TETOUAN, Morocco, Nov. 25 (UPI) — A Moroccan seaport 3,000 miles from Iraq has become one of the world’s most fertile recruiting grounds for jihadists, U.S. officials say.
In the past eight months a group of young men, all worshippers at the same mosque, have left their homes in Tetouan, a few miles from the Strait of Gibraltar, to become suicide bombers in Iraq, The Daily Telegraph of London reports.
U.S. intelligence traced at least nine of the men responsible for recent suicide missions in and around Baghdad to Tetouan and its surrounding area, the newspaper said.
Local reports suggest another 21 individuals have left the area to seek martyrdom, following in the footsteps of five other men from Tetouan who blew themselves up in the Madrid suburb of Leganes when cornered by police in April 2004. Police believed they played a part in the train bombings in the Spanish capital in March 2004.
The young men, all in their 20s, became disillusioned with the daily struggle to earn, their families say.
Well, that makes sense. Tired of struggling to pay your bills? Here’s a permanent solution: Blow yourself up.
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Y’all better watch out! I’m disillusioned by my daily struggle to earn as well. Wait, I think that’s called life.
Humiliated by your paycheck? It’s the jooooos!
I knew it had to be something like that. Surely it couldn’t be (gasp) MY fault.
Oooh, husband just asked me if I want to go out for ice cream. I’m humiliated. I may have to explode.
Get the icecream first.
I did! A cherry cheesecake milkshake.
I thought disillusionment with the daily struggle to earn usually hit men around 40. Maybe the daily struggle to earn plus being married to their cousins pushed ‘em over the edge.
Cindy Sheehan is protesting the US base relocations in Korea, link to Power Line Blog. Mmmmmkay.
Hey, jihadis! You say you’re all upset about your earning potential? Kwitcher whining and get your butt out there and get a job just like the bad ol’ Americans do.
Of course, if your chosen profession is going to be to self-detonate (really, have you considered working at McDonald’s? The pay is better…but I digress) get an attitude, add a few braids and beads, maybe some tats and piercings, some really creative clothes, make a statement here.
Night time full-auto firepower display, at Knob Creek, Kentucky.
Oh, man, that looks like fun.
Check this out…the trailer to Titanic II.
http://tralalaonline.blogspot.com/2006/11/speaking-of-titanic.html
Titanic II trailer.
Of course it is.
Happiness is a beltfed weapon.
I would so watch that.
Saw one of my best friends briefly up buying gas….haven’t had a chance to talk with her awhile because since her divorce, she and I have worked opposite shifts. She has some livestock to haul off to auction; I’ll probably wind up loading my sheep as well.
Whoever did that should get an award of some kind.
Henh!
G’night.
God Bless Our Troops and their Families.
All of them?
Di and I have often helped each other out with livestock. She had cattle and horses; I had sheep and hogs. About 1/4 of the farms and ranches in the United States are owned and operated by women. Not us any longer, though.
If I send all of them, it will be like tearing my heart out but yeah, probably. I can’t travel or do any jobs that require overnight stays while I have livestock that depend on me.
Hunh. My previous comment must have gotten stuck somewhere.
Goodnight from a rat in the cage.
Time for some breakfast.
Hunh. Pancakes and bacon here.
Took some June blueberries out of the freezer last night for the pancakes. Oops. Only 2 of us now. Guess we’ll have blueberry muffins later.
mmmmmm blueberries
From the Telegraph: We are in a war to the death; craven concessions won’t win it.