Actually, it's only one virgin, to be shared among the 72 pieces of this now-dead POS.
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.
We have no problems with killing the "bad guys". We do it quite well and with frequency. We prefer to be selective and precise. Kinda like snipers,a more refined "terror".
Having said that I do understand your anger and frustration. But we have to do this right and that takes time and patience. What the terrorist hope is we run out of patience and they win by default(vietnam).
We stay the course and make abdula afraid to have a bowel movement in a fully enclosed room for fear of a TOW thru the wall or a Mk82LGB thru the ceiling. That FRiend is terror.....and victory
The Israelis offered advice when we went into Iraq about patrolling the neighborhoods that we oringinally ignored. Now I think we've been given a little more advice. WE've got tracking technology, GPS, real time communication, lasers, choppers with fire and forget missles and pilots that grew up playing Nintendo/Sony Play station... = dead muslim terrorists.
too bad, so sad.
Good, Pong
Excellent statement. And thank you for your service to our country.
May there be more wakes of insurgent bigwigs in the near future.
===I wonder if he had a shiny new car?===
You can't miss it now. It's black with really big windows.
Is it just me, or did the irony meter just go off the scale? (c8
""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."
Sounds like a great plan to me - Let Iraq become the place where terrorists go to die.
Draw them in to fight their jihad, and send them home in a Hefty Bag...
Kerry would rather they fight in Detroit...
Target the wake in Jordan? Boy that would be reeeal smart.
BTW we are killing plenty of these aholes even if not enough for the "are we there yet?" crowd.
Actually, it's only one virgin, to be shared among the 72 pieces of this now-dead POS.
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
"Are we there yet?" "No."
A wake, eh? Perhaps I could contribute a nice ham?
In this picture supplied by the family in Amman, Jordan , Wednesday Sept. 23, 2004, this is Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, was killed in a U.S. airstrike when a missile hit the car he was traveling in on Friday in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu-Ghraib, claimed the clerics who have close ties to the family. They spoke on condition of anonymity. . Al-Shami was the spiritual leader of the most active insurgency group in Iraq, Tawhid and Jihad, . (AP Photo)
It's just you..... ;-)
Note that if this "spiritual leader" is in Baghdad, Zarqawi is probably there too -- Sadr City, most likely.
An injured Iraqi man is taken to the Emam Ali hospital in Sadr City in Baghdad, September 22, 2004. U.S. tanks raided the Baghdad Shi'ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City in the early hours of Wednesday as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said. A U.S. military spokesman in the Iraqi capital confirmed that an operation was under way but would give no details. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
In this picture supplied by the family in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2004, Sheik Abu Anas al-Shami, 35, left, sits next to his son Malek, right. al-Shami was killed Friday, Sept. 17 when a U.S. airstrike hit the car in which he was travelling in the west Baghdad suburb of Abu-Ghraib. al-Shami was an aide to Tawhid and Jihad's leader, the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. 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. (AP Photo)
Iraqi militiamen prepare anti-tank grenades as civilians look on during fighting with U.S. forces in Sadr City in Baghdad, September 22, 2004. U.S. tanks raided the Baghdad Shi'ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City in the early hours of Wednesday as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said. A U.S. military spokesman in the Iraqi capital confirmed that an operation was under way but would give no details. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
Iraqi militia fighters take cover near fighting with U.S. forces in Sadr City in Baghdad, September 22, 2004. U.S. tanks raided the Baghdad Shi'ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City in the early hours of Wednesday as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said. A U.S. military spokesman in the Iraqi capital confirmed that an operation was under way but would give no details. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
An Iraqi man prepares to fire an anti tank missile at U.S. forces in Sadr City in Baghdad, September 22, 2004. U.S. tanks raided the Baghdad Shi'ite Muslim stronghold of Sadr City in the early hours of Wednesday as aircraft bombed the area and helicopters flew low overhead, witnesses said. A U.S. military spokesman in the Iraqi capital confirmed that an operation was under way but would give no details. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
People grieve for relatives killed in an U.S. offensive in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday Sept. 22, 2004. U.S. aircraft and tanks attacked rebel positions as fierce fighting erupted early Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, killing at least 10 people and injuring 92 others, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
That is what I said last night. The bodies of the 2 decapitated American hostages bodies were disposed and found in or near Baghdad.
All I can say is WOOOHOOO! Make 'em hot boys! Love that Israeli favorite...today a hamas leader was killed (weekly) I would love to see that one piece of news every so often here.. today another Al Queda leader was killed when his car exploded... FROM A MISSILE
al-Shami killed by el-bombie!
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