Jihadi's threaten to eat NATO troops

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YUSUFALI: Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly. National Post

If anyone ever doubted the West faces sheer insanity in the fight against the most extreme of the Muslim extremists, consider a discussion that recently erupted on a jihadist Web site based on the writings of one of al Qaeda's leading theorists. The thrust of the debate was that Muslim fighters may be justified in cannibalizing U.S. soldiers if they find themselves with nothing else to eat.

The jihadist leading the exchange even said that, in a bid to instill fear into U.S. servicemen, Americans should be told Muslim fighters "smack their lips to eat the flesh of ... the eaters of hamburgers and Pepsi."

The chilling message refers to parts of a recently published book by Muhammad al-Maqdisi, who is best known as the spiritual mentor of Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the first al Qaeda leader in Iraq, whom U.S. forces killed in 2006. In one section of the work, Maqdisi discusses the idea of having to do something that is otherwise forbidden, like "murder or eating food sacrificed for an idol," according Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group, which translates jihadist "chat" sites.

Maqdisi adds some scholars believe this has evolved to mean that Muslims, faced with hunger, are allowed to kill an enemy and "cannibalize him." Some jihadist respondents made light of the entry, which appeared on the al-Fallujah forum June 12. "If we are forced to eat Americans, we will make them [into] kabsa," said one, referring to a family of rice dishes served mainly in Saudi Arabia. It would have "the taste of gunpowder," the contributor added, before also saying the "limbs of apostates" could be turned into appetizers.

Another jihadist appeared to prefer al Qaeda's more "traditional" acts of terror. After saying the "slaughter" of Americans must be carried out in accordance with Sharia law, he posted a picture of the beheading of Nick Berg, an American businessman murdered in Iraq in 2004. "Maybe this is the best way," the jihadist wrote next to the picture.