By Gretchen Peters

Aug 15, 2006 10:20am

Al Qaeda in Drag

Al Qaeda’s newest tactic to elude American forces appears to be dressing in drag. A key al Qaeda operative who was dressed as a woman was killed in eastern Afghanistan, according to the U.S. military. It was the third time in just three weeks that al Qaeda operatives wearing women’s clothing have been captured or killed by coalition forces, Coalition spokesman Colonel Tom Collins told ABC News. "We are seeing this tactic more frequently," he said. In fact, Abu Musab al Zarqawi was also known to sometimes dress as a woman to evade capture. An assault force swooped in on the village of Ya’Qubi, in Khost province near the Pakistan border early this morning, after receiving intelligence indicating "a known al Qaeda facilitator considered a significant threat" was there, according to the U.S. military.  Soldiers searching the compound came across the man hidden under a burqa. He resisted capture and was subsequently shot and killed. Col. Collins would not identify the man but said most of the al Qaeda fighters they are catching in that area are local Pashtuns. The compound raided this morning also housed bomb-making equipment and sheltered more than 60 women and children, the military said. It was not the first time al Qaeda fugitives have hidden their supplies among women and children. Col. Collins said it was a common al Qaeda tactic to surround its bomb-making operations with civilians. Intelligence operatives in the region are on the lookout for Saudi al Qaeda member Abu Nasser al-Qhatani, who escaped from a high-security detention center at Bagram Air Base last July with three others, and who is believed to operate from South Waziristan. Abu Nasser has been the star of various recent al Qaeda video releases, in which he launches attacks on U.S. bases in Khost.

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How can these cross dressing animals justify their reasons for the death and destruction that they cause, when they place their own women and children in harms way. Just to carry out their agendas. They must be full of so much hate that everyone is expendable. That is a dangerous nemisis.

Posted by: TBone | August 15, 2006, 11:39 am 11:39 am

HOW TO END THE INSURGENTS IN IRAQ
“One City at a Time”
Taronda Carson
July 27, 2006
It has become evident the insurgents are deeply imbedded in each city. It is also obvious we have and continue to loose too many young men due to a few resistors. We continue to allow 19 and 20 year old young men and women to do 2-3 tour of duties before they turn 21. Therefore I firmly believe it is time for a radical attack to the problem.
I propose: 30 Days 24-hour Mandatory Curfew for all people
1. Drop leaflets containing detailed information on when, why and how the curfew will be enforced. (violators will not be prosecuted but shot on site because any non-military movement will be consider hostile)
2. Each cities borders will be heavily guarded (no one leaves or enters for one month)
3. Food/rations will be delivered to each home by Iraqi military (enough water and food to last a month, includes directions on how much)
4. Each home will be searched for weapons/bomb making materials at time food is delivered.
5. Each family will be compensated financially for lost wages.
The above ideas may appear simple but strictly enforced it will allow all areas to be searched with less danger imposed to military and civilians. In a perfect world, life, freedom and liberty is what we all strive for in our democracy, but that is not the case here. It is time to stop pretending citizens can conduct themselves as they always have. There are a lot of civilians that would love the opportunity to reconnect with their families, not worry about paying bills for one month or if they will be shot or taken hostage while at work. This proposal will also allow the contracted workers to do the job they were hired to do, which is to rebuild the country without fear for their lives.

Posted by: Taronda | August 15, 2006, 11:39 am 11:39 am

I for one believe that no matter how much we try to change Iraq it will never happen. These people are raising their children from babies to be suicide bombers,how rational is that?
We should never have went to war at all with them,because we all know it was oil that started this not the degradation of the Iragi people.We should be here guarding our own nation against threats that we know will come.

Posted by: Tracy | August 15, 2006, 11:47 am 11:47 am

Just another reminder that terrorist groups like Al Queda and Hezbolla are the lowest cowards on earth.

Posted by: One_American | August 15, 2006, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm

If these were real men they would stand and fight, not hide under a womans skirt and sneak around like little girls.

