Confession of Iraqi militant who filmed western hostage's death (MUST READ)

The Sunday Times ^ | June 27, 2004 | Hala Jaber

[MadIvan]

Hey, it worked pretty well in Spain.

I believe the Italians are made of sterner stuff.

Regards, Ivan

[MEG33]

The post had me so angry at the jihadists, at the reporter, at Islamfacists, at dumb dems who see Bush more dangerous than Saddam or Osama or any other terrorists, at Tom Brokow and Madeline Albright, tut tutting on Iraq on MTP...

They are all part of the problem!..I'm sick of every foreign journalist, every foreign leader talking about Abu Ghraib as if we are not addressing the problem and as though it is the most important problem...

.I'm sick of Nancy Pelosi calling for a "Select Committee" on all prisons...I'm sick of pundits whose agenda is to defeat Bush instead of terrorism....Good Grief...We are fighting barbarians.

[R. Scott]

Abu Yussuf said the captors had been paid $4m (£2.2m) to let them live. Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon involved in attempts to broker their release, said he had been told by “sources in Iraq” that $9m (£4.9m) had changed hands.
Nicolo Pollari, the head of Italy’s military intelligence service, insisted no ransom had been paid, but admitted to a parliamentary committee that money had gone to “sources” with evidence that the hostages were alive.

The real reason for the kidnappings. They are nothing but savage criminals, and “cleansing the Middle East of ‘infidels’” is at most secondary.

[R. Scott]

This isn't going to be very helpful if our allies are going to enrich the enemy like this.

It also gives those things reason to kidnap more people.

[daybreakcoming]

Hopefully you understood also that he was just spouting their mantra when he "agreed" with you.

[krunkygirl]

bump and save

[daybreakcoming]

thanks for this eye-opener Ivan as I pick my way through what is BS and what is not.
As for the aerial photos? They could get those off of any news media from the US.

[Tom Jefferson]

While Bush is right in his blunt declaration that we are in a struggle of good verses evil, until he grasps that the evil is Islam his strategy to defeat the evil will be ambivalent, at the very least.

Absolutely right! I couldn't have said it better.

[GeorgiaYankee]

"Know your enemy" bump

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Stultis]

third for not allowing his face to be plastered all over every news publication

I think I found his picture (but then they all look alike to me...):