Blowback blues redux, and redux redux, recurring

February 9th, 2017 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — category title would be along the lines of “the unobvious which ought to be blindingly obvious” — maybe that explains why these things are so hard to see ]

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It’s a pattern.

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You can stumble on an unintended blowback example any day of the week — and thrice on some days:

Probably most important thread you can read today from @rcallimachi. On why ISIS calls Trump's travel ban "The Blessed Ban" pic.twitter.com/qPwSuZrQaS

— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) February 8, 2017

let me quickly add the next two in Callimachi’s series:

12. The term they're using – "a blessed ban" – reminds me of what Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, spiritual founder of ISIS said about the 03 invasion

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017

13. Zarqawi, founder of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which became ISIS, called the 2003 invasion of Iraq "the Blessed Invasion" https://t.co/VNT2h9YJ2v

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February 8, 2017

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Sources:

  • TBIJ, Nine young children killed: The full details of botched US raid in Yemen

  • Politico, CIA Memo: Designating Muslim Brotherhood Could ‘Fuel Extremism’

  • Twitter, Rukmini Callimachi

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    1. Grurray:

      February 9th, 2017 at 8:21 pm

      Blessed ban reminds me of this line, even rhyming for added effect
      http://tinyurl.com/huo22ok
      “To confirm his story, the CIA had KSM reenact the beheading so that it could compare the features of his hands and forearms to those in the video of Pearl’s murder. ‘Throughout the reenactment, KSM smiled and mugged for the cameras. Sometimes he preened,’ Mitchell writes. When informed that the CIA had confirmed that he was telling the truth, KSM smiled.
      ‘See, I told you,’ KSM said. ‘I cut Daniel’s throat with these blessed hands.'”