Video of 'martyred' child used for recruitment
by Al Qaeda-linked group
Since 07-27-08
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
July 24th 2008
WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda allies running terror camps for tots on the Afghan-Pakistan border are using video of a boy “martyred” in combat to recruit jihadis.
The apparently lifeless body of the child, an Uzbek boy younger than 11, is the focus of the grisly half-hour video by the Islamic Jihad Union - a radical Uzbek group practically indistinguishable from Osama Bin Laden’s network, according to U.S. officials.
"In a fierce battle in Waziristan between the soldiers of Allah and the friends of Satan, Abd al-Rahim was wounded by an arrow," says an Uzbek narrator, referring to a bullet or shrapnel.
Waziristan is part of the Pakistani tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, where Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other thugs stage attacks on U.S. and allied forces.
"They couldn't find doctors, and under these conditions it wasn't possible to treat his wound. So, our young mujahid, Abd al-Rahim, reached martyrdom," the narrator says as the camera pans over the dead boy's face shrouded in a white cloth.
The video was obtained from the terrorism research service SITE Intelligence Group.
The ghastly film follows Abd al-Rahim and a dozen young boys in camouflage shirts and black headbands reading "There is no God but Allah" as they train with rocket-propelled grenades, pistols and Kalashnikov rifles.
The dead boy was "a translator between the native fighters and the mujahideen," the video says. Al Qaeda is littered with Uzbeks who marry into local Pashtun clans for protection. Many were slaughtered last year by their Pashtun hosts for abusing women, sources have said.
NATO and U.S. military officers told the Daily News it’s rare to find juveniles on the battlefield.
Last week, a boy in a suicide vest killed himself and two Afghan soldiers in Helmand province. In early June, NATO troops "caught two IED trigger persons who were later released due to their age, ten and under," said Army 1st Lt. Nathan Perry.
In May, Pakistani troops raided a compound they claimed was used to train kids as young as nine for suicide bombings in Afghanistan. But a U.S. special operations document referred to the army raid as a "ruse."
ameridadian Jul 24, 2008 2:53:18 PM Report Offensive Post
First of all, it's AMERIDADIAN. Second of all, I am merely saying that there is hardly any mention of the atrocities committed by them. I think that the Al-Queda's use of children is disgusting. I also think that the ongoing abuse of the workers in the African diamond mines run by the "chosen ones" is also disgusting. Wrong is wrong-period.
DaveP Jul 24, 2008 5:50:58 PM Report Offensive Post
What "certain country" are you talking about? There was an Israel in antiquity, and the Pelestinians' historical homeland was in the present day Jordan. So what, pray tell, is your point? Your implication that the Palestinians should have Israel is like saying the British should have Northern Ireland.
highroller Jul 24, 2008 5:52:06 PM Report Offensive Post
i just thought we controlled the banks and media, i didnt know we also controlled the african diamond mines, i must have missed that meeting and nobody sent me a memo, i better fly to africa and get my share of the diamonds, idiot, the diamond mines are in control of the corrupt and brutal african governments or the just as brutal rebels, that is what's fueling their 30 year civil war, the diamond are sold to dutch diamond brokers, De Beers is not jewish.
BabyFaceFinster Jul 24, 2008 9:53:30 PM Report Offensive Post
Israel "atrocities" yeah.ok. Raed this Capt Morality:"....The Palestinian Authority has come up with yet another wild accusation about Israel. Two PA newspapers - one directly controlled by the office of PA President Mahmoud Abbas - are accusing Israel of releasing rats with supernatural qualities to chase away the Arab residents of Jerusalem. According to the PA papers, the Israeli-Jerusalem rat is: 1. Immune to rat poison; 2. Aggressive and larger than usual; 3. Unafraid of cats and able to scare them away; 4. Highly fertile -- female rat gives birth to 140 babies a year, four times the normal average; 5. Highly selective -- Jewish residents of Jerusalem apparently are not affected by these rats. Israel's goal, the libelous PA articles accuse, is "to turn the residents' life into a living ****, forcing them to leave." Interestingly, the articles do not mention how the rats are trained to differentiate between Jewish and Arab residents of Jerusalem. " nice bunch. its
BabyFaceFinster Jul 24, 2008 9:55:07 PM Report Offensive Post
Say! I own the diamond mines! Power to my people yall.
luff000 Jul 25, 2008 3:48:17 AM Report Offensive Post
ameridadian.......you ask why is not anything written negative about the 'CHOSEN PEOPLE. what are you reading,armenian.almost every article is either negative about the jews or israel.whoever chose us the 'chosen people' should rot in ****,if there was such a place.let some body else become the 'chosen people' and have their turn at all of this grief,aggrevation,persecution,muirder,violence,rape,dispersed thru out the world.as far as the "diamonds' debeers was dutch,merged with the oppenheim family.oppenheim is anglican and is buried in the anglican church.nigeria controls their own diamond industry as many of the other african nations.
luff000 Jul 25, 2008 3:55:37 AM Report Offensive Post
cont: and iif a'certain country'was not formed in the mid east,we would not be having this problem.what has all this have to do with the kid being used as a martyr..the arabs are a very patient group of people and they have been waiting centuries to get even with the caucasians since the time of the crusaders and their time is coming.the will not be happy until the whole world is muslim.instead of you praying to jesus,you will be praying in a mosque toward mecca.if you are concerned,you should be more concerned with the illegals who are bankrupting your country and your hospitals and medical plans................but no doubt you are also blaming that on the jews and israel.
mr crunchy Jul 25, 2008 10:27:42 AM Report Offensive Post
did i hear a jewish guy deny their link to the diamond industry??....i am not a bleeding idiot who blames the jews for all evil in this world but if i wanted some stones i would head into crown heights and deal directly with the Hasidics who deal in 2 things,diamonds and cash..To deny this simple truth gives the BLAME THE JEW crowd more credibility and is ignorant beyond belief...