"Hey, stop stealing MY ideas!"
Posted on 06/25/2007 11:25:30 AM PDT by swarthyguy
Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) had tarnished its name here by publicly attacking and murdering children, videotaping beheadings, all while imposing harsh punishments on Iraqi civilians found guilty of violating morality laws prohibiting activities like smoking. The AQI installed Sharia court had sanctioned the amputation of the two “smoking fingers” for those who violated anti-smoking laws. In part because local sentiment was shifting against it, AQI synthesized with other groups and undertook an image makeover, christening itself “The Islamic State of Iraq.” But the new name was just lipstick on a pig here.
On the evening of the 24th I spoke with a local Iraqi official, Colonel Faik, who said the Muftis would order the severance of the two fingers used to hold a cigarette for any Iraqis caught smoking. Other reports, from here in Diyala and also in Anbar, allege that smokers are murdered by AQI. Most Iraqis smoke and this particular prohibition appeared to have earned the ire of many locals. After an American unit cleared an apartment complex on the 23rd, LTC Smiley, the battalion commander, reported that residents didn’t ask for food and water, but cigarettes. In other parts of Baqubah, people have been celebrating the routing of AQI by lighting up and smoking cigarettes.
Other AQI edicts included beatings for men who refused to grow beards, and corporal punishments for obscene sexual suggestiveness, defined by such “loose” behavior as carrying tomatoes and cucumbers in the same bag. These fatwas were not eagerly embraced by most Iraqis, and the taint traveled back to the Muftis who sat in supreme judgment. Locals, who are increasingly helpful in pointing out and celebrating the downfall of AQI here, said that during the initial Arrowhead Ripper attack the morning of the 19th, AQI murdered five men. Townsend’s men found the buried corpses behind an AQI prison, exactly where they’d been told to look for the group grave. Locals also directed Townsend’s men to a torture house. Peering through a window, American soldiers saw knives, swords, bindings and drills. AQI is well-known for its macabre eagerness to drill into kneecaps, elbows, ribs, skulls, and other parts of victims.
One local Mufti who was said to have always worn a hood and sunglasses—and to have somehow disguised his voice—was pointed out to the Iraqi Army this weekend, who promptly captured him. Iraqi officials said today that although they did not previously know that this man was a Mufti, his name had been on their target list. The Mufti is being questioned and his name has not been released.
Oh, yes, indeed.
Did you know 60% of Americans said that they would rather be blown up by a non smoking jihadi than be exposed to secondhandsmoke?
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I'm not so sure about that. Liberals are always looking for more ways to control every aspect of your life. Liberalism/Marxism will eventually lead to the same totalitarian system of government Islam is, especially the "one world, one mind, one way of thinking, one government" idiocy the UN elite dream about.
OK, I think I’m in the wrong place.
"Hey, stop stealing MY ideas!"
I believe New York already has a similar law...
These guys are so sexually obsessed that it’s bad for other people’s health.
Dude, be serious for a moment. Are your comments about supporting Al-Qaeda meant serious or in sarcasm? I honestly am not sure about it.
Nice to see you again swarthy...
Smoking is bad but carrying tomatoes and cucumbers in the same bag is absolutely barbaric!
Live anywhere in America lately?
“Other AQI edicts included beatings for men who refused to grow beards, and corporal punishments for obscene sexual suggestiveness, defined by such “loose” behavior as carrying tomatoes and cucumbers in the same bag.”
OOooookay.
Totally series.
This is HUGH.
You can’t smoke in a shower can you?
America, the WHO, EU, and AQ all agree on smoking.
Today smoking,
Tomorrow food and dress.
60% of Americans .... Ah well never mind. I think you know where this can go... The dumbing down of America in just the past 50 years alone shows that evolution of man is not possible, or a reverse of evolutional theory holds some merit. Humans turn into lower life forms, end eventually plant life such as mushrooms rahter than the other way around.. /s
Really! I wonder what these guys do behind closed doors.
Jihadi Porn.
>>a reverse of evolutional theory
Are we not men? We are DEVO.
That made up stat of mine is scary in the sense that when I’ve used it at social events, people do take a while (way too long IMO) to do a double take.
I must gouge out my eyes for having seen such a blasphemy!
I guess wieners are out of the question.
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