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Al-Qaida calls for more mutilations
2004-04-10
The latest communique from al-Qaida calls for assassinations of world leaders, kidnappings and mutilation attacks like those carried out in Fallujah and Mogadishu, according to a translation and analysis by the Northeast Intelligence Network. The communication came in the form of the 14th edition of the Voice of Jihad, an online publication believed to be produced by Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization. The communique offers support for the murders of four U.S. civilians in Fallujah, Iraq, who were providing security for food deliveries in the violent Sunni triangle. They were killed by militants, their bodies dismembered, burned and hanged on display.

The four American employees of a private U.S. security firm who were killed and mutilated in Iraq last week were identified as highly trained former American military troops. The al-Qaida report linked the mutilation deaths with those of Army Rangers in Mogadishu in 1993 – deaths that resulted in the withdrawal of U.S. troops from that African nation. Bin Laden, according to some intelligence sources, was in charge of operational planning for that attack. The Voice of Jihad encourages "holy warriors" to repeat such attacks until the U.S. withdraws all troops from the Islamic world.

Blackwater Security Consulting, a firm that provides paramilitary training for private and government needs, confirmed that the four men killed in Fallujah were employees. Blackwater declined to release their identities, but sources close to the families said three of the men were former U.S. Special Operations troops:
Jerry Zovko, 32, an Army veteran from Willoughby, Ohio.

Mike Teague, 38, an Army veteran from Clarksville, Tenn.

Scott Helvenston, 38, a veteran of the Navy. His hometown was not known.

Other sources said the fourth man also had previously served in the military, but his identity was not immediately made public.
Blackwater Security Consulting, based in Moyock, N.C., recruits security specialists for contract work from elite U.S. and other special operations units worldwide. It also trains police and other government employees. Television pictures broadcast outside the United States showed the incinerated body of one of the four contractors being kicked and stamped on by people in a jubilant crowd in Fallujah, while another body was dragged down the road by its feet. Two bodies also were temporarily hung from a bridge.

Last week, WorldNetDaily reported, a popular Islamic online site, quoting a European sheik, justified the mutilation of the bodies of enemies when it is part of retaliation. Responding to a specific question about Islam’s view of mutilating bodies of enemies in wartime, Sheik Faysal Mawlawi, deputy chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, wrote "it is permissible to mutilate the dead only in case of retaliation."
And "retaliation" has such a wide definition...
"If any one cuts the ear of another, his ear is to be cut in return," wrote the sheik. "If he inflicts any physical damage on anyone, he should be retaliated against in the same manner. In case of war, Muslims are allowed to take vengeance for their mutilated dead strugglers in the same way it was done to them." The sheik cited the Quranic verse: "If ye punish, then punish with the like of that wherewith ye were inflicted. But if ye endure patiently, verily it is better for the patient."
Not that it has anything to do with the case at hand...
"This verse was revealed when the polytheists mutilated the corpse of Hamzah ibn Abd el-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him)," the sheik continued. "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) swore to mutilate seventy corpses of the polytheists in retaliation for what they had done with Hamzah’s dead body." Other sheiks offered dissenting opinions on whether mutilation is ever warranted or justified.

The Voice of Jihad communique also points to the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as an action to be emulated. “It specifically encourages assassinations and kidnappings as a means of advancing the efforts of the jihad and taking the struggle to greater levels,” reports Northeast Intelligence Network.
In other words, whatever works or might work. It's not like there are any rules to adhere to...
Posted by:tipper

#1   MEMO

To:C.E.O Blackwater Security Consulting
Subject:Payback
From:Raptor,C.E.O.Vengence Inc.

It has been braught to my attention that Blackwater has upto 15,000 employees in Iraq.
As regards the murder and mutilation of Blackwater employees in Fallujah,it has been shown in the above article that assassinations and kidnappings and mutilation of the dead is acceptble under Quranic Law:
(a)14th edition of the Voice of Jihad
(b)Sheik Faysal Mawlawi"it is permissible to mutilate the dead only in case of retaliation."

Considering that the actions on the Fallujah bridge,and the mutilation of Soldiers and Humanitairian Aid workers in Mogadishu has set the precedent,then it is permisable and desirable that Blackwater can and should exact justice.

It is advised that the following actions be taken by Blackwater Security Consulting:

1)offer substaintial rewards leading to the capture of the leaders and participants of the atrocities commited at the bridge in Fallujah.

2)assassinations,mutilations,and kidnappings family members and associates of all those featured in photos and films that were participants in,or celebrated in the murder and mutilation of Blackwater employees.

By following the suggestions listed above, Blackwater Security Consulting will show to those that commit the atrocitys like those at the bridge that retribution will be wide, comprehensive,and terrible.

Put the fear of Blackwater in thier hearts!

Sincerlly Yours,
Raptor





Posted by: Raptor   2004-04-10 9:48:44 AM  

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