Al Qaeda responds to al-Zarqawi’s death
Gee, it must really be nice to be a whacked out Islamist. If you get blown to bits it’s a victory. If you don’t, it’s also a victory. It’s just a win-win situation all around!
“We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the mujahed sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
“The death of our leaders is life for us. It will only increase our persistence in continuing holy war so that the word of God will be supreme.
“We tell our sheik and emir, Usama bin Laden, God protect him, that your soldiers of Al Qaeda in Iraq are carrying on in the same plan set by sheik Abu Musab.”
— “Abu Abdel-Rahman al-Iraqi,” identified as the deputy “emir” or leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq on a Web site used by Al Qaeda.
Meanwhile, the good folks over at ABC News actually have the audacity to question whether killing al-Zarqawi might do more harm than good! Here’s a guy who has operated an Al Qaeda network in Iraq, murdering many innocent civilians, and ABC thinks maybe we should have just left him in place to keep doing what he’s been doing.
ABC News’ Arabic interpreter Rhonda Webster has been translating Arab-world sentiment and said Iraqi experts, for the most part, admit that al-Zarqawi represented a group that lives according to an ideology that has spread to many countries. Webster said the early signs seem to indicate that Iraqi civilians will most likely not experience much change as a result of al-Zarqawi’s killing.
More Harm Than Good
Depending on whom you ask, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death won’t necessarily improve the situation in the war on terror.
Hassan Salman, an Iraqi expert from Beirut, Lebanon, said, “I think al-Zarqawi’s followers and Islamic groups will increase their violence and attacks following today’s events in Iraq and worldwide.”
Also from Beirut, Saddam al-Boud, president of the National Front for Iraqi People, told Al Jazeera, “The death of al-Zarqawi will not mark any decrease in the resistance operation. The resistance will continue and become stronger, but the perpetrators will be fought until Iraq is liberated.”
Echoing al-Boud’s feelings, Taliban spokesman Mohammed Hanif said, “[Al-]Zarqawi’s death will not affect our activity in Afghanistan or the activities of our Muslim brothers in Iraq or in the rest of the world.”
That’s great. Ask a member of the Taliban whether he thinks al-Zarqawi’s death is a good thing. I’m sure you’ll get a really meaningful answer.
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