By Andrew L. Jaffee

Let’s hope reports are true that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been killed. It is unbearable, unthinkable, and unimaginable to think of the horror that Islamists have created in Iraq. But al-Masri’s faithful murderers are consoling the Ummah, reminding them that the “fight” (holocaust) goes on:

The Islamic State of Iraq reassures the Ummah [Muslim nation] on the safety of Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, may God protect him, and that he is still fighting the enemies of God.

This statement makes me want too…