From Der Spiegel, a blunt accounting of what Usama bin Laden and his band of Semtex-festooned medievalists really want:
If there is anyone who might possibly have an inkling as to what al-Qaida are up to, it is the Jordanian journalist Fouad Hussein. He has not only spent time in prison with al-Zarqawi, but has also managed make contact with many of the network’s leaders. Based on correspondence with these sources, he has now brought out a book detailing the organization’s master plan….
One of Hussein’s most sensational sources for the book, according to what he told SPIEGEL Online, was Seif al-Adl. The Egyptian terrorist, who is suspected of taking part in the attacks on the American Embassies in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi in 1998, has a ransom of US$5 million on his head from the FBI. Secret services suspect that al-Adl is now in Iran….
An Islamic Caliphate in Seven Easy Steps
In the introduction, the Jordanian journalist writes, “I interviewed a whole range of al-Qaida members with different ideologies to get an idea of how the war between the terrorists and Washington would develop in the future.” What he then describes between pages 202 and 213 is a scenario, proof both of the terrorists’ blindness as well as their brutal single-mindedness. In seven phases the terror network hopes to establish an Islamic caliphate which the West will then be too weak to fight.
The First Phase Known as “the awakening”—this has already been carried out and was supposed to have lasted from 2000 to 2003, or more precisely from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York and Washington to the fall of Baghdad in 2003. The aim of the attacks of 9/11 was to provoke the US into declaring war on the Islamic world and thereby “awakening” Muslims. “The first phase was judged by the strategists and masterminds behind al-Qaida as very successful,” writes Hussein. “The battle field was opened up and the Americans and their allies became a closer and easier target.” The terrorist network is also reported as being satisfied that its message can now be heard “everywhere.”
The Second Phase “Opening Eyes” is, according to Hussein’s definition, the period we are now in and should last until 2006. Hussein says the terrorists hope to make the western conspiracy aware of the “Islamic community.” Hussein believes this is a phase in which al-Qaida wants an organization to develop into a movement. The network is banking on recruiting young men during this period. Iraq should become the center for all global operations, with an “army” set up there and bases established in other Arabic states.
The Third Phase This is described as “Arising and Standing Up” and should last from 2007 to 2010. “There will be a focus on Syria,” prophesies Hussein, based on what his sources told him. The fighting cadres are supposedly already prepared and some are in Iraq. Attacks on Turkey and—even more explosive—in Israel are predicted. Al-Qaida’s masterminds hope that attacks on Israel will help the terrorist group become a recognized organization. The author also believes that countries neighboring Iraq, such as Jordan, are also in danger.
The Fourth Phase Between 2010 and 2013, Hussein writes that al-Qaida will aim to bring about the collapse of the hated Arabic governments. The estimate is that “the creeping loss of the regimes’ power will lead to a steady growth in strength within al-Qaida.” At the same time attacks will be carried out against oil suppliers and the US economy will be targeted using cyber terrorism.
The Fifth Phase This will be the point at which an Islamic state, or caliphate, can be declared. The plan is that by this time, between 2013 and 2016, Western influence in the Islamic world will be so reduced and Israel weakened so much, that resistance will not be feared. Al-Qaida hopes that by then the Islamic state will be able to bring about a new world order.
The Sixth Phase Hussein believes that from 2016 onwards there will a period of “total confrontation.” As soon as the caliphate has been declared the “Islamic army” it will instigate the “fight between the believers and the non-believers” which has so often been predicted by Osama bin Laden.
The Seventh Phase This final stage is described as “definitive victory.” Hussein writes that in the terrorists’ eyes, because the rest of the world will be so beaten down by the “one-and-a-half billion Muslims,” the caliphate will undoubtedly succeed. This phase should be completed by 2020, although the war shouldn’t last longer than two years.
But just how serious is this scenario? “Al-Qaida makes no compromises,” says the book’s author Fouad Hussein. He obviously believes that this seven-point plan could well become the guiding principle for a whole range of al-Qaida fighters […]
You want root causes? Here you go: bin Laden is Charlie Manson in a linen headwrap—only his “family” is much better armed.
We simply must defeat them. Compromise is not an option.
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(h/t Craig C, via Jihad Watch)
But if you carved a cross into Osama’s forehead he’d explode, right?
I’ve been saying for a while now that Al Qaeda is properly viewed as a death cult.
Osama = Manson is perfectly apropos.
