Category Archives for Overheard in a Fallujah bunker
Overheard in an al Qaeda cave and tunnel complex on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan
TweetFirst militant: Second militant: Third militant: Fourth militant: Fifth militant: Sixth militant: Seventh militant: “…uh, little help?”*
Overheard inside a Haditha bunker, Tuesday, October 4
TweetFirst militant: “I don’t mean to sound pessimistic, Bakr, but I was under the impression that our righteous resistance would lead to a weakening of the Great Satan’s will. If anything, we seem to be making them angrier and more … Continue reading
Overheard inside a Tall’Afar bunker, Sunday, September 18
TweetFirst militant: “Remind me again how dressing as women makes us brave, Sulaymaan?”* Second militant: “Because, my brother, dressing as women is but a means to an end. Surrounded by the Great Satan’s heavily armed paper tigers, the cagey Islamic … Continue reading
Overheard inside a Najaf bunker, Tuesday, August 23
TweetFirst militant: “May I speak frankly with you, Jibril?” Second militant: “Of course you may, brother.” First militant: “It concerns the infidels. Certainly we are the stronger warriors—menacing, steel-fanged lions to their paper tigers (Allah be merciful)—but that aside, they … Continue reading
Overheard inside a Najaf bunker, Thursday, August 18
TweetFirst militant: “You know, Qasim, I’m really beginning to like this Cindy Sheehan infidel. Unusual to find an uncovered cur so willing to sing the heavenly music of Truth.”* Second militant: “I agree, brother. When we conquer the Great Satan … Continue reading
Overheard inside a Najaf bunker, Tuesday, August 9
TweetFirst militant: “Do you feel that, Azhar? That sense of foreboding that hangs like a ripe fig over the city?” Second militant: “You worry too much, Qasim. The paper tigers of the Great Satan fear the holy warriors of Allah … Continue reading
Overheard inside a Musayyib bunker, Monday, July 18
TweetFirst militant: “Ever watch ‘H.R. Pufnstuff,’ Marwan? Some pretty trippy shit happening on that show, brother—talking flutes, magic mushrooms, polka-dotted horses… Not to mention Pufnstuff himself. I mean, what is he, anyway— how did he come to power, what’s his … Continue reading
Overheard inside an Haditha bunker, Wednesday, June 1
TweetFirst militant: “Have you seen Team America: World Police yet?” Second militant: “No. Any good?” First militant: “American puppets defeat terrorism and save the world.” Second militant: “Feh. If I wanted to see that I could just look out the … Continue reading
Overheard inside an Haditha bunker, Thursday, May 26
TweetFirst militant: “You have heard the rumors, have you not, Kalil?—that Abu has been seriously wounded and is soon to meet Allah, peace be upon him…?”* Second militant: “This I have heard, my brother. But fear not. I have it … Continue reading
Overheard inside an Anbar province bunker, Thursday, May 12
TweetFirst militant: “About yesterday, Wahid…”* Second militant: “Please. I feel enough shame already –” First militant: “– No, please. Allow me to say my piece. Because after sleeping on it I have decided I agree with you. Life is so … Continue reading
