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| TIME TO HIT THE SUICIDE FACTORIES |
| 2005-07-08 |
| from someone who's tangled personally with the mullahsby Amir Taheri New York Post July 8, 2005 -- 'WE have fulfilled our promise and carried out our blessed military raid in Britain after our mujahideen exerted strenuous efforts over a long period of time to ensure the success of the raid." This was how an Islamist group, using the al Qaeda brandname, announced its responsibility for the terror attacks that claimed nearly 40 lives in London yesterday. Although the exact circumstances of the raid on London remain murky, one thing is certain: This was a suicide operation aimed at killing as many civilians as possible. That the raid came as the G-8 summit opened in Scotland is certainly significant, as is the fact that it was the first day of the Arabic lunar month of Jamadul al-Akhir, Prophet Muhammad's favorite season for organizing raids against the "infidel." What do we do about people who are prepared to court certain death in exchange for killing others? The question has been asked by the Israelis for years and by the Americans since 9/11. It is now the turn of the British to ponder it. The first thing to do is not to get impressed by the fact that an individual who has been brainwashed out of his or her humanity is ready to die in order to kill others. The only reasonable way to treat such individuals is as a new form of weaponry. And, like all other weapons that impress when first introduced, these suicide-killers will continue to terrorize and fascinate until we find an antidote. Cyrus the Great used camels as a weapon when he conquered Babylon. Hannibal used elephants for his raid on Rome. The Islamist terror leaders who wish to conquer the world and convert entire mankind to their brand of "true Islam" have gone one better by using the human body as a weapon. But like all others, this weapon is designed by some people, financed by investors, manufactured somewhere and deployed by leaders who can be identified and destroyed. These human weapons are designed and shaped by a constant flow of anti-Western propaganda from Arab satellite TV, the so-called Islamic associations and countless madarassahs (Islamic schools) -RD>and mosques throughout the world, including in London itself. Go to any mosque in the West (let alone in the Islamic countries) on any Friday and you are sure to hear a litany of woes about how the "cross-worshippers" have allied themselves with the "plotting Jews" in order to destroy Islam, which, as God's final message, is the only true faith. You will hear how the West is mired in corruption, its womenfolk exposing their midriff in public and its governments sanctioning gay and lesbian marriages. You will also hear how "the Crusaders" have invaded Muslim lands and are trying to impose their democratic system on Afghanistan and Iraq. Such a discourse might leave most Muslims indifferent or even annoyed. But it is enough for it to seduce even 1 percent of the world's Muslims — that is to say a cool 13 million people — for everyone to be in trouble. The deadly propaganda is reinforced by other means. The future terrorist is comforted by the fact that his or her fellow Muslims in the West use their bodies as an advertising space for their beliefs. In many Western cities, this comes in the form of al Qaeda-style beards and long shirts (qamis) for men and jet-black hijab (headgear) for women. (Not long ago, I saw a baby girl in a carriage wearing that prop of visual terrorism.) The would-be suicide terrorist is also likely to be impressed by the self-styled Islamic theologians coolly debating the issue of whom to kill and how. Any viewer of Al-Jazeera, the satellite channel owned by the emir of Qatar, has seen its chief Islamist guru Yussuf al-Qaradawi insist that Islam allows the murder of unborn Israeli babies because they may grow up and join the army. In a recent visit to Mecca, I witnessed another self-styled guru, Sheik Safar al-Hawali, informing visitors to his home that it was "licit" to kill innocent Muslim women and children in Iraq if that led to "the defeat of the Crusaders and their apostate Muslim allies." The would-be suicide-killer is also comforted by the sense of guilt manifested by many in the West. He has seen do-gooders from the United States in the streets of Arab Jerusalem apologizing to astounded Muslim passersby for "the Crusades" — which happened long before the United States came into being. He may also note that he is treated with something bordering on deference by much of the Western media, which has banned the use of the word "terrorist" altogether, using, instead, such terms as "militants" or " resistance fighters." And then there was the successful ghazva (raid) on Madrid last year, when the Islamists succeeded in changing the government of a major Western democracy with a single attack. If the suicide-terrorists were weapons made of metal, the victims would certainly try to bomb places where they were made. But because these weapons are of human flesh, the assumption is that they can't be traced back to any specific locality. It is as if we were dealing with ethereal beings existing beyond the limits of reality. The London attack was not the work only of the few individuals who carried it out. It was the bitter fruit of a faith that has been hijacked by a minority of extremists while the majority of its adepts watch with a mixture of awe and ill-concealed pride. The real fight against this enemy of humanity will start only when the so-called "silent majority" in Islam speaks out against these murderers and those who brainwash, train, finance and deploy them. Amir Taheri, an Iranian author and journalist, is a member of Benador Associates |
