Thread: Interesting History on Terrorism/Wahhabism

The war against terror did not begin on September 11, 2001, nor will it
end
with the peaceful transition to civilian authority in Iraq, whenever that
may be. In fact, Iraq is but a footnote in the bigger context of this
encounter, but an important one none the less.
This war is what the Jihadists themselves are calling the "Third Great
Jihad." They are operating within the framework of a time line which
reaches back to the very creation of Islam in the seventh century and are
presently attempting to recreate the dynamics which gave rise to the
religion in the first two hundred years of its existence.
No religion in history grew as fast, in its infancy, and the reasons for
the initial growth of Islam are not hard to explain when you understand
what the world was like at the time of Muhammad's death in 632 AD.
Remember
that the Western Roman Empire was in ruins and the Eastern Empire, based
in
Constantinople, was trying desperately to keep the power of its early
grandeur while transitioning to Christianity as a de facto state
religion.
The costs to the average person were large as he was being required to
meet
the constantly rising taxes levied by the state along with the tithes
coerced by the Church.
What Islam offered was the "carrot or the sword". If you became a
convert,
your taxes were immediately eliminated, as was your tithe. If you didn't,
you faced death. The choice was not hard for most to make, unless you
were
a very devoted martyr in the making. At the beginning, even the theology
was not too hard for most to swallow, considering that both Jewry and
Christianity were given their due by the Prophet. There is but one
God-Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet, as was Jesus, and the
pre-Christian
Jewish prophets of the Torah (Old Testament). Both were called "children
of
the book"--the book being the Koran, which replaced both the Old and New
Testaments for former Christians and Jews.
With this practical approach to spreading the "word" Islam grew like
wild-fire, reaching out from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula in all
directions.
This early growth is what the Muslims call the "First" great Jihad and it
met with little resistance until Charles Martel of France, the father of
Charlemagne, stopped them in the battle of Tours in France, after they
had
firmly established Islam on the Iberian Peninsula. This first onslaught
against the West continued in various forms and at various times until
Islam was finally driven out of Spain in 1492 at the battle of Granada.
The "Second great jihad" came with the Ottoman Turks. This empire
succeeded
in bringing about the downfall of Constantinople as a Christian
stronghold
and an end to Roman hegemony in all of its forms. The Ottoman Empire was
Islam's most successful expansion of territory even though the religion
itself had fractured into warring sects and bitter rivalries with each
claiming the ultimate truths in "the ways of the Prophet". By 1683 the
Ottomans had suffered a series of defeats on both land and sea and the
final, unsuccessful attempt to capture Vienna set the stage for the
collapse of any further territorial ambitions and Islam shrunk into
various
sheikhdoms, emir dominated principalities, and roving tribes of nomads.
However, by this time a growing anti-western sentiment, blaming its
internal failures on anyone but themselves, was taking hold and setting
the
stage for a new revival known as Wahhabism, a sect which came into full
bloom under the House of Saud on the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the
onset of WWI. It is this Wahhabi version of Islam which has infected the
religion itself, now finding adherents in almost all branches and sects,
especially the Shiites.
Wahhabiism calls for the complete and total rejection or destruction of
anything and everything which is not based in the original teachings of
The
Prophet and finds its most glaring practice in the policies of the
Afghani
Taliban or the Shiite practices of the late Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran.
Its
Ali Pasha (Field Marshall) is now known as Osama bin Laden, the leader of
the "Third Jihad", who is Wahhabi as were his 9/11 attack teams, 18 of
which were also Saudi.
The strategy for this "holy war" did not begin with the planning of the
destruction of the World Trade Center. It began with the toppling of the
Shah of Iran back in the late 1970's. With his plans and programs to
"westernize" his country, along with his close ties to the U.S.. and
subdued acceptance of the State of Israel, the Shah was the soft target.
Remember "America Held Hostage"?
