A Nation Ignorant Of Being At War
By Frank Salvato
November 9, 2007
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In his 1998 fatwa (web site) Osama bin Laden said:
"The Americans started it and retaliation and punishment should be carried out following the principle of reciprocity, especially when women and children are involved. Through history, America has not been known to differentiate between the military and the civilians or between men and women or adults and children. Those who threw atomic bombs and used the weapons of mass destruction against Nagasaki and Hiroshima were the Americans. Can the bombs differentiate between military and women and infants and children?"
The key words here are, of course, his references to Hiroshima and Nagasaki but, more importantly, his declaration that "retaliation and punishment should be carried out following the principle of reciprocity."
The issue of terrorism is a deadly serious one. If we are to take bin Laden at his word -- and only the intellectually challenged and the suicidal would ignore him at this point -- it is a deadly serious issue that includes his quest for nuclear capability. This absolute threat directly affects every American -- as well as every freedom loving citizen of the world, yet accurate, fact-based, first-source information on the threat of terrorism is not readily provided through traditional channels.
Adequate information about the threat we face is not forthcoming from our government nor are we served by a self-serving and agenda-driven media. Websites that offer accurate information on the threat of terrorism are routinely removed from private sector Internet search engine indexes (web site) for mentioning terrorism in relation to Islam, while those who do attempt to educate the public on the origins and activities of terror groups in the United States are either ignored by the mainstream media or smeared by biased special interest groups.
With our nation's borders left unsecured, a plethora of terrorist organizations with thousands of operatives on American soil and multiple sightings of al Qaeda's nuclear expert, Adnan el Shukrijumah (web site) (a terrorist hand-picked by Osama bin Laden to perpetrate what many are describing as the "American Hiroshima" and a member of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List) (web site) in North and Central America, we can ill-afford not to be engaged on this, the quintessential conflict of our time.
The American people need accurate information regarding the threat on terrorism (web site) so that We the People can understand our government's actions and engage our elected officials when necessary, providing them with educated opinions and reasoned oversight so that they can act prudently on our behalf.
The fact of the matter is that fundamentalist Islamofascism is being fought in countries around the world. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Somalia and Sudan, Indonesia and India to Paraguay, China, Russia, the UK, France and the United States, radical Islamists -- especially Wahhabis (web site) and Salafists -- are training, planning and engaging in activities meant to cause harm to the west in general and particularly the United States and those who stand in her defense.
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