Posted on 07/08/2008 12:40:59 PM PDT by K-oneTexas
Radical web of Islam's Terror
…Since Sept. 11, 2001, the threat confronting the West has changed dramatically. The enemy today is not a product of poverty, ignorance or religious brainwashing. They often do not even adhere to the most austere and dogmatic tenets of radical Islam…Today's new generation of terrorists constitutes the third wave of radicals stirred to battle by the ideology of global jihad.
The first wave to join al-Qaeda was composed of Afghan Arabs who came to Pakistan and Afghanistan to fight the Soviets in the 1980s. They were, contrary to popular belief, largely well educated and from solidly middle-class backgrounds. They were also mature, often in their 30s when they took up arms.
The second wave that followed consisted mostly of elite expatriates from the Middle East who went to the West to attend universities. The separation from family, friends and culture led many to feel homesick and marginalized, sentiments that hardened into the seeds of their radicalization. This generation travelled to al-Qaeda's training camps in Afghanistan in the 1990s and were incorporated into al-Qaeda Central.
The new, third wave is unlike its predecessors. It consists mostly of would-be terrorists, who, angered by the invasion of Iraq, aspire to join the movement and the men they hail as heroes. But it is nearly impossible for them to link up with al-Qaeda Central, which has been forced underground since 9/11. Instead, they form fluid, informal networks that are self-financed and self-trained. They have no physical headquarters or sanctuary; the tolerant, virtual environment of the Internet offers them a semblance of unity and purpose. Theirs is a scattered, decentralized social structure -- a leaderless jihad
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Would-be terrorist or wanna-be’s.
Its easy to spout threats and sound brave on the internet and in chat rooms and blogs.
Its another thing to actually strap a bomb on yourself or trying planting an IED when military snipers may be lying in wait.
No the 3rd wave of the Islamist attacks on America and the West are taking place in our own lands in our own cities, where Islamist with the aid of liberals and socialists are tearing apart the fabric od our society from the inside out.
Using lawsuits they seek to stifle free speech. With the aid of liberals and socialist they chip away at the edges of our societies whittling them away until they are mere sheels of what they once were.
Know your enemy or be defeated without every knowing you were in battle.
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