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2004-08-20 Terror Networks

Interview with Osama Bin Laden's Former Bodyguard

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Posted by tipper 2004-08-20 12:19|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Thank you for posting this article, tipper. But I wish you had done some cut and paste instead of just linking to the article, because it may get "lost." Amazing AQ strategy related information. Worrisome for the future. Here are some "talking points" that I picked out:

1. bottomless pit of Islamofacists:Nearly 71 Islamic countries are incapable of saying 'no' to the USA but as individuals we can say 'no' to it

2. "I can tell you that 95% of Al-Qa'ida members are Yemenites â¦ including the leader of the Al-Qa'ida organization, whose origins are from Yemen.

3. Iraqi fighters are joined by AQ after the "resistence" is under way? Also, it is worrisome that AQ has become an ideology, a self-perpetuating faith among Muslim youth"A large number of Al-Qa'ida operatives have entered Iraq and they are currently fighting in the ranks of the Iraqi resistanceâ¦ The problem is that today Al-Qa'ida is not an organization in the true sense of the word but only an idea that has become a faith. Many among the youth have begun to believe in Al-Qa'ida's views and beliefs regarding the struggle against America...Al-Qa'ida has Iraqi leaders present on the ground in Iraq and they are not in need of Al-Zarkawi."

4. same old, same old Saudi duplicity
But one must ask the question: what causes these youth to take up arms and to commit bombings on Saudi soil? I think that it is the stupid policies of the Saudi government regarding these people. Those who blew up the Al-Muhaya compound spoke in their recorded messages on the internet sites about the fact that they went to the Jihad with the permission and sanction of the state and with the encouragement of Sheikh Sa'd Al-Bureik, Sheikh 'A'idh Al-Qarni, and Sheikh Salman Al-Odeh, as well as many others who incited among these young men. However, when the struggle against the government began, the youth were surprised to find that the same sheikhs who in the past had urged them on, now disavowed them.

6. the goal of AQ and tough decisions for the USA in the future...we see ourselves as "liberators" but AQ sees us as suckers for the bait. Which view is the one that ordinary Muslims hold?
"The Al-Qa'ida organization's goal from its inception is to sow conflict between the United States and the Islamic world. I remember that Sheikh Osama bin Laden used to say that we can not, as an organization, continue in quality operations, but rather we must aspire to commit operations that will drag the United States into a regional confrontation with the Islamic peoples."

Posted by rex 2004-08-20 1:10:42 PM|| 2004-08-20 1:10:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 We must inflict extreme violence with prejudice.

Thanks for the cliff notes, Rex.

Posted by Capt America 2004-08-20 10:05:21 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-20 10:05:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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