Al Qaeda: Building a bridge to the 7th Century

Glimpses Of The Enemy’s (Mad) Mind, (New York Post)…Deroy Murdock, July 12, 2008

As al Qaeda in Iraq’s fortunes wane, it has no one but itself to blame. President Bush’s troop surge indisputably has crushed al-Qaeda and other terrorists, while Iraqi soldiers have honed their ability to hammer deadly insurgents.

Islamo-puritanism ….

… terrorists targeting what they considered pagan symbols bombed a statue of several women hauling jars on their shoulders.

… a decree that clothiers cover the heads of their in-store mannequins

… Extremists banned soap in public baths because the Prophet Mohammed lacked it back in the 600s.

…  “Sammoun,” a type of bread popular in Mosul, also was prohibited, since Mohammed never ate it. Islamo-puritans found the sight of cucumbers and tomatoes side by side sexually charged, so they ordered produce stands to keep them apart, and told restaurateurs like Khalaf Khalid to serve them on separate plates.

… Al Qaeda also took a “Just Say No” attitude toward ice. Mohammed didn’t have it,

… As part of a general crackdown on public displays of joy, al Qaeda even banned wedding parties in Mosul.

… “They threatened to kill me if I used an electric shaving machine,”

These bizarre, frightful incidents illustrate the bottomless depravity of America’s chief enemy in Iraq. This is a glimpse of how Iraq could look if U.S. forces prematurely withdrew, and the bad guys returned. This also is a cautionary tale of the insanity that likely would erupt wherever al Qaeda or any of its allies gained power.

Finally, al Qaeda’s chilling tenure in Mosul and elsewhere in Iraq puts the lie to the notion that Islamofascists merely are defending themselves against America’s allegedly over-assertive foreign policy and Israel’s supposed anti-Muslim menace. Combating ice, cucumbers, and wedding gowns has nothing to do with the policies of the Pentagon or the Knesset. It’s all about building a bridge to the 7th Century.