Posted by: steve | August 15, 2006, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

Bernard Lewis points out that the usual deterrent to nuclear war known as “MAD” (mutual assured destruction) does not apply to Iran. Islamic Fundamentalists worship martyrdom as the greatest honor and a short cut to heaven. An article in the July 31, 2006 issue of Time magazine describes a giant mural in Iran which depicts a pregnant woman wearing a suicide bomber vest. The caption reads: “Motherhood is great, but martyrdom is greater.”
Many terrorist bombings kill more Muslims than infidels, but that is not seen as a problem. Lewis writes,
The phrase “Allah will know his own” is usually used to explain such apparently callous unconcern; it means that while infidel, i.e., non-Muslim, victims will got to a well-deserved punishment in hell, Muslims will be sent straight to heaven. According to this view, the bombers are in fact doing their Muslim victims a favor by giving them a quick pass to heaven and its delights—the rewards without the struggles of martyrdom. School textbooks tell young Iranians to be ready fro a final global struggle against an evil enemy, named as the U.S., and to prepare themselves for the privileges of martyrdom.
—-Bernard Lewis, Wall Street Journal 8/8/06

Posted by: Marc | August 15, 2006, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

Everybody knows they do this, then whay the constant outcry when American or Israeli forces kill civilians. In 99.9999 percent of the cases there is no way these soldiers are targeting civilians, but have to shoot into a given area to eliminate a threat, because that’s where these people hide and where they hide their weapons. However, the media continues to portray our service men and women, as well as Israel’s as the animals.
I also love the outcry any time one of our bombs damages a mosque, when they blow up their own mosques about every other week — and shoot at us from them.

Posted by: Mark | August 15, 2006, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

Well lets think about this rationally. The media states that innocent women and children are being killed in lebanon, palestine, iraq and afghanistan. What makes these people innocent. Just because they are women and children doesn’t make anyone innocent. These women are hiding weapons in their house with thier children around, because they feel that they united states has a weakness, sympathy. They feel if they hide the weapons they will not find them and if you bomb the complex then the media will show how these innocent women and children who don’t want anything to do with this are being killed the the demonic U.S. and Israel. If we let this happen then in time they will will. If we allow 10 people to get on planes and kill 3000 and kill a few of them, then that tells them if they have 8-10 children each and half of them die to kill thousands of Americans then that’s all they have to do to kill off all the Americans and replace them with Islamic and make the U.S. an Islamic state. They are doing this all over the world for example, Africa and India. Every place they go they want to make it an Islamic place and don’t allow people of other practices to practice there and we allow them to practice and convert people here, what do you think is gonna happen. They secure their land and we open ours up to them. THINK ABOUT IT.

Posted by: thinkaboutit | August 15, 2006, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

If these children have already learned to hate and to kill how are we gonna handle them. Remember they aren’t like our children who can be stuck in therapy. And if you were an American therapist they’d probably want to eliminate you anyways.

Posted by: thinkaboutit | August 15, 2006, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm

Obviously Al Qeada fighters are chickens. They do not obey the Geneva convention rules of war which everyother country follows. Everyone is complaining about how many of our brave soldiers have died during this war but don’t they remember Vietnam? More of our soldiers died in one day then in the last 5 years in Iraq. And that was a war witrh no agenda at all which we still didn’t win. At least in Iraq we have beaten another version of Hitler on the rise. Instead of complaining about the war why not support our troops and let them know WE ALL LOVE THEM FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND LOYALTY. They are all hero’s in my book.

Posted by: Steven | August 15, 2006, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

This is another reason women should NOT be allowed to cover their heads. Do away with the “burka” thing, so these spineless cowards cannot hind behind them.

