Posted on 09/22/2004 3:31:37 AM PDT by Nepalis
By JAMAL HALABY, Associated Press Writer
AMMAN, Jordan - The spiritual leader of the most active insurgency group in Iraq (news - web sites), Tawhid and Jihad, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike and his Jordanian family is preparing a wake, a Jordanian newspaper and Islamic clerics said Wednesday.
Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, was killed when a missile hit the car he was traveling in on Friday in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, said the clerics, who have close ties to the family. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
Al-Shami was an aide to Tawhid and Jihad's leader, the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The al-Qaida-linked group is blamed for some of the biggest attacks in Iraq, such as the bombing of the U.N. headquarters last year, and the beheadings of foreign hostages. Al-Zarqawi is believed to have personally decapitated the American hostage Eugene Armstrong on Monday.
Al-Shami, a Jordanian of Palestinian extraction who was also known as Omar Yousef Jumah, was believed to be the voice on several audio tapes that Tawhid and Jihad released via the Internet. In one such tape in August, a speaker identified as al-Shami said the militants planned to kill Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, soldiers and police officers.
"We will not allow you to destroy our hopes in this blessed holy war, and we will not let you steal our bright tomorrow, which is now appearing on the horizon," the speaker said on the tape.
The an independent Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad quoted al-Shami's family on Wednesday as confirming the death. It said the family was preparing a wake in the east Amman suburb where al-Shami lived before he went to Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion last year.
The pan-Arab satellite television Al-Jazeera reported al-Shami's death earlier in the week, quoting unidentified relatives.
RIP(Rest in Pieces)Sheik
advice to whomever designs operations: MOAB the wake.
Someone who knows the hiding places in a mosque.
200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children
to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead
because their legends tell of fire from the sky.
I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth,
shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines
because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters
crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.
I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with
"If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you",
and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obesience.
I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology
will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea
.. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.
(Original created by BlueLancer ... 13 September 2001)
(Thanks to HiJinx for the accompanying pictures)
He was REAL dissappointed when all 72 had the name Bubba. All the Bubbas were dressed in flowing silk with sequins attached.
they have just killed the two americans in iraq...
Italy is with you.
We'll not surrender.
THANK YOU GUYS
Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami - meet Hellfire Missle, Hellfire Missle - meet Sheik Abu Anas al-Sham.........
Allah be praised! :-)
They call this guy a Militant Spiritual Leader. Where do they come up with this euphemistic crap? They didn't call David Koresh a Militant Spiritual LEader, they called him an Extremist. In spite of the rumors about his conduct, I don't recall him cutting off anyone's head. I suppose Reuters doesn't want to make any terrorists mad at them, so they just say "militant." I hope and pray to God that enough people recognize the facts about terrorism in this world, and stop listening to Reuters. I already have given up on Yahoo! as any serious Internet content provider, they are the CBS of the internet.
Yeah - he's sitting in Hell right now, hitting himself in the head with his palm, and saying "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! ..."
Medved talking about it now. This is the spiritual leader of the thugs who just cut off the heads of two Americans.
Hope Zarqawi is next.I'd like to see him captured and put in Guantanamo. Would be great pre-election stuff. Second only to capturing UBL.
But apparently the Marine generals agree with many of the field commanders here on FR. See: http://www.marinetimes.com/story.php?f=1-MARINEPAPER-356833.php
say hello to Hitler, Ted Bundy, John Gacey, and the rest of your goof ball psycho pals that went on before you...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
O.K. old story...but...Terrorist dies and goes to see Allah.
When he opens his eyes he get smacked in the face and falls down. Stunned he looks up and see George Washington..
how can this be he yells.
GW tells him..Well it seems that there was a little misprint in the Koran...you see it says 72 Virginians not 72 Virgins...and I'd like to introduce you to my friend
Thomas Jefferson....SMACK....
Four of the first five presidents came from Virginia.
1st President
George Washington
2nd President
John Adams (from Massachusetts)
3rd President
Thomas Jefferson
4th President
James Madison
5th President
James Monroe
Was that "Mericans" or "Mexicans" ??
Just checking...LOL....
U.S. Army soldiers take cover in a building after their Bradley fighting vehicle was disabled by a roadside bomb during a major incursion into the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
U.S. Army soldiers rest inside their Bradley fighting vehicle during a 24-hour operation during a major incursion into the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
U.S. Army soldiers bail out after their Bradley fighting vehicle was disabled by a roadside bomb during a major incursion into the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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