Thursday 11 July 2013

Mind How You Go, Jihadists

I think this belongs in the file entitled 'You'd have to be Hans Christian Andersen to make this up'.
The Al-Ansar Battalion says on its Facebook page the camp is open to all those wishing to participate in "jihad in Homs", where opposition forces are engaged in fierce battles with troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad for control of the city. However, it lays out a number of conditions for new recruits including the ban on lighting up. "Smokers should abstain from smoking during the camp and completely quit smoking by the end of the training," it says.
Dangerous stuff, that tobacco. Unlike guns, explosives and all-out suicidal insurrection, of course.


8 comments:

George said...

Obviously TCI is in good company.

Rob F said...

They don't post photos of themselves , do they? Only, I thought that images were haram.

Oh sorry, I was probably thinking of Brother Fessel from 'Four Lions'. Although sticking a cardboard box on your head would probably make smoking a little problematic (or even suicidal)....

John Gray said...

Rob F - I love your last comment.

corncrake said...

I suppose it's also to stop any suicide bombers from blowing themselves up too early when they have a last fag with their mates?

Michael J. McFadden said...

As I noted over at a Telegraph article yesterday, I've just about given up on satire in the smoking arena. Satirizing the Antismokers is absolutely pointless. You no sooner write it than you open up a newspaper and find it's become the news. See: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/seanthomas/100225278/revealed-how-i-posed-as-a-left-wing-nutjob-on-the-guardians-comment-is-free-and-got-away-with-it/


This was a great catch though Dick! DEFINITELY one for the files!


- MJM

Rob F said...

Thanks, John!


I love that film! Don't know how well it goes down in the US, though, especially after the Boston Marathon attacks
....

Rursus said...

You will learn "how to shot people"... to kill... but: Don't smoke! Think of the passivesmoke!
*rofl*

JonathanBagley said...

Well I guess it's the French Foreign Legion for me then.