Posted by: Pinky Babs | August 15, 2006, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

To all those who think the Iraq war is all about oil:
Wake Up! If all we wanted was cheap oil, our President could have done the following:
Go on national TV and announce that we had proof that Saddam had in fact complied with all our demands — no WMD, no designs on any neighboring countries, no internal pogroms. Because we had this “proof” we were lifting our embargo and blockade and resuming normal relations with the Iraqi government. Oh, and by the way, we just made a deal with Saddam that will guarantee $0.50 a gallon gas for everyone.
Would this have worked? Of course it would. Could we have (secretly) sold the deal to Saddam? Very likely. Would this have been monetarily and militarily cheaper than going to war? Do I have to ask?
If I can come up with a scenario this easy to pull off, don’t you think that Gee Dub could have done the same? Or maybe even cooked up a better scheme with the same result? This would not have given him the Warrior’s Mantle, of course, but with cheap gas back at the pumps for the first time in over a decade, the country as a whole would have been happy to give him anything at all, whatever he wanted.
Why spend billions on a military operation “to get cheap oil” when there are other ways to do the same thing that don’t cost a bloody dime? Drop your conspiracy theories, wake up, and smell the coffee.

Posted by: Robert Dyche | August 15, 2006, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm

Actually if they want to go to heaven so badly, why don’t we be nice and help them out with it and send them on their way. This way everyone, they get to go to heaven and we get to stay here on earth. What is so bad about helping each other out? Come on media you can’t talk crap about this suggestion too.

Posted by: thinkaboutit | August 15, 2006, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

I agree with Taronda. How does a “civilized” people who own cars, computers, cell phones and microwaves justify stoning to death teen-age, female members of their families for simply talking to the opposite sex…or covering their women from head to toe because their “beauty” is meant only for their husbands…or strapping bombs to children to take out innocent people who have nothing to do with their war! I cannot believe I’m saying this….but it’s time for much stronger tactics here!

Posted by: Sherry | August 15, 2006, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm

Islam is a religion that’s been hijacked by extremist that want to create a religious war. We need to be mindful of this and realize that all Muslims don’t subscribe to this kind of insanity. Non-Muslims will not and cannot cure the cancer that invades Islam, only Muslims can solve this problem. Regarding Iraq, our brave young service men and women should not have ever been sent there. This had nothing to do with the war on terror until the Bush Administration decided to wage war there. Now Iraq is the rallying cry for Muslims everywhere, which plays into the hands of Al Qaeda. Our focus should’ve been on Afghanistan where the real threat lies. If you fight fire with fire, you get a bigger fire and that’s what we have being bogged down in Iraq. This is a low-intensity war that will take years to fight, unlike the traditional army against army warfare that we’ve fought in the past. Why not use our heads and stop wasting valuable resources in “nationbuilding” in Iraq. Regarding Iran, if we used our brains rather than our brawn, we would understand that Iran is like a deck of cards ready to fall. The current regime was chosen by a select group of clerics that appeal only to the uneducated and poor. I might add that even this group is becoming more disenfranchised with the current leadership and like the more afluent and educated Iranians have a strong desire to embrace western ideas and culture. With hundreds of reformist politicians locked out of the last elections by the hardline clerics and a 40 plus percent unemployment rate, gasoline prices that far surpass what we pay, money sent to pay for a proxy war with Israel and to pay Hezbollah for the damage in Lebanon, plus the realization that the Islamic Republic is a failure, I don’t think there’s much we have to do but watch Iran have another revolution.

Posted by: John | August 15, 2006, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm

Robert, the Iraq war was never about cheap oil for the benefit of US citizens. This administration could care less about US citizens, as Katrina should have shown you. Who continues to benefit from high oil prices? Answer- those oil companies that contributed so heavily to Bush’s campaign. Those were the ones that he meant to appease with the Iraq war, not you and I.

Posted by: John | August 15, 2006, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

The great mistake we made was not getting rid of bin Laden when we had the chance.
bin Laden is a folk hero to many young people in the Arab world. They see him as their Robin Hood.
For the most part, Al Qeada was limited to several hundred bin Laden recruits and were isolated in Afganistan. Kill them and the terror movement would have died with them.
Thanks to the Bush Administration the terrorist are now world-wide and are growing with each mistake that Bush and his nit-wits make.

