Begg [Mutallab's buddy from London] currently stars in an anti-American propaganda film on the ACLU's web site and regularly writes op-eds for Western newspapers. One well-known journalist here in the United States, David Ignatius of the Washington Post, even wrote a fawning forward for Begg's self-serving book, Enemy Combatant.
Begg and Abdulmutallab also share another jihadist connection: Anwar al Awlaki, the al Qaeda cleric who was a "spiritual advisor" for at least two of the 9/11 hijackers and counseled the Fort Hood shooter. Begg has been one of Awlaki's most vocal backers.
As Paul Rester, the director of the Joint Intelligence Group at Guantanamo, explained, "[Begg] is doing more good for al Qaeda as a British poster boy than he would ever do carrying an AK-47."
Why not lock up all these AQ guys, and send them back to Gitmo? Am I being too knuckledragging simplistic?
Saturday, January 02, 2010
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Abdulmutallab was likely radicalized long before he consorted with the likes of Begg and Qureshi at the Islamic Society's January 2007 conference. For example, in a web posting dated February 20, 2005, he wrote of his "jihad fantasies." Abdulmutallab elaborated: "I imagine how the great jihad will take place. How the Muslims will win, and rule the whole world," then adding, "do I have to clarify anything further?"
Do clarify, do clarify. It's never clear enough to penetrate the dense fog of Pepean Logic, or to make someone who's supposed to connect the dots connect them.
Qureshi. Hmmm. Is his first name Daoud?
No. He's Taco, not Waco.
You got the ref... Take a VCP off your tab.
I'm good, eh? How come I don't get patted on the back more often?
I do? When? Gotta have a proof ready when you make an unfounded assertion.
My buddy Janos said so. Need more proof than that?
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