That's No Way To Get Your Fifty Virgins

This is interesting. The LA Times reports that the fierce fighting in Fallujah on the part of the insurgents may not have been due to religious fervor at all. Apparently the terrorists had some "mother's little helpers" too. Along with weapons, troops reported finding caches of amphetamines, adrenaline, and even crack pipes. This is very intriguing since drugs are strictly harem--forbidden to devout Muslims. There's speculation that the drug trade and drug smuggling could be one of the ways the insurgency is raising money. This is definitely bad PR for them in the Muslim world.
- posted by Base10 @ 2:26 PM