Posted on 09/19/2004 1:25:01 PM PDT by GIJoel
Terrorists in Muslim Disguise (a must read) Inside Story: World Report August 1994
Now that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is beginning to defeat Israel, it is pulling out one of its most powerful terrorist weapons to finish the surrender process. That weapon is commonly known as "Islamic fundamentalism."
On Monday, July 18 [1994], a powerful car bomb exploded in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. The target, a seven-story Jewish community center, was completely destroyed, leaving nearly 100 dead and another 100 wounded.1
Eight days later, another car bomb was detonated—this time at the Israeli embassy in London, England. The embassy and other adjoining buildings suffered damage, and 14 people were injured.2
Authorities in Israel and elsewhere immediately blamed Muslim "extremists" for the terrorist attacks, and specifically named the group Hezballah (meaning "Party of G-d"). For the PLO, this was a convenient dodge allowing it to disclaim responsibility.
But more importantly, the PLO is now using these attacks as an excuse to accelerate the surrender of Israel. The logic is chillingly simple: according to news accounts of the second bombing, British authorities "presumed it to be an attempt to disrupt the peace process," and "Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel... said Islamic extremists were seeking to disrupt the Arab-Israeli reconciliation process."3 Thus peace on any terms must be made quickly with the PLO, lest the "extremists" succeed in stopping the "peace process." The PLO provides the carrot, while "Muslim fundamentalists" provide the stick.
A myth has been engineered in the last several years regarding "Islamic fundamentalism." According to this idea, the PLO and its main factions have become moderate, willing to recognize Israel and negotiate a compromise solution. However, radical Muslims, including Hezballah, Islamic Jihad, the Amal Militia, and Hamas, are said to oppose such compromises violently. Every time these extremists carry out another terrorist attack, Israel is pressured to make more concessions to the PLO.
In reality, this is a classic example of dialectical strategy at work. Writing in Commentary magazine, Jerusalem Post editor David Bar-Illan exposed the clever strategy: "[Israeli] government spokesmen prefer to pretend that the killers are not operatives of the 'moderate' Arafat, supporter of the peace talks, but 'enemies of the peace process,' such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and PLO radicals... The not unreasonable assumption behind this charade is that the public might resent continued talks with proxies of the 'mainstream' PLO in Washington while its gunmen are killing Israelis back home."4
Just as the PLO does not represent palestinian or Arab interests, the "Islamic fundamentalists" are not religious in nature. Rather, all these organizations have been created, supported, and directed by the Communists, operating on orders emanating from Moscow.
The terrorist group Hezballah, and its official sponsor, the government of Iran, provide a case in point.
Because of media distortion, the Ayatollah Khomeini was seen in the west as a fanatic religious leader. But the Iraqi family of the Grand Ayatollah Muhsen Hakim-Tabataba'i, which in the 1960s and 1970s exercised leadership over the Shi'ite movement of Islam, opposed Khomeini so thoroughly that they worked closely with the Shah of Iran. Saddam Hussein, the Soviet-backed dictator of Iraq, murdered the family at his first opportunity, thereby eliminating Shi'ite opposition to Khomeini.5
Khomeini's revolutionary movement was known as "Islamic Marxism," a movement begun from within the Russian Bolshevik Party in 1916.6 During the 1970s, the Soviet Union mobilized its resources to organize a revolution in Iran, with Khomeini as its official leader. Khomeini's brother was serving time in prison as a member of the Tudeh Party—the Communist Party of Iran; Khomeini's intimate advisor, Sadegh Ghothzadeh, was an affiliate of the French and Italian Communist Parties. Soon the Soviets were broadcasting pro-Khomeini propaganda into Iran, while they began publishing a well-funded revolutionary magazine entitled Navid, meaning "Good News." KGB agents working among the 4,000 Soviet personnel in Iran coordinated the protests and riots, and the Tudeh Party, acting on Soviet orders, openly backed the "Islamic" revolution and created a broad coalition of the Left to support Khomeini.7
Moscow also mobilized the PLO to back Khomeini. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, led by self-proclaimed Marxist Leninist George Habash, supplied training and weapons to the Feda'iyin-e Khalq, the Iranian Islamic-Marxist terrorist group that began the revolution to overthrow the Shah. Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization trained and armed the Mujahedin-e Khalq, another main pillar of Khomeini's revolution, and it trained future members of the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, including the Minister of the Guards later appointed by Khomeini.8
Once Khomeini seized power in Iran, Arafat brought a large delegation of PLO officials into the country, where "he was formally given the Israeli consulate building and, raising the Palestinian flag over it, opened the first PLO office, also appointing a PLO 'ambassador' to Iran."9 The Soviet Union and Communist China have since continued to arm Iran with weapons.
