February22, 2007:
From an Islamic terrorists point of view, the last decade has been
one of many victories. Not only were there 3,000 killed in the September 11,
2001 attacks, but the earlier embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania killed
292, mainly African civilians. After 2001, there were no more attacks in the
United States, so Islamic terrorists struck where they could (Bali, Indonesia,
202 dead, Beslan, Russia, 333 dead, Madrid, 191 dead, London, 51 dead, Mumbai,
India, 200 dead, and so on). All this has attracted tremendous media attention,
especially in the Moslem world. As a result, many like minded Moslems have
joined with al Qaeda to attack infidels (non-Moslems.) This has led to
terrorist violence in Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chad, Chechnya, Dagestan,
Denmark, East Timor, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Ingushetia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Jordan-Iraq,
Kabardino-Balkans, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mauritania,
Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Gaza-Palestinian Afghanistan
Authority, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Somalia, Spain,
Sri Lanka , Sudan , Syria , Tajikistan, Thailand , Tunisia , Turkey , United
Arab Emirates, United Arab Republic, Uzbekistan and Yemen. At last count, there
were over fatal 5,000 attacks, resulting in over 26,000 dead. There were many
more attacks that did not kill, but spread terror, and often inflicted
injuries.
Moreover,
the Islamic radicals have continued to position themselves as victims, or
people lashing out with righteous violence to avenge of past injustices, and
thus not really responsible for their atrocities. This line has always been
popular in Moslem countries, and has been accepted by many media outlets in
non-Moslem nations. The Islamic radicals see it all as a divine plan, a long
term program that can be considered a success as long as something (especially
violence and dead bodies) is happening. While al Qaeda, and Islamic terrorists
in general, have received a lot of bad press in the Moslem world, for the large
number of Iraqi civilians they have killed, this has not distracted from the
glory of killing non-Moslems elsewhere.
While
the Islamic radicals are not likely to achieve their goal of world domination,
they can, and do, congratulate themselves for what they have accomplished.
After all, it's Gods Will.
Don't
believe it? Using your favorite search engine, go look for jihad related web
sites. Some are in English.