Not that al Qaeda's in Iraq, or anything. They offer more if the killer does the assassination the old fashion way. If this is legit, there's a very conscious effort on Al Qaeda's part to be seen as more and more anti-business. They seem to want to appeal to the Left. Maybe they should up the bounty for a carbon neutral assassination of Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.
An Al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq has offered rewards to anyone who kills two Swedes behind a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog, in a statement posted on the Internet.
The self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq placed a bounty of at least 100,000 dollars on the head of the cartoonist Lars Vilks and 50,000 dollars on Ulf Johansson, editor in chief of the Nerikes Allehanda newspaper which published the caricature.
"We call for the liquidation of the cartoonist Lars who offended our prophet," said the statement issued in the name of the group's leader Sheikh Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.
"We announce a reward of 100,000 dollars to anyone who kills this infidel criminal. This reward will be raised to 150,000 dollars if his throat is slit," said the statement whose authenticity could not be verified.
The statement also threatened attacks on Swedish firms unless unspecified "crusaders" issued an apology.
"We know how to force you to apologise. If you do not, expect us to strike the businesses of your major firms like Ericsson, Scania, Volvo, IKEA and Electrolux," it said.
"They seem to want to appeal to the Left"
That's because al Qaeda and leftists are ideological twins.
Posted by: Capitalist Infidel | Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Welcome to the convergence. Not to worry. The Left won't even notice, or, if they do, they'll take it as validation. Sick.
Posted by: Chris | Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 01:07 PM
It always helps to have your enemy go ahead and do the exact thing you you have been warning about. And on top of it they are nice enough to spell it out for those that are in denile about what is going on in the world.
Posted by: southdakotaboy | Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 06:44 PM
Somehow I think collecting the loot might be risky business. You pose for the victory lap propaganda vids, then they wax you (dead men tell no tales), keep their cash, give you a comfy shallow grave, and you're never seen or heard from again.
If I were AQ, its what I'd do.
Posted by: Purple Avenger | Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 06:48 PM
The retirement plan for these groups realy sucks, it is just about as good as the mobs. Yet, for some reason they both seem to get lots of idiots to sign up for it.
Posted by: southdakotaboy | Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 10:04 PM
Muslims Against Sharia praise the courage of Lars Vilks, Ulf Johansson, Thorbjorn Larsson and the staff of Nerikes Allehanda and Dagens Nyheter and condemn threats issued by Abu Omar Al Baghdadi and the Islamic State of Iraq. Muslims Against Sharia will provide a payment of 100,000kr (about $15,000) for the information leading to capture or neutralization of Abu Omar Al Baghdadi.
Muslimer mot Sharia berömmer Lars Vilks, Ulf Johansson, Torbjörn Larsson och övriga anställda på Nerikes Allehanda och Dagens Nyheter för deras tapperhet och fördömer hotet från Abu Omar Al Baghdadi och Islamistiska Iraq. Muslimer mot Sharia betalar 100 000 SEK (ca 15 000$) för information som leder till gripande eller oskadligörande av Abu Omar Al Baghdadi.
Posted at: http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2007/09/swedish-cartoons.html
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Posted by: Muslims Against Sharia | Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 01:26 AM