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A naturalized citizen, eh? You mean he wasn't dissuaded from the jihad ideology by Big Macs and J-Lo? Here's another one for the consideration of those who think that the lure of American materialism will in itself defeat the jihad. From AP, with thanks to Rebecca Bynum:
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military in Iraq is holding a man it believes to be the first American captured fighting for the Iraqi insurgency. Pentagon officials describe the man, who holds U.S. and Jordanian citizenship, as a senior associate of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi.
He was captured in a raid at his home in Iraq in late 2004, Matthew Waxman, the Pentagon's deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, said in an interview Thursday.
Officials declined to provide his name or hometown or identify him other than to say he functioned as Zarqawi's emissary to insurgent groups in several cities in Iraq.
Zarqawi, who has declared his allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, is the most wanted man in Iraq, and is tied to numerous bombings and kidnappings since the U.S.-led invasion removed Saddam Hussein from power two years ago.
Defense officials also believe the captured American helped coordinate the movement of insurgents and money into Iraq, and provided support for kidnappings carried out by Zarqawi's operatives, Waxman said.
"Weapons and bomb-making materials were in his residence at the time he was captured," Waxman said. Several other insurgents were captured in the raid, conducted by U.S.-led coalition forces.
U.S. officials said Friday the man was born in Kuwait to Jordanian parents. He later moved to the United States and became a naturalized citizen, according to a U.S. official who discussed the case only on the condition of anonymity. The man lived in several places in the country over roughly 20 years, but officials declined to say precisely when he left or when he arrived in Iraq....
Posted by Robert at April 3, 2005 8:06 AM
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"he wasn't dissuaded from the jihad ideology by Big Macs and J-Lo?"
But he lived here only for 20 years; surely that wasn't time enough to be influenced by Infidels.
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at April 3, 2005 9:28 AM
first American captured fighting for the Iraqi insurgencyWe haven't captured Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, or Fritz Mondale YET? Posted by: Beagle
at April 3, 2005 10:23 AM
There are many unfaithful Americans within and without the borders of the U.S. It's time to dust off and apply the treason laws.
Posted by: epg at April 3, 2005 10:53 AM
irst American captured fighting for the Iraqi insurgencyNor Grover (Abdullah) Norquist, nor Robert (Muhammad) Mueller or Karl (Ali) Rove, nor George (Bandar) Bush.We haven't captured Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, or Fritz Mondale YET? Posted by: Beagle
"Islam is a religion of Peace." George W. (Bandar) Bush..
Take off those blinders Beagle.
There are many unfaithful Americans within and without the borders of the U.S. It's time to dust off and apply the treason laws. Posted by: epg
Yes and that includes the Republicans and Democrats, all the way up to the top.
Posted by: Giaour at April 3, 2005 3:01 PM
Yes and that includes the Republicans and Democrats, all the way up to the top.
Our differences as Democracts and Republicans, conservatives and liberals are nothing compared to the chasm that divides us as free, civilized Westerners from the barbarian Muzlims and I hope we never lose sight of that. After all, it was the Byzantine Empire's religious disunity that allowed the Muslim Arabs to conquer the Middle East in the first place. Then again, pandering to Muslims for short-term political gain at the cost of Western civilization's long-term viability may be too great a temptation for the hacks in politics, and so the question unfortunately is not when it happens, but simply which political party will be first to play the role of France.
Posted by: emperor_diocletian at April 3, 2005 4:16 PM
I'm shocked, shocked that freedom and democracy didn't change the mind of this young man who experienced the fruits of these institutions for 20 years.
Posted by: JasonP at April 3, 2005 5:48 PM
As Hitler said, give them to me for the first five years (or something to that effect). On the other hand, we don't know how many young Iranians and Iraqis who endured living under Baathist and theocratic police states would only be too happy to live in a free and open society. I guess they'd outnumber this scumbag many fold. Unfortunately, it only takes a small number of jihaddis to hold the world at large hostage to their predations.
Posted by: waterdragon52 at April 3, 2005 6:39 PM
I am glad we captured the asshole, but what are we going to do with him? Put him on ice for five years then let him out? Are we really at war or in the process of containing an organised crime spree? Do we really know what we are doing here?
Nossy
at April 3, 2005 9:49 PM
Actually, I tend to believe that Big Macs and J-Lo fuel Islamic rage rather than whet it. Yes friends, no matter which way you slice it, America is in a moral quagmire and neither the Dems or Republicans have the answer. As a Christian I must speak the truth. I do not want to see America destroyed, on the contrary I want to help save it from itself. What has happened here is again we are making false assumptions about the Muslim mind and we miss seeing the big picture. The Judeo-Christian says "America is decadent and must repent before it is too late." The Muslim says "America is decadent and must be destroyed because it is too late already!" See the difference? One calls for the mercy of God and the other calls for the judgement of God. I don't know about you, but give me God's mercy over his judgement any day. And so it goes.....
Posted by: R Dubya Bee at April 3, 2005 10:48 PM
Thank God I managed to tweak Giaour again. I don't know if I could live a day without doing that.
Posted by: Beagle at April 4, 2005 7:06 AM
R Dubya Bee:
Islamic rage is fueled by the sense of superiority and entitlement that are key to Islam and not by anything external, least of all American fast food (as opposed to Middle Eastern fast food) and underclad female celebrities.
Posted by: waterdragon52 at April 4, 2005 9:42 AM
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