Radio host's CD pokes fun at terrorists

Radio host's CD pokes fun at terrorists
Parody songs mixed with clips of interviews with jihadist leaders

A popular American radio host yesterday launched a music CD poking fun at Islamic terrorists with parody songs he says highlight the "hypocrisy" and "pure stupidity" of terror ideology.

The CD features clips of actual terrorists from interviews conducted in the Middle East by the national radio host, Talk Radio Network's Rusty Humphries.

"We're all afraid of terrorists," said Humphries. "They are scary, which makes them successful. What I try to do is point out the absurdity of their charge, which isn't too difficult, and take away our fear of them by turning them into subjects of ridicule. I learned from talking to the terrorists in person that when you peel away all their lies, there is no foundation to what they are doing."

"Thank Allah I'm a Jihad Boy," is a the title track of the new CD, which is expected to draw the ire of at least a few jihadist organizations with parody songs entitled "Last Train to Kooksville," and "Roll Over Appeasers" among others.

A sampling of the lyrics includes gems like: "Life as a terrorist is really laid back/You find an infidel and give his head a big whack/ See a solider just shoot him in the back/ Thank Allah I'm a Jihad Boy.

"Well I got me five wifes and got me a hooka/ When the sun comes up I strap on my Bazooka/ One wife so ugly I'm glad she wears a burka Thank Allah I'm a Jihad Boy"

Another song, "Imagine," states, "Imagine there's no Christians/ It's easy if you try/ No Pope or George Bush/ Infidels will die/ Imagine all the Muslims/ Ruling all the world."

Humphries said a good deal of the CD lyrics were inspired by his conversations with real terrorists. The radio host has conducted several interviews with Palestinian terror leaders, including Jihad Jaraa, leader of the 2002 siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. Twice he has conducted in-person interviews with the gun-toting senior leadership of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the declared "military wing" of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.

Together with the Islamic Jihad terror group, the Brigades has taken responsibility for every suicide bombing inside Israel the past two years, including an attack in Tel Aviv in April that killed American teenager Daniel Wultz and nine Israelis. The Brigades also has carried out scores of deadly shooting and rocket attacks against Israeli civilians in recent months.

Humphries inserts sound clips from his terror interviews in between songs. One clip, "Monica was an agent for the Jews," describes the Brigades' expressed belief former White House intern Monica Lewinsky was a Mossad implant.

In another clip, "5,000 Jews were evacuated from WTC," Abu Aziz, second-in-command of the Brigades, told Humphries he is "100 percent certain" the Sept. 11 terror attacks were perpetuated by Jews.

In one of the songs, "And When I Die," Humphries pokes fun at the terrorists' belief of ascent to heaven and eternity with 72 virgins as reward for carrying out a suicide operation.

During an interview last November with the Brigades leaders in the West Bank's Balata refugee camp, Humphries several times asked the terrorists to point out where in the Quran it mentions 72 virgins as reward for "martyrdom."

"They just kept flipping through the Quran they had and kept trying to change the subject," related Humphries. "They realized they were caught in another lie."

Indeed, after pronouncing several times the issue of 72 virgins comes directly from the Quran, Ala Senakreh, overall Brigades leader finally conceded, "The virgins are not mentioned in the Quran, but the experts [who] interpret it considered 72 virgins. Virgins are mentioned in the Quran, but not the number of 72."

The "Thank Allah I'm a Jihad Boy" CD ends with a patriotic song, "We Won't Back Down," urging the U.S. to continue fighting terrorism. The song is a parody of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down."

Humprhies is embarking on a nation-wide CD singing tour the next few weeks. Singing locations are posted on his radio show's website.

The radio personality predicted some might criticize him for having conversations with terrorists.

"But what people must understand," said Humphries, "is that I am not doing what the BBC and CNN do. I don't just present the terrorists' words as if they may be accurate. I let them talk, then rip apart their lies, explain how they are wrong and tell you the truth. But first you need to hear their lies to understand the truth."

The radio host said his CD is not anti-Muslim.

"I am in no way anti-Muslim. Nothing on the CD should be construed in any way to be disrespectful of peaceful people wherever they may live and whatever religion they practice. But make no mistake, I am distinctly anti-terrorist," said Humphries.

"These terrorists are the most intolerant, most racist, vile and power-hungry people on the planet. They deserve to have people listen to this CD and just sit there and laugh at them and at how baseless their beliefs really are."