It has been determined that the man captured in 'Iraq yesterday was not al-Baghdadi but the leader of an al-Qaeda group distinct from the Islamic State of 'Iraq.
In Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden celebrated his 50th birthday, with Taliban troops around the country praying for him to live another "200 years". A spokesman for the Taliban described the prayers as "long"¹. The Taliban has also stated that it will "slaughter" a captured journalist unless two of its spokesmen are released and the Italian government sets a withdrawal date. It has given Italy one week to comply. The journalist, Daniele Mastrogicomo, has been accused of being a coalition spy, a charge his colleagues deny.
¹Source: Al-Jazeera
About Me
- Sergei Andropov
- I am a 23 year old recent graduate in California. I started this blog because the War on Terror — the war we should actually be fighting — has been almost completely overshadowed by the War in 'Iraq. For the record, "Sergei Andropov" is just a screen-name.
5 comments:
Can you imagine if WW2 had been fought with the critics around in our day? What in the world were we doing fighting a war in Europe? The young men dying, the liberals in DC spending our money like it was carbon credits. Those 40's democrats were evil.
Sorry about your fires. God protect you and your town.
Mr. Martin,
I'm not quite sure just what you're referring to.
Mr. Onions,
As it happened, the Republican Party did grumble quite a bit about how involved we were were getting in the war in Europe. That grumbling stopped when Japan declared war on us and we were involuntarily thrown into— and nearly lost— a war to defend ourselves. By the time we had managed to stop the Japanese advance, we had thoroughly become one of the Allied forces, and thus participated in the Allied campaigns in Europe. We did not attack the Axis. The Axis attacked us. Likewise, 'Iraq did not attack us, whereas al-Qaeda did; this is why liberals tend to oppose the war in 'Iraq and support the war in Afghanistan.
Would you conder the passports of the terrorists in 9-11 as enough proof that Saudi Arabia attacked us?
Mr. Martin,
No. The notion that Saudi Arabia was in league with al-Qaeda is about as likely as that Saddam Hussein did. One of the main reasons Osama's so pissed off at us is that we are preventing him from torching Riyadh.
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