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David Letterman Targeted By Jihadists

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David Letterman is the target of online jihadists for joking about the death of an Al-Qaeda member.

The talk show host was threatened on the site Shumukh-al-Islam, which frequently posts messages from the terrorist network and its supporters, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

A poster identified as Umar al-Basrawi took offense to a moment on Letterman’s program when he referred to the air strike death of Ilyas Kashmiri by drawing his hand across his neck.

The message reads, “Is there not amongst you a Sayyid Nosair al-Masri (may Allah release him) to cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever,” apparently in admiration for a man tied to the 1990 murder of an Israeli politician and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

“[Letterman] showed his evil nature and deep hatred for Islam and Muslims… We ask Allah to paralyze his tongue and grant the sincere monotheists his neck.”

Letterman, who is not Jewish, has not commented on the matter.

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  • http://twitter.com/DrivelLady Laurie B.

    What are Islamic extremists doing watching Letterman?

  • http://twitter.com/FamousZee MissZee

    they also targeted South Park a few years ago

  • http://comlike.com ComLike

    I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that these type of threats and messages come from xenophobic white American dudes trying to perpetuate a stereotype instead of actual Islamic extremists. Like when they had the Boston Tea Party back in the day and everyone dressed up like Indians to commit their crimes. Indians have a bad image anyways. Screw em, right? Sheesh.

    http://ComLike.com/story.php?title=david-letterman-death-threat

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  • ThoddyT

    ComLike you need to get a passport and travel to a few urban centres in western Europe (start with Marseilles France and Rotterdam, Netherlands whydoncha?) to see the utter folly and naivete of your remarks. Better yet, read a few books by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (“Infidel” , “The Caged Virgin”).

    You will find that threats, xenophobia and hateful intolerance are all indeed alive and well in North America… courtesy of the of the most facist ideology in history, masquerading as a “religion”, namely Islam.

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    In all fairness isn’t every American on their list?

  • Mohangsingh

    They are a murderous people. Every day disputes are settle in the Muslim world by beheadings, stonings, giving your daughter away, selling your young sons to older men, pillage and theft and robbery on the high seas. These people should not be dismissed easily. After all Islam is not a religion in the same sense as Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism. It is also a political movement and the aim of a large segement of that population is global Islamic domination. Keep your eyes open.

  • http://twitter.com/FamousZee MissZee

    LOL yes

  • http://profiles.google.com/jmtpubs JMT Publications XXXXX

    Letterman now has the FBI dealing with the threats. I guess he’ll have to go back to targeting 12 year old girls as the butts of his “jokes.” So far, the Palin family hasn’t shot this bastard.

  • http://profiles.google.com/jmtpubs JMT Publications XXXXX

    Letterman now has the FBI dealing with the threats. I guess he’ll have to go back to targeting 12 year old girls as the butts of his “jokes.” So far, the Palin family hasn’t shot this bastard.

  • http://twitter.com/FamousZee MissZee

    Bringing the Palin family into it, isn’t helping, but Sarah Palin put her family in the spot light, so fair game..Secondly, he’s been dealing with threats for years now…his son was almost kidnapped, dealt with blackmail…i’m pretty sure Letterman is taking this seriously and you are not helping…and

  • Anonymous

    ANY death threat should be taken seriously. Isn’t this the country in which you are allowed to speak your mind? Speaking your mind should not encourage death threats. I hope Mr. Letterman is watching his back.

  • Jennifer

    Precisely. Couldn’t have said it better. European countries now have serious regrets about their heretofore liberal immigration policies, particularly from certain corners of the world, and with good reason. Racism, intolerance are huge factors. Indeed, they are, but not on the part of the European hosts. At least not originally.

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