Why not? If Mollen was seen as aiding the American war effort, as he undoubtedly was, then according to Islamic law he was fair game. From Reuters, with thanks to Kemaste:
DUBAI (Reuters) - The group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said on Thursday it carried out a shooting attack that killed a U.S. civilian official near Baghdad's Green Zone government compound.A U.S. official said on Wednesday that State Department employee James Mollen was shot dead by gunfire. It said he was an adviser to the Iraqi Education Ministry.
"This morning a hero from the al Qaeda group in Baghdad managed to kill one of the American parasites who works as an adviser to the ministry of education," said the statement from the Al Qaeda Organization of Holy War in Iraq dated on Thursday.
Zarqawi and bastards like him implicitly depend on American humanism that refuses to target unwitting civilian shields, for thier very survival. Time this message was sent out in clear twerms to the arabists yelling jihad, that their lives exist more coz of America's benevolence than due to great strategy, planning or courage by the jihadists.
I would bet that the "hero" from al queda brought along his wife and children as shields...because that is the definition of muslim bravery.
This just in:
"Three heroes from the al Qaeda group in Baghdad managed to subdue and fight to a standstill two parasitical infidel schoolchildren who were engaged in acts of infidel 'playing' in a schoolyard. After much brave struggle, the heroes were forced to retreat after a numerically superior force of four infidel schoolchildren overwhelmed their position, weilding stuffed animal 'idols' and enormous foam clubs".
"Following their strategic retreat, the glorious heroes vowed revenge and were sure of eventual victory. Allah is all-wise, all-strong, all-merciful, all-wise... no wait, I said that one already."
I'm still waiting for the outcry and outrage by the "Good" muslims that want Islam purged of these Jihadists creating a bad image of their religion of Peace.
NO ISLAM - KNOW PEACE