The
story below is important to pass
along for three reasons. First,
as the last paragraph notes, it
reveals the mindset and intent
of
al Qaeda and its allies.
Second, we cannot afford to
become complacent, no matter how
calm circumstances may appear
around us. And third, it is
essential that, in next year’s
elections, America chooses a
President who understands the
long-term threat arrayed against
us and has the experience to
deal with it. These are some of
the key reasons why ACT for
America plans next year to
research candidate stands on
national security and
Islamofascism and to distribute
voter information flyers to
voters across the country.
Jihadis Post Scenario for the
Defeat of the United States
By
Abdul Hameed Bakier,
Erich Marquardt
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373415
On May 14,
jihadi forum users Abu Kandahar
and Roslan al-Shami posted a
five-point scenario for the
collapse of the United States
and the rise of the Islamic
ummah, entitled, "The Next
Strikes in the Heart of America,
When and How." It appeared on
the
al-ommh.net forum,
although at least one other
jihadi forum,
alhanein.com,
reposted the scenario. The
posting outlines a scenario for
attacking the United States,
although the sheer size of the
operation suggests that it is
jihadi propaganda and not an
actual plan that could be
operationalized. The alleged
operation is dedicated to Abu
Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of
the Islamic State of Iraq.
The first stage
in the scenario involves
multiple terrorist attacks on
three major U.S. cities,
preferably with nuclear weapons,
using an unspecified number of
trucks. The scenario places
priority on attacking
New York City because it
is the central artery of the
U.S. economy and it would prove
that the mujahideen are capable
of recurrent attacks on the same
target. The second city to
attack is
Los Angeles, an important
West Coast "atheist" city. The
third "city" to be attacked is
Florida because, they
argue, it is an East Coast
congregation city and has the
Kennedy Space Center
(considering the description,
the statement's authors probably
meant Orlando). While those are
the three primary cities for
attack, the writers of the
document suggest that if the
mujahideen wish to expedite the
collapse of the United States,
they should also conduct attacks
in
Seattle since it is a
strategic border city;
Washington, DC, the
political center of the United
States; and cities in Texas,
since the "biggest oil
companies" are located there.
According to the
writers, the purpose of
attacking these specific cities
is to cause a sharp decline in
the U.S. economy; mass amounts
of casualties; the support for
the mujahideen by anti-U.S.
countries such as
Cuba and
Venezuela; a decrease in
American support for their own
government; the withdrawal of
the "blasphemous"
U.S. military from
Islamic territories; mass
military desertions; and the
inability to fuel
U.S. military fighter
jets. The document also outlines
how the fallout from such
large-scale attacks would cause
the
U.S. military to return
to the United States in order to
conduct massive relief
operations. They refer to the
example of how
Hurricane Katrina
overburdened the
U.S. National Guard,
calling the hurricane a "Soldier
of God."
After such
attacks, they argue that the
Islamic State of Iraq will seize
the opportunity to launch mass
strikes on the apostates in the
Iraqi military and police,
paving the way for the third
stage of the scenario: the
commencement of the golden era
of the triumphant Islamic
conquests that includes the
implementation of Sharia, the
liberation of the Arabian
Peninsula, the removal from
power of "the U.S. ruling
family" in Jordan and, finally,
the big march toward
Palestine. In the end,
even
Washington, DC, will fall
to the mujahideen and that will
conclude the final stage of
Islamic control of the globe.
The scenario
appears less of a planned
operation than a hope for the
fulfillment of a prophecy. The
supposed factuality of the
scenario is based on various
verses in the
Quran and the Prophet
Muhammad's teachings.
Nevertheless, some of the users
on the forums who discussed the
scenario asserted that all of
the details to execute the
operation had already been
prepared. One such user, by the
alias of Abu Nedal, said, "For
your knowledge, the operations
are ready and awaiting the
orders from our leader
Osama bin Laden, God
protect him, to decide what he
deems appropriate either to
strike now or to wait."
Islamist
extremists have always
fabricated factitious scenarios
for victory over the West based
on their own interpretations of
Quranic prophecies in times of
crisis and defeat. Nevertheless,
al-Qaeda has shown prior
interest in acquiring nuclear
materials for use in an attack,
and it is necessary to take such
forum postings seriously as they
display the mindset and the
intent, although perhaps not the
capability, of
al-Qaeda-affiliated militants.
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