7th Rangers: Hostages were forced to sing ‘Hotel Osama’, a depraved parody of ‘Hotel California’: French journalist held by Islamic State in Syria reveals in court
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Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
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“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Hostages were forced to sing ‘Hotel Osama’, a depraved parody of ‘Hotel California’: French journalist held by Islamic State in Syria reveals in court
Saturday, April 09, 2022
El Shafee Elsheikh (Left), Nicolas Henin (Right). Image: MailOnline
The notorious kidnapping and murder cell of ISIS known as the "Beatles"
had forced its captors to sing Hotel Osama, a parody of Hotel California.
On Wednesday, a French journalist who was abducted by the Islamic State in Syria testified
that his captors had forced him and other hostages to perform a
grotesque version of the Eagles’ song ‘Hotel California,’ called ‘Hotel
Osama.’
At the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a 33-year-old former British
national, Nicolas Henin remarked, “It was terrifying for us, a joke for
them.” Henin is one of several former prisoners who testified in federal
court against a member of the notorious kidnapping and murder cell of
ISIS known as the “Beatles.”
Elsheikh is charged with the assassinations of American journalists
James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as humanitarian workers Kayla
Mueller and Peter Kassig.
Henin stated that the lyrics of ‘Hotel Osama’ were a twist on the
original lyrics from ‘Hotel California,’ which discussed checking in but
never leaving. “If you attempt, you’ll die Mr Bigley style,” the lyrics
said, alluding to British engineer Kenneth Bigley, who was beheaded in
2004 by Jordanian Abu Musab Zarqawi, the leader of the Al-Qaeda
terrorist group in Iraq.
