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September 14, 2001
by Eugene Narrett, Ph.D.
"Mohammed Yahusa threw a party Tuesday night. 'My happiness knows no bounds,' he said."
In the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks on America, ordinary people in Muslim nations wasted no time in making their feelings known. From Afghanistan to Nigeria, mobs and individuals alike expressed joy at the mass murder of American civilians. The self-serving, days late and (billions of) dollars short disclaimers and 'sympathy' of Islamic politicians like Egypt's Mubarak contrasted lamely with the routine comments of their state media and their people. The truth continues to leak out, though much impeded by death threats to wire services and TV networks, threats that went all but unreported. "When I heard the news, I decided to take the day off to celebrate," said a 31-year old taxi driver in Nigeria, most populous nation in Africa (and one in which Muslims have murdered millions of non-Muslims and enslaved countless others). "I think it's great," added Yahya Ibrahim," 42, from the northern region in which Shari'a, Islamic law, rules. A man who lives by selling Coca Cola exulted in the "bitter lesson" taught to Americans (Agence France Presse, 09-13-01, Kano, Nigeria). One of the dirtiest games played by the State Department and its affiliates in the past decade was the destruction of Yugoslavia by drug-running Islamic militias funded in no small measure by Saudi Arabia, whose scion Bin Laden is. The KLA and Albanian militias have destroyed or are destroying Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia, and threatening Greece. What has this incendiary game of enflaming Pan-Islamic nationalism won for the American people? "America is the #1 enemy of Islam," said another Nigerian. "It is behind the killing of Muslims in Bosnia and supports the killing of Muslims all over the world." There's no lie like a big lie. This 'ordinary Muslim' paraphrased the taunting of Saddam Hussein, describing "the explosions that occurred in Washington and New York," as Iraqi national TV in Baghdad condescendingly termed the attacks. "The United States reaps the thorns it has planted in the world," he mocked. "The United States exports evil, corruption and criminalityâ*|" (Iraq News, evening 09-12-01). Exports evil? America gives Egypt $1.5 billion a year, in addition to enormous quantities of military equipment. Recent gifts include squadrons of F-16s and helicopters with state-of-the-art radar. And in the streets of Egyptian cities, as even Arab papers noted, the jubilation and "battle cry of Egyptian students contrasts sharply with official disclaimers" and professions of "friendship" that suddenly emanate from Islamic capitals. "Mabruk! Mabruk ["congratulations"]! Bulls eye!" shouted crowds clustering around shop windows to watch replays of the WTC attacks. "It's the best thing that's happened since the October [1973] war," shouted a cab driver (Jordan Times, 09-13-01, "Reaction to attacks in US"). One Egyptian 'intellectual' offered a more sober assessment taught for decades by various kinds of western leftists (traitors) for years. "The real reason behind terrorism is the widening gap between north and south" (ibid.). So, all that American taxpayers need do is give more and more money, technology and weapons to "the south" and then they won't need to murder us. How about the 'moderate,' 'liberal' Arab nation of Jordan, propped up and protected for decades by America and Israel? Their people and "local newspapers called on Washington to revise its provocative foreign policy" that was responsible for the NYC attacks (ibid.). How interesting that the liberalism of Jordan's official press includes the social-worker approach to problems: it's the victims' fault, as long as they are western or mostly white. Americans apparently have provoked Muslims? Now, have they provoked us? Islam has been at war with America for a long time, but our politicians, media and, thus, most Americans have not wanted to look. The ostrich approach is deadly, so listen to this tiny sample of Palestinian warnings to America since 1997. "Oh Allah, destroy America! Allah will paint the White House black!" (Sheik Ikrama Sabri, Mufti of Jerusalem who preaches from the Temple Mount at which the "peace process" forbids Jews and Christians to pray). "Muslims say to Britain, France and to all infidel [non-Muslim] nations that Jerusalem is Arab! Allah shall take revenge on behalf of his prophet [Mohammed] against the sons of monkeys and pigs" (July 11, 1997). "We