Frankly, I hope they succeed at this, if by “western conspiracy” they mean “the full citizenry of Western Civilization” and by “Islamic community” they mean “the threat posed by Islamofacist dickweeds”. The sooner the anti-war Pollyannas figure out that these bastards won’t be happy until we’re all in a mosque or in a casket, the sooner we can address the problem fully and unreservedly.
It’s still not too late to change unfair US Middle East policies and address the root causes of terrorism to stave off this threat.
It’s still not too late to change unfair US Middle East policies and address the root causes of terrorism to stave off this threat.
Agreed. The US Policy of talking the Israelis out of taking care of the root causes their way seems a bit unfair.
In case there were too many big words in the der speigal quote for you, the root cause is the terrorists are bat-shit crazy bronze age barbarians who want to rule the world.
The best way to address them is: “To Allah, postage due”
My Brief Conversation with Osama bin Laden’s Kidneys:
Me: Hey fellas, how’s that cave treatin’ ya?
Kidneys: …
Me: Yeah? Nice and comfy?
Kidneys: …
Me: Sure would be nice to get some dialysis for that ass, huh?
Kidneys: …
Me: Well, according to the timeline, this cave’s not going electric until sometime in early 2010 at best.
Kidneys: A tiny sacrifice to acheive greatness.
Me: Dude, if pissing blood is ‘acheiving greatness’ then I know some hookers you might want to meet. Talk about ‘greatness’. The infections thes-
Kidneys: JIHAD!
If I had written “the evil, racist, imperialist, Zionist-controlled US ME policy” would the sarcasm have been more clear?
It’s still not too late to change unfair US Middle East policies and address the root causes of terrorism to stave off this threat.
If by “address” you mean eradicate every single last one of these psychotic homicidal murderers from the planet, then yes, it’s not too late. And you can thank Bush and the Military for doing so.
That’s what you meant, right?
Let us never forget that the deal between the Department of Defense and Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown & Root belies justifications given by the world’s leading apologists for the final subjugation of the Middle East, beginning with the $90bn invasion of Iraq. So far, the pro-Sharon neoconservative cabal is determined by capitalist interests which lead to the police state which has come to pass. On the other hand, the Pax Americana of the future brings about the result of a pre-fascist atmosphere in America. Clearly, Americanism as an ideology represents the repudiation of international law in order to bring about the flagrant lies promulgated by the political donor class.
To recruit I would think you would have to win one battle somewhere ever. Or take and hold one piece of ground anywhere ever. “Come lose and die!” just isn’t going to resonate with any but the hard-core nutters, and we may as well dispatch them sooner than later.
I always get hung up on this recruiting thing. The pool of nutters cannot be infinite, can it?
You forgot to mention Karl Rove…
No, but now that you mention it…
I guess by now it’s impossible to parody the Left without explicit sarcasm tags. What is the proper etiquette, a smiley face or </sarc>?
Isn’t that what our side is missing—a long-term plan? I wonder if the American public would totally reject, just go into denial, if Bush put forth a similar multi-year “schedule” of opposition on our part? Because no matter whether “wingnuts” or the “moonbats” get their way, I expect this war to last at least another 20 years.
More like, “Clearly, Internationalism as an ideology represents the repudiation of American Sovereignty in order to bring about the flagrant lies promulgated by the political asshat class.
Because no matter whether “wingnuts†or the “moonbats†get their way, I expect this war to last at least another 20 years.
How can you call this a war? No Organized army is opposing us. The world is witnessing Islam at it ugliest. Most of the world shortly will become
sick of the islamofacist decree…..
You can’t parody the left anymore. The tinfoil is superglued to their heads and nothing they say is surprising anymore. You might as well try to parody a UFO nut on the Coast To Coast show. At least Art Bell might have a little skepticism left.
Is Osama’s craziness also the result of EVIL KARL ROVE MIND CONTROL RAYS!!?
Only time and tinfoil will tell…
the flagrant lies promulgated by the political donor class.
Why bring George Soros into this?
TODD—can’t tell what your tone is, but my reasoning is that we’ve had terrorism in some form since at least the 1976 Munich Olympics. Now we’ve got that to the nth degree and a whole ‘nother generation coming on line. I’d argue they don’t think they represent Islam at it’s ugliest, and neither do millions of other Muslims.
’72 Olympics. Dammit. I wish all you other people had to post while expecting your boss to walk in at every minute.
Bill Roggio has some austute analysis of this article.
