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Maqdisi Composes Elegy for Zarqawi

Posted: 25th September 2008 by Will McCants in AQ in Iraq, AQ Leadership, Poetry
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Zarqawi’s spiritual mentor, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, composed an elegy for his deceased disciple soon after his death.  Although the two fell out over Zarqawi’s brutal tactics in Iraq, Maqdisi still has a soft spot for him.  The elegy, “The Dove Cried and the Swords Wept,” is recited by Maqdisi and has been released online for [...]