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Al Qaeda's Plan B - Failures Prompt New Ideas For Terror From The Shadows
nypost.com ^ | July 1, 2008 | Amir Taheri

Posted on 07/01/2008 10:45:09 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

NO one should feel safe without submitting to Islam, and those who refuse to submit must pay a high price. The Islam ist movement must aim to turn the world into a series of "wildernesses" where only those under jihadi rule enjoy security.

These are some of the ideas developed by al Qaeda's chief theoretician, Sheik Abu-Bakar Naji, in his new book "Governance in the Wilderness" (Edarat al-Wahsh).

Middle East analysts think that the book may indicate a major change of strategy by the disparate groups that use al Qaeda as a brand name.

The Saudi police seized copies of the book last week as they arrested 700 alleged terrorists in overnight raids.

Naji's book, written in pseudo-literary Arabic, is meant as a manifesto for jihad. He divides the jihadi movement into five circles - ranging from Sunni Salafi (traditionalist) Muslims (who, though not personally violent, are prepared to give moral and material support to militants) to Islamist groups with national rather than pan-Islamist agendas (such as the Palestinian Hamas and the Filipino Moro Liberation Front).

All five circles are at an impasse, says Naji. Some accept the status quo while hoping to reform it. Others have tried to set up governments in a world dominated by "infidel" powers, and have been forced to abandon Islamic values. Still others failed because they didn't realize that the only way to win is through total war in which no one feels safe.

NAJI claims that the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the abolition of the Islamic Caliphate in 1924 marked the start of "the most dangerous phase in history." Those events put all Arab countries, the heartland of Islam, under domination by the "infidel"- who later continued to rule via native proxies.

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TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaida; globaljihad; jihad; wo; wot

1 posted on 07/01/2008 10:45:09 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well then, I suppose that since the Democrats want all Americans to feel safe, the first act of the Obama government will be to submit - what else, pray tell, can they do?


2 posted on 07/01/2008 10:56:09 AM PDT by centurion316 (Democrats - Supporting Al Qaida Worldwide)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
...some of the ideas developed by al Qaeda's chief theoretician, Sheik Abu-Bakar Naji, in his new book "Governance in the Wilderness" (Edarat al-Wahsh). Naji's book, written in pseudo-literary Arabic, is meant as a manifesto for jihad. He divides the jihadi movement into five circles - ranging from Sunni Salafi (traditionalist) Muslims (who, though not personally violent, are prepared to give moral and material support to militants) to Islamist groups with national rather than pan-Islamist agendas (such as the Palestinian Hamas and the Filipino Moro Liberation Front).

All five circles are at an impasse, says Naji. Some accept the status quo while hoping to reform it. Others have tried to set up governments in a world dominated by "infidel" powers, and have been forced to abandon Islamic values. Still others failed because they didn't realize that the only way to win is through total war in which no one feels safe.

I hope that soon an English translation of this book will become available. "Know thine enemy" is still the paramount intelligence in war. And since the war is universal, it behooves every potential victim to be aware of the dynamics that drive this killer religion.

If nothing else, it is additional ammunition against the terrorist apologists here at FR, whose sole argument is that if not all muslims are terrorists we are obligated to treat them all as innocent.
Oblivious to the fact that if only 10% of them are terrorists, or their infrastructure, a reasonable guess, and that they are spread worldwide, that amounts to 120,000,000 of the little darlings...

3 posted on 07/01/2008 11:04:32 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This was a very scary article.


4 posted on 07/01/2008 11:07:20 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Dr. Ursus
Interesting related article...

Hard-line is Still Not an Option!

5 posted on 07/01/2008 11:16:28 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: centurion316
'The "infidel," leaving his home every morning, should be unsure whether he'll return in the evening.'

Good luck with that. I think I'm better prepared to commit mayhem in your community than you are in mine.

The author doesn't know infidels very well, does he?