Hey, don’t confuse me with facts! My feelings of moral outrage are more…authentic!
I heard a Cindy Clone Mom say today Iraq is a “war of attrition” now that casualties have escalated to an average of two a day.
The heroic men inside the caskets near Normandy Beach are spinning in their graves.
Saltlick,
My tone was one of sarcasm. My point was the humanization by the MSM of the terrorists in Iraq….
I guess by now it’s impossible to parody the Left without explicit sarcasm tags.
It sure as hell isn’t around here–what with the high class of troll PW’s been cultivating lately.
I used to think that the “Representative Leftists” Hannity and Colmes liked to invite on their show to bite the heads off chickens, froth and snarl at the camera like the lead singer in some poseur Satanist rock group just had to be hired actors or winos pulled off the street outside the Fox studio or ‘agents provocateurs’ working for Karl Rove–I mean. . .surely no one’s that crazy.
Todd,
Get a clue fool
LOU
WRITE ME WHEN YOU GROW A PAIR
Isn’t that what our side is missingâ€â€a long-term plan?
How do you think Arabs like Bin Laden (and the rest of the world) feel when they read the US Neo-conservative’s Project For The New American Century? And then see it being put into action?
Global polling shows most people are more afraid of US militarism than that of any other state, including China and Russia. And if Arabs want a Caliphate, er… isn’t that up to them??? Would it be more acceptable if they called it the United States Of Arabia, or the Arab Community??
I’m not saying I support Al Quaeda’s violent visions, but you gotta understand where other people are coming from (something most blinkered fools in the USA simply refuse to do).
Now go ahead and call me a terrorist…
PS: I didn’t even mention that Sulzberger is a Jewish name! (where are those sarcasm tags when you need em?)
And these other, blinkered-fool cultures gotta understand where we’re coming from: we’re not putting up with your Caliphatemongering.
Blow-back is a bitch for the al Qaida. Just shows they bungled their planning, had no exit plan, quagmire, insufficient jihadists’ sandals on the ground, etc., etc.
Cordially…
I think they are coming from a point of view that includes ‘destroying america’ in order to establish the caliphate. You willing to accept that in the interest of ‘understanding’?
Ghandi:
There you go. Once you understand that the terrorists come from the mindset of a violent, oppressive, theocratic regime that expressly advocates death to all non believers, the solution becomes obvious (to rational people).
1st militant: You understand I want to kill you?
Ghandi: I understand.
2nd militant: <slits Ghandi’s throat>
Ghandi:
Jeff, I was going to ask if you had wondered what Reuel Marc Gerecht’s take on this would be, but the thread took a little different turn.
ghandi—I served in the Peace Corps for two years in Africa. Then I traveled around the world (twice) wearing a backpack, talking to “the people.” I know exactly where the rest of the world is coming from, and those feelings of theirs have no bearing on our need to win the war we are engaged in. If you would come here and present a plan for winning that war, instead of making excuses for people hating the United States, you might get a lot more discussion and a lot less abuse.
Anyone remember that great exchange from Buffy?
Buffy: Hey Ken, want to see my impersonation of
Gandhi?
[beats him to death with a club]
Lily: Gandhi?
Buffy: Yeah, if he was really pissed-off.
If you would come here and present a plan for winning that war…
Which “war” is that, Salty?
The War in Iraq, the War on “Terrrrrrrrrists”, the War on “Furrrners”, War on “Old Yurp”, or the undeclared propaganda war on the US Constitution?
The War on Reason, War On Common Sense, War on Logic?
Which one?
Whichever it may be, the basic premise for anything you want to call “winning” is that you don’t start off with criminal fools in charge, desperately covering up their own lies while blowing smoke in every direction.
Ghandi, 1941:
And if Japan wants a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, er… isn’t that up to them??? Would it be more acceptable if they called it the United States Of East Asia, or the East Asian Community??
I’m not saying I support the Black Dragon Society’s violent visions, but you gotta understand where other people are coming from (something most blinkered fools in the USA simply refuse to do).
Don’t forget that Charles Manson was quite the countercultural icon back in ‘69, which had to be one of the most fucked up years in modern history.
‘68 sucked, too.
This ain’t 1941 and Al Quaeda ain’t the Japanese Empire.
Sometimes the best way to put out a fire is to deprive it of oxygen.
Instead, the USA is just pouring kerosene on it.
Get outta here. It isn’t?
