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Oh - I'm so glad this is now explained in detail:
Tape justifies killing innocent MuslimsAnd I bet if this clown - Zarqawi - is caught alive, he's gonna screech like a stuck pig...especially if some Iraqis get to him first.BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A chilling, rambling audio file thought to be from the most-wanted man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, says religious doctrine justifies the killing of innocent Muslims by insurgents.
The message was posted on several Islamist Web sites Wednesday, the same day a senior U.S. military official said the Jordanian-born leader of al Qaeda in Iraq ordered the recent wave of car bombings.
CNN has been unable to confirm that the voice is that of al-Zarqawi. The tape introduces the speaker as al-Zarqawi, but the speaker does not identify himself.
The voice says in Arabic: "The shedding of Muslim blood ... is allowed in order to avoid the greater evil of disrupting jihad."
The voice says the protection of religion "is more important than protecting lives, honor or wealth."
"God knows that we were careful not to kill Muslims, and we have called off many operations in the past to avoid losses ... but we cannot kill infidels without killing some Muslims. It is unavoidable," he adds.
The speaker defends suicide attacks, saying, "killing of infidels by any method including martyrdom operations has been sanctified by many scholars even if it meant killing innocent Muslims."
"This legality has been agreed upon ... so as not to disrupt jihad," or "holy war," the recording says.
It's always fun to identify the ends-justifies-the-means arguments - they're most like associated with psychos and those that are still getting their panties in a wad over making Iraqi prisoners wear underwear on their heads.
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OOH! OOH!
If it's OK, then can WE do it? Can we carpetbomb now? It's OK right? [/sarcasm]
|| Posted by Yogimus, May 18, 2005 04:59 PM ||He is trying to justify the killing of Muslims because I think many are realizing that they mean nothing to him and the tide is turning against him. Atleast I hope it is.
|| Posted by Jamie Dawn, May 18, 2005 05:08 PM ||Abu Graib will be paraded until time is no more and it will be used in every possible way to somehow make Bush look bad.
Hope you'll stop by my blog for a good laugh.
Abu Gharib is an excellent display of human nature. If you think THAT scenario was bad, take a peek at our jails. The level of abuse humans are capable of are unimaginable.
|| Posted by Yogimus, May 18, 2005 05:25 PM ||Interesting... if I change a few words, like replace jihad with democracy and innocent Muslims with collateral damage, among a few others, I'd swear that was from Rumsfeld...
|| Posted by scroff, May 18, 2005 09:29 PM ||"The shedding of Muslim blood ... is allowed in order to avoid the greater evil of disrupting jihad."
The "accidental death" of civilians is allowed to avoid the greater evil of disrupting "democracy".
Not quite...
|| Posted by Yogimus, May 18, 2005 10:13 PM ||