Liberty or Death on May 2, 2007 at 1:30 AM

There’s a very important point touched on there. The U.S. should have learned long ago that while the Koran teaches against lying, many modern islamic clerical types say that making then breaking a deal to gain political, economic or personal advantage is fine if the other party to the deal is an infidel. Since we aren’t really humans to them, their lies aren’t counted against them as sin by those standards.

Consider what happened in Afghanistan. Many locals joined the Taliban when it siezed power, because it was expedient. Many of those same turned against them instantly when the U.S. started clobbering the Taliban. There is no consistency, no loyalty, no alliegance that cannot be betrayed if it saves your skin.

Fox just reported that the group that killed him will continue their own attacks against americans.

Ouch.

csdeven on May 1, 2007 at 9:31 AM

This shouldn’t surprise anyone, most of these thugs are opportunists, they change sides more often then Tokyo-Rosie says “google-it” and would (and do) blow up their own mothers and children if it benefits them. The Northern Alliance are a great example of their changing of allegence, they let OBL slip out the back door in Tora Bora by claiming AQ wanted to negotiate a cease fire, it was just a ruse to let OBL get into Pakistan with his life, for a big stack of cash I’m sure.

This is precisely the reason why it never ceases to amaze me that the liberal left even considers attempting to negotiate with these bastards, they never have any intention of living up to their end of any agreements and only use the time to re-arm, re-group, and plan their next move against us!

Reminds me of a song…”smile in your face…all the time they wanna’ take your place…the back stabbers…”

Fox is reporting that Zarqawi’s successor as leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Egyptian born Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been killed “near a bridge in Northern Baghdad”, apparently bumped off by his own Al Qaeda crew.

*UPDATE* (11:30am eastern): Al-Qaida’s “Islamic State of Iraq” has now issued a formal statement denying the death of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who they describe as the Islamic State’s “Minister of War.” Elsewhere, Al-Qaida supporters have suggested that the initial report of his demise was part of a desperate scheme concocted by the Iraq government aimed at forcing al-Muhajir to surface and identify himself.

Same guy under a different name? Or just a typo? Or are there two current stories of dead AQ leader-types?

Zarquawi “dude, they ran out of them before I got here“.

Scroll down to cartoon number 5 – also, note that the Danish newspaper which ran them, no longer has them available. Dhimmitude and wussitude, the same thing. Good thing that MM captured them for eternity.

If you look in the trackbacks and follow the link to the Jawa Report, you’ll see that one of the possible whodunnit suspects really is a terrorist group that’s just as happy killing Americans as they are Al-Qaeda.

All this assumes the guy’s really dead, of course. Time for more web recon.

http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2007/4/16/1_687070_1_34.jpg

…Iraqi terrorist hunter groups…

This is the first I have heard of these. It’s great news that our bounties are attracting Sunni’s to hunt down high profile al Qaeda. It means that the desire for a big pay day overcomes the fear of crossing Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

There has got to be a TV show or a book in Iraqi bounty hunters. The Iraqi equivalent of Dog the bounty hunter.

Limerick on May 1, 2007 at 12:24 PM

You talking the media or al-Qaeda? Or the media’s insistence that al-Qaeda is invincible?

‘Al Queda in Iraq leader killed….will it matter that he is dead?’——

There is nothing we can do. They are invincible. We must accept it.

There’s debate on some of the wire reports as to whether the Iraqi government has his body or not, but if they’re talking DNA then they just might.

RED ON RED NOT SO BLACK AND WHITE? PJM’s Richard Miniter thinks Al-Masri was likely killed by Iraqi terrorist hunter groups, not Al-Qaeda. Given the $5 million bounty the Coalition put on him, that sounds quite plausible to me.

Well, maybe they don’t have the body, but they have enough of whoever it was to do DNA tests.

I share JackStraw’s hope the Iraqis whacked this tool. It would be a great thing, even if it was mercs, that the Iraqis are willing to face and kill terrorists/insurgents, partiularly leadership. If we’re real lucky, maybe we’ll see Iraqis start to rally a bit to drive out the various vermin in their country.

If they look anything like Helen or Rosie, it’s a pretty safe bet they’re really virgins!

CurtZHP on May 1, 2007 at 9:48 AM

I’m hoping that they all have penises and he’s the one who is violated….

Isn’t this interjecting a Dem talking point into a news story? Then, I thought, “Well, maybe they’re quoting somebody on this…”

Then I read the story. Nope, nary a mention of why it might not matter.

(Were’s the sarcasim tag?)

*UPDATE* (11:30am eastern): Al-Qaida’s “Islamic State of Iraq” has now issued a formal statement denying the death of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who they describe as the Islamic State’s “Minister of War.” Elsewhere, Al-Qaida supporters have suggested that the initial report of his demise was part of a desperate scheme concocted by the Iraq government aimed at forcing al-Muhajir to surface and identify himself.

I know you’re joking :) Funny thing is, the dems are probably seriously saying that — don’t you think?

wytammic on May 1, 2007 at 9:12 AM

I was channeling Richard Harry Reid

Jack: “He was a ruthless bastard, I’m glad he’s dead!”

Jaibones on May 1, 2007 at 8:45 AM

But on the other hand, he had a fine singing voice….