Hibhib Hooray

Omar of Iraq the Model describes the little town of Hibhib, where Zarqawi's bid to get into the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest collection of severed heads was so rudely interrupted:

Hibhib is a small town several kilometers to the northwest of Baquba and most of its people are from the Azzawi tribes.

This small town was traditionally nicknamed Um al-Arak as it was famous for producing some of the finest Arak in Iraq, an industry that flourished in the area for the abundance of date palms. It's even said that Hibhib's Arak can make the fox get drunk!

Of course that was before the Salafi Zarqawi tide reached this once peaceful town.
It was quite visible lately that Hibhib became a place for intense terror activity, especially after the phenomenon of severed heads appeared. Severed heads of civilian Iraqis were found twice in fruit boxes in and around Hibhib; a terrible crime that shocked Iraqis.

Also a few days ago 19 passengers, mostly students were murdered in cold blood just north of Hibhib which indicated that a seriously bloody terror cell was in this area.

Now Hibhib can get back to its primary mission in life, and the foxes will be grateful.

Comments

[Scott P]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.