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Bad News in the "War on Terrorism": Why attacks on French Power?
Messages from Osama and Mullah Omar?: Attacks in Philippines & Kuwait?
2000 U.S. Troops Search for Mullah Omar In Vain
Observers note a change in the U.S. attitude towards the "war on terrorism." There is an
obvious attempt to play down the incidents of war which are taking place.
FRENCH OIL TANKER BLOWN UP: Observers say, news which are a reversal for the
U.S. war effort need to be read from the point when they first appear before they are doctored
by the handlers of the news. The first news from the French was that a speeding
FISHING BOAT had struck the tanker and it blew up on impact. The French captain and
crew were clear on this point.
The Yemeni government, which was not anywhere near the ship, claimed that it was an
"accident." How did the Yemeni government find this out is not known. The Yemeni regime
has much to lose if it was a "terrorist attack" because of the assurances of security given to the
U.S. ever since a tiny boat with two assailants on it blew up the USS Cole. The Yemenis have
taken great pains to seal off the coastline and now this blow has been struck.
The U.S. government also seems to be claiming that "it is not a terror attack" and is sending its
own investigators to find out. Why is the U.S. saying no? Observers say that if this was an
attack, that would mean the "war on terrorism" has not succeeded.
WHY THE ATTACKS ON THE FRENCH? Earlier in May, an entire group of French naval
experts was wiped out in an attack in Karachi,
Pakistan.
Observers say that the identities of
"terrorists" which are revealed every now and then in the media indicate that there is a
STRONG ALGERIAN COMPONENT in the international armed Islamic movement.
The Algerian Muslims have undergone thousands of civilian casualties at the hands of the
French-supported Algerian regime. The Islamic dead include hundreds of children whose throats
were slit by Algerian government hit squads. After the Algerian regime (which is backed by the
ruler of Libya) had crushed the Islamic movement by slaughtering entire Muslim villages, the
French entered into economic alliances with the Algerian regime. The U.S. did its part by getting
a billion dollar soft loan from the World Bank to the Algerian regime. It appears that Algerians in
considerable numbers left their homeland and joined Osama bin Laden.
In the PHILIPPINES, the Abu Sayyaf were seen as a band of kidnappers of little or no
importance. Last news was that the Philippines government, with U.S. help, had destroyed the
Abu Sayyaf. Suddenly last week the situation became confused when there was a bomb attack
on U.S. troops leading to the death of a valuable American soldier and injuries to a whole group
of American supporters. Something has gone wrong here. [At last reports, a Jordanian Muslim
has been arrested in the Philippines in connection with the attack.] How did the Abu Sayyaf
become so bold as to dare attack American troops?
Now, on October 8, American troops in KUWAIT have been attacked. Reports indicate that
two Kuwaitis attacked U.S. marines (the best soldiers in the world). One valuable marine was
killed and another injured. The attackers were not satisfied and are reported to have gone on to
attack another group of marines. Then they came under return fire and both were killed. This
bizarre incident is indeed shocking because the attack took place on Falaika island from which
there were no chances of escape for the two attackers. Both turned out to be Kuwaitis. The
regime has arrested 27 Kuwaitis in connection with this cowardly attack on heavily armed
U.S. troops.
[U.S. reports have said earlier that some of the top people in Al-Qaida are Kuwaitis. A poll taken
in Kuwait indicated that 74% of Kuwaitis support Osama bin Laden.]
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About a week back, 2000 U.S. troops with allied Afghans started an intensive search operation
in southern Afghanistan which, it was hoped, would capture Mullah Omar, the legendary leader
of the Afghans who lives like the sahaba of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The troops
discovered a cache of bombs, 500 kg each, but no Taliban or Al-Qaida. U.S. newsmen were
puzzled when the discovery of the bombs was announced by Rumsefeld's office. Our observers
say that the wily Afghans "supporting" the U.S. have pulled another fast one on their
American
"allies."
The 500 kg bombs are probably U.S. bombs which did not explode. It looks like the Afghan
"allies" of the U.S. have sold the U.S.'s own bombs back to the U.S. and made a good profit from
this "discovery" of a "Taliban cache." As one newsman commented during the Pentagon briefing:
"We did not know that the Taliban own aerial bombs."
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To top it all, messages from Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar have started re-appearing. Here
it's very important to note the U.S. response to Osama's message. The Pentagon does not want
to support the notion that Osama might be alive, and Rumsfeld and related commentators tried to
cast doubt on the authenticity of the two-minute tape. Obviously, if Osama is alive, the entire
"war on terrorism" is in jeopardy. Hence the debate on whether he is dead or alive.
One report says that the U.S. has intercepted a satellite phone message from Mullah Omar in
which he gives greetings from the ‘Shaikh' (Osama) which raises the terrible specter of Osama
and Mullah Omar alive and together.
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Br. Hani (from
Canada)
responds to Sis. Aisha's note on BERNARD LEWIS: (From the PIDL list)
[Lewis: A JEW WHO VISITS ISRAEL REGULARLY: HONORED BY KEMALIST
TURKEY. PRETENDS TO BE SCHOLAR OF ISLAM]
> Sis. Aisha (our New York Rep)
> Responds To CBS Program on Islam:
> Bernard Lewis (I suspect a Jewish
> name, like Teichner's) is not an
> Islamic scholar but, a liar!
Al-Salamu `Alaykum
Bernard Lewis is basically the biggest
Jewish
Orientalist in the world nowadays. He is a Briton
who has been living in the US since the mid 70's. He specializes in
Islamic
(especially Middle East) history. His services to Kufr are outstanding. He visits
Israel
every couple of years and is received with enthusiasm in Israeli universities. The Turkish Kamalist
regime is so fond of his dis-services to Ottoman history that the Turkish prime minister handed
him the "Ataturk International Peace Award" in 1998! His books are full of explicit Western
supremacy where he takes it for granted that "Democracy", "freedom of expression", "liberty",
etc are self-obvious and one need not prove their correctness before blaming Muslims for their
failure to adhere to them.
Wa al-Salam
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