the land of the free?

Beggars belief. Ship them out, it the only answer, even if it only stop one Cell of 5.

Make them fly mossie Air, enough taqqiya, fuck them off out of here, or intern.

Give em a real choice. FOAD, or just fuck off.
Posted by: rhodesiafever   2007-09-15 15:10  

#16  "We can only hope that Muslims in Europe and in the Western world choose to distance themselves from this and support the idea of freedom of expression."

Muslims in Europe ought to disappear if they don't.
Posted by: Abu Uluque6305   2007-09-15 14:33  

#15  Let's imagine for a moment the rage of people like Amanda Marcotte if Christian clergy were to advocate, and post rewards for, the slaughter of progressives. Let's imagine how much 'Christophobia' Amanda would show. We can all imagine that, right?

Now let's imagine Amanda doing the same thing when Muslim clergy advocate and post rewards for the slaughter of non-Muslims.

Nah, I can't imagine it either.
Posted by: Steve White   2007-09-15 13:28  

#14  Though I do not speak Swedish, I've done a quick scan of the home pages of several Swedish online newspapers. This story is frontpage material with multiple links for each post, and most include the 'if slaughtered like a lamb' quote.

And the direct threat against Sweden's industrial giants has not been ignored; that makes the matter personal for everyone in the kingdom.
Posted by: mrp   2007-09-15 12:09  

#13  Noone is to kill islamic rage boy.

He's our best asset.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2007-09-15 12:03  

#12  ...Should these cartoonists suffer any harm, an entire Muslim city needs to disappear... Hmmm... I like that! Cities for cartoons! Yes!
Posted by: Fun Dung Poo   2007-09-15 11:58  

#11  I think we'd do better offering a flock of goats or a herd of camels.

Seafarious, all of the good-looking camels have been shipped off to Soddiland, where the price for the hawt camels is way over $100K, depending on the size, softness and configuration of their humps. (Did I just type that?)
Posted by: Brett   2007-09-15 11:58  

#10  Dead is better.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-15 11:51  

#9  And yes, they would be lying through their teeth, but it wouldn't matter. They would lose bushels of street cred to their followers.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-09-15 11:48  

#8  The high value military targets are surrounded with bodyguards and stay far away from crowds. What I'm talking about are the much lower level creeps who never do anything themselves, but encourage others to do it.

Think agitators, instigators and inciters.

Imams are a cowardly bunch. All you would really have to do is print out a bunch of flyers naming a bunch of them, with a price by each name in US dollars, and they would be beating down the door of the US embassy to proclaim how harmless they were and to submit utterly to their local government.

Then you let them prove it by elaborate advocating peace and democracy on Pakistani TV.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-09-15 11:47  

#7  Perhaps the bounty is so high they don't believe it's real?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-09-15 11:41  

#6  'Moose, we've had a guy in Pakistan with a $25M or $50M price on his head for six years now, and no sale.

I think we'd do better offering a flock of goats or a herd of camels.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-09-15 11:16  

#5  I'm starting to see why Ramadan is one of the pillars of Islam.

It's easier to coordinate the deaths of your enemies.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-09-15 11:13  

#4  I wouldn't give you five cents for the lot of them.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-09-15 11:11  

#3  How about if we match their bounties x10 for some of their loudmouths? We normally only go after the actual murderous types, seldom after the agitators and inciters in other countries.

How long do you think some Imam in Pakistan would last with a $1.5M bounty on his head? Heck, we could have half the radical Imams in Pakistan whacked for $1,500 each.

They wanted an orgy in blood? Okay, them first.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-09-15 10:57  

#2  So, whaddya think, Doo Doo? We're just blowing it all outta proportion, right?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-15 10:48  

#1  At some point the West needs to put Islam on notice that making such threats will cause them some serious grief. Should these cartoonists suffer any harm, an entire Muslim city needs to disappear. This constant menacing of free people is intolerable and there is no reason why we must put up with it. Allowing Islam to degrade the quality of our lives is a significant victory for them. That needs to change. We must become a far greater menace to them.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-15 10:40  

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