Yeah, like this is going

Yeah, like this is going to work.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia offered Islamic
militants a limited amnesty Wednesday, saying their lives would be
spared if they surrendered but they would face the "full might" of
state wrath if they did not. The ultimatum, issued in the name of King
Fahd, called on militants to turn themselves in within a month —
suggesting the kingdom was paving the way for a stepped up campaign
against al-Qaida-linked fighters who have shaken the country with a
series of deadly attacks. At the same time, the Saudi foreign minister
denounced calls by militant clergy for Saudis to travel to Iraq to join
insurgents battling the U.S. military and its Iraqi allies. Some have
said that at least one of the guerrillas who killed and beheaded a
South Korean hostage in Iraq this week may be Saudi, since the
guerrilla spoke Arabic in what seemed to be a Saudi dialect. The
ultimatum was read by Crown Prince Abdullah, the king's half brother
and the country's de facto ruler, using some of the fiercest language
yet against militants. Abdullah said the offer was open to anyone who
has not yet been "arrested for carrying out terrorist acts." "We are
opening the door of amnesty ... to everyone who deviated from the path
of right and committed a crime in the name of religion," the crown
prince said. "We swear by God that nothing will prevent us from striking with
our full might, which we derive from relying on God," Abdullah said.

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Let me see if I've got this straight. What we have here are two
separate groups of Muslims, each claiming that God supports their
cause. One doesn't like the other because they're a wee bit repressive
in what God allows their people to have, namely democracy. One says stop in the name of God
but the other doesn't believe they're a legitimate source for God's
works and deeds. They're not going to stop and they will probably have
a good laugh over this amnesty offer.
And all of this---on both sides---is all done in the name of Allah.
Got irony?

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