Posted by: Ray Moore | August 15, 2006, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm

It is apparant that those who act like raving animals and beasts are only acting out for attention. Can no one see this ? If we continue to be a part of it, then who are we and why keep feeding to the fire. When is this country going to see the truth and walk away from them, NOT as a coward, but with the realization that we choose to embrace the larger picture. If they choose to destroy themselves in their country, then, that is thier concious decision. “Help Yourself, and You Will Help the Entire World ” it will all filter on !!!!

Posted by: LWF | August 15, 2006, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

This is old hat–interviews with Taliban & anti-Taliban forces of the pre-U.S. invasion phase recorded common use of this tactic. Training coalition forces to properly interpret the heat signature in their night vision goggles should help thwart this (women are hotter), as would a quick lesson in physiology.
Or you could just announce anyone who does this will be buried in drag.

Posted by: Sage Thrasher | August 15, 2006, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm

Two suggestions:
1. Offer free passage to all the bombers, and anyone who wants to show solidarity for them, to a single empty plain, away from people, and ringed with cameras to record for posterity, where they can gather and in one mighty show of their beliefs, blow themselves up. The image of 100K people commiting suicide would probably be repulsive enough to satisfy anyone’s lust for death.
2. As this enemy considers this a Holy War, let it be known that any fighter who is killed whether by their own hand or at the hands of security forces will be treated in whatever way is the most replusive to Islam. And, make sure the threat is carried out with full coverage. Perhaps their ardhor will be dimmed a bit knowing that their sweet afterlife is not so assured.

Posted by: Ron | August 15, 2006, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm

Simple solution: Dust off Saddam, dress him up in a $2500 Armani suit, give him a billion bucks and tell him we are sorry. Then reinstall him into power and let him get rid of all the trash in the middle east.

Posted by: SmokeFireandJello | August 15, 2006, 10:32 pm 10:32 pm

When the right time,
we should disengage ourselves from the middle east and let them destroy themselves.

Posted by: Mike | August 15, 2006, 10:38 pm 10:38 pm

It was rumored that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was wearing a Fredrick’s of Hollywood Push-up sheer bra, pink pumps, the new red “kiss-me” lipstick, and crotchless silk panties at the time of his death. TMQ has so far been unable to substantiate this rumor.

Posted by: Lance | August 15, 2006, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm

Folks, this is yet another unsubstantiated rumor, like Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction. Now that our mainstream WEASEL media has presented is as *fact*, it will be written into history. People believe the wildest garbage, conspiracy theories and government propaganda these days, on faith, with zero proof. This welter of junior-high standard reporting is yet another sign of a nation in freefall decay, when the media has relegated itself, in cowardice, to pro-administration lapdogs, just like Pravda and Izvestiya in the days of the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Nik Green | August 16, 2006, 1:48 am 1:48 am

The smartist solutionI have heard just came from SmokeFireandJello!Those idiots would stop this nonsense if they even thought Sddam was on the loose.

Posted by: andy,ms | August 16, 2006, 8:13 am 8:13 am

This so called war on terror will never be successful until the roots of terrorism are addressed. Muslims themselves will need to expunge extremist ideologies from within their ranks. The injustice, oppression, and occupation of Muslim lands across the world must and will end. America must end its support of authoritarian regimes and monarchies in the Muslim world. America must change its mentality and approach in its foreign policy towards the Muslim world instead of continually isolating them. Blind support of Israel must end. Remember there will never be peace without justice. It is only human nature to fight against injustice and oppression. In the end, Truth will conquer falsehood.

Posted by: Sam | August 16, 2006, 11:46 am 11:46 am

I don’t follow the Muslim religious beliefs but it seems to me that it would be considered sinful for the men to dress in women’s clothing. How does this justify in their…”holy war”?

