7/20/2006
Iraqi Militants "Pissed" at Being Overshadowed by Hezbollah
Left: No respect anymore
(Baghdad) The war between Israel and Hezbollah has claimed unintended victims, according to militants in Iraq.
"We can't even make the second page of the paper any more," lamented Mahmoud Saeed, who heads a group known as Iraqi Freedom Brigade. "We detonated a schoolbus full of Sunni children the other day, and all we got was a '30 Dead in Baghdad' blurb on Reuters."
Saeed said that the "news blockade" is hurting the group's ability to recruit new warriors and to attract financial backing.
"What good is it to cut off the head of a US soldier if no one is around to take your picture waving it and shouting 'Death to the Infidel?'" he asked. "The young men today want to be where the action is, and right now it's in southern Lebanon, I'm afraid."
Saeed added that Iraqi Freedom Brigade will be "redefining ourselves" in the coming weeks.
"We will be trying out red-colored smoke and adding more gunpowder to our IEDs in an effort to create more of a 'wow' factor," he said, loading an AK-47. "We believe that creating more of a media-friendly spectacle is our key to winning back the world press, Allah be praised."
(Baghdad) The war between Israel and Hezbollah has claimed unintended victims, according to militants in Iraq.
"We can't even make the second page of the paper any more," lamented Mahmoud Saeed, who heads a group known as Iraqi Freedom Brigade. "We detonated a schoolbus full of Sunni children the other day, and all we got was a '30 Dead in Baghdad' blurb on Reuters."
Saeed said that the "news blockade" is hurting the group's ability to recruit new warriors and to attract financial backing.
"What good is it to cut off the head of a US soldier if no one is around to take your picture waving it and shouting 'Death to the Infidel?'" he asked. "The young men today want to be where the action is, and right now it's in southern Lebanon, I'm afraid."
Saeed added that Iraqi Freedom Brigade will be "redefining ourselves" in the coming weeks.
"We will be trying out red-colored smoke and adding more gunpowder to our IEDs in an effort to create more of a 'wow' factor," he said, loading an AK-47. "We believe that creating more of a media-friendly spectacle is our key to winning back the world press, Allah be praised."