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London Bombers Were Angered by War in Iraq
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SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press Writer
This AP byline has been on some of the most outrageous of the distorted crap that AP has written on Iraq - now the same "reporter" is pushing the crap from the UK
Shahzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old son of a Pakistani-born affluent businessman,
("poverty causes terrorism")
turned to Islam, the religion of his birth, a few years ago. The transformation was gradual, but then his relentless reading of the Quran and daily prayers became almost an obsession, his friends told The Associated Press. He became withdrawn and increasingly angry over the war in Iraq, according to those who knew him best.
Ah! Deliverance! But wait .... did he leave a suicide note? A taped testimony? What's the evidence for this?
The U.S.-led war was what likely drove him to blow himself up on a subway train last week, said his friends.
Life imitates obscene fantasy art -- these guys have the line down pat, without any prep from a BBC or NYT or CIA public relations type.
I'm seething over gasoline prices, but I've yet to boom a Shell station...
"He was a Muslim and he had to fight for Islam. This is called jihad," or holy war, said Asif Iqbal, 20, who said he was Tanweer's childhood friend.
Fighting for Islam = beheading innocent aid workers, murdering children, blowing up non-violent clerics, destroying infrastructure, etc. Right.
And, of course, booming Mr. and Mrs. Jones as they ride the train to work in the morning...
Another friend, Adnan Samir, 21, nodded in agreement. "They're crying over 50 people while 100 people are dying every day in Iraq and Palestine," said Iqbal.
(Note two things here: the vicious lack of remorse over his friend's insane murder act, and how the lies and distortions of the Al Jazeera/NYT/AP/Reuters/BBC/Lancet complex are actually getting people killed. Nothing like 100 people are dying a day in Iraq and what this person inaccurately calls "Palestine" -- and about 95% of those dying are being murdered by the psycho-fascist-criminal elements these guys presumably think of as Lions of Islam)
"If they are indeed the ones who did it, it's because they believed it was right. They're in Heaven. Have you ever been inspired in life?" he asked.
"Have you ever had a f***ing clue in your life" we ask.
Posted by: Verlaine in Iraq 2005-07-15
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