Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Like Money From Home
The recently de-classified letter from Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda's number two, to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, its chief in Iraq, is great news. Now even senior al Qaeda is saying to junior al Qaeda in Iraq: "You suck," although you wouldn't know it from the AFP story, which leads with this whitewash:
A captured letter shows Al-Qaeda positioning itself for a US defeat in Iraq, but struggling to curb a top leader whose campaign of beheadings and attacks on Shiites is costing the extremist movement popular support.
I think a better lead would be: "A captured letter shows al Qaeda in Iraq losing the war due to faulty tactics." Positioning themselves for a US defeat in Iraq, my left toe. Positioning themselves for a continued ass-whupping is more like it.
I have three children in college now, who only talk to me when they need money, so I certainly recognize this part of the letter:
The brothers informed me that you suggested to them sending some assistance. Our situation since Abu-al-Faraj is good by the grace of God, but many of the lines have been cut off. Because of this, we need a payment while new lines are being opened. So, if you're capable of sending a payment of approximately 100,000 [units of currency] we'll be very grateful to you.
Original al Qaeda is not only unable to send the requested cash, but is reduced to asking its franchisee Zarqawi for 100 K. I'd say the whole world-wide domination thing might not be going exactly as planed. If they weren't blowing up women and children and chopping off heads here and there, we'd be laughing at them.
This photo, also from AFP, tells a tale to the informed, with nary a caption needed.
A captured letter shows Al-Qaeda positioning itself for a US defeat in Iraq, but struggling to curb a top leader whose campaign of beheadings and attacks on Shiites is costing the extremist movement popular support.
I think a better lead would be: "A captured letter shows al Qaeda in Iraq losing the war due to faulty tactics." Positioning themselves for a US defeat in Iraq, my left toe. Positioning themselves for a continued ass-whupping is more like it.
I have three children in college now, who only talk to me when they need money, so I certainly recognize this part of the letter:
The brothers informed me that you suggested to them sending some assistance. Our situation since Abu-al-Faraj is good by the grace of God, but many of the lines have been cut off. Because of this, we need a payment while new lines are being opened. So, if you're capable of sending a payment of approximately 100,000 [units of currency] we'll be very grateful to you.
Original al Qaeda is not only unable to send the requested cash, but is reduced to asking its franchisee Zarqawi for 100 K. I'd say the whole world-wide domination thing might not be going exactly as planed. If they weren't blowing up women and children and chopping off heads here and there, we'd be laughing at them.
This photo, also from AFP, tells a tale to the informed, with nary a caption needed.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 11:40 PM 
