Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

al-Qaida Head Justifies Targeting Johnson
Yahoo News ^ | 6/20/04 | AP

Posted on 06/20/2004 8:13:25 AM PDT by kattracks

CAIRO, Egypt - The head of the al-Qaida cell that killed Paul M. Johnson Jr. justified targeting the American engineer in a message written before he himself was killed in a gunbattle with Saudi security forces.

In an article posted Sunday on a Web site used by Islamic radicals, Abdulaziz al-Moqrin called Johnson "an infidel, a warrior of the military."

Johnson, who had worked on Apache helicopters for Lockheed Martin in Saudi Arabia, "works for military aviation and he belongs to the American army, which kills, tortures and harms Muslims everywhere, which supports enemies (of Islam) in Palestine, Philippines, Kashmir (news - web sites)," al-Moqrin wrote.

The article, posted on the Web site "Sout al-Jihad," or "Voice of Holy War," was written after the kidnapping but apparently before Johnson was killed on Friday.

Al-Moqrin replied to critics urging the release of Johnson, saying: "Do those people want to see this infidel carry on the killing of the children and the raping of the women in Baghdad and Kabul?"

Al-Moqrin, believed to be the top al-Qaida figure in Saudi Arabia, was killed along with three other militants in a Riyadh gunbattle Friday night, hours after photos of Johnson's body and severed head were posted on Web site.



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: almoqrin; alqaeda; authoritarian; intolerant; islam; jihad; muslims; paulmjohnson; terror; totalitarian

1 posted on 06/20/2004 8:13:25 AM PDT by kattracks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: kattracks

Whatever. You're dead now, dude.


2 posted on 06/20/2004 8:16:15 AM PDT by randog (Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: randog

Well, so let's provide them with the same justice that they mete out. Just think of all the money we would save if we behead the Guantanamo detainees and from here out we execute terrorists on the spot. Fair's fair!


3 posted on 06/20/2004 8:28:19 AM PDT by Young Werther
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: All

This whole tragedy is really a "Darwin Award for Muslims" event. They killed Johnson, someone who meant nothing to them and wound up losing one of their top leaders and a few more.


4 posted on 06/20/2004 8:32:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: randog
Dang right, who cares, he's dead now. Let him go play with his 72 virgins. What a joke. The bast--d, if true, maybe his thing will fall off.
5 posted on 06/20/2004 8:40:16 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: randog

To be more accurate, it should read "Al Qaida Justifies Targeting Johnson Head"


6 posted on 06/20/2004 9:11:46 AM PDT by Ronly Bonly Jones (truth is truth)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Logical me

Demons have no genitals. So all are by definition "virgins."


7 posted on 06/20/2004 9:12:27 AM PDT by Ronly Bonly Jones (truth is truth)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Young Werther
from here out we execute terrorists on the spot.

FWIW, the head of the Indonesian navy recently authorized that pirates caught in the Strait of Malaca be killed on the spot, no questions asked (unless they beg for forgiveness).

8 posted on 06/20/2004 9:15:12 AM PDT by angkor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Sacajaweau
This whole tragedy is really a "Darwin Award for Muslims" event.

The jihadis' entire "movement" is a Darwin winner.

The best example being the Jakarta JW Marriott bombing with 95 Muslim casualities (killed and injured).

And the Taliban, and OBL in hiding, and Fallujah (residents now victimized by jihadis), etc etc etc. Their gains are minimal, and with extraordinary losses to their adherents.

9 posted on 06/20/2004 9:19:53 AM PDT by angkor
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

Wonder who dared to come claim the bodies for burial and where will they be buried at? Will there be a mob scene carrying the coffins through the streets? Can we arrest/kill the "mourners"? We never get the "details". I want to know funeral arrangements.


10 posted on 06/20/2004 10:29:38 AM PDT by daybreakcoming
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: angkor
The Phantom has been battling those pirates for hundreds of years. What he needs is some reinforcements!
11 posted on 06/20/2004 10:49:51 AM PDT by Young Werther
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Sacajaweau
"This whole tragedy is really a "Darwin Award for Muslims" event. They killed Johnson, someone who meant nothing to them and wound up losing one of their top leaders and a few more."

Excellent observation.

12 posted on 06/20/2004 10:54:25 AM PDT by trisham
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Logical me

"Let him go play with his 72 virgins. What a joke."

Since this cheap bastard is stewing in hell, his virgins:

1. All look like Madeline Half-bright, or

2. Are all demons.


13 posted on 06/20/2004 10:56:57 AM PDT by Levante
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
The head of the al-Qaida cell that killed Paul M. Johnson Jr.

Nice choice of words.

14 posted on 06/20/2004 8:54:44 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

WOW, is he going to be surprised when he tries to get into heaven and finds out there was no raping of women and killing of children, except for his buddies who aren't particular who they blow up and kill.


15 posted on 06/20/2004 8:59:11 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson