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2004-06-15 Iraq-Jordan

Zarqawi tells Binny jihad in Iraq ainât going as too well

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-06-15 12:00:00 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11143 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ââwe will have to leave for another land to uphold the (Islamic) banner, or until God chooses us as martyrs,

At least he's got the "Retreat or die" part down right.

Posted by Charles 2004-06-15 12:37:24 AM|| 2004-06-15 12:37:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Get Zarqawi a ticket to Saudi to work his magic on Sunni-Shite relations. Can you say Jed Clampett Oil Out the Wazoo Greater Eastern Arabia and Don't Have Two Nickels Sand Eating West Wahabi Land?

Posted by ed 2004-06-15 1:26:36 AM|| 2004-06-15 1:26:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 So why does Zarqawi air out his laundry and his bad news in public? This does not make sense. He should be making a big hooraw about all the Iraqis he is bumping off with car bombs and suicide fellows. You know, propagandize, get out the message, put on a positive spin. WTF?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-06-15 2:27:33 AM|| 2004-06-15 2:27:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 More wishful thinking from Fox News--they distort and you swallow it whole Alaska PAul

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2004-06-15 3:12:21 AM|| 2004-06-15 3:12:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 NMM, what has Fox News distorted? In order to make an arguement, you have to point out what is distorted.

Posted by Charles 2004-06-15 5:58:52 AM|| 2004-06-15 5:58:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 NMM--Even if this is true, I feel really bad about it. The idea of our troops "frightening" those brave masked insurgents heroically killing innocent civilians with car bombs has just ruined my day. I can only hope the new Iraqi government will provide some sort of assistance to those poor, displaced holy warriors--maybe some food stamps or counselling or something?

:-P

Posted by Dar 2004-06-15 7:11:49 AM|| 2004-06-15 7:11:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "It's a quagmire, I tell ya, a quagmire! The people hate us, our men die for no purpose, our allies desert us, we are doomed, doomed, doomed!"

"Zarqawi! For Allah's sake, pull yourself together, man!"

"Forgive me, Osama."

Posted by Mike 2004-06-15 7:58:33 AM|| 2004-06-15 7:58:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 In order to make an arguement, you have to point out what is distorted.

That's only for the intellectually honest. HMM is neither intellectual nor honest.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-06-15 8:15:27 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-06-15 8:15:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 NMM - What the hell does Fox News have to do with this story? It's from Assoc. Press (not exactly a pro-war organization).

Posted by Spot 2004-06-15 9:06:44 AM|| 2004-06-15 9:06:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 A leader of militants in Iraq has purportedly written to Osama bin Laden saying his fighters are being squeezed by U.S.-led coalition troops, according to a statement posted Monday on Islamic Web sites.

Fox News is able to post on Islamic web sites? Wow, NMM, that's really amazing! The question is: is their mind control ray in the kitchen, or is under your bed?

Posted by Anonymous5222 2004-06-15 9:11:34 AM|| 2004-06-15 9:11:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 What the HELL is that smell???

Oh, NotMikeMoore just breezed through. Ick. Somebody call Hazmat. A noxious gas-bag just passed through the area.

Posted by AllahHateMe 2004-06-15 9:18:55 AM|| 2004-06-15 9:18:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 possibilities

1. CIA controls these websites. They posted claims of "credit" earlier as cover
2. CIA controls these websites. They posted claims of "Credit" earlier for their own reasons.
3. CIA does not control these websites, but has figured out how to pass them forged documents. The guys who run these websites are not too smart, or at least not as smart as our spooks
4. The document is real. Its so hard for Zarqawi to communicate back to HQ (closed ratlines through Iran due to A. Better border security or B. A nervouse Iran trying to cooperate with the US) that he resorts to this
5. There are different factions with the insurgency. Some want to appeal for help against Zarqawis will - or some want to make Zarq look bad, in order to challenge him for internal power - whatever

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-15 9:49:57 AM|| 2004-06-15 9:49:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 To Spot & Anonymous5222 re: FoxNews as evil distributor of phony news-
Our anti-war comrades are getting as effective at scapegoating as the PA.

Posted by jules 187 2004-06-15 10:27:31 AM|| 2004-06-15 10:27:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 This sounds like a recyling of the information which was contained in a note (again purportedly by Zarqawi) seized from a jihadi courier several months ago.

Posted by Lux 2004-06-15 10:42:06 AM|| 2004-06-15 10:42:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Liberalhawk - Your number 5, about different factions in the terrorists, makes sense given this sentence in the document:

We are not competing with you.

It's like he's apologizing for carrying out attacks (and getting all the headlines) while Bin Laden ~~rots~~ hides in Pakistan.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-15 11:24:27 AM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2004-06-15 11:24:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 What the hell does Fox News have to do with this story? It's from Assoc. Press (not exactly a pro-war organization).

Maybe if dumbas....er, "Not Mike Moore" took off his tinfoil hat, he might be able to tell you. And then again, maybe not.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-15 11:59:36 AM|| 2004-06-15 11:59:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 Where's your compassion? These poor jihadis are scared to death. Is this not tantamount to torture? I mean, let's get real. If putting panties on their heads is torture..... Isn't scarin' 'em just as bad? Awwwwww shucks...... poor little fellers.

Rumsfeld should be ashamed of himself....scarin' those poor little assholes this way.....it's inhuman!!!

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-06-15 2:11:01 PM|| 2004-06-15 2:11:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 LT. Smash sez it's a retranslation of the old note

Posted by Frank G 2004-06-15 2:32:50 PM|| 2004-06-15 2:32:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Zarqawi is no more than a rotten coward of a bastard. When they get him and they will get him, they should execute his entire family by beheading them also. It would be to good to see hom blown up by a missle, I would rather see this cowardly asshole recieve the same kind of execution, he has been giveing innocent victums, only let the blade slice his throat nice and slow, too feel every bit of the pain

Posted by Anonymous5403 2004-06-26 3:01:27 PM|| 2004-06-26 3:01:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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