Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Al Qaeda: questions from summer camp

For copyright reasons, I won't reference them all, but here's excerpts that Harper's ran in the May/2006 issue (pp. 26-7):

Excerpt: From a list of questions... found by U.S. forces in 2002 in a[n al qaeda] "safe house" in Kandahar:

—Is there a plan to attack the U.S. naval bases, and how could I work in this field?

—Is it legal to get rid of the Al-Qaramitah group by placing poison in their water tank because they cursed and defamed the companions of the Prophet?

—What is the delay in executing the martyrdom operations against the Americans?


[and my personal favorite] —Does the freedom fighter face his Creator if he goes out for jihad and dies as the result of a snakebite or mule kick?

3 comments:

Arelcao Akleos said...

The answer to the last was??

My Frontier Thesis said...

That's the beauty of it: No answers were given. We get to speculate.

mft

My Frontier Thesis said...

Here's what I've deemed the Runner Up Question:

Some discouraging people came and asked, "Why all of this effort and preparation? All you need to know is how to fire a Kalashnikov." What is your answer to them?