However, was the Fatwah derived at source or was it obtained from an official Al-Qaeda release?
This is vitally important because if it was not, goodness knows if propagandists and other interested parties might have had played a part in its final form. You know, as always, deception can play a big part in any war. Please note I am just stating my opinion.
The was released to a Arab paper and signed by bin laden. Note the date.
Text of Fatwah Urging Jihad Against Americans
Published in Al-Quds al-'Arabi on Febuary 23, 1998
Statement signed by Sheikh Usamah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ladin; Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the Jihad Group in Egypt; Abu- Yasir Rifa'i Ahmad Taha, a leader of the Islamic Group; Sheikh Mir Hamzah, secretary of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan; and Fazlul Rahman, leader of the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh
You omitted to mention, however, that Osama reiterated in the first tape that there would be "no peace for America, north to south and east to west....," until the Palestinian issue is settled and that he and his forces would fight on until satisfaction of their demands is achieved. From this, it is evident that Jews are targetted because realistically the U.S. have vested interests and it is Israel's best friend, in the Middle East.
I omitted nothing. Osama never reiterated anything. Once again you have your facts wrong.
Osama only refered to the jews and palestinians AFTER the US was destroying Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan as a ploy to try and get some military support from the rest of the Arab world. Before then like most Arabs. He didn`t care about Palestinians.
Read the Fatwah. It is very clear Osamas terrorist goal was to get the US out of the middle east so HIS Al- Qaeda could over through the governments and take control.
The Palestinian myth was just a useful tool to him. |
