"He responded to God’s call and was seeking his paradise and wanted glory for his religion." From Arab News, with thanks to Eschwapp:
RIYADH/JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 — A statement posted on the Internet by the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, said yesterday that Abdullah Al-Rashoud, one of the most wanted men on a Saudi list of 26 terrorists, had been killed in US airstrikes on the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border....Abdullah Muhammad Rashid Al-Rashoud, 37, had been No. 24 on the list of the 26 most wanted terror leaders put out by the Kingdom two years ago and was one of only three militants on the list still at large.
The web posting, the authenticity of which could not be confirmed, said he slipped into Iraq in April. “He entered Iraq a month and a half ago as an immigrant crossing the border to Al-Fayafi and Al-Qaffar to Al-Qaim to participate in the battles there. He responded to God’s call and was seeking his paradise and wanted glory for his religion,” the statement said. It did not mention the date he was killed but said that it was due to the aerial bombings of the city.
“When the Crusaders could not enter the area, the only thing they could do was bombard the Mujahedeen with warplanes,” it said. “Our sheikh (Al-Rashoud) got what he wished” — martyrdom....
Al-Rashoud was one of the religious leaders of the terrorists in the Kingdom. He issued statements through the Internet calling for young men to join him and his fellow terrorists in fighting jihad.
At least that's one good thing about the Iraq war, like flies to cow dung, it attracts all the rotten Muslim terrorists to Iraq to cause their mischief, rather than doing it in our own backyards.
I wonder how many more 9/11's would have happened by now if it weren’t for Afghanistan or Iraq.
I feel sorry for all those Western solders who are dying while our leaders refuse to identify the enemy, not to mention all the Iraqi Muslims who might "See the Light" and leave Islam if the truth was spoken.
"“Our sheikh (Al-Rashoud) got what he wished” — martyrdom...."
I do not think so. What he undoubtably wished was to survive while persuading others to seek martyrdom.
I will bet dinars to schwarmas that he regarded his life as too valuable to the cause for direct involvement.
Well, someone's probably thinking the 72 Virginians joke, now that Uncle Sam has given Abd-ul-Shaitan Al-Rashoud a very warm welcome to Iraq.
Zarqawi?
Gee and I almost believed that he was dead...
Terminator:
the piece merely says there's a posting attributed to Zarqawi. News of Al-Rashoud's death probably isn't helping jihaddi morale, but the demise of Zarquawi would be more devestating than some believe as Z is considered very charismatic by the "faithful". (Funny how some people are turned on by the mentally deranged and sociopathic.)