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| Is this our own Dan Darling with an article in the Daily Standard? |
| 2005-07-22 |
| The Irrelevance of an Oath Zarqawi and bin Laden are brothers in arms. EVER SINCE HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT in October 2002, the origins of Abu Musab Zarqawi and the nature of his ties to Osama bin Laden have been shrouded in controversy. and the writer goes on for two pages of cogent argument. Read the whole thing! :-) Dan Darling is a counter-terrorism consultant for the Manhattan Institute's Center for Policing Terrorism. And the young man plans to graduate from university next May? I don't imagine he'll have to look far for employment! |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #14 the shame of RB is that they didn't exclude me :-P |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-22 22:14 |
| #13 And to think that we knew him when he was just a poster on Rantburg. [sniff] The glory of Rantburg is that we knew such men as these. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-07-22 22:11 |
| #12 even better "Rantburg - Aris free since ...." |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-22 18:52 |
| #11 Fred, time to change the site name to Rantburg, Featuring Dan Darling! |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-07-22 18:48 |
| #10 JFM, noted..thanks. |
| Posted by: RD 2005-07-22 09:09 |
| #9 Afaik the people who had their hats or more exactly turbans nailed to the head were not Italian embassadors but envoys of the Sultan |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-07-22 06:15 |
| #8 Dan, please keep the biscuits and gravy acomming! :) |
| Posted by: niteshift spemble rep. 2005-07-22 04:28 |
| #7 Impalement Impalement was a particulat favorate of Vlad the Impaler. This form of torture/execution involved impaling people on wooden spikes and leaving them to die a horrable and painful slow death. The impalement was often done up the rectum, or sometimes through the stomach or heart. Occastionally, for variety, Vlad would impale people upsidedown through the skull. Sometimes just the head was impaled, but this was more a form of decoration than torture because the owner of the head was usually long dead by the time he was put on display. Disemboweling This could ostensibly be considered a form of execution, in that not too many people can survive having their upper and lower transverse colons and their stomachs surgically removed (without anesthesia of corse) and not put back. Victims of this horrable torment were usually tied to a post or a tree. Their abdomen was then sliced open and their innards pulled out and either left hanging or cut out completely and thrown on the ground. Sometimes the victim was forced to watch his guts set on fire while he was still alive. Needless to say, because of the violent trauma to the body, it did not take long for this form of torture to turn into an execution. Vlad the Impaler was a big fan of disembowelment. Mr. Vlad could we interest you in a Muslim named Abu Musab Zarqawi? Hat Nailing Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for the Dracula legand, came up with this one. Two Italian ambassadors once refused to take off their hats in his presence. Their punishment was having their hats nailed to their heads. You jest Mr. Vlad, Wota sense of humor! btw Mr. Vlad..I don't even own a hat! >:o |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-07-22 04:22 |
| #6 During the Taliban tyranny, jihadists were obliged to make an blood oath (bayat) to fight to the death for bin Laden. Tens of thousands of Muslims are bound by that oath, and millions of Muslimutts are accomplices of these terrorists. |
| Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-07-22 02:57 |
| #5 Well, let's see how much they like my current run on the Daily Standard and find out. After all, the fact that I just happen to writing for them is just a coincidence, not a connection. My buddy Steve Hayes could tell you the difference ... |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-07-22 00:28 |
| #4 Actually, the burning question of the day is if you and the prettiest girl at William and Mary will get to go on the Weekly Standard Pundit Cruise... ;-) |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-07-22 00:25 |
| #3 Well if you want to see what I look like, you can go here and find out. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-07-22 00:21 |
| #2 I'm so proud! *wipes tear* And I expect you to post a nice picture of yourself in your graduation robe upon the occasion next May, 'k? We'll want to see you in all your glory. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-07-22 00:18 |
| #1 Yes, tis me, as is this earlier article from Wednesday. I'll post 'em in full on Rantburg tomorrow morning for you guys to comment on in full. And if anyone is interested in employing a nascent counter-terrorism analyst next May when I graduate from Rockhurst University, feel free to shoot me an e-mail. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-07-22 00:12 |