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Bin Laden wants al-Zarqawi body returned!!!

RUGERGUNZRUGERGUNZ Member Posts: 5,638 ✭✭
edited June 2006 in General Discussion
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bin_laden_tape



CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden called on President Bush in an audiotape released Friday to release the body of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and said Jordan should allow the slain terrorist to be buried in his homeland.

In the 19-minute message, bin Laden paid tribute to al-Zarqawi and said the former al-Qaida in Iraq leader had been under orders to kill Iraqis who supported U.S. forces in the country. He also vowed more attacks against the United States in the Middle East and Africa.

"We will continue to fight you and your allies everywhere, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan to run down your resources and kill your men until you return defeated to your nation," he said, addressing Bush. His voice sounded breathy and fatigued at times.

It was the fourth audio message purportedly put out this year by bin Laden. The voice in the latest message - released on an Islamic Web forum where militants often post messages - resembled that on previous recordings attributed to bin Laden, but the authenticity of the tape could not be immediately confirmed.

Al-Zarqawi was killed in a June 7 airstrike northeast of Baghdad by U.S. warplanes. Bin Laden said Bush should return al-Zarqawi's body and that Jordan's King Abdullah II should allow the militant's family to bury him.

The Jordanian government has said it will never allow al-Zarqawi to be buried in his homeland because of a November triple suicide bombing his followers carried out in Amman hotels that killed 60 people.

"What scares you about Abu Musab after he's dead?" bin Laden said, addressing Abdullah. "You know that his funeral, if allowed to happen, would be a huge funeral showing the extent of sympathy with the mujahedeen."

The audio message was accompanied by a video showing an old photo of bin Laden next to images of al-Zarqawi taken from a previous video. New video images of bin Laden have not appeared since October 2004.

The message bore the logo of As-Sahab, the al-Qaida production branch that releases all its messages. Typically, the CIA does a technical analysis to determine whether the speaker is who the tape claims and the National Counterterrorism Center analyzes the message's contents.

In the tape, bin Laden effusively praised the Jordanian-born al-Zarqawi, often in rhyming couplets.

"Al-Zarqawi's story will live forever with the stories of the nobles, so don't cry over one who is not missing," bin Laden said. "He can teach the world a lesson on how to seize freedom ... and how to resist tyrants."

"Even if we lost one of our greatest knights and princes, we are happy that we have found a symbol for our great Islamic nations, one that the mujahedeen will remember and praise in poetry and in stories secretly and aloud," he said.

The tape comes exactly a week after bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahri issued his own tribute video to al-Zarqawi, extolling him as "the prince of martyrs."

The tributes appear to be part of an attempt by al-Qaida's leadership to tout their connection to al-Zarqawi, who emerged as a hero among Islamic extremists with his dramatic attacks in Iraq and even stole the spotlight from bin Laden and al-Zawahri.

Al-Zarqawi had sworn his allegiance to bin Laden, the terror network's overall leader, but often had tense relations with him and al-Zawahri. In July 2005, al-Zawahri reportedly wrote a letter to al-Zarqawi criticizing his attacks on Iraqi Shiite mosques and civilians, saying they hurt the mujahedeen's image.

The al-Qaida deputy also asked al-Zarqawi for money, according to the U.S. military, which said it intercepted the message.

Al-Zarqawi apparently brushed off the criticism as he continued to attack Shiites, a strategy intended to spark a Sunni-Shiite civil war.

In the new tape, bin Laden addressed "those who accuse Abu Musab of killing certain sectors of the Iraqi people," referring to the campaign of suicide bombings against Shiites.

"Abu Musab had clear instructions to focus his fight on the occupiers, particularly the Americans and to leave aside anyone who remains neutral," bin Laden said.

"But for those who refused (neutrality) and stood to fight on the side of the crusaders against the Muslims, then he should kill them whoever they are, regardless of their sect or tribe. For supporting infidels against Muslims is a major sin."

Bin Laden's mention of "instructions" to al-Zarqawi could be aimed to show the al-Qaida in Iraq leader was under his command.

"In conclusion, I say that Abu Musab was not just an honor to his tribe, his country and his Islamic nation, but to all mankind, for he embodied the meaning of pride and glory," bin Laden said.

Bin Laden and al-Zawahri are believed to be hiding in the rugged border zone of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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    dogmandogman Member Posts: 177 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Heck, let's get him on the phone and arrange a meeting to return the body! Surely he knows a 7-11 or Quickie-Mart we can meet at!
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    zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    That ought not happen - sewn into the skin of a pig and
    secretly buried beneath the medical latrine of a diarrhea
    clinic for the poor, in a remote part of Catholic South
    American country, should do nicely![:D]
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    IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Works for me, subject to one condition:

    He has to pick it up in person.

    Then, we do as zz suggests, except with two bodies. A video cam with a 24/7 live feed to Al-Jezerah would be a nice touch.
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    dogmandogman Member Posts: 177 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Iconoclast
    Works for me, subject to one condition:

    He has to pick it up in person.

    Then, we do as zz suggests, except with two bodies. A video cam with a 24/7 live feed to Al-Jezerah would be a nice touch.


    My thoughts exactly, more clearly stated.
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    scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    fill his body cavity with enough c-4 and send it to him...with no return address[:D]
    or take that dirty SOB and drag him behind a hummvee thru the streets and dare bin laden to seek revenge
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    CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,934 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tell him to come and get it[:D] or should we just dump it by the roadside like the ragheads do.[:(!][:(!]

    PJ
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    KSUmarksmanKSUmarksman Member Posts: 10,705 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    will he care if the body is ticking?

    I'm thinking Last Action Hero: Leo "the fart" will pass gas one last time [:D]
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    n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
    edited November -1
    Tracking device installed would be the way to go. Follow the signal to there hide out. [}:)][}:)][}:)]
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    gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,096 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by *_r_done
    Tracking device installed would be the way to go. Follow the signal to there hide out. [}:)][}:)][}:)]

    I like all the other suggestions of pigs, latrine, C-4, dragging down the street, etc. butt, Your idea would just may work!!!
    Do you hear something? uh-oh...BOOM!!
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    Sav99Sav99 Member Posts: 16,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
    That ought not happen - sewn into the skin of a pig and
    secretly buried beneath the medical latrine of a diarrhea
    clinic for the poor, in a remote part of Catholic South
    American country, should do nicely![:D]


    With his head pointed towards Salt Lake City! [:D]
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    11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You don't bury him if you're going to point him away from Mecca...you do a Lenin thing and preserve his body and THEN point it towards Salt Lake City.

    Or we could just burn his body, and that would insure that his soul goes to *, and that he doesn't get his virgins.
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    yep the most wanted man ever alive who has been able to evade capture for this long is just that stupid to fall for all of those


    although i do like the body bag made of swine ideal
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    hicap47hicap47 Member Posts: 516 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dunk him in bacon grease, then roll him in pork rinds, & send him home....
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    Hunter MagHunter Mag Member Posts: 6,611 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,440 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You guys beat me to it. Yes, I would say "just come and pick him up. We will protect you."!
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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    FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Bin Laden wants al-Zarqawi body returned!!!

    Tape the body to a war head for speedy delivery.[}:)][:D]
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