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Iraq
Saddam Reportedly Opens Suicide Camp
2003-03-11
Saddam Hussein has opened a training camp for Arab volunteers willing to carry out suicide bombings against U.S. forces in case they invade Iraq, Arab media and Iraqi dissidents said Tuesday. The dissidents, speaking by telephone from Jordan, said scores of Arab volunteers have gone to a special camp run by the Iraqi intelligence service near the town of al-Khalis, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad.
Hello, Mother
Hello, Father
Here I am at
Camp Jihad-a.
The worst part about the School for Suicide Bombers is the final exam. Only the guys who flunk can go on to other operations...
Most of the volunteers are Islamic activists who belong to pan-Arab groups that maintain close ties with Saddam's regime. The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite television station reported Saturday that a group of Arab volunteers was being trained in urban warfare in a camp near Baghdad. The station said its Baghdad-based reporter had visited a camp, some 15 miles northeast of the Iraqi capital, and interviewed several Arab trainees, who said they were ready for "martyrdom".
The Iraqis will fight to the last Arab volunteer
An Egyptian volunteer who identified himself only as Abu Abd al-Rahman said he traveled to Iraq secretly, leaving behind his wife and children, to join the camp. He told Al-Jazeera his venture was a "God-blessed martyrdom-seeking mission."
"I mean, I'd do anything to get away from that woman..."
"We seek God's satisfaction. We seek victory first, and martyrdom in the cause of God second. You are well aware of what is happening against Iraq. This is clearly an injustice against an Arab, Muslim country," he said. Asked about his three children, Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "God will take care of them, and anyone who is taken care of by God will not be forgotten."
God's gonna take care of you, Abu. Just not in the way you were taught.
Another volunteer identified as a Libyan called al-Sunusi told Al-Jazeera the volunteers hate the Bush administration, which he says, represents evil. "I am not afraid. I am not afraid. I came here to carry out jihad (holy war) against the U.S. arrogance," he said.
A Syrian mosque preacher who gave his name as Abu Izz al-Din said he came to Iraq to attain his "goal of martyrdom." "No nation can attain the weapon of martyrdom seekers, regardless of the technological and scientific advancement they might have," he said. "The weapon of martyrdom-seekers is special to the Muslim nation. We will be able to confront them with this weapon, God willing."
Martyrdom-seeker, meet our weapon, MOAB.(Mother Of All Bombs)
Diyar al-Umari, an Al-Jazeera reporter who said he visited the camp on a tour organized by the Iraqi government, described the volunteers as coming from a number of countries and political movements. "The fighters here say that the weapons of the United States and Britain may be lethal, but they are martyrdom-seekers. In this case, they say, the U.S. forces may confront a case that is very unusual to them," al-Umari reported. "Those martyrdom-seekers aspire to change the shape of the looming war."
You want martyrdom, you got it!
On Monday, the highest authority in the Sunni Islamic world, the Islamic Research Center at Cairo's Al-Azhar University, declared that war against Iraq will be a "new crusade" compelling every Muslim to perform "jihad." While opposition to a war against Iraq is strong in the Arab world, many Muslim scholars say suicide is against Islamic teachings.
Never stopped them before.
Posted by:Steve

#8  Abu: "So, I'm here, Allah. Where are my 72 virgins?"
God: "Oh, Abu, my son. I'm afraid you got the translation wrong. It should say '72 Virginians'!"

Thanks,
Greg
Posted by: FOTSGreg   2003-03-11 19:39:35  

#7  Camp MOAB
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-03-11 19:34:25  

#6  I can see this as a Fox Special - "When Human Shields go Bad!"
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2003-03-11 15:00:21  

#5  These jihadi suicide boys will have no more impact on the war than did the "human shields".
Posted by: Mark   2003-03-11 14:32:21  

#4  All in one camp? Nice....looks like this is a job for Big Blu.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-03-11 14:31:08  

#3  Wha...? Where did this "Lokks like this is a job for" come from? I think somebody was trying to post a comment at the same time as me.
Posted by: Dar Steckelberg   2003-03-11 14:05:14  

#2  "Thirsty, Abu? Have some Kool-Aid!"
Posted by: Dar Steckelberg   2003-03-11 14:03:36  

#1  Lokks like this is a job for

MOAB!
Posted by: Chuck   2003-03-11 14:03:29  

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