And he cited verses from the Qur'an to justify his actions. Funny how that keeps happening. "Underwear Bomber: New Video of Training, Martyrdom Statements," by Matthew Cole, Brian Ross, and Nasser Atta for ABC News, April 26:
New videos produced by al Qaeda in Yemen show the accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and others in his training class firing weapons at a desert camp whose targets included the Jewish star, the British Union Jack and the letters "UN."
The videos, to be broadcast Monday on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, appear to support Abdulmutallab's statements to the FBI that there are "others like me" who also trained with him in Yemen to carry out attacks against U.S. and western targets.
The tape also includes an apparent martyrdom statement in Arabic from the 23-year old Nigerian justifying his actions against "the Jews and the Christians and their agents." He says, "the enemy is in your lands with their armies, the Jews and the Christians and their agents." He reads several passages from the Koran and adds, "God said if you do not fight back, He will punish you and replace you." [...]
That's Qur'an 9:39.
The videos, obtained by a Yemeni journalist working for ABC News, are the first to show Abdulmutallab with the al Qaeda group. In the video he and others use automatic weapons to fire at targets that include a Jewish star, the British Union Jack and the a symbol of the United Nations.
Some, but not all, of the faces of others at the training camp are blurred in the video released by al Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula. Their logo is embedded in a corner of the screen.
"The other people in the video are presumably the people we are still looking for," said Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant and former White House counter-terrorism official. The video also shows the purported al Qaeda fighters in Yemen firing at what appears to be an unmanned surveillance plane overhead.
"In the video he and others use automatic weapons to fire at targets that include a Jewish star, the British Union Jack and the a symbol of the United Nations."
One out of three ain't bad...
Poor Joe Lieberman, convinced as he is, that such beliefs, and behavior, are the province of 'radical Islamist extremists'.
Well, it can't just be Joe. I mean, like most American politicians he's probably surrounded himself with trusted staffers who would tell him if he's wrong.
Wouldn't he?
Right?
What a disgrace; he's a stain on underwear everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if Fruit of the Loom has a bounty out on him.
They shot at the letters UN: Underwear Nations.
It constantly amazes me the intellectual acrobatics and gyrations all too many Leftists, "Moderate Muslims, and even self-professed "conservatives" will go through to keep on proclaiming that Islam is a 'Religion of Peace', 'Terrorists represent only a small portion of Muslims', etc. The violence, hatred, and institutionalized discrimination proscibed in the Quran is there in 1,000,000 Watt neon flashing lights for everyone to see. I think I just came up with my dissertation topic...
New videos produced by al Qaeda in Yemen show the accused underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and others in his training class firing weapons at a desert camp whose targets included the Jewish star, the British Union Jack and the letters "UN."
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So much for the widely-held idea that Abdulmutallab was just a lone f*ck*p, and that anyone who believed otherwise was just paranoid...or "Islamophobic"...
What? Not the Great Satan? Hold on, I bet the letters were supposed to be "U.S." but someone didn't have a very good grasp of English spelling.
Arch, you are correct, sir. I have it by "informed-sources" that the UN symbol at which the erstwhile "Fruit of Kaboom" bomber was firing was drawn by none other than our very own DefenderofIslam. He pretty-much got the picture-part right, though...
From above...'our very own DefenderofIslam'.
'Our very own'...that idea makes me shudder...
Reference the above:
Not sure why the shuddering...but shudder-on if you must...