tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042316.post2563881106659711555..comments2023-10-22T06:13:53.002-07:00Comments on Sea2Sea.blogspot.com: More dissention in the Islamic jihadist ranksAliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12811768631985140312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042316.post-8422569832458165762007-11-11T12:11:00.000-08:002007-11-11T12:11:00.000-08:00Welcome jabba the tutt.I haven't read Wright's boo...Welcome jabba the tutt.<BR/><BR/>I haven't read Wright's book yet. After reading the reviews when it came out last year, I have a problem that he, like so many others, tend to believe Bin Laden and AQ operate in a vacuum without the support and aid of other jihadist organizations. <BR/><BR/>Fact is, it ceased to be Bin Laden vs the West as of 1998 with the <A HREF="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm)" REL="nofollow"><B>World Islamic Front </B></A>statement, signed by OBL, Zawahiri and another Egyptian terrorist representing the Egyptian Islamic Group, Rahman from Bangladesh (not to be confused with Pakistan's Maulana Fazlur Rahman, co founder of the Taliban), and a representative of Pakistan's Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan.<BR/><BR/>The point to the union of these various jihadist factions was to obtain the <B>religious authority</B> for <I><B>fatwa</B></I> for the 911 attacks. OBL did not have the status to declare religious authority. That authority is noted by the signature of Fazlur Rahman Khalil of Bangladesh on the World Islamic Front.<BR/><BR/>This means that war on the US, it's citizens and allies was declared by several jihadist groups... not just Bin Laden. <BR/><BR/>The reasons for 911 and this jihad were well stated in the 1998 World Islamic Front - for the war and sanctions on Iraq, for the US presence in Saudi Arabia.<BR/><BR/>Now let's bring this back to Wright's notion that Bin Laden was trying to lure the US into Afghanistan... an opinion I find questionable. <BR/><BR/>The most obvious flaw in Wright's theory is that OBL could not have the 911 attack sanctioned by the Deobandi/Wahhabi community without the religious authority of a fatwa. And those capable of issuing that fatwa for OBL's actions were not in support of the US military's entry further in the Middle East.<BR/><BR/>In the list of AQ assaults - direct or by background involvement - you missed 1993's Blackhawk Down events in Somalia. Mohammad Atef supplied training and equipment to the Somali Islamics, used in their attack. And notably, Atef did so just two days after being instructed by Saddam to "hunt the Americans" in Somalia. The US didn't discover AQ's involvement until 1996.MataHarleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10201059375849537682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042316.post-88110817764280185372007-11-10T20:11:00.000-08:002007-11-10T20:11:00.000-08:00I just finished reading 'The Looming Tower' by Law...I just finished reading 'The Looming Tower' by Lawrence Wright, a simply amazing book about the path to 9/11. He writes that Bin Laden's purpose in his attacks on the US was to lure the US into Afghanistan, where the mujihadeen would bleed another invading foreign army. Bin Laden believed his fantasy that his Arab Fighters with Allah defeated the Soviets, then brought down the USSR. He wanted to repeat this with the US. <BR/><BR/>So, if the Libyan Jihadi is telling the truth, he didn't understand the purpose of Bin Laden's war on the US. The purpose was to bring about the occupation of the Middle East. He believed that would grow his movement.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Bin Laden was kicked out of the Sudan and went to Afghanistan before the Taliban took over. He lost everything in the Sudan and was left with almost nothing. <BR/><BR/>So, what did Bin Laden do? He declared war on the US. That excited the Islamist wackos and brought Bin Laden recruits and money.<BR/><BR/>Then he attacked Khobar Towers, the US Embassies in Africa and the USS Cole. These attacks lead to even more money and more recruits. 9/11 would push Bin Laden even further up and gain even more recruits and funds.<BR/><BR/>In some ways, that's what's happened. What's happened too, is that al Qaeda indiscrimate murder of Muslims has turned Muslims against al Qaeda.Jabba the Tutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781257658939821005noreply@blogger.com