Jihadis claim Tucker and Menchaca as revenge for rape/murder
posted at 11:53 am on July 11, 2006 by Allahpundit
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This is one of those stories that shouldn’t be overtly political, yet as soon as you hear about it you know exactly how the chips will fall. HuffPo dutifully relayed the retaliation theory on Sunday. This morning, our pal Dr. Debbie eats it up with a spoon.
Revenge. Justice. Legitimacy.
It’s too good not to be true.
Which it isn’t, for the reasons best explained by Greyhawk. He might — might — be wrong about Tucker and Menchaca having been killed in the original firefight. His logic is sound, but witnesses reported at the time that they were seen being “led away.”
But that’s a quibble. From CNN on June 21st, the day after Tucker’s and Menchaca’s bodies were discovered:
A claim posted on a Web site Tuesday said the soldiers were “slaughtered” in accordance with “God’s will.”
“We announce the good news to our Islamic nation that we executed God’s will and slaughtered the two crusader animals we had in captivity,” said the claim, reportedly from the Mujahedeen Shura Council, a group linked to al Qaeda.
“And God has given our Emir, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, the good fortune of carrying out the legitimate court’s command in person.”
No mention of the rape. SITE noted on June 19th the Shura Council’s earlier message announcing that the two had been kidnapped. No mention of the rape then, either. Coincidentally. In fact, the first mention of it that I know of by any jihadi was in the Adam Gadahn segment of the Shehzad Tanweer video that was released last Friday.
Which, Gateway Pundit reports, the AP was kind enough to cite as corroborating evidence.
Too good not to be true.
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I’m sick of the word “Crusader” being thrown around. History revised turned the crusades into a dirty word, and islamotards, oblivious of the double standard, have totally latched onto this as justification.
JamesVersusEveryone on July 11, 2006 at 12:13 PM
I say we embrace “Crusader”. After all, we are in a fight to preserve our civilization. I don’t mind it at all.
darwin on July 11, 2006 at 12:35 PM
Now, we need to start some “crusading” and rid the earth, solar system, galaxy, galactic supercluster and universe of these butchers.
darwin on July 11, 2006 at 12:37 PM
The IX Crusade has begun. We just refuse to admit it and we had damn well better wake up before it’s too late.
“You see, Ahmadinejad is a strong believer in the Shi’ite tradition of a 12th imam, the so-called “hidden” Imam Mahdi who Allah has miraculously kept alive since his disappearance in 874 AD. As the story goes, Imam Mahdi will return at a time of great global chaos, oppression and bloodshed and usher in an era of (Islamic) justice.
Ahmadinejad sees himself as Allah’s instrument to pave the way for Imam Mahdi, and constantly uses public appearances to urge his countrymen to prepare to back him in this task.
Rumor is, Imam Mahdi could be returning this August (or shortly thereafter), just around the time some military experts believe Iran will be ready to construct its first nuclear weapon. Go figure.”
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on July 11, 2006 at 1:21 PM
I’ve got a better idea
Let’s not call ourselves crusaders
Let’s call ourselves maccabis (means Hammer in Hebrew)
More politically correct, we’ll beat our foes into dust AND it’ll piss off the arabs even more.
Defector01 on July 11, 2006 at 1:49 PM
But as a political issue, the rape-retaliation thing doesn’t make sense, since rape obviously isn’t a U.S. policy; the accused are being tried for it. Seeing it as a cycle of retaliation only makes sense if it’s in response to government-backed abuses, in which case we’re back to the colossal gap between what those animals did and what the U.S. has even been accused of, a difference so huge it’s disgusting and credibility-shattering for anyone to pretend that monstrous behaviour like that was merely inspired by us.
Alex K on July 11, 2006 at 2:27 PM
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