january 9, 2006

Al-Qaeda's Latest Recruits: HIV Bombers

Throughout its bloody history, al-Qaeda has often employed a kind of evil genius. 9/11 for example, took five years to plan, and would have been carried out without a wrinkle if not for the brave passengers aboard Flight 93 (which crashed in a remote field in Pennsylvania rather than the hijackers' intended destination: either the White House or the U. S Capitol). But a new report from London's Sunday Mirror describes what may be the ultimate depraved terrorist scheme: the HIV bomber. Here's more, courtesy of the Mirror:

AL-QAEDA is recruiting suicide bombers who are infected with the AIDS virus, according to documents revealed to the Sunday Mirror.
Terror chiefs are also targeting fanatics who suffer other lethal blood diseases such as hepatitis and dengue fever in order to increase their "kill rate" from an explosion. The chilling new threat is revealed in papers distributed to British military camps in Iraq and across Europe.
My initial reaction is: what if the HIV-infected bombers contracted the virus through homosexual sex, described in the Koran as a very un-Islamic practice? Shouldn't they be stoning and beheading these chaps, rather than offering them a chance at "martyrdom?" Seems awfully hypocritical of the jihadists.

Experts have found that bones and other blood-spattered fragments from a suicide bomber could penetrate the skin of a victim 50 metres away and infect them.
In the papers (part of which is summarised above) soldiers are warned to wear special protective clothing when on guard duty or if they have to deal with casualties in the event of an attack.
All bases must also have snipers hidden behind blast-proof defences ready to take out would-be suicide bombers. The guidelines were issued following the 7/7 London bombings which left 52 dead and injured hundreds more.

It's tragic that Coalition troops in Iraq have to contend with such unspeakable evil on a daily basis. And even more tragic that Leftist ideologues (see: the editorial board of the New York Times) in the U.S.--when faced with a report such as the one above--still refuse to grasp the magnitude of the threat we're facing from Al-Qaeda. Here's the latest anti-U.S. outrage, courtesy of actor and self-described "activist," Harry Belafonte, who calls President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world."  

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