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."
Zarqawi's outfit can film a promotional video while operating under fire in Iraq. Osama bin Laden is supposed to be sitting safe in tribal regions of Pakistan and we get nothing about current events from him. Sez to me that Binny has been dead for some time and Zarqawi wants the gold turban. Yes, I know that he's not part of the Saudi Master Race, maybe he doesn't think that should stop him.
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07/06/2004 9:42:23 AM ||
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Whatâs 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 wouldnât 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 âsafeâ 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.
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.
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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'...
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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.
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07/06/2004 04:10 ||
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it requires a local referer, to get it to work
goto the link, then type http://symbolictruth.fateback.com
in your address bar, hit enter, then after it loads hit the back space (returning you to the image link) it will now show normally
(worked on mozilla)
The man in the soundproof broadcast booth wearing headphones and an intense gaze is discussing Saudi Arabian history with radio listeners this evening, but itâs not the kind the Saudi government would endorse.
Saad Faqih recites a list of "massacres and assassinations" that he alleges were carried out by the late Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, modern Saudi Arabiaâs first king, in his rise to power nearly 100 years ago. Then Faqih pauses to take calls from listeners phoning in from his homeland to offer their own impassioned accounts of the royal familyâs alleged transgressions.
Really long but really good, much more at the link.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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