Al Qaeda Fears the Cucumber

Daily Mail: Severe Islamic law which banned 'suggestive' cucumbers cost Al Qaeda public support in Iraq

A bizarre ruling banning women from buying suggestively shaped vegetables such as cucumbers, and the brutal slaying of children, lost Al Qaeda the support of the Iraqi population, it emerged yesterday.

Al Qaeda's enforcement of a severe form of Islamic law sapped support among the people for its campaign against American and Iraqi forces, allowing Arab tribal leaders to drive Al Qaeda out of the strongholds it had created.

The offending veggie:




Things could be worse, however.

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