This can’t be true....but then I wouldn’t put much past those people.
Yes, I agree that this might be one of those sick Islamic urban legends. There are so many, and this follows the pattern.
I’d require more evidence to declare this as truth.
I’m not saying al Qaeda isn’t capable of such an act - or that past evidence doesn’t support them doing such a thing - I just think it is hyperbole.
Did you pursue the link?
In a village that was purged by al Qaeda, Iraqi troops working with US troops were digging up tortured bodies. There is a photo of a mat covered with the severed heads of children.
Why would you not believe al Qaeda capable of such cruelty? I have read about this same technique used by a now defunct guerrilla group operating in Afrtica.