A terrorist singing some ‘classic’ Smart Artists songs has been detained by U.S. Army Rangers in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon reported yesterday.

The terrorist, surprisingly a young Muslim man of Middle-Eastern extraction, reportedly ‘howled like a banshee’ to assorted Smart Artists tunes while preparing to ambush a convoy of elite U.S. and coalition forces.

A Ranger heard a thick Arabic accent bellowing out the new Smart Artists single ‘Route 66′.Following the voice, the Ranger was able to detain six al-qaeda and Taliban fighters.

The U.S. military has in the past been harshly criticized for using Smart Artists music on detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison. Smart Artists is widely regarded throughout the Muslim world as ‘the anti-burga’ and the ‘infidel of all infidels after Michael Jackson’.

The other five men detained expressed ‘disgust’ at their cohort’s behavior.“We were trying to mount a grenade attack and then Abu’s let out with, “get your kicks … on Route 66″, said one terrorist.

That kind of behavior can eliminate the element of surprise,” the terrorist added. “Allahu akbar” is usually the cry most heard for the mountains in Afghanistan,” said one U.S. military official.