Al-Qaeda video 12-year-old boy beheads man

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021104.php

May 20, 2008

Cries of "Allahu akbar," and 12-year-old boy beheads man in Al-Qaeda video

“There is no harm in taking ‘jehad’ (holy war) for the right cause” -- yet more Misunderstanders of Islam think jihad has something to do with warfare. Ibrahim Hooper, call your office!

"Boy, 12, Beheads Man In Al Qaeda Video," by Farhan Bokhari for CBS News, May 20 (thanks to Writer Mom):

Amid cries of ‘Allah o Akbar’ (god is great), a young boy, barely 12 years old, lifts his machete and strikes at his victim who is lying on the ground, all tied up for the kill.
Waving a ‘V’ for victory sign with his right hand, the boy picks up the severed head and shows it around to the chants of applause from an audience gathered in a remote part of the region straddling the mountainous range which divides Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The performance in this chilling episode which may simply shock most people around the world, is the case of militant justice meted out to supposed traitors. It involves Al Qaeda and the Taliban slapping exemplary punishment to an individual suspected to be a spy for the government.

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“There is no harm in taking ‘jehad’ (holy war) for the right cause” read the sign board in a training class, documented in yet another Pakistani intelligence video, secretly captured ahead of the operation, through the use of hidden cameras inserted around the front compound of the school. A teacher, who wrapped himself up to his face with a piece of cloth, pointed towards a list of “recommendations for students” while surrounded by teenagers, urging them to embrace virtues such as “accept the way forward through sacrifice” and “accept that laying down your life for the right cause is not a waste”.
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