Sometimes the best way to make yourself feel superior is to say shit that doesn’t make sense to anybody but you.
the basic premise for anything you want to call “winning†is that you don’t start off with criminal fools in charge,
Oh, I was mistaken in that I thought you might want to have a serious conversation.
Sorry, pw’ers, you’re right; this one isn’t worth the time.
Aw, go ahead and click over to ghandi’s site and leave a comment! Fair’s fair! Be the first on your block, in your city, state, nation, continent, planet to help him out!
I served in the Peace Corps for two years in Africa. Then I traveled around the world (twice) wearing a backpack, talking to “the people.†I know exactly where the rest of the world is coming from…
Some qualifications!!!
Gandhi, his main qualification is an IQ several orders of magnitude higher than yours.
Sometimes the best way to put out a fire is to deprive it of oxygen.
And sometimes the best way to deprive it of oxygen is with a BOOM! (Shaka-Laka)
Ghandi, we know you have a plan for those. You’ve apparently declared war on Logic, Reason, and Common Sense long ago.
So bin Laden is actually the Antichrist? Man…that Tim LaHaye was WAY off.
Gonadhi – great posts as always. You have caused me to see that the problem is not the people who want to KILL everyone unlike them, it is the people trying to STOP those people.
Not sure how I missed that the first time around.
I didn’t think this was a great mystery. We know what the jihadis want. They want the world to be as that part of Afghanistan as the Taliban held it circa 2000. Why guess when you have a past example right in front of you?
The great thing about RS’s take on Gandhi, 1941 is, that’s not too far from what the real Gandhi was saying back then.
Better to die on one’s knees than stand and fight.
This is what we belive.
That stage was pretty successful!
I know it is all old history now, but if what went into OIF had been directed into OGU – Operation Gotchya Usama it would have been Mission Accomplished (properly)and we would have been sitting a lot more pretty with regards to terrorism. But that is a coulda-been and not very useful.
In medieval times, maybe, but that sentiment you are parodying does not show much of an understanding of the nature of modern terrorism. There is no standing and fighting; you are busy, out and about, doing what you do and boom you are blown up, or gassed, or nailbombed or, potentially bio-attacked.
Standing and fighting is the wrong paradigm, the fighting is done mentally; you have to be tough-minded not to let the horrors affect you, and take great care you don’t let the fear of terrorist affect your enjoyment of your life.
Then, to win, you need to seperate the Islamcist agitators from their mainstream. Starve them of their recruits who they are evidently going to need to to fund this 25 year tilt at the Caliphate.
Just don’t go to war in any more Arab/Muslim countries is about all you have to do to thwart this plan. In concert with special operations to take out the now isolated terrorists.
Ahhh. But that would be stopping Progress
Wadard – what about the prospect of isolating those same terrorists by separating them from their source of funding and support? There’s a lot of ways to do that, but one option that can’t be taken off the table is the use of military force to remove oppressive regimes, like that of Hussein, which have a past history of such actions as paying bounties to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, or operating facilities like Salman Pak for the training of terrorist groups.
“There is no standing and fighting”
So you admit you just want to wait for your head to be chopped off, because the recruits are already lose and blowing shit up.
I would rather not wait 30 years (for the NYC to be nuked) to see the results of your cowardly, stupid “strategy” (which is suspect is just a posture for your sick slave-morality)…
…when we can face these monsters on the field of battle
(….and looking at Iraq, they are more than willing to face us—perhaps because they have the support of near-tresonous leftists like yourself?)
Wadard, let me see if I get the gist of your last post: You think that occupation of countries with murderous regimes who have no qualms about killing their OWN people as well as Americans & JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS creates more terrorists………….but you believe that targeting islamofascists with small units of special forces troops would be just peachey to the aforementioned murderous thugs?
Achmed: “You know, Mohammed, I used to really hate those pork-eating, Joooooo-loving Americans…”
Mohammed: “true dat”
Achmed: “…but since they started using SEALS and Marine Recon units to hunt us down & pick us off one at a time, I’m starting to see what makes America so popular with the rest of the world.”
Mohammed: “yes, that and the gay pr0n. The gay pr0n is veddy veddy popular.”
Achmed:
Mohammed: “Can I get you a white wine spritzer?”
Achmed: “I don’t know who you are.”
TW – “use”, as in “I don’t consider it to be stealing when I USE Jeff’s format. It’s a homage. Kind of like the scene-for-scene remake of “Psycho”, but not as, well, SUCKY.”
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