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Posted on 05/25/2005 2:10:21 AM PDT by iso
By Andrew Hammond
13 minutes ago
DUBAI (Reuters) - Supporters of the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, filled Islamist bulletin boards on the Internet with prayers for his recovery on Wednesday after his group said he had been wounded.
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A statement posted on Tuesday on sites used by insurgents called on Muslims to "pray for the healing of our Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from an injury he suffered in the path of God."
Signed in the name of the Al Qaeda Organization for Holy War in Iraq, its authenticity could not be verified. But get-well messages flowed in from dozens of concerned supporters.
Within hours one posting had launched a "million prayers of recovery campaign," quickly garnering over 70 responses.
"Do not be sparing in your prayers for a speedy recovery for the Sheikh and may God return him to the fray in safety," the poster said, signing off with a graphic that featured Zarqawi's face, a bloodied knife and the words "behead."
Zarqawi's group has been one of the leaders of an insurgency that has increased in intensity since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Last year it beheaded a number of hostages and distributed video tapes of the killings on the Internet.
U.S. officials, who have placed a $25 million bounty on Zarqawi's head, think it was the Jordanian himself who decapitated U.S. hostage Nicholas Berg in a May 2004 video.
"O God, take away the pain of Abu Musab, and heal him, since their is no healing or medicine other than from You," wrote a group calling itself the Global Islamic Media Front.
"Take the health and well-being of the kings and tyrants and bestow it upon your servant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," another user said in prayer.
One user sought to reassure readers that "mujahideen in Iraq" revealed to him that Zarqawi had escaped to a neighboring country with a lung wound and breathing difficulties.
Some said the posting about Zarqawi's injury was a lie. "This news is empty of truth and aims to unsettle us. We should check before spreading this kind of thing," one supporter said.
The language of Tuesday's statement indicated Zarqawi could be in serious condition. Using Koranic verses, it noted Prophet Mohammad was injured in battle.
"The injury of our leader is an honor and an incentive to tighten the noose on the enemies of God and a reason to step up our attacks on them," the statement said.
Must....resist....temptation...to post a message to that site.
Ping !
You'd hate to see a terrorist running around half-cocked without getting their facts straight.
70 posts !?! The runaway bride was getting hundreds on multiple threads ;-)
Did Michael Moore send him a autographed picture and a Teddy bear with a balloon?
The media think that's a lot of Supporters .
We support the coalition soldiers.
And half of them were the "Aw Geez" guy.
Plus the "I have no idea what you're talking about so I am going to strap a bomb to myself and kill indiscriminantly" bunny.
ping
"You'd hate to see a terrorist running around half-cocked without getting their facts straight."
Unlike the MSM of course.
;-)
Yahoo , Reuters , CBS , BBC never report .
This seems so much like a "disinformation" ploy to me. Why would they announce that he is wounded? Something else is going on, IMHO.
Love Mikey
They are NOT important.
I think they lie to people of world .
They hope world hate freedom .
An example is NewsWeek .
Political Correctness cannot face truth, iso.
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