.com : Hot new Anchor on Al-Jazzera?
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| Zarqawi issues video of suicide bombers | |
| 2004-07-06 | |
Abu Musab Zarqawi, the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq, has staked his claim to lead the jihad against the American presence by releasing a slickly produced video of suicide bombers and several of their attacks. The hour-long production is part political manifesto, part recruiting campaign and part propaganda to tell the United States that its intense efforts to find the Jordanian-born militant leader have been a failure. In recording the bombings, Zarqawi's organization, Tawhid wal Jihad ("Unity and Holy War"), shows it knows how to manipulate the Western media. The footage was given to Time magazine's Baghdad bureau chief, Michael Ware, by men reported to be in close contact with Zarqawi's network. Mr. Ware said the video "is a very, very sophisticated part of Zarqawi's information campaign, stamping him as the star of the new global jihad inspired by Osama bin Laden."
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #12 .com : Hot new Anchor on Al-Jazzera? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-07-06 6:28:15 PM |
| #11 when these associates of zarqawi gave them the tape why didn't so eone notify the americans too follow these ppol |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-07-06 4:53:33 PM |
| #10 .com-You never fail to make me break out in wild laughter. Thanks! |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-06 4:21:12 PM |
| #9 Gangsta rap writ large...waddaya bet this finds imitation in the states... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-07-06 4:08:06 PM |
| #8 I am happy to see these stupid, backwards throwbacks to the "great islamic past" blow their asses up in Iraq and not in my home town. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5430 2004-07-06 3:48:24 PM |
| #7 al-jazeera does the filming for them. |
| Posted by: Halfass Pete 2004-07-06 1:21:40 PM |
| #6 bet it gets an award at Cannes |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-07-06 12:34:56 PM |
| #5 The hour-long production is part political manifesto, part recruiting campaign and part propaganda to tell the United States that its intense efforts to find the Jordanian-born militant leader have been a failure. Saddam Hussein wasn't found overnight. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-06 11:47:56 AM |
#4 tu - Mebbe Dan can ask him what set him off, y'know, sent him to the extreme... it was prolly #3... and now that he's a star, he only takes her calls when he tires of the 'strange'... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-06 11:35:46 AM |
| #3 ...stamping him as the star of the new global jihad The media loves stars. Look soon for Dan Rather to break out his old Afghan clothes and set up the exclusive meet. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-06 10:53:18 AM |
| #2 Cyber Sarge, Bingo! An Arab journalists few days ago, made a comment about the Arab Press calling those terrorists "Iraqi insurgents", when it should have been obvious to any native arabic speaker, that the "insurgents" were from the Nadj region of Saudi Arabia. Needless to say that the "insurgents" spoke a dialect only heard in that region. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4617 2004-07-06 10:51:42 AM |
| #1 What’s telling about this story is that they are FOREIGN fighters and NOT Iraqis. If there was such a ground swell against the U.S. (as reported dutifully by the LLL press) in Iraq wouldn’t you think that they would have Iraqi Jihadis lined up around the corner? No they have to go to other countries to find some poor downtrodden kid and recruit them. I notice that the U.S. has started attacking ‘safe’ houses in Fullujah and other cities in the Sunni Triangle. Sounds like the Iraqis are getting a little tired of these people and giving them up. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-06 10:36:56 AM |