August 14, 2006
Jill Carroll Via Christian Science Monitor: That first day, they were spooked by how close the soldiers had come to finding me. Abu Rasha said they had to move to the house of Abu Ali, his “brother.†I thought he meant his real brother. Later, I realized this was just a reference to a fellow mujahideen.Part I and other related links here.Abu Rasha removed my glasses and put two black scarves over my head and face so I wouldn’t be able to see where they were taking me. Hanging onto his arm, I stumbled blindly out of the house and into a car, trying to suck fresh air through the suffocating layers of black polyester.
After a short drive we switched cars, and I cowered, motionless in the strange, new back seat. Soon I realized that there were children next to me, and men in the front seat.
A cassette blared a recitation of the Koran and every few minutes the nervous men would mutter “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,†as we drove through the darkness.
Then one of them said in Arabic, “What are you? What are you?â€
A tiny voice next to me replied, “I’m a Mujahid,†a holy warrior.
It was a boy - I’d learn that his name was Ismael, and he was 6 years old. Just a child, already indoctrinated.
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That's what bugs me so much the left has abandoned a fairly good history for what I don't know. I often disagreed with traditional liberals but I could respec them. These new Neo-liberalists suck.
Posted by: Howie at August 14, 2006 08:15 PM (D3+20)
Journalism (blogging too) is, and always will be, a fight between the forces of truth and those who propagate lies. It is the never-ending "good" fight we all join as we take up the pen(or keyboard). We either choose the path of disengagement from the battle, thereby committing the sin of nonparticipation. Some choose to live a life of hate and lies as these "journalist" do. Or we can select the hard but noble path of speaking truth, countering lies and not backing down.
Posted by: massachusetts republican at August 14, 2006 08:26 PM (TiKv7)
Posted by: craig at August 14, 2006 09:40 PM (F34AJ)
Posted by: jesusland joe at August 14, 2006 10:16 PM (rUyw4)
Courage and defiance have their own price to be paid.
Robert Stetham and Leon Klinghoffer have shown us the weakness of our enemies. They looked these cowards in the eye and proved to their captors that the American spirit cannot be subdued. We are not the French. Nor are We ashamed of the way we became great. If you are an American, and for some stupid reason you carry shame for the way, we as a nation evolved, there is no hope for you unless you spend some quality time living somewhere else. I highly recommend it for all Americans. Mexico is so close. Go there and see what the third world really is. If you like it better, stay there.
Posted by: SeeMonk at August 14, 2006 10:38 PM (n4VvM)
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