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Islam Online: Martyrdom Operations in Iraq
Weâre doomed! Islam Online sez so!The Iraqi national resistance carried out the first martyrdom operation that targeted U.S. troops stationed in Baghdad airport, Iraqi sources told IslamOnlin.net. A statement obtained by IOLâs office in the Iraqi capital said that a man called Abu Abdullah, a truck driver, carried out the operation few days ago, leaving between 10 to 15 U.S. soldiers killed and dozens others wounded. The statement further said that three armored vehicles and one tank at least were destroyed during the operation. Humm, CENTCOM must be covering up, hadnât heard of that one. Eyewitnesses told IOL that U.S. troops were demolishing parts of Baghdad airport to build up a prison for Iraqi detainees, adding that they rented a number of trucks to lift the debris. "Abu Abdullah was a driver of one of these trucksâŠHe loaded the truck with explosives and blow it up inside the airport field, causing deafening sound heard by the inhabitants of the area and sending plumes of black smokes skyward," they added. U.S. troops rent these trucks and hire laborers without checking the identities of the drivers or workers, which provides an easy access to under-construction sites. Sure, we donât check IDs. Weâre stupid that way. U.S. troops also are moving around in streets without adequate protection, which made some Iraqi scholars issue a fatwa ruling that "it is not permissible to carry out martyrdom operations for the time being in Iraq because the enemy is an easy target and it is difficult to spare the blood of innocent Iraqis." "And weâre real concerned about innocent Iraqis." A spokesman for the U.S.-led occupation forces in Iraq, however, declined to comment, but admitted a number of anti-U.S. attacks had been carried out in the airport area and its surrounding suburbs, blaming, in the mean time, remnants of the deposed Baath party and loyalists to ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein for such attacks. The message also asserted that there was in no way any link between the resistance operations and the latest audio tapes of Saddam, which were broadcast on Arab satellite channels. It further dismissed the alleged audio tapes as an attempt to "steal the limelight from the resistance and cast a fake glory on a totalitarian regime that was the cause of the appalling conditions and great suffering of the Iraqi people, not to mention the U.S. occupation." "Nope, Sammyâs boys ainât got nuthing to do with it." A tape attributed to the toppled Iraqi president was broadcast Tuesday, July 8, by Aljazeera, calling on the Iraqis to unite and throw out the occupying U.S.-led forces from their country. It was the second broadcast message in four days to be attributed to Saddam. The earlier one, put out Friday, July 4, by Aljazeera and was deemed to be probably authentic by experts of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Residents from the airport area told IOL that the explosions and resistance operations against the U.S. troops in the area always coincided with the second Takbira (Allah is Greatest) of the dawn Adhan (call to prayer). Thatâs nice to know, weâll plan accordingly. A message e-mailed to IOL last month, attributed to the Iraqi resistance, said its fighters had recently launched 14 al-Samoud 2 missiles at the a camp of the U.S. occupation soldiers in the airport area, destroying 23 helicopters, killing more than 20 soldiers and officers and injuring 30 others. Damm, another cover-up! Does CNN know about this? Posted by: Steve 2003-07-10 |
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