Intermarkets' Privacy Policy Support
Donate to Ace of Spades HQ! Recent Entries
Monday Overnight Open Thread (11/25/24) - Doof
Baywatch Reboot (Starring Dogs) Cafe Trump's DC "Election Interference" Case Dismissed Shock Study: DEI Training Teaches People to Find Racism Where There Is None, Increases Hostility Between the Races Nate Silver Wonders Why Taylor Lorenz Won't Post Her Age or Birthdate (and She Actually Posts Her Age) Border Czar Nominee Tom Homan: "Resistance" Governors and Mayors Who Block Deportation Efforts Will Be Prosecuted for Harboring Illegal Aliens Kamala Harris Is Telling People She Will Continue In Politics But No One Believes Her Missouri THE MORNING RANT: Celebrating My Five-year Anniversary as a Contributor/Co-Blogger at this Great Blog, plus Other Topics Mid-Morning Art Thread Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024 Captain Hate 2023 moon_over_vermont 2023 westminsterdogshow 2023 Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022 Dave In Texas 2022 Jesse in D.C. 2022 OregonMuse 2022 redc1c4 2021 Tami 2021 Chavez the Hugo 2020 Ibguy 2020 Rickl 2019 Joffen 2014 AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published.
Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups
|
« Finally: Cheney Cites Hussein-Al Qaeda Ties |
Main
| Gamma Ray Bombs May Revolutionize Explosives Technology »
June 14, 2004
Purported Zarqawi Letter: "The Future Is Becoming Frightening"For them, not us, the letter means. Could be a fake, of course. Still: Titled ''The text of al-Zarqawi's message to Osama bin Laden about holy war in Iraq,'' the statement appeared on Web sites that have recently carried claims of responsibility for attacks in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. ''The space of movement is starting to get smaller,'' it said. ''The grip is starting to be tightened on the holy warriors' necks and, with the spread of soldiers and police, the future is becoming frightening.'' The statement says the militant movement in Iraq is racing against time to form battalions that can take control of the country ''four months before the formation of the promised Iraqi government, hoping to spoil their plan.'' It appears to refer to the government that would take office after the elections scheduled for January 2005. Assuming it's genuine: posted by Ace at 09:11 PM
CommentsSmells like bullshit. We can't manage to find Zarqawi but we can manage to intercept his field memos to bin Laden -- twice? Also, the "grip on the neck" prose is just a little bit over the top. It sounds like a conversation between Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin. Posted by: Allah on June 14, 2004 09:35 PM
Yes, it does sound like an implausible admission, but the article says not that we "intercepted" it, but that it's being published on Al Qaeda websites (or at least websites of those proclaiming responsibility for recent attacks). Posted by: ace on June 14, 2004 09:40 PM
Aha. It helps to read all the words, doesn't it? So then. Why would Al Qaeda publish a letter from one of its top people stating how bleak the future looks? It would be like the DoD website publishing a press release from Rumsfeld entitled, "We're Fucked." Posted by: Allah on June 14, 2004 09:45 PM
Why does NARAL send out letters saying that women can't get abortions in Idaho? Posted by: ace on June 14, 2004 09:46 PM
If that's the case, it's clearly disinformation. I'm sure they know that the law enforcement and intelligence agencies all around the world are monitoring websites and online forii. Posted by: Smack on June 14, 2004 09:47 PM
Organizations have two standard letters: 1) We're doing great! Send us money so we can do more great work! and 2) We're doing horribly! We're losing! A [blank's] right to [blank] is threatened by a vast [blank] wing conspiracy! Send us money so that we can fight against the forces of [repression/"fabulousness"]! And the funny thing is they send out both types of letters in the same week. Posted by: ace on June 14, 2004 09:48 PM
Point taken, but how often do you see letter number two being sent out by a government (or quasi-government) in wartime? NARAL's got nothing to lose; but a military with troops already fighting on the front has to think about the effect their letter will have on those troops' morale. Just seems strange to me that Al Q would risk discouraging the scum in the field. Posted by: Allah on June 14, 2004 09:54 PM
For a story entitled "The Future Is Becoming Frightening," shouldn't you use a current photo of Tawny Kitaen? In other words, if Zarqawi's organization is sending out two letters this week, the "We're doing great, send us more money" letter has a picture of TK spread-eagle on a Jaguar. The letter you've quoted, on the other hand, has her mugshot and says, "Our future looks like this." Posted by: on June 14, 2004 10:04 PM
It makes sense that the Jihadis use this type of medium to communicate with the big man...I doubt Zarqawi can just slap a couple of Ahmed Yassin Commemorative stamps on an envelope and overnight it to Osama. Still I would expect such stuff to be coded or whatnot. Posted by: Dave on June 14, 2004 10:22 PM
Posted by: poker me up on December 29, 2004 02:09 PM
Post a comment
| The Deplorable Gourmet A Horde-sourced Cookbook [All profits go to charity] Top Headlines
If you heard about ambulances leaving Mar-a-Lago, don't sweat it, they're just vehicles that are a standard part of JD Vance's motorcade
Star Trek "Unification" short film seems to be hitting people in the feels
Thanks to Anna Puma. Personally, I don't really get it. It's just a lot of fan service and images created by AI deepfaking Shatner and Nimoy. But people seem to like it.
