i, for one, don't welcome

our new internet broadcasting company, al qaeda.

apparently the production is quite "professional", complete with logo, marquees, subtitles, and that little box in the upper right corner to show pictures relevant to the news being read.

*boggle*. though why i am boggling, i don't know. it makes sense, but it just seems surreal at the same time.

the "voice of the caliphate" is apparently right up there with certain christian and jewish twerps in having gotten direct notice from the divine about hurricane katrina being retribution -- except terrorist-tv is more flowery: the hurricane was a soldier of god fighting those bad, bad homosexuals. *gnrg*. just once it would be nice if their god were to smite these idiots. *smite*smite*smite*. if i were god, there would be some mighty smiting, believe you me. forgiving is all good and well, but first: smiting.

more detail on terrorist-tv in german; couldn't find an english equivalent at the time of writing this. the article has pictures. i am guessing al qaeda does not pick its newscasters by their looks, since looks are irrelevant if you're in full ninja outfit.