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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

The last contest I entered was to win front row tickets to The Nutcracker.

May this contest winner be the recipient of an all expenses paid trip to Club GTMO, that or a free Hellfire Missile up the (probably Dorito-enhanced) rump.

MEMRI: Islamist Website Design Contest: Winner Fires Missiles at U.S. Army Base in Iraq

This is another example of the online propaganda campaign on Islamist forums whose authenticity is difficult to establish.

The information bureau of Jaish Al-Taifa Al-Mansura("The Army of the Victorious Group"), a Sunni terrorist organization operating in Iraq, announced a contest for designing the organization's website, and stated that the prize would be, in addition to reward from Allah, an opportunity to fire missiles via computer at a U.S. army base in Iraq...

"After selecting the best design, the Army's information bureau will notify the winner.

"The contest will continue for a month, and there will be two prizes for the best design:

"1. Reward from Allah for blessed work in the service of jihad and the jihad fighters.

"2. The winner will fire three long-range missiles from any location in the world at an American army base in Iraq, by pressing a button [on his computer] with his own blessed hand, using technology developed by the jihad fighters, Allah willing. The information bureau will announce the winner after coordinating with the military bureau of the Army...


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