Here’s a message for anyone who might convert to Islam…..don’t join Al-Qaeda. White British Muslims who had joined the terrorist organization were killed by a CIA drone in the town of Datta Khel in Pakistan the UK’s Daily Telegraph reports.
The two men, ages 48 and 25, went by the names Abu Bakr and Mansoor Ahmed. These are the first White British Muslim converts to be killed by coalition forces in this area. From the Telegraph report:
They had entered the country last year and travelled to the town in North Waziristan in the lawless tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, to join al-Qaeda, the report on Channel Four News said.
What’s the old saying? If you play with fire you get burned? Or, if you mess with the bull you get the horns? This of course brings to mind the debate going on here about whether or not the United States has the right to kill Anwar al-Awlaki who is the leader of Al-Qaeda in Yemen but was born in the United States.
Personally, as demonstrated by these British born Muslims, if you forfeit your loyalty then all bets are off. They were on the way to join Al-Qaeda, they essentially had ceased to be British citizens. Same thing with al-Awlaki, he’s no longer an American in my book.
The CIA drone strikes on the British born White Muslims have not been confirmed by the CIA because of where the attacks took place.
December 16th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
There will always be a trickle of disturbed malcontents, from all around the world, including western countries that will be sucked into an al queda state of mind. Fortunately the ones that have struck in western countries, are often not very good at it. They could keep this up for decades as all it takes as one to get tons of media attention that lasts for weeks, months, even years. What we need is to go into the Pakastani strongholds if the Paki’s won’t do it. We know where they are, but it would take boots on the ground. As well, we need to really cut off their funding and we know pretty much where that is coming from too. Anyone who funds al queda and its snap-offs is purposely doing this to keep this all going even knowing they can’t possibly win. Those people are destabilizing the world order.
December 16th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Yet we cant find and assasinate that a$$hole in Yemen
December 16th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Those Predator drones are just SO COOL!