"The Tears of CBS:" Norah O'Donnell and other CBS communist propaganda ministers have the sads on election night
Incredibly, during the night, and probably for the first time ever, Norah O'Donnell admits, starting around 4:00, that maybe Biden shouldn't have cancelled all of the Trump executive orders "that really locked down the border." Seriously -- has anyone on CBS ever even allowed that possibility, except after it was clear Trump had won?
CONCERNING: Ana Kasparian afflicted by some kind of seizure as she repeats the left's attacks on her that she's "just a secret right-winger"
ShellBanger Afuera!
Keith Olbermann's declaring Bathtub Fatwas again. (So it's a day that ends in -y.)
Keith Olbermann Thanks to anonosaurus wrecks
What they took from us:
I had a big Mac last week. I was stunned at how thin the burgers were. Never seen them that thin. We are a fallen people. I think every lima bean recipe should have a suggestion, best served with a toddler's bitter tears... Written by Ben Meiselas:
Diversity is our strength. Switzerland: 67% Of Prisoners Are Foreigners [dri]
Trump announces RFKJr. for HHS (via the NY Post):
"For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health," Trump wrote in his announcement, making rare use of his X account to broadcast a cabinet pick.
Compilation of idiot leftists proclaiming that Trump can't win, guaranteeing Harris win
What would we do without "elites" and "experts" Here's a compilation of older proclamations that Trump can't win
For ace:
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary Ace's call for more acknowledgement of yacht rock has been answered. [TJM] Recent Comments
Piper:
"Hard to be first with all this fun content! ..."
BourbonChicken: "I'd start Jack White's Shakin' on one tab, and the ..." Ciampino - swim away: "Yeah, ONT ..." TRex: "Doof! Garden of the Gods! ..." Diogenes: "Dang! Awesome ONT! ..." scampydog : "Drat! ..." Grumpy and Recalcitrant[/i][/b]: ". NOOD The ONT is here! The ONT is here! N ..." scampydog : "First? ..." Grumpy and Recalcitrant[/i][/b]: "I'll call the others ..." Sebastian Melmoth: "Congresswoman McBride deserves dignity and respect ..." Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - [b]again![/b] ~ [/i][/b][/u][/s]: "[i]http://tiny.cc/c9cxzz Posted by: Joe Kidd at N ..." sf44: ""If any of these Sanctuary-city mayors or -state g ..." Bloggers in Arms
Behind The Black CutJibNewsletter The Pipeline Second City Cop Talk Of The Town with Steve Noxon Belmont Club Chicago Boyz Cold Fury Da Goddess Daily Pundit Dawn Eden Day by Day (Cartoon) EduWonk Enter Stage Right The Epoch Times Grim's Hall Victor Davis Hanson Hugh Hewitt IMAO Instapundit JihadWatch Kausfiles Lileks/The Bleat Memeorandum (Metablog) Outside the Beltway Patterico's Pontifications The People's Cube Powerline RedState Reliapundit Viking Pundit WizBang Some Humorous Asides
Kaboom!
Thanksgivingmanship: How to Deal With Your Spoiled Stupid Leftist Adultbrat Relatives Who Have Spent Three Months Reading Slate and Vox Learning How to Deal With You You're Fired! Donald Trump Grills the 2004 Democrat Candidates and Operatives on Their Election Loss Bizarrely I had a perfect Donald Trump voice going in 2004 and then literally never used it again, even when he was running for president. A Eulogy In Advance for Former Lincoln Project Associate and Noted Twitter Pestilence Tom Nichols Special Guest Blogger Rich "Psycho" Giamboni: If You Touch My Sandwich One More Time, I Will Fvcking Kill You Special Guest Blogger Rich "Psycho" Giamboni: I Must Eat Jim Acosta Special Guest Blogger Tom Friedman: We Need to Talk About What My Egyptian Cab Driver Told Me About Globalization Shortly Before He Began to Murder Me Special Guest Blogger Bernard Henri-Levy: I rise in defense of my very good friend Dominique Strauss-Kahn Note: Later events actually proved Dominique Strauss-Kahn completely innocent. The piece is still funny though -- if you pretend, for five minutes, that he was guilty. The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility The Dowd-O-Matic! The Donkey ("The Raven" parody) Archives
Contact
Ace:aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com |