Thanks, in large part to the hypocritical and disastrous policies of the
Jimmy Carter State Department, the revolution was set into motion, the
Shah
was deposed, his armed forces scattered or murdered and stage one was
complete. The Third Jihad now had a base of operations and the oil wealth
to support its grand design or what they call the "Great Caliphate".
What this design calls for is the replacement of all secular leadership
in
any country with Muslim majorities. This would include, Egypt, Turkey,
Pakistan, Indonesia, all the Emirates,Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria,
Morocco, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Malaysia, Indonesia and finally
what they call the "occupied territory" Israel.
As a part of this strategy, forces of the jihad will infiltrate
governments
and the military as a prelude to taking control, once the secular
leadership is ousted or assassinated. Such was the case in Lebanon
leading
to the Syrian occupation and in Egypt with the murder of Anwar Sadat,
along
with the multiple attempts on the lives of Hussein in Jordan, Mubarak of
Egypt and Musharraf in Pakistan. Pakistan is a particular prize because
of
its nuclear weapons. (Please note al Qaeda call for the Islamic-militant
overthrow of Musharraf in Pakistan on March 25, just yesterday.)
The long-range strategy of the Third Jihad counts on three strategic
goals.
First, the U.S. withdrawing from the region just as it did in Southeast
Asia, following Vietnam. Second, taking control of the oil wealth in the
Muslim countries, which would be upwards to 75% of known reserves; third,
using nuclear weapons or other WMDs to annihilate Israel. A further
outcome
of successfully achieving these objectives would be to place the United
Nations as the sole arbiter in East/West negotiations and paralyze
western
resistance, leading to total withdrawal from all Islamic dominated
countries.
Evidence of the Bush Administration awareness of this plan is found in
the
events immediately following the 9/11 attack. The administration's first
move was to shore up Pakistan and Egypt, believing that these two would
be
the next targets for al Qaeda, while Americans focused on the disaster in
New York. The administration also knew that the most important objective
was to send a loud and clear message that the U.S. was in the region to
stay, not only to shore up our allies but to send a message to the
Jihadists.
The attack on Afghanistan was necessary to break-up a secure al Qaeda
base
of operations and put their leadership on the run or in prison.
The war in Iraq also met a very strategic necessity in that no one knew
how
much collaboration existed between Saddam Hussein and the master planners
of the Third Jihad or Hussein's willingness to hand off WMDs to terrorist
groups including the PLO in Israel. What was known were serious
indications
of on-going collaboration as Saddam funneled money to families of suicide
bombers attacking the Israelis and others in Kuwait.
What the U.S. needed to establish was a significant base of operations
smack dab in the middle of the Islamic world, in a location which
effectively cut it in half. Iraq was the ideal target for this and a host
of other strategic reasons.
Leadership of various anti-American groups both here and abroad
understood
the vital nature of the Bush initiative and thus launched their
demonstrations, world-wide, to "Stop The War". Failing this, they also
laid
plans to build a political campaign inside the country, with the War in
Iraq as a plebiscite, using a little known politician as the thrust
point--Howard Dean. This helps to explain how quickly the Radical Left
moved into the Dean campaign with both people and money, creating what
the
clueless media called the "Dean Phenomenon".
By building on the left-wing base in the Democrat party and the "Hate
Bush"
crowd, the campaign has already resulted in a consensus among the
aspirants, minus Joe Lieberman, to withdraw the U.S. from Iraq and turn
the
operation over to the U.N. And, if past is prologue, i.e., Vietnam, once
the U.S. leaves it will not go back under any circumstances, possibly
even
the destruction of Israel.
Should George W. Bush be defeated in November we could expect to see the
dominoes start to fall in the secular Islamic countries and The Clash of
Civilizations, predicted several years ago by Samuel Huntington, would
then
become a life changing event in all of our lives.
What surprised the Jihadists following the 9/11 attack was how American
sentiment mobilized around the president and a profound sense of
patriotism
spread across the country. They were not expecting this reaction, based
on
what had happened in the past, nor were they expecting the determined
resolve of the President himself. I also believe this is one of the
reasons
we have not had any further attacks within our borders. They are content
to
wait, just as one of their tactical mentors; V.I. Lenin admonished..."two
steps forward, one step back".