Khomeini immediately created Hezballah as an international terrorist wing of the PLO-trained Revolutionary Guards. Inside Iran, Hezbellah worked closely with Iranian Communist organizations in consolidating the regime's power. The terrorist training camps in Iran have been supervised by Mostafa Chamran Savehi, a follower of Trotskyite Communism who, as a student in Berkeley, California during the 1960s, founded such Islamic-Marxist groups as Red Shi'ism and the Muslim Students' Association of America. The instructors at the Iranian terrorist camps have been Communist experts from North Korea and Syria, as well as Iranians trained by the PLO and the Communist government of Iraq.10
The organizer of Hezballah in Pakistan and Lebanon, Abbas Zamani, was also trained by the PLO and has been identified as a probable agent of the KGB.11 In Lebanon, Hezballah's terrorist mastermind has been Immad Mugniyeh. For years Mugniyeh was a leading member of Yasser Arafat's Force 17, an arm of Fatah. When the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 forced the PLO to leave, Arafat had Mugniyeh and other members of Force 17 switch over to Hezballah, allowing these terrorists to remain in Lebanon. Mugniyeh quickly became the effective head of Hezballah, and has coordinated Hezballah-PLO terrorism to this day. On Arafat's orders, the PLO transfers weapons, money, and terrorist units to Hezballah, while Hezballah has provided intelligence and other logistical support to the PLO—including helping PLO units infiltrate into Lebanon.12
In short, the "Islamic fundamentalists" are not religious at all, but are Communist fronts adopting a Muslim mask.
The "schism" between the PLO and "Islamic fundamentalists" has been staged as a clever ploy to force Israel into surrender. Now that Israel is indeed yielding to its implacable Communist enemies, it is only natural that terrorist attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets are being accelerated worldwide. By blaming the attacks on "extremists" who allegedly oppose the "peace process," the PLO can disavow the terror acts in which it participates, and can maintain an image of moderation for the West. In the face of this intensified pressure, Israel is likely to make concessions even faster than before. Watch for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to begin placing the remainder of the strategic West Bank, and even Jerusalem itself, on the bargaining table.
On the other hand, the financing and political pressure for the PLO takeover is coming almost entirely from the United States, and President Clinton is now accelerating the process. If Congress chose to stop the President, Israel could take back the West Bank and Gaza, and could soon destroy the PLO and its allies.
1 Parks, M., Los Angeles Times, "Rabin links Hezbollah to Argentine blast," SF Chronicle, 7-20-94, p. A10. 2 "Israeli embassy in London bombed," SF Chronicle, 7-27-94, pp. A1, A13. 3 Ibid. 4 Bar-Illan, D., "Israel's New Pollyannas," Commentary, Sept. 1993, p. 30. 5 Taheri, A., Holy Terror, Adler & Adler, Bethesda, MD, 1987, p. 163. 6 Ibid., p. 217. 7 Rees, J., "How Jimmy Carter betrayed the Shah," The Review of the News, 2-21-79, pp. 31-48. 8 Alexander, Y. and Sinai, J., Terrorism: The PLO Connection, Crane Russak, New York, 1989, pp. 72-73. 9 Ibid., p. 73. 10 Taheri, Op cit., pp. 77-79, 88-105. 11 Ibid., p. 177; Laffin, J., Holy War: Islam Fights, Grafton Books, London, 1988, p. 79. 12 Livingstone, N.C. and Halevy, D., Inside the PLO, William Morrow & Co., New York, 1990, pp. 267-275
"Rather, all these organizations have been created, supported, and directed by the Communists, operating on orders emanating from Moscow. "
This is total IDIOCY! How can anyone be so delusional and stupid??
The author is mentally ill, period. Please don't post garbage like this here, it is really embarassing.
You are allowed to have your opinion. But the sources check out, so what's the problem (I own all of the books cited). Do you have something against anti-Communists?
Please use facts rather than empty rhetoric to back up your claims. The article merely states historical facts. The Soviet Union/Russia did in fact support the PLO as stated. The Soviets, along with France, did in fact help Khomenei come to power - with Jimma Carter's blessing after he subverted the Shah. It could easily be argued that Carter was acting quid pro quo with the Soviets. Ever since, Jimma has been a tool of the Communist Party. (As has the Democratic Party. e.g. Clinton and Chinagate.)
Note that the detractor above is a newbie troll. Typical post and run.
Clean up on aisle two, please.
Am I reading it correctly that the article was published 10 years ago?
