Posted on 04/04/2005 6:48:36 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born one-time street thug who is now the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, is remembered as a gentle man obsessed with Islam's past glory.
His intense loyalty, his former cellmates say, went hand in hand with a fanatical adherence to his religion.
He dreamed of an Islamic utopia where people would relive the puritanical lifestyle of the faith's early founders.
The Arab Bedouin whose fanaticism condones the killing of fellow Muslims and is blamed by Washington for the beheading of foreign captives and suicide bombings that have maimed and killed hundreds, was a gentle almost stoic figure, his cellmates remember.
They say his ability to mesmerize the closest people around him was another facet of a shadowy elusive character who has so far evaded capture.
(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...
He's a sociopath who justifies sadism with a veneer of religion.
(from same article above)The childhood of Zarqawi, the son of an elder Bani Hassan tribesman, was shaped by poverty and the politics of the bleak industrial city of Zarqa, a melting pot of downtrodden Palestinian refugees and Bedouin tribes.
Influenced by radical mosque preachers whom he encountered in the city, Zarqawi then in his late teens left in early 1989 for Afghanistan where his fellow Islamists were then fighting the "great infidels" -- the Soviet army.
Zarqawi was among the last of the thousands of Arab volunteers who went to wage jihad (holy war) in Afghanistan, the most prominent of whom was Saudi born militant Osama Bin Laden.
The alienated Muslim zealot who returned to Jordan in 1992 found a country going through rapid social change and could not come to terms with Westernizing influences.
Within three years he had fallen foul of the establishment. He was arrested and charged for concealing explosives in a plot to destabilize the country.
Zarqawi's four years in Jordanian prisons until his release in 1999 further distanced him from mainstream society but prepared him ideologically for his future endeavors, his prison comrades say.
"Those prison years were critical in shaping Zarqawi's leadership qualities among his circle of followers that prepared him for his future role in Afghanistan and later Iraq," said Najjar.
In September 1999 Zarqawi went back to Afghanistan before moving to Iraq where he is still thought to operate.
Sounds like is soul is in great turmoil. Demonic bliss.
A sociopath, that is similar to Jim Jones, and Charles Manson...just a new twist to it.
is = his
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
So he's a liberal! I knew it!
That would be conquering new lands, slaughtering most of the inhabitants, forcing the rest to convert and taking as slaves and many as you wanted...
I'd say you and poo have nailed it.
A real Crybaby, a weeper.
Jeez, someone please just shoot the S.O.B.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Zarqawi must be close to capture, and is already spreading the word from his former cellmates, that he is unbalanced, and is going to plead insanity as his defense.
Yes,....someone just put Zarqawi out of his miserable emotional turmoil.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Just the kind of "sensitive" guy liberal womyn go for.
"Jeez, someone please just shoot the S.O.B."
"c'mon make my day!" LOL
Correct. Sociopaths have antisocial personality disorder. More often than not they had similar problems as children, conduct disorder, where they torture animals, burn property, etc. When they become adults they usually find a way to function properly in a society and are successful in keeping their depravities a secret, like child molesters. Maybe Zarqawi is that somewhat. But it sounds like he's just a typical charismatic political/social utopian who will do anything and kill anyone to achieve his idealized version of reality. There have been many like him before - a true believer fighting for a Great Cause. If he would ever take over a country, he'd be a much more dangerous person than Saddam, who didn't care what you did as long as you didn't oppose him.
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