Last year, after the 9/11, I run a great number of searches on the Net, trying to find out as much as possible about Jihad and about Islamic terrorists. I read a number of sites, many of which were a few days later shot down, about the several areas of Jihad conflicts, and also – many of the life stories of various fighters.
One thing became clear to me – all of the conflicts are interrelated. The same people, the same “Soldiers of Jihad” fight in Kashmir, in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia – and in the Middle East. Many are vets of the Afghan-Russian war. I read ‘biographies’ of people who fought in many Jihad wars – and some were eventually “martyred” in the ME, while conducting operations against Israel. IMO, it is hard not see a connection between all those conflicts.
It is interesting how they maintain pressure… Last winter, after the Afghan fighting was for the most part over, “suddenly” a wave of attacks was unleashed against Israel, culminating with the Jenin battle (and a world-wide anti-Israeli hysteria)… Then Iraq took center stage, and this time the howling and insults were directed against the United States. And look now… the moment the Iraq war was put on the back burner, they start again an escalation of attacks against Israel, this time with higher stakes, with rockets fired at aircraft, and with the al Qaeda joining the party.
We are living during interesting times. |
