"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
He even apologized in one of his previous announcements for the barbarous acts of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. I think this 6’ 4” piece of camel dung now realizes his dream of being the khalifa of a restored Islamic super-state was based on nothing more than wishful thinking, and that as his movement disintegrates around him that the price on his head will be too hard for one of his followers to resist (esp. for one disgruntled or disillusioned).