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Offline bijou

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Awlaki personally blessed Detroit attack
« on: December 29, 2009, 03:55:33 PM »
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The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner had his suicide mission personally blessed in Yemen by Anwar al-Awlaki, the same Muslim imam suspected of radicalizing the Fort Hood shooting suspect, a U.S. intelligence source has told The Washington Times.

The intelligence official, who is familiar with the FBI's interrogation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, said the bombing suspect has boasted of his jihad training during interrogation by the FBI and has said it included final exhortations by Mr. al-Awlaki.

"It was Awlaki who indoctrinated him," the official said. "He was told, 'You are going to be the tip of the spear of the Muslim nation.'"  ...

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Re: Awlaki personally blessed Detroit attack
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 03:57:19 PM »
Didn't we drop a missile on that asshole last week? 

Good riddance.
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Re: Awlaki personally blessed Detroit attack
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 03:58:18 PM »
Maybe Lord Zero can sic interpol on him. :sarcasm:


Didn't we drop a missile on that asshole last week? 

Good riddance.
I think it ended up killing civilians.

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Re: Awlaki personally blessed Detroit attack
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 04:09:03 PM »
Maybe Lord Zero can sic interpol on him. :sarcasm:

 I think it ended up killing civilians.

Well, as Jihadofascists aren't legitimate combatants, wouldn't dropping a Hellfire in their midst be killing civillians?
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Re: Awlaki personally blessed Detroit attack
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2009, 04:12:00 PM »
Well, as Jihadofascists aren't legitimate combatants, wouldn't dropping a Hellfire in their midst be killing civillians silly-villians?
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More better IMHO
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Re: Awlaki personally blessed Detroit attack
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2009, 04:21:37 PM »
I'd like to bless Awlaki by throwing him in a hog pen filled with hogs trained to eat most everything.
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