Foehammer’s Anvil

You’re going to start hearing a lot of “shock” coming out of the United Kingdom and our American mainstream media about the revelation that at least one, possibly two, of the 7 suspects currently in custody with relation to the Islamic terrorist bombing attacks and attempted attacks from this past weekend are medical doctors. But why should this be such a surprise?

It is a surprise only because we in the non-Muslim world, and especially the West, continue to view our enemies through the lens of our own politically correct telescope. This has been the biggest problem with the ‘War on Terror’ since its inception.

Get it straight, people: “true Muslims” believe in their cult. They believe they will be rewarded by “Allah” for killing unbelievers while waging jihad. Jihad is almost always viewed as a form of defense, and all this really means is that the Muslims committing themselves to terrorist acts have cultivated the proper excuses for their violence beforehand.

Now, doctors are supposed to perpetuate non-violence and the sanctity of life. But if you are viewed as a non-innocent, and a non-Muslim and, worst of all, an enemy of Islam, then you are no better than a pig to most Muslims. Do you expect to be told by the nice Muslims down the lane that they despise you and scoff at your religious beliefs to such a degree that when their mullahs rail against Western values behind closed doors of the local mosque they heartily shout “Allahu Akbar!” right along with the rest of the crowd? Then do not expect Muslim doctors to believe their hippocratic oath applies to your life, infidel!

Jihad doctors are nothing new. Blogger Debbie Schlussel put together a few names back in May of 2007:

Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri–Al-Qaeda mastermind and number two man, reportedly a surgeon and/or psychiatrist;

Dr. Mohammad Rabi Al-Zawahiri–Ayman’s father and a Muslim Brotherhood enthusiast, pharmacologist and professor at Ain Shams Medical School;

Dr. “Abu Hafiza”–Al-Qaeda master planner who was the brains and commander of the Moroccan cell that provided logistics for the 9/11 attacks, and he recruited Qaeda insurgents for battles in Fallujah, Moroccan psychiatrist;

Dr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi–Late HAMAS leader, pediatrician;

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahar–HAMAS co-founder and leader, surgeon and lecturer at the Islamic University in Gaza;

Dr. Fathi Abd Al-Aziz Shiqaqi–Late founder of Islamic Jihad and active in Fatah, physician;

Dr. George Habash–Founder and chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), pediatrician (which is interesting since he rocketed a school bus full of children in Avivim, Israel;

Dr. Bashar Assad–President of Terror-sponsor state Syria, welcoming home to every Islamic terrorist group imaginable, ophthalmologist.

Sort of makes the whole “tiny minority of extremists” theory look that much more ridiculous, don’t you think? When law enforcement officials on both sides of the Big Pond say they are looking for “links to a terrorist organization”, they never name the biggest terrorist organization of all: Islam. Quick! Run away from the Reality of it all!

The primary tenet of Islam is to spread Islam. Violence and intimidation have been the primary means of this indoctrination throughout history. So, do not be surprised again when jihad doctors make a “house call”; they might even be “fired up” to see you.

UPDATE: Counterterrorism Blog has a very good news roundup with the latest:

British Jihadist terror suspects include two doctors. Sky News reported that two of those in custody are hospital doctors, and that a sixth suspect is still at large. Sky News reporter states: “These are professional people with highly paid jobs.” AFP has reports that two of the terror suspects arrested are a Jordanian doctor (Mohammed Jamil Abdelkader Asha) and his wife. Daily Telegraph is also reporting this. AFP reported that Mohammed Asha was of Palestinian descent; International Herald Tribune confirmed his arrest and is reporting that he is of “Iranian-Kurdish” descent. Birmingham Post also confirms that a doctor’s house was being searched in Staffordshire.

UPDATE: I won’t be at all surprised to find out that these doctors are utilizing pain killers (i.e. morphine) before they enter into their otherwise insane self-immolating terror attacks. From CNN:

One of the suspects, who is in critical condition at Royal Alexandra Hospital near Glasgow, is a doctor at the hospital where he is being treated for severe burns, according to the woman who owns his rental house.

UPDATE: The very latest puts the number of terrorist suspects arrested in the UK at 8, three of which are doctors with the possibility of a fourth. The nationalities of two doctors are Iraqi and Jordanian; the national origin of all other suspects still not clear.

UPDATE: Make that FIVE doctors.

UPDATE: Latest and possibly the last suspect caught in Australia attempting to board another plane to Singapore. Sheik yer’mami has details.