In an essay “Islam and Terrorism,” Bilal Philips, this religious mentor of GMU’s microbiology grad Ali Al-Timimi, explained the principles of islamic jurisprudence of islamic warfare thusly:
http://www.studentofknowledge.com/islamandterror.htm
“Islam opposes any form of indiscriminate violence. The Quran states: “Anyone who has killed another except in retaliation, it is as if he has killed the whole of humankind.” [Quran Surah #32 Verse #5] There are strict rules regulating how war may be conducted. Prophet Muhammad forbade the killing of women, children, and old people and the destruction of Churches and Synagogues or farms. Of course, if women, children or the elderly bear arms they may be killed in self-defense.
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Defending Islam and the Muslim community is a primary aspect of the physical jihad which involves taking up arms against an enemy. God states in the Quran “Permission to fight has been given to those who have been attacked because they are wronged. And indeed, Allah is Most Powerful.” [Quran Surah #22 Verse #39] and “Fight in the cause of Allah against those who fight against you, but do not transgress the limits. Indeed Allah does not love transgressors.” [Quran Surah #2 Verse #190]. Muslims are also enjoined to fight against tyranny. The Quran states, “Why shouldn’t you fight in the cause of Allah and for those oppressed because they are weak. Men, women and children who cry out, ‘Our Lord! Rescue us from this town of oppressors’” [Quran Surah #4 Verse #75]”
The address in Bourne, “where it all began” is 415 E. 71st which I believe is Cornell Medical. But in Bourne’s file, “Utica” flashes just before we’re pointed to the E. 71st address in New York. Pam Landy then communicated it to Bourne in a simple code. She described it in the form of a birthdate — “not much of a code” she later says. While I don’t think of the zipcode in the anthrax letters as a code (after some initial quickly stalled brainstorming), if it were, what might it be? For example, before looping in the fellow who knew the significance of the address, the CIA folks were quickly taking the address, which had been coded as a birthdate, and guessing at geographical coordinates or a zip code.
TrebleRebel’s brilliant examples of steganography in the thread above are clearly intended to show that Ed doesn’t know the results of digital manipulation when he sees it.
Trivia question: What NJ addresses did Al Qaeda operative Dhiren Bharot use on his application to Utica’s Mohawk Valley Community College? Who did he list as references? At the end of the day, isn’t the Amerithrax story going to be rooted in some fashion in central New Jersey?