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2006-07-01 Home Front: WoT

Free Download: Al-Qaeda's Plans For America

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Posted by Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-01 13:08|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 O people! The viciousness of the Russian soldier is twice that of the
American soldier. If the Americans suffer one tenth of the casualties the
Russians suffered in Afghanistan and Chechnya, they will flee and never
look back. That is because the current structure of the American and
Western armies is not the same as their structure during the colonial era.
They have reached a stage of effeminacy that makes them unable to sustain
battles for a long period of time, a weakness they compensate for with a
deceptive media halo.
Abu Bakr Naji, The Management of Barbarism,1 2004

Interesting jihadi document

Posted by Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-07-01 19:56|| 2006-07-01 19:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Very interesting, Anginens Threreng8133 -- thanks! I saved the url to finish later. One comment though -- it's important to read this with the eye not only to what the AQ writer believes, but to external reality. For instance, the writer waxes indignant that the Egyptian people turned against Islamic Jihad in Egypt after the government publicized the incidental murder of a schoolgirl resulting from a failed attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister, feeling the people shouldn't have believed gov't propaganda about the danger such jihadi actions posed to them instead of trusting jihadi good intentions. In another example, this AQ writer believes Western military action on Arab soil, eg the invasion of Iraq, can only redound to the benefit of AQ, as the entire people will turn to them to evict the kaffir, and as the myth of Western military superiority proves unfounded. This ignores the fissured nature of Iraqi society as each person negotiates a variety of loyalties (and hatreds), dangers and opportunities. For instance, how does the growth and growing effectiveness of the various Iraqi army and police forces figure in to the situation?

AQ's philosophy, beliefs and plans are a reality that must be accepted and dealt with, and such translations help us do it. But that is only a small part of the whole, and they don't seem -- in Iraq at least, to be dealing very well with the reality we brought with us to the world they plan to own. How will they react, for instance, when the Iraqi Prime Minister mockingly quotes from such writings as this, highlighting where they've failed? Or the interrogator at the internment center that isn't Guantanamo?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-01 20:21|| 2006-07-01 20:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Trailing Wife:
Good points. For a critical take on Muslim "Hadith" (sayings of the 2-bit "prophet") you might want to download this book:

Posted by Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-01 21:45|| 2006-07-01 21:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Link didn't take. Can cut and paste this one.

http://www.voi.org/books/uith/

Posted by Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-01 21:47|| 2006-07-01 21:47|| Front Page Top

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