News Bad News for Terrorists: “A Banner Up Your Anus.”
posted by on May 27 at 12:05 PM
There’s a giant article in the new New Yorker by Lawrence Wright, author of the definitive primer on Al Qaeda, the Pulitzer Prize winning, The Looming Tower.
Wright’s latest dispatch—Wright also wrote an excellent article about Qaeda leader Ayman al- Zawahiri in September 2002—is about a former terrorist named Dr. Fadl.
Dr. Fadl was a member of an al Qaeda precursor called Al Jihad. More important, Fadl wrote a book in 1994, The Compendium of the Pursuit of Divine Knowledge, which provided the basis for al-Qaeda’s bloody philosophy, including justifying the notion of takfir, the dishonest Qaeda excuse for Muslim on Muslim violence.
The reason for Wright’s latest dispatch: Dr. Fadl’s new manifesto, Rationalizing Jihad in Egypt and the World, written from prison in Egypt, denounces terrorism and ridicules the merits of al Qaeda’s philosophy.
And Fadl’s got some bad news for Jihadi wannabes. First, Wright paraphrases Fadl’s warning— “To wage jihad, one must first gain permission from one’s parents…”
As if that isn’t harsh enough, Fadl thinks the 9/11 hi-jackers were “double crossers” who are gonna get something quite different in the afterlife than hot virgins.
Check it: “The most original argument in the book … is Fadl’s assertion that the hijackers of 9/11 ‘betrayed the enemy,’ because they had been given U.S. visas, which are a contract of protection. ‘The followers of bin Laden entered the United States with his knowledge, and on his orders double-crossed its population, killing and destroying,’ Fadl continues. ‘The Prophet—God’s prayer and peace be upon him—said, ‘On the Day of Judgment, every double-crosser will have a banner up his anus proportionate to his treachery.’ ”
Hopefully a banner that reads "Mission Accomplished"
Number One wins.
most jihadists are completely burried in hopelesness and besides most of the new ones are coming from lybia as well as the constant flow from the occupied territories, so i doubt that this will be a deterrent.
thx for these links though, i will mos def read these, i had not heard of this author until now.
one question i do have though, is- if iran is such a fundamentalist hell hole, than why no suicide bombers ever come from there?
Well, suiciders did come from there, during the Iraq-Iran war, when they used volunteers, mostly children, to run out (or be rolled out in carpets) into minefields to find the mines.
But the real answer is that Iran, unlike most of the Arab countries, is modernist at heart, whatever the bastard mullahs believe. The people of Iran are potentially our greatest allies in that region.
i agree FNARF. i think we blew a huge opportunity when there was a mini student pro democracy revolt in the 90's. thats the movement that should have been supported and would have given a lot more returns. instead we went into iraq and turned it into hell.
I'm hoping it's more like having a really, REALLY angry Bruce Banner shoved up their alimentary canals.
Such penetrative imagery can be found among our own warriors. Witness this hoary old army marching song:
Oh, we are [hum-hum's] raiders,
Raiders of the night.
We're dirty sons of bitches,
We'd rather fuck than fight.
We'll circumcise the major
With a broken piece of glass,
And then we'll take the guidon
And shove it up his ass!
I'm not sure what my point is...
jihadis seem to be really obsessed with sex.
they should try getting some.
When I was in med. school in the Navy, I found a book in the library that had x-rays of things people had shoved up their asses.
There were all manner of tools and produce.
No banners.
Sorry, but it has to be pointed out: Iranians aren't Arabs.
I'm just wondering, why would God be worried about banner disposition?
Can't he outsource that to the Saudis who fund and volunteer for al-Qaeda to the tune of more than 90 percent for both worldwide?
Or are you saying they're working for King George and Satan?
Well, rules are rules.
It's not the banner that's going to hurt.
It's the standard from which it's furled that's gonna be the pain.
What if the standard is made from polyurethane foam?
Allah, peace be upon him, is not into Nerf justice.
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