Simi Valley Sophist

The Simi Valley Sophist ruminates on all manner of topics from the micro to the macro. SVS travels whatever path strikes his fancy. Encyclopedia Britannica: Sophist "Any of certain Greek lecturers, writers, and teachers in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, most of whom travelled about the Greek-speaking world giving instruction in a wide range of subjects in return ..."

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Location: California, United States

Retired: 30years law enforcement-last 20 years Criminal Intelligence Detective.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

I Love A Happy Ending

Muhsin Musa Matwali Atwah (say that fives times quickly) was a terrorist on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. I say was because he is no more. The Pakistani government cancelled his ticket. Or rather, I should say they punched his ticket for a one-way trip to Allah and the vaunted 72 virgins.

The FBI removed an al-Qaida explosives expert linked to the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa from the most wanted terrorists list Friday after learning he was killed six months ago.

Muhsin Musa Matwali Atwah was killed in an April 12 gunfight with Pakistani
authorities,…
An April 13,2006 news item,

…Egyptian-born Muhsin Musa Matwali Atwah was among the seven Islamic militants killed in the attack late Wednesday in the restive North Waziristan region.
It’s clichéd, but oh so true; the only good Islamo-fascist is a dead Islamo-fascist. Don’t be so shocked. That’s what they will do to us if they get the chance.