Yes, it was published 10 years ago. But it is just as valid today, IMO. That is, Communist (read: atheist) revolutionaries have masqueraded as fanatical religious terrorists in the past. My question is this...Is it possible that the key players behind the revived global terror network might be operating along similar lines?
Datura, you seem like your conflicted. On the one hand your mad about my post, on the other hand you help me prove my case. Which is it?
Sorry Datura,
I meant last post for Mount Athos.
Note that the detractor above is a newbie troll. Typical post and run.
Clean up on aisle two, please. (That's funny)
Newbie trolls also never have an "about page".
I'm fascinated by some of the rage that comes out of lefty-"trolls" on this board. You barely scratch them and they howl to the moon. The Left must really be afraid of you guys (Freepers)!
The essence of the article is two fradulent and unsubstantiated statements:
1) Just as the PLO does not represent palestinian or Arab interests, the "Islamic fundamentalists" are not religious in nature. Rather, all these organizations have been created, supported, and directed by the Communists, operating on orders emanating from Moscow.
2) In short, the "Islamic fundamentalists" are not religious at all, but are Communist fronts adopting a Muslim mask.
The author provides evidence of marxist history and connections among certain islamic groups in Iran. That's nice, but then the author falsely implies that marxists cannot be muslims. This is a central claim of his article, and one which he provides no explanation or evidence for whatsoever. It's as absurd as saying that Christians can't also be Capitalists or Democrats. The ideologies do not displace each other. Just because a person accepts large portions of anti-capitalist thinking, does not mean they must also accept anti-religious aspects of certain brances of the doctrine.
The author ignores obvious evidence that debunks his claim -- that the leaders of many of these movements are Islamic scholars and imams, like yassin. That their soldiers are plainly motivated by islamic ideology, such as the notion that they will gain a special place in heaven for their actions. That they follow islamic practices.
The author spends a lot of time discussing conflict between the PLO and Islamic terrorist groups like Hamas. That's nice, but then the author falsely suggests this is evidence that Islamic terrorists aren't really religious at all. If you can follow the author's logic here, you probably can make sense of Kerry's Iraq positions too -- he is just as incoherent.
The Author says Islamic marxism began with the Russian Bolshevik party in 1916. Yeah, that must be why the Boshevik's massacred every religious leader they could? Did they shout Allahu Akbar when they butchered the Tsar's family, I don't think so. This is delusional talk. Islam had nothing to do with political thought or communist revolution in 1916 Russia.
How does Russia supporting the overthrow of US allied Iran, suggest Islamic terrorists are not really religious at all? How does Russia and China selling weapons to Iran suggest the Mullahs in power aren't islamic at all? Isn't it this all just evidence that the Cold War happened, and anti-USA alliances were made among disparate groups, something painfully obvious which everyone already knows? The author seriously expects the reader to believe that the entire Islamic theocracy in Iran is not Islamic at all, but instead purely communist? The author uses spurious logic to imply any of this is support for his ideas.
The Author says the PLO opened an office in Iran. That's nice, how does this support anything he says? The PLO has an office in nearly every nearby Islamic state. They are motivated to help each other because of Islam, and a shared desire to genocide jews out of Israel, not communism.
Yes, there are mixtures of islam and communism within some terror groups, and yes, some pure communist entities support violent islamic terrorist action that attacks and destabilizes the west. This is the way the world works -- groups with disparate ideologies and motivations form alliances where their interests coincide. Nutty conspiracy worldviews that require everyone to be hiding their true nature is not required to understand the world as it is.
To repond to the personal attacks directed at me:
I consider myself a strong anti-communist.
I believe effective anti-communism requires sober, rational thinking. Not delusional, conspiratorial beliefs that every Islamic movement is instead purely communist, directed from Moscow.
Mount Athos,
See "We Are The Next Target" Post in this same "News/Activism" thread for more info. BTW, you can't be Marxist and "religious." They are mutually exclusive. However you can be a Marxist-Atheist and PRETEND to be religious (believe in God). That's what Liberation Theology was all about in Latin America and South Africa...people who masqueraded as Catholics, but who were really hardcore Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries. Same principle, different part of the world.
USSR Committee for
State Security of the
Council of Ministers of the USSR
MoscowApril 23, 1974
Top Secret
Special Importance
(Special File)To Comrade L.I. Brezhnev:
Since 1968, the KGB has maintained secret working contact with Wadia Haddad, Politburo member of the Peoples’ Liberation Front of Palestine (PLFP), head of the PLFP’s external operations section.
