Monday, January 31, 2005

Attn Jeremy: Those Wacky Terrorists

In a post a few days old, NZPundit mentions the behaviour of the 9/11 plane hijackers the last few days before they made their attacks, when they visited casinos and strip clubs. He's talking about the cases in Gauntanamo Bay where fundamentalist Muslims are tortured by being molested by prostitutes. (I'd be happy if there that was the only torture they used, and there were no stories of electrodes on genitals and such like also coming out.)

I remember reading about this (the hijackers in Las Vegas) ages ago, and learning that a common motif in stories of Islamist conversion is the bit where the protagonist visits the seediest places in America (for example, a strip club in Vegas) and is tempted by the sinful lifestyle, but ultimately rejects it for the life of a faithful Muslim (based, I believe, on the experiences of this guy, one of the founders of Islamism). This sounds pretty consistent with the story of the hijackers, they didn't sound like they enjoyed their lap dances that much.

Unfortunately, I can't find the place where I read this, dammit. But I did find this, the snopes page for the 'no plane crashed into the Pentagon' conspiracy theory. I wonder if Jeremy's read it?

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