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| Attackers of Marines were indigant about Paleostine... |
| 2002-10-09 |
| Friends and relatives said the two attackers were cousins and attacked the Marines out of anger at the killings of Palestinians by Israel. Does that mean we should pick some Muslims and kill them because we're indignant that a Marine was killed by ingrates? Al-Kandari was in Afghanistan for a year and a half and he had chosen to walk in the footsteps of Osama bin Laden," Mohammed al-Awadi, a Muslim cleric who said he was a friend of the attackers, told AP on Wednesday. Al-Hajiri was in Afghanistan for six months with his cousin, said the cleric. Both returned days before last year's Sept. 11 attacks. Sounds like they were pretty determined to be indignant about something, since it gave them an excuse to commit some mindless violence. It sure was nice of that cleric to befriend them and set them on the right path in life... Al-Kandari was very moved by footage of Palestinians killed in the violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories days before the attack, the cleric said. An Israeli raid Monday in the Gaza town of Khan Younis that left 15 Palestinians dead and more than 100 wounded has been heavily covered by Arab television stations. "Every Muslim believes Americans are helping Jews, and he was burning to do something to help," Al-Kandari's brother, Abdullah, told AP in a telephone interview. Yep. That sure helped the Paleostinian cause. Now we don't associate mindless violence exclusively with Paleostinians. Our so-called friends are wont to engage in it, too... Abdullah al-Kandari said he had known nothing of his brother's plans. Afterward, relatives found a will in his desk in which he asked that his body not be washed before burial. The Muslim corpses traditionally are washed, but some believe it is an honor for those considered martyrs to be buried stained with the blood they spilled for their cause. If I'm ever in town, I'll stop by and pee on their graves. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 This is exactly the type of operation we saw in those al Quada training videos. Pull up to your target in a truck or SUV, pile out and start shooting. Only works once against trained soldiers, though. |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-10-10 08:59:43 |
| #1 What happens when two guys try to shoot up a rifle company of the 11th MEU? They're arguing with Satan about getting their 72 virgins right about now. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-10-09 15:29:30 |