Bin Laden is Crabby

By John

With his LTs, apparently. Walid Phares:

Incredibly, the leader of al Qaeda said the “Mujahidins” in Iraq committed “mistakes.” This was the first time the man used these words in this context: self criticism. In fact he criticized the emirs for the recklessness of their Jihad in the land of the two rivers. If one reviews the public statements of Bin Laden, at least since 1996, this is the first time he has mentioned the Jihadists’ mistakes, not the errors by Muslim rulers in general. Now, these are his own fighters who are at fault.

The last time any al Qaeda leader came close to this posture was the shy warning by Ayman Zawahiri to Zarqawi demanding that the killing of Shiia stop in Iraq. But, at the time, the top leader wasn’t addressing the mistakes of the emirs. He dealt with “higher geopolitical matters”, according to the comments of Abdel Bari Atwan on al Jazeera tonight. “Sheikh Bin Laden said Atwan deals with high level issues, such as the confrontation with the United States, India etc., but this time the Sheikh is dealing with issues on the ground.”

Surprised the hell outta me too. I figured Binny would've blamed the mollywhopping his boys have been receiving from surging forces on Zarqawi, the dude being dead and all. Like Dr. Phares mentioned, Osama has been reluctant to publicly criticize Al Qa'ida's failures in the past. That was deliberate, of course. Despite all the ruckus they've caused in Iraq these past few years, your average jihadist is a petty crappy fighter. Their basic strategy is lob a few mortars at a patrol/convoy, empty an AK clip on full auto, tuck tail, run like hell, then squat in some poor Iraqi's living room sipping chai and making awful home videos about how brave they are.

Whenever they're dumb enough to engage in the open, they end up looking like a Jackson Pollock painting.

That's been the story since the insurgency kicked off. Only now that we've got the proper force shape and a dedicated COIN strategy, the dorks don't have anywhere to run. Good news for us, bad news for Osama.

Desperation is a stinky cologne, Binny.

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October 25, 2007 01:18 AM News From Iraq

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"Whenever they're dumb enough to engage in the open, they end up looking like a Jackson Pollack painting."

:-D Best quote, ev-ar! Now my coworkers are curious about the burst of laughter that just came over the carpet-coated cardboard walls...

Metallisteve · October 25, 2007 10:20 AM

yes i chuckled at the pollock line, after i looked the name up. not far from the truth though. during my last deployment, i saw things that'd make your skin crawl. aqi always leaves that part out of their recruting videos for some reason.

sergeant godfrey · October 26, 2007 12:08 AM