Posted on 08/07/2004 2:23:06 AM PDT by aculeus
Militants loyal to top al-Qaeda suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have released a video which apparently shows a US citizen being beheaded.
The man says he is from San Francisco, Reuters news agency says. It is unclear if and when he was taken hostage.
Zarqawi militants have previously released footage of at least three hostages being decapitated.
They include a US businessman, a South Korean translator and a third man said to be a Bulgarian lorry driver.
Bastards!
Bastards!
That's no way to talk about the "Religion of Peace" - We should try to understand why they did it and see if we can make it up to them so they will forgive us.
On 2nd thought - kill the bastards!
Stay Strong
Fuzzy
Onward Muslim Soldiers - ping. (another holy beheading in the name of aller)
GD SOB MF'S CS'S P!
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE FROM THE LEFT, ARABS, ROP, DEMOC-RATS??????????????
After an Islamist rampage in the Saudi town of Khobar on May 29-30 that ended in the death of twenty-two persons, survivors of that atrocity have recounted how the terrorists went to great lengths to ensure that they would kill only non-Muslims. Their actions raise a delicate but urgent issue: how might non-Muslims best protect themselves if caught in such a situation? Even as the massacre was underway, the terrorists took pains to distinguish Muslims from non-Muslims. Here are some of the survivors testimonies: Hazem Al-Damen, Muslim, Jordanian: two terrorists knocked on his door and asked him and others hiding whether they were Muslims or Christians. On hearing Muslims, the assailants told them to stay in the room because their purpose was to rid the country of Americans and Europeans. Abu Hashem, 45, Muslim, an Iraqi-American engineer (also called Mike in some accounts): The terrorists demanded his residency card, which documented his religion (Muslim) and nationality (American). That combination provoked an argument between two terrorists. Hes an American, we should shoot him, said one. We dont shoot Muslims, replied the other. The two went back and forth until the latter decided it: Dont be afraid. We wont kill Muslims, even if you are an American. With this decision, the terrorists turned polite, even apologizing for breaking into Abu Hashems home, searching it, and leaving blood stains on his carpet. Abdul Salam al-Hakawati, 38, Muslim, a Lebanese corporate financial officer: He and his family hid upstairs in their house after hearing gunfire. Downstairs, they heard the terrorists break in and rummage around before one apparently noticed framed Koranic verses on the wall and announced to the others, This is a Muslim house. When a heavily armed terrorist came upstairs, Al-Hakawati confirmed his identity by greeting the assailant with Assalamu Alaykum, the Muslim greeting. Nizar Hajazeen, Christian, a Jordanian software businessmen: He hid with another Jordanian in a room but they opened the door when two armed young men banged violently on it. The terrorists asked the identity of the Jordanians, Arab or Westerners. Were Arab, came the response. Each was then asked, A Christian or a Muslim? Both claimed to be Muslims and showed a Koran as proof. Taking care to kill only non-Muslims appears to be in response to widespread Saudi criticism of Islamist terrorism directed against Muslims; Saudis seem to agree that murder is a tool suitably directed only against non-Muslims, as two quotes suggest: Abdelaziz Raikhan, a maintenance man for the Saudi security forces, responded to the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Riyadh that killed 5 people and wounded 148 on April 21, accusing the perpetrators of being mentally ill.
Theres not one American in this entire area. Not one! What kind of jihad is this? Mohsen al-Awaji, a Saudi lawyer, suggests that terrorists should be encouraged by the authorities to go to the many occupied territories that require resistance, such as in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Palestinian Authority, and Chechnya. If someone decides to go, we wish him luck. Hes going to die anyway, so let him die there while achieving something, not die here and kill innocents with him. Nor is this the first time Islamists have specifically targeted infidels. In Malaysia in 2000, for example, jihadists purposefully killed two non-Muslim hostages and spared two others, both Muslims. In Pakistan in 2002, a police chief noted killers took a good fifteen minutes in segregating the Christians and making sure that each one of their targets gets the most horrific death. The murderers separated Christians from Muslims by requiring each hostage to recite a verse from the Koran. Those who could not were shot. In all these cases, non-Muslims facing jihadists could have saved themselves by passing as Muslims. There are several ways they could have done this. They might have greeted their potential murderers with Assalamu alaykum (which, ironically, means peace be with you). They might have recited in Arabic the Shahada, the Islamic statement of faith. Or they might have recited in Arabic the first sura (chapter) of the Koran, the essential prayer of Islam called the Fatiha (Opening). In the past, such knowledge would have saved lives. It could probably do so again in the future.
It is time that Bush comes out and says that even when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is over that we will never stop searching, hunting the people who are doing this. Like how the Israeli's hunted down the Munich killers.
I wonder if it could have been the same guy??
These terrorists will always need
to be "brought to Justice", by all
that Bush has said.
Couldn't agree with you more!</p>
We need to get this Zarqawi garbage and get him soon. Preferably NOT alive.
And while we're at it...al-Sadr is surrounded in Najaf. Why the heck is he still breathing???
{venting}
The day will come when my God will judge these men and their false gods. I will now propose a toast to that moment.
And while we're at it...al-Sadr is surrounded in Najaf. Why the heck is he still breathing??? {venting}
Venting is good.
Killing is better.
DemocRATS: It's Bush's fault!
If it ain't him, FNC should be a bit embarrassed
This animal must be hunted down and killed ...no other outcome acceptable.
Sounds like Jews in Europe during WWII. Where is the outrage?
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