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Terrorists Having Recruiting Problems

By Rob on May 2, 2005 at 12:06 pm
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2005) - Task Force Baghdad soldiers this morning rescued a man apparently blackmailed into a suicide-bombing mission by terrorist master Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

The man exploded his red Kia sedan roughly 15 feet from a barrier to a coalition base in east Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb failed to detonate properly and the vehicle caught on fire. Soldiers manning the gate reacted quickly and saved the driver, coalition officials said in a release.

An initial investigation revealed that terrorists had kidnapped the driver's family and that he was forced to carry out this suicide-bombing mission to protect his wife and children, coalition officials said.

No soldiers were injured in the attack. The driver is being treated at a military hospital and is cooperating with authorities.

"This is another case where Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has to extort men to carry out his indiscriminate slaughtering," said Army Col. Joe DiSalvo, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. "He can't recruit volunteers. (So) he is resorting to forcing Iraqi civilians to carry out these mission by threatening harm to kidnapped family members."


We're winning, they're losing.

(via The Jawa Report)

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Avatar for WOOF

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is evil incarnate.
Pass the salt.

WOOF on May 2, 2005 at 02:06 pm
Avatar for 2Hotel9

Terrorists have used this method for a long time. You can find examples of it as far back as recorded history spans. It is one of the weaknesses of their MO, hard to get people to commit suicide in America. Have to import that kind of operator, though we will begin to see more of it in western hemisphere. Another example of evolution, progressing from one form to another, though I quess you would have to call that directed evolution. Wrap your head around that concept.

2Hotel9 on May 2, 2005 at 06:05 pm
Avatar for LoadTheMule

Perhaps they’d have more luck if they instituted a “No ask, no tell,” policy.  Or, better yet, they could offer funds to colleges in return for being able to recruit on campus.

Regards…

LoadTheMule on May 3, 2005 at 04:06 am
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