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| #20 Before 9-11 I was bothered. Maybe it's cus we noticed the Pals change their phone behaivor long before Sharon went to the temple. Couldn't get anybody to listen to us... Couldn't even get the Israelis to listen until a year latter and then they really listened. For some reason could never get any of our guys to listen... But was discussing it with an Iranian engineer and he asked me where I though the whole thing would end. (again before 9-11) I told him that if behaivors were not changed somebody would nuke Mecca and Medina within the next 15 years (that was about 2000). I suggested that it would be impossible to figure out who did it as the muslims were making too many foe at once. I still stand by that prediction.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-07-08 21:00 |
| #19 Neural "vapor" lock? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-08 19:30 |
| #18 I've figured out that the key to the muzzie mindset is understanding their ability to hold 2 equally stupid concepts at the same time. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-08 19:08 |
| #17 They will also tell you that 9/11 and the london bombings were not the work of muslims since true muslims cannot kill the innocent. And BOY will they stammer and stutter when you try to get them to define "innocent". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-08 16:53 |
| #16 These moderate muslims are the first to support fatwas against the like of Salman Rushdie. They will tell you that he has defiled islam. They will also tell you that 9/11 and the london bombings were not the work of muslims since true muslims cannot kill the innocent. Yet they will never condemn Osama Bin Laden. They will never issue a fatwa against him or call for his death. The jihadis commit "unislamic" like murder but there is no fatwa. An author writes a (rather boring) book and he must be killed. |
| Posted by: john 2005-07-08 16:25 |
| #15 Getting Taheri to be in the NY Post is great. It would be even better if he were given space in the Wapo. He should be writing the President's speeches. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-08 14:18 |
| #14 Go to any mosque in the West (let alone in the Islamic countries) on any Friday and you are sure to hear a litany of woes about how the "cross-worshippers" have allied themselves with the "plotting Jews" in order to destroy Islam, which, as God's final message, is the only true faith. Moderate Muslims? Where? If they existed, they'd be exposing this stuff, demanding their prayers be led by fellow moderates. Instead, they swallow the hatred while smiling politely to the neighbors they've been told to murder. The only time an immoderate imam is removed is when the non-Muslim world is made aware of his stance. It's time we start demanding answers and action. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-08 14:15 |
| #13 Dot, Ha! Glad to see you've gotten over it! |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-07-08 13:40 |
| #12 Lol! Not a chance, DN! Sorry about the Cotillion thingy, lol. I had to sit through those interminable sessions - but it wasn't .01% as bad as my poor daughter having to make that old hag happy each week, lol! Go ahead, ask me why I'm divorced, lol! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-08 12:27 |
| #11 Dot, You have shamed me into politically correct silence. Sob. :) |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-07-08 12:05 |
| #10 Lol, Dreadnought! That's soooo uncool to say out loud. True, yes, dead solid perfect, yes, but uncouth and un-nuanced. We'll have to send you back through Cotillion again, lol! "Okay, students! Once again. And which knife do we use to kill the terrorist? Yes! The second from the left! Very good! And which..." |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-08 12:02 |
| #9 ...while the majority of its adepts watch with a mixture of awe and ill-concealed pride Basically admitting that the "terrorists are a very small minority" line is a myth. It's like saying, "Only a very small number of Japanese carried out the Pearl Harbor raid." True, but irrelevant when the folks back at home are aiding and abetting the attacks. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-07-08 11:47 |
| #8 We'll trade them Britney Spears for 5 years of peace! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-08 11:46 |
| #7 its womenfolk exposing their midriff in public I knew this whole Britney Spears thing would lead to no good. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-07-08 11:16 |
| #6 Getting Taheri to be in the NY Post is great. It would be even better if he were given space in the Wapo. Better yet would be to give Ibn Warraq or Hirsi Ali space to for their thoughts in the Wapo. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-07-08 11:11 |
| #5 Israel's been in this war for a long time (it still seems to be the principal offender). Maybe we could learn something from the way they've been fighting it? Will the left ever tumble to the fact that the enemy of my enemy might not be as bad as I thought they were? Naaaahhhhh! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-08 11:08 |
| #4 I am not a fan of the UN, but i think Amir Taheri has the right mind-set to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-07-08 11:02 |
| #3 It's what Israel's been doing. Seems like things have gotten better since they started directly targeting the Rantisis and Yassins instead of just going after the cannon fodder. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-07-08 11:01 |
| #2 uh-oh looks like another 'charm offensive' is needed (Saudi funded) to remind people how Islam is really about peace |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-07-08 10:35 |
| #1 TIME TO HIT THE SUICIDE FACTORIES Good idea. I've long felt that the only way to win this thing is to kill all their women. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-07-08 10:35 |