A couple additional events serve as valuable footnotes to the current
circumstances we face: the destruction of the human assets factor of the
CIA during the Carter presidency, presided over by the late Senator Frank
Church. This fact has plagued our intelligence agencies right up to this
very day with consequences which are now obvious. And, Jimmy Carter
himself, the one man who must bear the bulk of the responsibility for
setting the stage of the Third Jihad. Americans should find little
comfort
in how the Democrat contenders constantly seek the "advice and counsel"
of
this despicable little hypocrite.
Lastly, we should not expect to see any meaningful cooperation from
Western
Europe, especially the French. Since failing to protect their own
interests
in Algeria (by turning the country over to the first of the Arab
terrorists, Ammad Ben Bella), the country itself is now occupied by
Islamic
immigrants totaling twenty percent of the population.
We are in the battle of our lives, a battle which will go on for many
years
possibly even generations. If we fail to understand what we are facing or
falter in the challenge of "knowing our enemy" the results will be
catastrophic. Imagine a world where al Qaeda regimes control 75% of the
world's oil, have at their disposal nuclear weapons, legions of willing
suicide soldiers, and our national survival is dependent on the good
graces
of Kofi Annan and the United Nations.
There is one final footnote which may be the scariest of all. Either none
of the Democrats currently leading the drive to their party's nomination
are aware of the facts of the Great Caliphate and Third Jihad or they do
know and they don't care so long as their power lust is satisfied. But, I
can guarantee you one thing for sure: some of their most ardent
supporters
are aware of this and will do anything they can to bring it about.
Note....this was written before John Kerry had the nomination sewed
up...but recent events clearly demonstrate that Kerry is going to fulfill
Abraham's prediction of the Democrats calling for the UN and the
French/Germans/Spain coalition to force the US out of Iraq. Also
understand
that the current 9/11 hearings are a political "show" and Clarke's book
were timed for these hearings and the campaign. And this is why
Condoleezza
Rice is seeking a private meeting with this commission to "tell it like
it
is". The national security issues involved around 9/11 cannot be an open
book to the public, and I believe we have to understand that.
This is scary stuff. President Bush and the Republicans are obviously
extremely cautious in bringing this issue to the campaign because the
left-leaning media and the Kerry Democratic left would call this "racist"
against Islam and a distraction for the alleged lies of WMD and our
reasons
for going into Iraq. Bush correctly referred to the "axis of evil" (Iran,
Libya, Iraq and North Korea) as a pointed strategy to blunt the
WMD-terrorist movement, and he has been very successful in thwarting al
Qaeda, despite what everyone on the left says. We are far better off
without the threat from Iraq and Libya Ð all within the last 12 months.
We
are threatened in Pakistan and if Musharraf is assassinated (it's been
tried several times in the past year), we can see how the militants will
gain control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons, which have already spread to
Iran (by a militant Islamic scientist) and if Musharraf is "taken out" we
have both Iran and Pakistan as militant Islamic power bases armed with
nuclear weapons. And let's not overlook Abraham's issue about the
potential
for militant Islamic states who would control 75% of the world's oil.
This probably why Dick Cheney, Rice, Powell, and Wolfowitz are so
committed
to the belief that we are in this struggle for the free world as we have
known it and focused on defeating the militant Islamic-al Maida's global
strategy. They skirt the core issues raised by Abraham in this article
because of the political-correctness implications, but after reading
this,
you understand what is at stake here.
Kerry and the liberal Democrats want control of Washington at any price.
Abraham clearly spells out what price that is: Victory for al Qaeda and
the
Islamic militancy.

Interesting, and makes sense. Granted, Im 19 and admittedly not the most educated person on the subject. What do you all think?

Bah, I already spent an half hour converting it from the email form I recieved it in, You're gonna have to live with it