Soldiers Rescue Man Blackmailed into Suicide-Bombing Mission

[ECH1969]

Task Force Baghdad soldiers this morning rescued a man apparently blackmailed into a suicide-bombing mission by terrorist master Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

The man exploded his red Kia sedan roughly 15 feet from a barrier to a coalition base in east Baghdad, Iraq. The car bomb failed to detonate properly and the vehicle caught on fire. Soldiers manning the gate reacted quickly and saved the driver, coalition officials said in a release.

An initial investigation revealed that terrorists had kidnapped the driver's family and that he was forced to carry out this suicide-bombing mission to protect his wife and children, coalition officials said.

"This is another case where Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has to extort men to carry out his indiscriminate slaughtering," said Army Col. Joe DiSalvo, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. "He can't recruit volunteers. ( So ) he is resorting to forcing Iraqi civilians to carry out these mission by threatening harm to kidnapped family members."

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I expect the media will play up this story over the next couple days.

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Who is paying these people?
And for WHAT?

[Journeyman]

2. Or another way to look at it . . .

I'm a terrorist bomber. My mission failed, no one died, and I was left stuck in the car until my enemies rescued me. Damn. I can cop to the deal, curse 'em roundly and take my lumps. Or I can give them some bogus bullshit about a kidnapping, an extortion, and how innocent I truly am -- especially how much I didn't want to hurt my enemies, who now hold me by the balls and are plugging in the electrodes as I stutter and stammer.

What to do? What to do?

[DulceDecorum]

3. US soldiers RESCUED a SUICIDE BOMBER?

Yeah right.
And Nicola Calipari is vacationing in Venice.

[Journeyman]

4. Oh, I agree, DD. . .it makes no sense whatsoever. . .

I was ridiculing the Iraqi's improbable story, when I should have been ridiculing the American's improbable take. Either way, it's near impossible to swallow.

[DulceDecorum]

8. You have my word on it.

It doesn't matter which way you cut it,
this story would cause Joe Isuzu to choke in embarrassment,
and if I'm lying may lightning hit his mother.
http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_joeisuzu.htm

[HeeBGBz]

10. You know they would have riddled him with a barrage of gunfire

That story smells like old fish.

[Roland99]

17. They want to get those who want to harm us out of harm's way.

[bemildred]

5. Sounds like straight up bullshit to me.

Straight from the state propaganda organs.

[leftchick]

18. yes indeed...

The BS meter is exploding with this one. :eyes:

[Demeter]

6. May I Ask How This Man Thinks HE's Saving His Family

if he kills himself in a car bomb? Not only can he not be there for him, he cannot get help for them, either.

The Arabs are not deficient in logic (any more than Americans) so this is insane.

[The Stranger]

7. What is a "terrorist master"?

Is that like a "Jedi master"?

[glitch]

9. They have told so many lies, even if this is true no one would believe it.

Why don't liars ever learn, at some point they might need to tell the truth and they might really need to be believed?

[jpgray]

12. "Terrorist master"? Are we in a Flash Gordon movie? (nt)

[daleo]

13. This sounds like propaganda.

The number of willing suicide bombers is somewhat surprising to me, but I can't believe this sort of thing explains it.

[CarinKaryn]

14. Ohhh Pleeeeuze!

[thebigidea]

15. its either propaganda or the bomber is doing some creative lying

that's some quick thinking if so - "Oh shit... my bomb went off too early... oh fuck fuck fuck - oh, hello Sergeant... uh, I was forced to do this! They have my family! And my collection of Knight Rider tapes - they said they'd erase them if I didn't do this! Really!"

[0007]

16. Who in the world could buy into this bullshit?

[MetaTrope]

19. I could

And I've been a MIHOP believer from Day 1.

I suspect that the very same situation was what inspired the 9/11 hijackers to remain steadfast through years of training and (if the reports are to be believed) a less than halal lifestyle in the U.S. In which event it wouldn't have mattered whether they knew Bushco was behind their plan or not.