It's just a flesh wound.......
Posted on 06/23/2002 6:17:02 AM PDT by SJackson
1. Incite the 'enemies of Islam' wherever possible to strike out at Muslim countries. The attacks on India's government and military dependents almost succeeded in starting a regional nuclear war. A series of planned attacks in Europe against religious (Italian cathedrals, various synagogues) and political targets (U.S. embassies in Italy, France and the Netherlands, the U.K. parliament building, German targets during Christmas) which have been thankfully disrupted also follow this pattern. This includes the incessant suicide bombings in and around Israel and against the U.S. directly or its military (USS Cole, Singapore bombing plans and Morocco naval attack plans). One would think he would go after one target at a time, say only India, Israel or the U.S., but not all at once unless he needed a critical mass not found in regional conflicts.
2. Isolate Islamic countries from western influences or alliances. Examples include: the rape and terrorization of western aid workers in Afghanistan; abduction and murder of westerns in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan (Pearl, church attacks); the attack on western consulates at the expense of numerous Pakistani casualties; and the attack on French engineers working on Pakistani submarines which at first appears illogical unless one determines that the plan is to isolate the Pakistani government from western support of any kind. Without western help how can the existing Pakistani government survive except to turn to radical Islam? And when it does, radical Islam has the bomb.
3. Unify disparate Islamic countries against the attacking infidels. By chasing away western influences within Islam and by prodding non-Islamic nations to war, Islamic countries might be forced to overcome their differences in self-defense from the infidels; at least that seems to be the OBL's plan. How else would Iraq and Iran ever cooperate in assisting Al-Qaeda? Afghanistan is lost as a base of operations so he must move to other countries, weaving between Iran, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia to accomplish his objectives. How else would the faithful servants of Allah unify and expand Islam?
The decline in tensions between India and Pakistan, the planned withdrawal of British and Canadian troops from Afghanistan, the seeming restraint of Israel against repeated terrorist provocations and the evident disruption of repeated terror attacks around the globe simply will not do for OBL. Its time for him to throw another log on the fire of religious hatred, lest the fire go out before he dies. The summer forecast may be unseasonably hot.
Its also typical Hyena strategy.
Indeed, this could well be the case and moreover explain the recently proclaimed/alleged Saudi interest in stopping terrorism...realizing their favorite son has been slain, they've lost their will and courage to continue in this so called "holy jihad."
It's true. They will. In Hell.
Also interesting is that they are claiming responsibility for the attack on the synagogue in Tunisia. That attack was done in a manner consistent with the types of warnings being issued by the FBI now - fuel tanker trucks crashing into synagogues.
It's just a flesh wound.......
Did anyone hear a U.S. politician say we "have dismantled al qaeda's ability to strike and plan attacks?"
And I'm living my life exactly as I've lived it for all the years God has granted me. One day at a time. Doing what I have to do. Going where I have to go. And that's the way it will always be until God calls me.
Apologies to Abu Gheith in that I don't feel the need to wring my hands with anxiety or go hide in my basement when I hear his proud threats. I'll leave this one in the good Lord's hands.
The religious superiority implicit in the blatherings of these people is so empty. "We good, holy people. You bad people. We go kill you."
Whatever.
Al-Qaeda took responsibility for an attack on an ancient synagogue and tourist site in Tunisia in which 17 people were murdered, including 11 German tourists.
You simply don't go out and threaten to carry out massive attacks on the United States, then try to give credence your threat by claiming responsibility for an attack that any third-rate thug with an IQ of 71 could have carried out. They would have been better off not even mentioning the attack in Tunisia.
They may have attacks ready for many cities, (truck bombs?) and figure at least a couple will come off.
Having Osama on TV is for the dumb ass muslim demographic.
Islam will never be able to coexist with the civilized world.
It is a sick and perveted heresy, and its adherents a danger to our way of life.
It must be destroyed before it destroys us.
That might be a tad crude. Israel knows who these people are. She knows where they are. She asks Arafat to arrest them, and he chuckles.
Justice administered along the lines of Israel's murdered Olympians would work.
I'd start with the guys vacationing in Cypress (?-don't know where they are). Don't have to throw them in the street, disappearing would work fine.
Everyone in Arafat's organization should be looking over their shoulder, every minute of their lives (short works).
They would have to get the trucks, fertilizer, oil and blasting caps.
Tim McVeigh made that very hard to come by and 911 made the money even harder to come by. Al Qaida made transfers into the US as needed for 911. They got the money for the tickets and travel just days before the attack. That means Al Qaida did not have large funds stashed here. If they bucks were here, they would not have risked transfering the funds. Transfering now is very hard.
Why did they train the Chicago Spanish Muslim and then send him back? I figure he was trained be the bag man for money. They won't be looking for a Hispanic tobe receiving Al Qaida money.. They reasoned. I would be he came back to the US trained in how to go from city to city with fake Ids to receive transfers of the money to do terrorist stuff. We picked him up, held him incognito while we collected all the money Al Qaida sent. Then and only then we went public with him so they would know their money was in our hands. We also have some nice ears into what they are doing. Bet the story on how we got on to him is false.
For all of their history, Al Qaida has worked on a very tight budget. They have not been able to get the money in it takes to do stuff... even truck bombs.
Truck rental guys might rent you a truck for cash or even sell them one, but bankers that deal in international money transfers are not going to transfer money with out US governement approval. Al Qaida may have some people here but they are now at the point where they have to work for a living.
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