Jihadists: Bin Laden death will not mute Jihad call

[steve2470]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Members of Jihadist forums said they prayed the news of Osama bin Laden's death was not true, and hinted at retaliation if it was, in some of the first Islamist reaction to the al Qaeda leader's death.

"Oh God, please make this news not true...God curse you Obama," said one message on an Arabic language forum. "Oh Americans ... it is still legal for us to cut your necks."

"Osama may be killed but his message of Jihad will never die. Brothers and sisters, wait and see, his death will be a blessing in disguise," said a poster on another Islamist forum.

Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/05/02/idINIndia-56699720110502

[The Magistrate]

1. The Technical Term For This, Sir, Is 'Whistling Past the Graveyard'

[Demeter]

2. And at Such a Convenient Time, Electorally, Too

Cynicism...it lives in the bones.

[No Elephants]

3. What else did anyone expect them to say?

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Well, They Are Jihadists!

Right? So, they continue to justify their existence by continuing their perverted vision of jihad. They've gone out onto the high, thin limb a long time ago. No way back now.

[Ian David]

5. ...

[Hissyspit]

6. Why would it?

They didn't give up after 1993, just changed their tactics.

[xchrom]

7. once you've called for a jihad -- pretty hard to just step away from it. nt

[Turbineguy]

8. Was anyone expecting them to say

"Ah, shit, now we have to go out and get a real job!"?

[Zorra]

9. Wacko religious fanatics. Dangerous people in so many ways. nt

[olegramps]

10. Agreed. Religious fanatics of any stripe are dangerous.