say to the Arab nation: hit America and threaten them! The United States is the fundamental enemy of the Palestinian people!" (Maher Taher, PFLP in al Hayat al Yedida, Arafat's official newspaper, Aug. 28, 2001). "We must harm American interests in the Arab world, with all possible means, in all places, at all levels because America only understands the language of force" (Omar Ghul, Al Ayyam, Aug. 30, 2001). Demonstrably, it is Muslim governments, organizations and "man in the street" that understand only the language of force. Only tiny bits of this violent hatred of America, Jews and Christians gets into the media, and not only because of its leftist, global village biases against sovereign western nations and religions. The media repeatedly knuckle under to explicit Arab threats not to cover these attitudes and riots. Since the bombings, "Palestinians" (who in truth are migrant Egyptians and Iraqis and Bedouin from Saudi Arabia) have been out in the streets cheering, waving pictures of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, and burning American flags. Many of these celebrants are women and children. The Palestinian 'police' arrested several journalists (including an AP cameraman, in June, they'd abducted two Newsweek journalists) and Arafat's officials (Yasser Abd Rabbo, PA "Communications Minister" among them) threatened western news agencies to restrict their coverage of the celebrations or "they would not guarantee the safety of the journalists." Only the Associated Press so far has published a protest (09-12, 6:02pm). AP Bureau Chief, Dan Perry "asked the assurances of the Palestinian Authority that it would protect our journalists." But the fox will not guard the hen house. The next day, the Foreign Press Association released a statement "condemning the direct threats made against local videographers by local militia and the attitude of the Palestinian officials who made no effort to counter the threatsâ*|" Indeed, as noted, they conveyed the threats. But most wire services and networks are complying with the blackmail, burying the footage of Palestinians rioting in delight. Dan Perry of AP admitted, "the safety of our staff is paramount. We believe there is a serious threat to our staff if the video is released" (interview with Dr. Aaron Lerner, www.imra.org 09-13-01). Peter M. Leitner, senior strategic advisor at the Defense Department explained to World Net Daily how the Clinton administration waived trade restrictions on transferring advanced encryption devices, electronic surveillance and communications equipment to the terror state of Syria. Thus terrorists like those of Sept. 11 could coordinate their complex plans while hiding from American intelligence. It was Clinton who also proposed rebuilding Syria's armed forces for $30+ billion. For thirty years, Syria (and more lately, the Palestinian Autonomy) has been the main recruiting, training and hiding grounds for the most dangerous and active terrorist groups. The alliance between Yasser Arafat, Asad of Syria and Saddam (the Gaza-Damascus-Baghdad axis) must be understood in these terms. That is the main locus for this week's attacks. Deja Vue. Former Israeli Cabinet Minister, Moshe Peled has recounted that the Israelis briefed the CIA in 1997 on Arafat's role in the first WTC bombing in 1993, on Arafat's base in Khartoum and its links with terrorist networks operating out of Sudan. (In 1973, Arafat ordered the murder of two American diplomats in Khartoum). The drug-running Arafat and slave-trading empire of Sudan coordinate their work with Iran. The identity and locus of the enemies arrayed against Western Civilization is known, as are some of their western abettors. Give the last word on the current challenge to an Israeli observer of daily Arab terror attacks in Judea. "It is the blind spot of modern western thinking that because they do not take religion seriously any more, neither does anyone else. But the Arabs and other Muslims truly believe in Islam and are ready to die to advance them: "Unless the West overcomes its infantile attitude towards warfare and uses its weapons of mass destruction against the Arabs, it will lose and be destroyed by them." As the Arabs have been asserting for years, it's them or us. Batter up! Dr. Eugene Narrett is a writer and teacher in Massachusetts and is the author of Gathered Against Jerusalem: Essays on a False Peace (Dec. 2000). His new book, Israel Awakened: A Chronicle of the Oslo War, is currently available at www.1stbooks.com/bookview/7421.
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