http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/27/iraq-war-a-jihadist-cause-celebre/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/27/iraq-war-a-jihadist-cause-celebre/#comment-95 The Usual Suspect Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:49:03 +0000 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/27/iraq-war-a-jihadist-cause-celebre/#comment-95 This is no big surprise. I met a prominent Arab journalist who has just written a book on the Iraq war. He said that each day there are 6 or 7 suicide bombers in Iraq- and they're not all wahabis- some are former baathists, many are foreigners. When you consider this, it becomes apparent that the Iraq war is fertile breeding ground for terrorist recruiters. I often invoke the words left by the London bomber, Mohammed Siddique Khan, as a stark reminder of just how powerful the Militant Islamist message of a "war against Islam" is on vulnerable minds. He says "your people are killing my Muslim brothers and sisters..." This is a second generation British guy of Pakistani background speaking- he's not referring to his Muslim brothers and sisters in Pakistan now is he? He's talking about Iraq. This is no big surprise.
I met a prominent Arab journalist who has just written a book on the Iraq war. He said that each day there are 6 or 7 suicide bombers in Iraq- and they’re not all wahabis- some are former baathists, many are foreigners. When you consider this, it becomes apparent that the Iraq war is fertile breeding ground for terrorist recruiters.
I often invoke the words left by the London bomber, Mohammed Siddique Khan, as a stark reminder of just how powerful the Militant Islamist message of a “war against Islam” is on vulnerable minds. He says “your people are killing my Muslim brothers and sisters…” This is a second generation British guy of Pakistani background speaking- he’s not referring to his Muslim brothers and sisters in Pakistan now is he? He’s talking about Iraq.

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