This is from a translation of al-Qaeda’s statement confirming Osama bin Laden’s death:
Even when the Americans managed to kill Osama, they managed to do ONLY that by disgrace and betrayal. Men and heroes only should be confronted in the battlefields but at the end, that’s God’s fate.
I’m sorry, but is the group famous for blowing up embassies and hijacking airplanes and crashing them into skyscrapers and blowing up subways and buses and killing thousands of civilians around the world actually complaining that the U.S. Navy SEALs didn’t meet Osama on the battlefield?
You want to fight on a battlefield, then stay and fight at Tora Bora, you cowards. Don’t spend the better part of a decade hiding in Pakistani suburbs.
Also, the statement on OBL’s death refers to “Osama’s eyes.” I think it’s now just “eye” singular, fellas.
Moreover, we warn the Americans of any injustice to be made to the corpse of Sheikh Osama, God’s mercy be upon him or that he will be mistreated in any despicable manner and this warning includes the mistreatment of any member of the sheikh’s honorable family whether they are dead or alive and that the bodies must be handed over to the families because any inappropriate treatment will open the doors of double evil and you.
Oh noooooosssss! Not the doors of double evil!!!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDouble Evil... is that like, the opposite of a 'Double Rainbow'?
Completely agree with this article.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSo let me see if I have this straight: If you massacre thousands of people but manage to get back into your house, you're safe as long as you're hiding inside.
If only al Qaeda had informed Obama and Seal Team 6 of the rules ahead of time, this whole senseless tragedy could have been avoided.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOsama was just the latest beneficiary of the US government's program (from the Bush era) to help middle eastern fanatics. Thousands of them have expressed their desire to kill the infidel, but lacked the cash to actually travel to America to do so, and also were without the education that would allow them to function in a modern society.
The solution for this was to sned the infidels to them! You want to kill Americans? Fine, we'll send some right to your house/hut/hovel. Give it your best shot. You'll know they're Americans because that's what the "US" in front of "Army" and "Marines" stands for.
P. S. Is it true that "Hello, virgins," is Arabic for "seals"?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWow. Talk about hypocrisy. Al Qaeda, a group that has no problem blowing up mosques with women and children in them, talking about fairness and honor.
I would respond appropriately, but that sort of language is not permitted at NRO.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse