Is al-Qaedas cucumber ban a recipe for disaster?
I WAS sorry to read that al-Qaeda had banned cucumbers. To me, the main problem with the controversial group is that it goes too far. As a result, according to reports, it has lost the support of key parts of the Iraqi population, who didn’t mind the terrorism, but drew the line at not being able to buy a cucumber. To be fair, it was only women who were not allowed to purchase the controversial comestible. I read reports of the move in a respectable, middle-market newspaper, which fully explained the reason behind the ban. But I do not know how to tell it to you, the infinitely more squeamish Hootsmon reader, who faints at the sight of his or her own pants. Actually, I’m not going to tell you. Suffice to say, it involves suggestive shapes. And women. Yup, a reader in Edinburgh’s Trinity area has fainted clean away. Never mind. Forget cucumbers for a moment. Focus on the political situation in the Middle East. If al-Queda’s leaders are serious about getting elected, they will need to ch
