When Martyrdom Is Reprehensible

Via Slimes

Zarqawi gone, Al-Qaeda pledges to continue 'holy war'

"We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the Mujahed Sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,'' said the statement, signed by "Abu Abdel-Rahman al-Iraqi,'' identified as the deputy "emir'' or leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. "

Martyrdom... is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard Shaw The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 3


It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)