In a confidential conversation at a meeting with the KGB resident in Lebanon in April of this year, Wadia Haddad outlined a prospective program of sabotage and terrorism by the PLFP, which can be defined as follows:
The main aim of special activity by PLFP is to increase the effectiveness of the struggle of the Palestinian movement against Israel, Zionism, and American imperialism. Arising from this, the main thrusts of the planned sabotage and terrorist operations are:
- employing special means to prolong the "oil war" of Arab countries against the imperialist forces supporting Israel;
- carrying out operations against American and Israeli personnel in third countries with the aim of securing reliable information about the plans and intentions of the USA and Israel;
- carrying out acts of sabotage and terrorism on the territory of Israel;
- organizing acts of sabotage against the Diamond Center [in Tel Aviv], whose basic capital derives from Israeli, British, Belgian, and West German companies.
In order to implement the above measures, the PLFP is currently preparing a number of special operations, including strikes against large oil-storage installations in various countries (Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Hong Kong, et al.), the destruction of oil tankers and supertankers, actions against American and Israeli representatives in Iran, Greece, Ethiopia, Kenya, an attack on the Diamond Center in Tel Aviv, etc.
W. Haddad asks that we help his organization with the procurement of several kinds of special technology necessary for carrying out certain sabotage operations.
Cooperating with us and appealing for our help, W. Haddad is fully aware of our opposition to terrorism in principle, and does not pose any questions to us connected with this sphere of the PLFP’s activity.
The nature of our relations with W. Haddad allows us a degree of control over the activities of the PLFP’s external operations section, to exercise an influence favorable to the USSR, and also to reach some of our own aims through the activities of the PLFP while observing the necessary secrecy.
In view of the above, we feel it would be feasible, at the next meeting, to give a generally favorable response to Wadia Haddad’s request for special assistance to the PLFP. As for concrete questions of supplying aid, it is envisaged that every in-stance will be decided on an individual basis, bearing in mind the interests of the Soviet Union and preventing any detriment to the security of our country.
We request authorization.
Chairman of the Committee
for State Security
Andropov
Struwwelpeter,
WOW!!! Now that was a welcome addition! Please excuse me while I check out the link to the site where you got that from. I'm really starting to like this forum!!!
The site requires you to subscribe to read the archive and probably wouldn't appreciate anything but an extract being posted (wink, nudge).
I found his footnotes to be very interesting as well:
1 The documents I obtained under a brief window of opportunity in 1991 were again classified in 1993, and are supposed to remain under lock and key for the next 30 years.
2 For some, even evidence may not be enough. I could fill another article, or an (American) novel, with the story of my negotiations this past year with Random House, which asked to buy the U.S. rights to my book but then, after five months of haggling over my credibility, and attempting to exercise political censorship over my conclusions, reneged on its offer.
3 Documents on the USSR’s clandestine funding of the American Communist party can now be found in The Secret World Of American Communism by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov (reviewed by Mark Falcoff in the June 1995 Commentary).
The document you posted shows me how muddled your thinking is on this. Does Russia providing support for the PLO, provide any evidence that Islamic militant palestinian groups are not actually Islamic in the slightest, but are instead purely communist? Does it tell you that PLO is motivated primarily by communist ideology above all else, to the exclusion of all else? Does it even tell you that a majority of funding and support for the PLO is pure communist? Do you think all the Saudi princes are pure communist, and not islamic at all?
Are you unable to conceive of Russian communists supporting non-communists, when they have shared anti-American interests?
Why is your thinking so binary? If communists have any connection whatsoever to any group or activity, you assume the motivation and ideology involved is purely communist. That's not clear headed thinking, in fact it is delusional, conspiratorial, tin hat foil thinking. You can do better. If you want effective anti-communism, you need clear, rational thinking. You want to be effective against your enemy, then know your enemy, don't delusionally impute non-existant motives and connections.
Yes, there are groups that hold a combination of communist thinking, combined with religious thinking -- Christian, or Islamic, or even Buddhist. Among some of these groups and participants, the balance is so heavily communist that the religion is a mask exploited. But ALL of them? Your thinking is corrupted. You point out that Marx himself was anti religious. Does that mean every follower and branch of communism, is anti-religious? Not just no, but hell no. There are lots of sincerely Islamic believers who want to bring down capitalism. In fact, that makes them more dangerous, the twin threats, and brew of communism and islamism is probably the greatest threat to civiliation. We need to understand it as it really is.
Good post. All evil began with the bolsheviks, and just did not exist before then, you see. Also Putin is bringing back the USSR and the second cold war is just around the corner - celebrate the old times. No need to move into this century if you can remain in the last. No need to look honestly at the facts, because paranoia and conspiracy is much more fun.
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