The Mystique of Osama Bin Laden
http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=10384&catcode=13
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How many times during these last weeks have Americans heard the words, ''If President Bush had just not lost sight of Bin Laden and not let him escape from Tora Bora, this war on terror would be over.'' What a foolish and ignorant statement.
When Adolf Hitler put a bullet in his head, the war in Europe was officially over. That war had been lost by Germany the day the coalition of the willing got a foothold on the beaches of Normandy, but Hitler just didn’t realize it. Ask yourself this question: Did the Nazi ideology die with Hitler? Of course, it didn’t. It is alive and well all over the world including right here in America. Could the Nazi ideal attain its lofty goals today? Hopefully it would not--but only because the world recognized the Nazi plan for the evil that it was, and stopped it over 50 years ago.
The world now faces a similar enemy, with the same basic ideals as the Nazi ideal. A ''Master Race'' that is not blonde and blue-eyed, but made up of strict Islamists who believe that the Prophet Mohammed instructed them to rule the world and that all the ''infidels'' should either be eliminated or subjugated under them. That is their belief and these radical, fundamentalist followers of Islam believe that any action they take to attain this goal is justified--and they are very patient. And this is the belief of Osama bin Laden.
But Osama bin Laden is a figurehead who has been made far more important than he is, in the world’s war against terrorism. It is unknown at this time if Osama is alive or dead and it doesn’t seem to matter to the terrorists. Terrorists don’t need bin Laden to carry on their war. Alive Osama is a mystery and dead he is a martyr, but either way the war will go on. Terrorists do not need some group called ''al Qaeda'' to carry on the killing. All terrorists need is the firm belief in their cause, and they seem to have that in abundance. A mullah in England just issued an edict to his female followers to produce many children who will be trained to kill the infidel. This shows very clearly that this war is not going to be won in a year or a decade or by finding Osama bin Laden, who may or may not even be alive.
Look closely at what has happened to the terrorists and their cause since the day bin Laden carried out his attack on the United States. The wrath of hell has been brought down on their radical heads since their brief celebration over the attack on the ''Great Satan.'' The Taliban has lost control of Afghanistan which had been a safe haven for terrorists from all over the world. Many terrorists have died since that foolish frontal attack on their most formidable enemy, America. Saddam, another financial supporter and the dictator of Iraq--a country that was also a safe haven for terrorists--is now in prison awaiting justice at the hands of his people. While these fundamentalists all over the world longed to strike the United States on our own soil, none were foolish enough to do it--until bin Laden.
South Carolina : FBI increases amount of reward for information in Upstate ricin case
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2432655&nav=0RaPS15a
(Columbia-AP) Oct. 14, 2004 - The FBI has increased a reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for leaving a package containing the deadly poison ricin at an Upstate postal facility a year ago.
The reward has been increased $20,000 to $120,000.
The increase was announced Thursday, a day before the one-year anniversary of the discovery of the package at a facility serving Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. The package also contained a letter. The author claimed to be the owner of a tanker fleet company with access to large amounts of pulp from castor plants, which are the source of the poison ricin.
The letter was one of two intercepted last year signed "Fallen Angel." The second letter was addressed to the White House and bore a postmark from Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was discovered by the Secret Service at a Washington offsite mail processing facility.
In both letters, the author complained about new regulations that mandate more rest periods for long-haul truckers.