6 posted on 07/01/2008 11:20:45 AM PDT by telebob
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To: Publius6961

“120,000,000 of the little darlings... “

to be addressed one zero at a time, if such aggression comes to pass.


7 posted on 07/01/2008 11:25:31 AM PDT by G Larry (Fight B.O. with RIGHT GUARD! Vote McCain!)
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To: telebob
Another Demoralizing Tidbit...

Does any rational American doubt that muslims are masters at infiltration?
Using our own "Western" predilection for tolerance as a weapon against us?

8 posted on 07/01/2008 11:30:37 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: G Larry
to be addressed one zero at a time, if such aggression comes to pass.

Not enough "aggression" for you yet?

If not now, when?

9 posted on 07/01/2008 11:31:56 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: telebob

Yep, very clueless. If we were to have total war, on the order of depopulation campaigns of WWII, Islam would be wiped out in short order. We turned Axis countries into piles of rubble incinerating thousands. We’ve gotten just a tad bit more efficient since then.


10 posted on 07/01/2008 11:35:21 AM PDT by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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To: Publius6961
Some Encouraging Input
11 posted on 07/01/2008 11:59:32 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: centurion316

“Naji’s book, written in pseudo-literary Arabic” that means he used a pen instead of dipping his finger in hourse turd!


12 posted on 07/01/2008 1:29:25 PM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: Holicheese

sorry hourse = horse


13 posted on 07/01/2008 1:29:54 PM PDT by Holicheese (Hillary deserves the CMoH for her time in Tuzla!)
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To: G Larry
The strategy advocated will almost guarantee the expulsion or annihilation of the Muslim populations in Europe, India and China.

He is also forgetting this is a two way street: Catholicism has been comparatively quite successful in winning over Muslim converts in Italy.

14 posted on 07/01/2008 3:10:03 PM PDT by pierrem15 (Charles Martel: past and future of France)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Naji's message is stark: Western civilization is doomed. Its last bastion, America, lacks the will for a long war. The "infidel" loves life and treats it as an endless feast. Jihadis have to ruin that feast and persuade the "infidel" to abandon this world in exchange for greater rewards in the next"

The Greeks and the Romans also loved life, but that love never intefered with their ability to kick WOG a$$.

15 posted on 07/01/2008 3:11:30 PM PDT by pierrem15 (Charles Martel: past and future of France)
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To: pierrem15

Eventually the terrorists in their hubris are going to strike us again and when they do, they and the world are
going to be shocked at the violent retribution displayed
by so called gentle Americans.
Slow to anger but once riled, look out and the scary thing is it won’t be personal, it will be like killing a rabid dog, an ugly chore quickly done.


16 posted on 07/01/2008 4:12:46 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The Islam ist movement must aim to turn the world into a series of “wildernesses” where only those under jihadi rule enjoy security.

Yes, the world can see how secure the taliban is in Afghanistan, and soon the Iranian Mullahs will be watching
the skies in fear.

An Ugly chore, best done quickly, with firm resolve.


17 posted on 07/01/2008 4:15:35 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

btt


18 posted on 07/01/2008 9:14:34 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: LucyT; Tennessean4Bush; 2ndDivisionVet; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Thanks.

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19 posted on 07/03/2008 7:50:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is this really a new strategy by Al Qaeda, or a sign of desperation? Most of the items described are already happening, so they seem to be jumping on the bandwagon. The only thing new is the idea to cripple the West through infrastructure attacks, something I assumed would happen in 2001.

In some ways this is a good thing. It makes the slow conquest strategy explicit. It should make those who choose to see only terrorism in 9-11, and who see only poverty and despair in the French riots and rape spree in Europe, see the truth. Sadly it won’t.

I’m sure that the Western media will misreport it. To report and comment properly on it is to ask for prosecution in Europe or Canada


20 posted on 07/03/2008 5:34:30 PM PDT by rmlew (Liberalism is like AIDS; it destroys the natural defenses of a nation or civilization.)
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