Al Qaeda: "We're stupid."

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Former Al Qaeda members declare "operatives are an ignorant lot" - report in Saudi Arab News.

Well, we know they're smart enough to coordinate the slaughter of 3,000 Americans on 9/11 and 150+ Russian children two months ago. But apparently Al Qaeda isn't slaughtering people correctly, according these islamo-intellectuals.

About 95 percent of Al-Qaeda operatives in the Kingdom are ignorant and most of them do not observe basic Islamic teachings, according to new confessions by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashoud and Khaled Al-Farraj, former members of the terror network.

"Before someone enters the group, he thinks that it is pure. From my observations, I have seen that they are committing actions that should not come from a group claiming jihad," Al-Rashoud said.

"I can tell you that 95 percent of the cell's members are ignorant," Al-Farraj said. "They are even more ignorant than the uneducated. They have reached a point where they call all scholars in the country infidels," he added.

Ahmad Al-Dakheel, who is head of the Shariah committee in the Makkah cell, is guilty of such behavior.

"Dakheel said that all policemen in uniforms are infidels and asked the members to gun them down. If imams at mosques condemn explosions and terrorist activities, then they were also branded as infidels," Al-Farraj said.

Does this explain why so many islamic leaders are deadly silent when it comes to condemning islamofascist slaughter? Are they next if they speak up?

According to Al-Rashoud, Al-Qaeda members spend a lot of money. "Most of the money came from charitable donations," he added. They convinced donors that they were collecting money for poor Iraqi families.

During armed confrontations with security forces, Al-Rashoud said, they escaped in cars taken from Saudis at gunpoint. "I think this is forbidden according to my knowledge of Islam," Al-Farraj said.

Al-Farraj also spoke about Al-Qaeda's plan to raid a housing compound. "They bought a GMC for the operation, and it was the same car that was reported by the police," he said, adding that Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin, former leader of the cell in the Kingdom, helped in filling the vehicle with explosives. Abdul Aziz Al-Mudaihesh carried out the operation.

Al-Rashoud said Al-Qaeda carried out terrorist operations using different names, such as Al-Haramain Brigade and Voice of Jihad. "Actually, they are one and the same," he pointed out.

Al-Farraj said he was surprised when Al-Muqrin said Al-Qaeda was not responsible for the bombing of the police headquarters in Riyadh.

Aside from the general incoherence of the article, we are able to learn from ex-Al Qaeda Al-Rashoud, that he thinks carjacking at gunpoint is forbidden, according to his knowledge of islam. He adds that Al Qaeda is "committing actions that should not come from a group claiming jihad."

This, of course, is purposefully vague - how much bombing and slaughter does islam prescribe? And when has the line been crossed into too much slaughter? I'm not hearing a lot of "moderate" islamic voices out there answering these questions or condemning many of these breaches of jihadic etiquette.