Posted on 06/28/2005 8:12:00 AM PDT by jmc1969
Baghdad, 28 June (AKI) - Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been seen handing out money to evacuee families in the small town of al-Karabla, near al-Qaim on the Syrian border, according to a message posted to various Islamist websites, signed by 'Muhib al-Faruq'. The message is headed "Allah is great: an urgent message from a brother from the town of al-Karabla who swears by what he says". In the message, al-Faruq says he has spoken with the "brother" from al-Karabla, who claims al-Qaeda has given some 700 dollars per household to 85 families whose houses have been destroyed in the al-Qaim area.
The "brother" also told him that "fellow mujahadeen Abu Musab" is prepared to compensate people for a mere "spilled glass of water", al-Faruq says in his message.
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Al Capone did the same thing...
Saddam did the same thing. He would use government to curry favor with the populace while bombing the crap out of some of them. Cooperate = get money. Don't cooperate = get killed.
Woner if this is some of Code Pink's $600,000 they donated to "the cause".
Yeah...it looks like somebody is realizing that they have lost the "hearts and minds" of the people. Blowing them up tends to do that.
I seems significant that they are buying peoples support. I would have thought the love of Jihad would be enough motivation.
seems very unlikely.
I wonder if any of the refugees have figured out that he's the reason they had to pack up and run in the first place.
ALMS or ARMS?........
Oh great jihadi compensation lawyers.
we are doomed
Someone pass that story onto our Military intel now so we can do our job and start getting the heck out of there already.
Buying, er, winning hearts and minds ping...
The Terrorists are desperate.
Gee, what a swell guy. Give you alms today, blow you up tomorrow.
So why can't we kill this guy? If he's handing out chump change, if he's buying suicidal lunatics, why can't we get even one nut to sen him to allah?
Because if he is dead, he is a hero. If he is alive and in our custody, he is a failed criminal. No glory, no virgins, no songs of triumph over the infidels. He is a failure, a caged terrorist that will rot in jail and die of natural causes.
Hopefully, someone will realize he's worth more than $700.00 alive or dead.
Your time is coming.
Sooner than you think.
Uday and Qusay aren't regarded that way.
And they're about as dead as you can get.
Sounds like he's trying to win over Patty Murray (D-WA).
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