5 thoughts on “Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What I Did at Summer Camp”

1. Some of those dragged behind the vehicle were not yet corpses.

2. Someone made the point that calling this cowardly terrorist a “mastermind” inadvertently elevates his jihadi cred, even glamorizes him, and we should use different language in describing his role. “Mastermind” is certainly the first word that pops into peoples’ mind, but language matters and we should use neutral terms such a “author” or “organizer.” Or something with a bit of a sinister tinge, like “orchestrator.”

   For instance, the first line of this post would read thusly: “As part of his semester of study abroad, the recently deceased orchestrator of the jihad massacre in Paris took a little working tour of the battlefront in Syria.”

   • “Mastermind” is OK, because it conjures up an image of an evil mastermind — a role probably played by Vincent Price, but in this case wearing a nightgown and a beanie.

   • Sorry Baron,
     I still prefer the title organizer.
     That title was nicely used and associated for community purposes.
     Then one of the “community organizers” used that position as being of such great value, that it lead to from organizing a city to organizing a country.
     That one now jet sets around and believes he can organize the world.
     In a few years he likes organizing that much he is looking to continue in other cities, in his retirement with a special mention of Baltimore.
     http://tinyurl.com/jwnft8g

     Abdelhamid Abaaoud also became a community organizer in Paris, after his training as per the mastermind.
     Sadly I do not see any mind in this let alone him being the master mind. but perhaps the real master mind is simply the “perfect man” Mohammad for all those followers.

     That is where the real evil that you mentioned was conjured up, and that is who we have to prove to all infidels, atheists, christians, muslims, buddhists hindis etc. the vile evilness of that man that has persisted for 1400 years.

     That is what has to be attacked, that man, and the proof of it in the koran, hadiths, sunnah, siras that must be truly read up on and exposed.
     They both would have agreed in support of their “mastermind” as one said during a 2012 speech the “future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”

     Still it is with thanks to Baron and Dymphna shining lights on this evilness

     • That is what has to be attacked, that man, and the proof of it in the koran, hadiths, sunnah, siras that must be truly read up on and exposed.

       While it’s important for those of us who oppose the further establishment of Islam within our borders to learn as much as possible about Islam, we would do better to leave average Muslims alone while focusing on the murderous outliers. Meanwhile, we keep pushing for a wider understanding of the fact that Islam is not a religion. It’s a juridical supremacist utopian ideology w/ Allah as the tyrant (rather than Stalin or Mao). Those who are caught in the web of “apostasy = death” are best left alone as long as they obey the law.

       We have been dealt a severe blow by having a man who is most probably a Muslim sitting in the Oval Office. The outlines of his beliefs are becoming even clearer since the Paris attacks. They served to wake up a few Americans and they in turn started shaking up their legislators to have them take action against further mass inflow from Syria. Now Mr. Obama is angry at the prospect of being so openly thwarted. I expect him to become more openly hostile in his remaining year+ as president.

       The Paris massacre wasn’t as bad as many other terror attacks – Mumbai or 9/11 for two – but it happened in the heart of Europe in the City of Light. Europe may be peripheral to many Americans’ conscious thought but it is where we all came from – or most of us – so its preservation is important to our own sense of security. That’s one of those “unthought knowns” which is now rising to the level of actual thinking. It’s hard to say what changes will occur as a result of that knowledge rising into sunlight.

       Those who have worked within the confines of Washington D.C. can see the changes terrorism has wrought. It’s becoming ever more a fortress and ever less the people’s city it used to be. Immediately outside that fortress you can find the feral areas where it’s dangerous to venture. That may be just fine to those with enough power to live and move and have their being inside the fortress since they feel safe. They do understand where NOT to go in the immediate environs outside their redoubt; how much they comprehend about the large uncharted territory between the two coasts remains open to question. Not for nothing did Obama’s remark about “bitter clingers” holding onto their guns and their bibles become a permanent ‘thing’ we know about him and the Left in general. That remark tells many all they need to know about professional politicians on both sides of the aisle.

       The ripples from Paris (and wherever else is roiled by terrorist attacks) will continue to be felt far past the kill zone, all the way to Iowa and other uncharted places politicians are forced to attend to in order to be in the running…places they get out of as fast as possible and don’t plan to see again…unless they’re running again.

       It’s a wonderment. Events across the sea may well have the unintended consequence of making possible the election of Donald Trump to the Oval Office. He has been loud and clear about borders and safety: if enough people are sufficiently afraid of ISIS coming here, then Trump will win despite anything the MSM is sure to say about him.

       For me at least the presidential campaign has suddenly become interesting. I thought I was impervious after eight years under Mr. Obama but Paris changed me, too.

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