Posted on 06/25/2007 11:25:30 AM PDT by swarthyguy
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) had tarnished its name here by publicly attacking and murdering children, videotaping beheadings, all while imposing harsh punishments on Iraqi civilians found guilty of violating morality laws prohibiting activities like smoking. The AQI installed Sharia court had sanctioned the amputation of the two “smoking fingers” for those who violated anti-smoking laws. In part because local sentiment was shifting against it, AQI synthesized with other groups and undertook an image makeover, christening itself “The Islamic State of Iraq.” But the new name was just lipstick on a pig here.
On the evening of the 24th I spoke with a local Iraqi official, Colonel Faik, who said the Muftis would order the severance of the two fingers used to hold a cigarette for any Iraqis caught smoking. Other reports, from here in Diyala and also in Anbar, allege that smokers are murdered by AQI. Most Iraqis smoke and this particular prohibition appeared to have earned the ire of many locals. After an American unit cleared an apartment complex on the 23rd, LTC Smiley, the battalion commander, reported that residents didn’t ask for food and water, but cigarettes. In other parts of Baqubah, people have been celebrating the routing of AQI by lighting up and smoking cigarettes.
Other AQI edicts included beatings for men who refused to grow beards, and corporal punishments for obscene sexual suggestiveness, defined by such “loose” behavior as carrying tomatoes and cucumbers in the same bag. These fatwas were not eagerly embraced by most Iraqis, and the taint traveled back to the Muftis who sat in supreme judgment. Locals, who are increasingly helpful in pointing out and celebrating the downfall of AQI here, said that during the initial Arrowhead Ripper attack the morning of the 19th, AQI murdered five men. Townsend’s men found the buried corpses behind an AQI prison, exactly where they’d been told to look for the group grave. Locals also directed Townsend’s men to a torture house. Peering through a window, American soldiers saw knives, swords, bindings and drills. AQI is well-known for its macabre eagerness to drill into kneecaps, elbows, ribs, skulls, and other parts of victims.
One local Mufti who was said to have always worn a hood and sunglasses—and to have somehow disguised his voice—was pointed out to the Iraqi Army this weekend, who promptly captured him. Iraqi officials said today that although they did not previously know that this man was a Mufti, his name had been on their target list. The Mufti is being questioned and his name has not been released.
Be thankful I didn’t corrupt you with peaches, pears and kiwis that were sliced in half and placed next to zucchinis.
If you can get past the hail of .30cal, come on over here a lop a finger or two off this smoker. I'll assume you to be sarcastic, but just in case. Blackbird.
I wish somebody would try to cut my finger off because I smoke. That´s just the way they would find the son of a bitch.
And if AQ adopts the same strategy?
Is every American nonsmokers enabling Jihad?
LOL, you’re really getting a kick out of yanking people’s chains over this. Glad to see you again, I thought you’d left us forever.
You are having waaaaay too much fun with this. ;-)
"Bukhari:V1B3N68 "Muhammad used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable time, so that we might not get bored. He abstained from pestering us with sermons and knowledge."
Seems to have worked.
Gracias, senora.
Been Lurkin’, frustrated.
2000+ days after 11/9 and Osama is Free and Alive.
New Saudi Masjid in Boston, footbaths in bathrooms, kids on shahada schooltrips etc etc etc.
I read Jihadwatch and fume (methaphorically speaking.
I dare you to walk under a GZ NoSmoking sign and light up.
Oh, never mind, the Iraqis prolly do that all the time.
No, no, no, GREEN is the color.
See, more commonalities. Our GREENS and their GREENS.
Who needs an effing rainbow? WE GREEN.
Inshallah!
Ping
Argh, PLEASE don't make me lose my lunch!
...Tossed salad with dinner tonight for sure.
Really, they get turned on by enflamed red and mold green things?
YUK. Gives a good insight into how twisted what passes for their minds are. I wonder what they cut off if you get caught with a pet parrot?
I know how you feel.
Not too far from the solutions imposed by the statists in this country.
Exactimundo. Just a difference of means and degrees, the ends are justified.
We’re six degrees from AQ!
And goats, too. Don't forget the goats.
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