Posted on 11/18/2005 2:42:06 AM PST by Jim Robinson
November 18, 2005 -- The world's most feared terrorist mastermind, who has been responsible for a two-year campaign of violence in Iraq, is planning to turn his sights on moderate regimes in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, where he intends to spread his ruthless brand of jihad. An investigation into Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, has revealed that the former petty criminal from Jordan has built up a formidable terrorist network that stretches from Britain to Afghanistan and covers many countries in between.
Once regarded as a brutal but relatively minor figure in the al Qaeda hierarchy, Zarqawi has outstripped his mentor, Osama bin Laden, who has not been heard of for a year.
Zarqawi commands more people, has access to greater funds and enjoys growing support among young Muslims drawn to his slick Web sites, which give lurid details of his latest attacks on "infidels."
A recent study about Iraq's insurgency by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington estimated that 3,000 foreign fighters had gone to Iraq to join the terrorist bands.
Now, battle-hardened, they form the vanguard of a "foreign legion" ready to take the jihad to their homelands in what U.S. intelligence officials refer to as "bleed-out."
The National Counterterrorism Center believes that Zarqawi's network extends to 40 countries and that he has developed links with 24 militant groups worldwide.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Hard to know if he's the worst enemy or whether the Murtha's of this country are.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murder is less to fear."
Marcus Tullius Cicero - Roman Statesman - Speech in the Roman Senate - 42 B.C.
Of which 2,000 have either blown themselves up or been shot by American and Iraqi forces. Keep em coming.
"ZARQAWI'S PLOT TO SEND ARMIES OF MURDER ALL OVER WORLD"
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"TERRORISM IS GLOBAL.
TERRORISTS ARE GLOBAL.
Jihad -- another day." -Cindy
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"Now, battle-hardened, they form the vanguard of a "foreign legion",,,"
Battle-hardened from what? Hiding behind bushes setting off remote bombs?
Osama bin Laden: The Christian right's kind of enemy, says Duke prof.
His comrads in murder who are burning in hell want icewater too.
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I wonder how many of these jihadis have already crossed our southern border, waiting for orders to attack...
If the democrats succeed in withdrawing from Iraq, Zarqawi will eventually do something to make 9/11 look small.
Send some to Delaware, Ohio. Based on my last hunt, I need the practice.
bump and thanks.
Gee, what's missing from this list?
Dont distrub John Murtha, he is hiding under the bed hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the real heroes of America are doing the job we sent them overseas to do.
I hope the next terrorist strike, and there will be one, is in Murtha's district. He can then stand in the well of the House screaming about the need to defend America and Pennsylvania. Go to hell Murtha.
i HAVE A RECURRING DREAN THAT i AM CHANNEL SUFING AND WATCHING A NEWSCAST WITH THE CAPITOL IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEN SEE ONLY A FLASH OF BRIGHT LIGHT.
Congressman Martha and his ilk are nearly as bad.
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