[Jokes] AL QAEDA ON STRIKE !! (fwd)

[Chris McKenna]

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Al Qaeda on Strike

  BBC News - Muslim suicide bombers in Britain are set to begin a
  three-day strike on Monday in a dispute over the number of virgins they
  are entitled to in the afterlife. Emergency talks with Al Qaeda have so
  far failed to produce an agreement.

   The unrest began last Tuesday when Al Qaeda announced that the number of
  virgins a suicide bomber would receive after his death would be cut by
  25% this February from 72 to 54. A company spokesman said increases in
  recent years in the number of suicide bombings has resulted in a shortage
  of virgins in the afterlife.

   The suicide bombers' union, the British Organization of Occupational
  Martyrs ( or B.O.O.M. ) responded with a statement saying the move was
  unacceptable to its members and called for strike vote. General Secretary
  Abdullah Amir told the press, "Our members are literally working
  themselves to death in the cause of Jihad. We don't ask for much in
  return but to be treated like this is like a kick in the teeth".

   Speaking from his shed in Tipton in the West Midlandsin, Al Qaeda chief
  executive Osama bin Laden explained, "I sympathize with our workers
  concerns but Al Qaeda is simply not in a position to meet their demands.
  They are simply not accepting the realities of modern-day Jihad in a
  competitive marketplace. Thanks to Western depravity, there is now a
  chronic shortage of virgins in the afterlife. It's a straight choice
  between reducing expenditures or laying people off. I don't like cutting
  benefits but I'd hate to have to tell 3,000 of my staff that they won't
  be able to blow themselves up.

   Spokespersons for the union in the North East of England, Ireland, Wales
  and the entire Australian continent stated that the change would not hurt
  their membership as there are few virgins in their areas anyway.

   According to some industry sources, the recent drop in the number of
  suicide bombings has been attributed to the emergence of Scottish singing
  star, Susan Boyle. Many Muslim jihadists now know what a virgin looks
  like and have reconsidered their benefit packages.