The state if jihad
Dr. Walid Phares:
"...This last tape is an advanced "State of the Jihad Address," as well as another slap in the face of the doubters. Indeed, the tape has proven, once again, that the Jihadists are not the product of some U.S. foreign policy. Far from this stereotype, the men of this Holy war have their own world policy.
"...Against the attempts by a sea of intellectuals who have, and still attempt to read 'social injustice' into the roots of the 9/11, the sultan of al-Qaida reaffirmed that this 'Jihad is against the Kuffars (infidels), those who have assembled today under the banner of the Cross.'
"Evidently, this is not a Marxist discourse. His war is, among others, specifically directed at Christians and Jews. It is also against the 'munafiqeen,' those Muslims who strayed away from the right path. Time has not changed in the mind of bin Laden.The world is divided between his cohorts of Mujahideen, and as he called them in the audiotape: the 'Byzantines.' The man perceives himself, at least, as a Saladin. He still views Baghdad as the second capital of Islam and his fighters in Iraq as the emulators of those 7th-century 'knights who stretched Islam from Mesopotamia to China' with their swords.
"...In this tape again, Osama states, clearer than ever, that the goal of his terror is to 'establish an Islamic Government ruled by the Sharia.'
"...Maybe the one stunning statement bin Laden made was his resounding "No" to peaceful and democratic solutions. That is probably the most significant sentence in the whole speech. I have several times drawn conclusions about his ultimate methods but those words seal his doctrine. The man is the enemy of peace.
"...In the eyes of Osama, America "is sinking in the two rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates). While the U.S. Congress is hesitant to grant $87 billion to the Administration, Osama advances the ballistic number of a trillion dollars in losses. He unleashes his particular hatred on the man who dared wage a war on terror out of the White House, and he promises suicide attacks on all Americans. One can see why al-Qaida's leaders desperately "need" a strike in the U.S. Homeland. None has been accomplished since 9/11.
"...What is especially noticeable in this last 'fuhrer message,' is the messenger, i.e., Al-Jazeera. The audio material was two months old, but the Qatar-based TV channel aired it only now. Logically, al-Qaida's public relations department would like to air its statements as fast as they do on their web sites; that is instant. But al-Jazeera aired it when President Bush was touring South Asia, just before he visits the remnants of the Bali attack.
"...Osama may be in some cave, but his words are out in the open. Now let's see if the some politicians in the West will finally leave their psychological caves and address the real root causes of today's terrorism."
Just when the liberals were making the case that the war is all George Bush's fault, Osama comes along to pull the oriental rug out from under them.
Dr. Walid Phares:
"...This last tape is an advanced "State of the Jihad Address," as well as another slap in the face of the doubters. Indeed, the tape has proven, once again, that the Jihadists are not the product of some U.S. foreign policy. Far from this stereotype, the men of this Holy war have their own world policy.
"...Against the attempts by a sea of intellectuals who have, and still attempt to read 'social injustice' into the roots of the 9/11, the sultan of al-Qaida reaffirmed that this 'Jihad is against the Kuffars (infidels), those who have assembled today under the banner of the Cross.'
"Evidently, this is not a Marxist discourse. His war is, among others, specifically directed at Christians and Jews. It is also against the 'munafiqeen,' those Muslims who strayed away from the right path. Time has not changed in the mind of bin Laden.The world is divided between his cohorts of Mujahideen, and as he called them in the audiotape: the 'Byzantines.' The man perceives himself, at least, as a Saladin. He still views Baghdad as the second capital of Islam and his fighters in Iraq as the emulators of those 7th-century 'knights who stretched Islam from Mesopotamia to China' with their swords.
"...In this tape again, Osama states, clearer than ever, that the goal of his terror is to 'establish an Islamic Government ruled by the Sharia.'
"...Maybe the one stunning statement bin Laden made was his resounding "No" to peaceful and democratic solutions. That is probably the most significant sentence in the whole speech. I have several times drawn conclusions about his ultimate methods but those words seal his doctrine. The man is the enemy of peace.
"...In the eyes of Osama, America "is sinking in the two rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates). While the U.S. Congress is hesitant to grant $87 billion to the Administration, Osama advances the ballistic number of a trillion dollars in losses. He unleashes his particular hatred on the man who dared wage a war on terror out of the White House, and he promises suicide attacks on all Americans. One can see why al-Qaida's leaders desperately "need" a strike in the U.S. Homeland. None has been accomplished since 9/11.
"...What is especially noticeable in this last 'fuhrer message,' is the messenger, i.e., Al-Jazeera. The audio material was two months old, but the Qatar-based TV channel aired it only now. Logically, al-Qaida's public relations department would like to air its statements as fast as they do on their web sites; that is instant. But al-Jazeera aired it when President Bush was touring South Asia, just before he visits the remnants of the Bali attack.
"...Osama may be in some cave, but his words are out in the open. Now let's see if the some politicians in the West will finally leave their psychological caves and address the real root causes of today's terrorism."
Just when the liberals were making the case that the war is all George Bush's fault, Osama comes along to pull the oriental rug out from under them.
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