So, what's it take to be a terrorist movements 'spiritual leader,' other than being a total A-hole?
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.
bttt
"Why don't you put a little ice on that..."
Bye bye, evil goon.
target the wake, you know there will be bad guys there.
So, what's it take to be a terrorist movements 'spiritual leader,' other than being a total A-hole?
Ping !
Sounds like a great place to drop a few more.
It's not like they don't already hate us.
This almost makes it sound like the guy was just unlucky and got caught in the crossfire. In fact, it looks like we are using intelligence on the ground and Israeli tactics to take the big guys down one at a time.
I wonder how disappointed this guy is that the 72 virgins weren't waiting for him on the other side.
Agreed. Target the wake. That's what the Islmofacists would do to us.
When you kill enough of the enemy, they stop fighting. That's the problem with this war. The coalition is too squeamish about killing, unlike the enemy.
Buh-Bye!!
I wonder if he had a shiny new car?
If we don't have the body I wouldn't believe a word of it.
Too easy to pretend like they're dead so we aren't looking for them anymore. A few fake funerals and there free to move around again.
YAAAAAHHHH!!! GET YA SOME, MUF@@@@!sand-boy
We will not stand idly by while you slaughter our good men.
steve w
That's great news. I knew we were on his trail because we were finding the bodies so soon after the beheadings. Chalk on up for the good guys!
US forces should dip each cartridge and missile with finely powdered pig blood and relay this policy to the enemy.
Good Idea !
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