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NROs Michael Ledeen: The Latest Horrors (Analysis)
September 2, 2003, 8:45 a.m.Still organized. EFL and Fair Use... Anyone who has worked on terrorism for the past 20 years will recognize the murderous techniques employed in the most-recent monster bombings at the Jordanian embassy, the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, and the shrine of Ali in Najaf. They all bear the imprint of Hezbollahâs infamous chief of operations, Imad Mughniyah, the same man who organized the terrible mass murders at the U.S. Marine barracks and the American embassy in Beirut in the mid-1980s, and also, in all probability, the bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires a decade later. And this conviction is strengthened by the news that Mughniyah â who has changed his face, his fingerprints, and his eye color, since he knows heâs one of the most-hunted men on earth â has been in Iraq for several weeks. Olâ Mugwump, whoâda thunk it? There is great reluctance in high quarters of Western governments to come to grips with the fact that the Lebanese Hezbollah is engaged in such actions, because they have convinced themselves that Hezbollah is primarily a social-welfare organization, and that its military arm has not operated against Americans for nearly two decades. They have not accepted the fact that there are many Hezbollahs, one of which is now growing in Iraq, under the leadership of the young Sheikh Moqtada al-Sadr, who was named chief of Iraqi Hezbollah by Iranâs strongman Mohammed Hashemi Rafsanjani several months ago.
Well whaddya know, surprise, surprise... The terror network is more complex, and far more united, than most of our analysts have been willing to accept. More... Excellent piece - excellent recommendations. Whether we wanted it or not, and planned for it or not, the fact is that Iraq has become the Terrorist flypaper / honey pot - and, along with the dinkleberry Saudis who give Mumsie a ring on their cellphone to say, "Iâm off! Wish me luck!", Iraq has attracted the "stars" of the Terrorist Network. Itâs at least as much an opportunity as it is a problem - and we should seize it, damnit! I wonât spoil the ending of Ledeenâs piece other than to say how grateful I am that the Black Hats are the diplomatic Keystone Cops of the Terrorist Regimes remaining. Tick tock, tick tock. Itâs time. Posted by: .com 2003-09-03 |
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