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2004-03-18 Iraq-Jordan

Interesting FT piece on the Iraqi jihadis

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-18 12:55:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 MOAB-->Saudia Arabia

Posted by anymouse 2004-3-18 1:41:03 AM|| 2004-3-18 1:41:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 annihilate the religion/para military force--turn mecca into a glass bowl that would make a geiger counter jump out of your hands--soflam and jdamn the wahabbi mosques and break up the saudi entity

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2004-3-18 4:57:56 AM|| 2004-3-18 4:57:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "until we get back [the Jerusalem mosque of] Al-Aqsa and Andalucia [Spain]".

This should be comforting to all those spanish voters who gave the terrorist just what they wanted. Well part of what they wanted.

Posted by Ben 2004-3-18 5:44:45 AM|| 2004-3-18 5:44:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I read the whole article, and I, for the life of me, can't figure out what this guy is trying to say.

He seems to be saying that since the fall of Sadaam, that the Sunni's are converting to Wahhabism and are going to target the Shia as "rejectionists"... and thus...we have created a "homegrown" problem by inspiring the Iraqi Sunni's to convert to Wahhabism.

Then he goes on to say that because the damn Americans got rid of their border posts, that anyone can cross the border, but then he says that only 30 non-Iraqi's are in custody, seemingly implying that it's the Sunni's doing the fighting, not foreign fighters.

Then he goes on to say how AQ is directing it and encouraging Jihadi's world wide to come to Iraq and join the fight.......so why only 30 in custody then????

So which is it?? Is he trying to say that, thanks to the US, the Sunnis are suddenly becoming Wahhabis, and joining the global Jihad movement, something they would not have done if we'd left Sadaam in power?? Or is he trying to say that AQ is sending foreign fighters to Iraq to rid it of the Americans???? That's hardly a newsflash.

Soo...is it homegrown conversion to Wahhabism, or is it foreign inspired???

Does anyone understand this? Because I sure don't.

Posted by B 2004-3-18 10:36:25 AM|| 2004-3-18 10:36:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 One of five wills of suicide bombers read out in Ansar al Sunnaâs video warned "the brokers of the West" that jihad would continue "until we get back [the Jerusalem mosque of] Al-Aqsa and Andalucia [Spain]".

Or until the purveyors of his "faith" are burned to a radioactive crisp.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-18 10:49:42 AM|| 2004-3-18 10:49:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Once the authority is turned over to the Iraqis these guys are going to be in a bad way. The new government/police are not going to tolerate these assholes and they will kill them without compunction. No more hiding in the mosques. No more Imam's spouting off. The vast majority of Iraqis just want a peaceful existence and they will cheer their government cleaning out the assholes.

Posted by remote man 2004-3-18 1:25:40 PM|| 2004-3-18 1:25:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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