Posted by: Don Davis | August 16, 2006, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm

There should be a mandatory 24 hour curfew until all hositilities are either lowered or stopped

Posted by: JOHN HARTINGTON | August 17, 2006, 9:26 am 9:26 am

SHAME, DISHONOR, UNCLEANLINESS, UNHOLINESS, HORROR, and STUPIDITY of the MASSES, are but a FEW words that describe what MUST be felt by all practicing Islamic Muslims these days. To have their religion and their beliefs so distorted and abused by a few UNCLEAN INFIDELS in disguise of holy warriors that try to make the world believe they speak and wage holy war in the name of ALL Muslims MUST cause great great PAIN. I feel very sorry for your position– all muslims are NOT bad, but a few have so distorted your religion that the entire world looks down on you — only you peacful and lawbiding muslim citizens of the world can correct this….DO NOT let this continue, DO NOT continue to be lead by by HOT HEADED and FIERY TALKINIG religious idols…get smart, look at the rest of the worlds citizens…most are NOT killing each other. Most are trying to improve ther way of life for them selves and there children….NOT KILLING THEM. AND for the folks in IRAQ, just give us a reason to leave your country we REALLY want to! Go ahead, set up a government that will appease the U.S., then when we leave you thorw it all out and can start killing your selves all over without us…:)
I guess this is just wishful thinking…but stranger things have happened….

Posted by: Terry | August 17, 2006, 9:39 am 9:39 am

Most american people are awkwardly uninformed about that situation in iraq. Name four cities in iraq? How many fatal casualties within the poulation so far? Of course all this killed people are muslims, terrorists and a thread to america.

Posted by: Robin | August 17, 2006, 8:35 pm 8:35 pm

Drop leaflets on all major Iraqi cities that all terrorists, jihadists and bombers will be wrapped in hog entrails before burial. All captured terrorists will be wrapped in swine skin. Those that have touched an unclean animal must be cleansed. The unclean can never enter heaven. No virgins. No reward.

Posted by: mark | August 21, 2006, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm

Good God, just look at all these hateful comments.
“Why do these disgusting, hateful animals loathe us so? These Arabs must not even be *human!*”
Do you honestly think your hatred is any different from theirs? What do you think fuels this war?
I shudder to think what would happen to any innocent Muslim in a crowd of you people, just as I shudder to think of any innocent Christian in the hands of vitriolic USA-haters.
Don’t think for a second that your behavior is any different.

Posted by: Richard | August 24, 2006, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm

Question: Where are the voices of decent Muslims in the US? Why don’t they speak out against the extremists and their off the wall beliefs? I read numbers of articles of how the Muslim community is concerned with anti-Muslim views since 9/11, however, there haven’t been any major press conferences from any mosques in the US denouncing the extremists views? Religion of peace? Prove it – Speak up!

Posted by: Jesse | September 14, 2006, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm

We need to pull ALL our military from around the world back home to protect the USA. Thighten our borders, stop giving billions of tax payors dollars for “relief”, and wait for these countries to get so bad that their people leave and come to the US! Then, they can live free here. When did the American prople decide to enforce democracy on the world? Let those who want to be free come here, and let the rest of the fanatic world perish!

Posted by: Gerld | September 20, 2006, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

Would like to know why the Muslims hate Americans so much, and who are Americans?? We are a mass of people from all over the world. Living here in the United States in peace. If the Muslims want us out of the Middle East, do they want all the Arab in our country to come back to there home countries. Seems fair if they do not want us there.

Posted by: Wonderer | November 6, 2006, 5:53 pm 5:53 pm

i read this news now only, and you know i really like muslim, im not a muslim im a catholic, but i know muslim are very nice people, thay are very holy and they all brave, i want to become a muslim too if ever, and you know , i fall inlove too a guy and he is a muslim living in afghanistan .

Posted by: ellen | August 31, 2007, 3:09 am 3:09 am

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