By MG at IBC, Iraqi Blogger Central
June 09, 2006
Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi likely was born in Zarka, Jordan circa October 1966, and met his final resting place in Hibhib, Iraq on June 8 2006. Since he graced both nations with his malevolent presence, in this post, we look at the reaction of the Iraqi and Jordanian Bloggers to the death of infamous Zarqawi...
THE IRAQI BLOGOSPHERE
As you would expect, Sam from Hammorabi took the news of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's earthly demise with good cheer and cast him and his fellow terrorist travellers on a journey through hell:
Zarqawi without doubts went into the bottom of the Hell with blood of many innocent children, women and men in his dirty hands...Zarqawi and his aides simply went to Hell and this is the worst fate for any one like them.
Sam even outlined the crimes committed by Zarqawi for us: Zarqawi who is Jordanian from Palestinian origin was responsible for thousands of crimes against the Iraqis and the MNF as well as against humanity. He appeared recently in a video challenging the American and Iraqi forces. He beheaded by his dirty hands many Iraqis and foreigners...
[...] I know that attacks will increase. I know more people are going to die. I know mistakes are going to be continued. I know everything will not be fixed soon like in the fairy tales. But I am happy that this man is killed. I believe his death is the real first step: the thousand-miles road starts with one step.[...] Baghdad Treasure The Thousand-Miles Road Starts with One Step
Read the rest of MG's post on the reactions in the Iraqi blogphere here.
Diane
1 comment:
Hi DC,
Thanks very much. That's a pretty cool image. I was going to post my candle image, sort of a lighting away of the darkness.
Hmmm, it was a very long but interesting post to write. The Jordanians are less pro-American than the Iraqi bloggers, so they have a bit of a different perspective on Zarqawi.
They were of course, furious with him for the attacks he organized in Jordan, I think they look at him as a traitor to his fellow Jordanian Arabs. They likely would have had less of a problem if he was attacking Israel or Western Interests away from the Mideast, I think.
It was good to see so many Iraqi Bloggers happy for a change, as
they have been really down lately, Baghdad Treasure especially.
It's a good step in the right direction.
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