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Jihad in America and Islamic glee
By David Dolan
© 2001 WorldNetDaily.com
This is one of the most difficult reports I have ever
written. I debated waiting a bit to send it out, due to the
deep grieving that is still gripping my native land as
decaying bodies are dug up from the rubble of the
destroyed World Trade Center, and as people gather for a
special national day of prayer. But it was precisely the day
of prayer that led me to send this out now, so that it might
play a role in some people's intercession on this mournful
day and during the traumatic times that lie ahead.
I have been probing the reaction of some personal Islamic
contacts to the horrendous terrorist assault upon America.
The street celebrations that swept many Palestinian towns
and other Arab centers throughout the Middle East
accurately reflect the gleeful feelings of many Muslims, I
was told. The reasons for this are chilling, to say the least.
Essentially, I have learned that many Muslims see the
coordinated attacks upon New York and Washington as
signaling the imminent end of American hegemony in the
world. My sources say that Muslim fundamentalist states
and groups, who have viewed the United States as the
main world obstacle standing in the way of the spread of
their faith for decades, began to perceive a way to bring
down the great empire during the Vietnam War. They
were greatly encouraged that a relatively weak Asian
army could essentially defeat the awesome American
military machine. They pointed out that the central method
of warfare used by North Vietnam had nothing to do with
matching U.S. military might, but consisted of
demoralizing, deadly hide-and-seek guerilla attacks. After
Saigon fell in 1975, many Muslims likened the humiliating
superpower retreat to the ancient rogue assaults that
eventually brought down the morally decadent Roman
Empire. The more radical Muslim groups were also highly
encouraged by the ability of Islamic militants to humiliate
Soviet forces in Afghanistan in the early 1980s, seeing this
as signaling the eventual triumph of militant Islam over
communism as well.
I have uncovered much evidence over the past few
months that the very lukewarm backing the West has
given to tiny Israel in her long and bloody struggle against
Islamic terrorism has further heartened many Muslims.
Any Israeli military response to outrageous attacks upon
civilian buses, shops, restaurants, etc., has usually been
met with open rebukes from the "Christian" world. I
suspect that the inability of much of the West to
understand and fully back Israel's lonely fight is now
coming back to haunt the free world.
My Muslim sources admit that the Gulf War was a serious
setback to militant Islamic aspirations. The successful use
of sleek and sophisticated weapons by the United States
and its Western allies (especially Britain, which is almost
equally hated by Islamic extremists even as the United
Kingdom is used as a major staging ground for
international operations) deeply humiliated America's
manifold Muslim opponents. But it also redoubled their
resolve to bring down the U.S. giant and then, later, deal
with its powerful regional ally, Israel.
Soft underbelly
I was told that America's Islamic enemies concluded in the
1970s that the great United States could eventually be
brought to its knees by internal guerilla-style terrorist
strikes that would wreak emotional and economic havoc
on the large country. America's gigantic warships,
far-flung military bases, missile arsenals, international
alliances and sophisticated satellite systems would prove
basically useless to fight such a war, they surmised, and
might even add to the chances of ultimate Islamic success,
since they would give a false sense of security to the
"arrogant" superpower.
As the '80s progressed, and even more so the
computer-crazed '90s, Muslim militants realized that the
main target for attack should be lower Manhattan, since
that would severely injure the massive U.S. economy – the
key element in her international power and prestige. This
conviction was strengthened by the internal collapse of the
Soviet Union in the early '90s, leaving a shell of an empire
that did not have enough money to sustain its global
alliances and enormous military machine.
As many terrorism experts have already reported, I was
told that Islamic cells have been quietly preparing for an
internal attack upon New York (and also another key
target, Washington) for many years. This confirms what I
learned from an FBI source in the mid-'90s. Many regional
Muslims understand that Osama bin Laden merely acts as
an agent for several Islamic states who all hate America –
especially Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and
Sudan, along with militant groups in Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan and elsewhere in the sprawling Muslim world.
They are convinced that he possesses several small
nuclear "suitcase bombs" that were put together by the
Soviet KGB. These are very low-level bombs compared to
what America and several other countries deploy in their
vast nuclear arsenals. However, they are perfect for
achieving the Islamic militant's goal of striking
surreptitiously at America's economic and political center
– and thus reducing the rest of the country, and indeed
much of the world, to frantic emotional and economic
panic and chaos.
If good portions of Manhattan and Washington, D.C.,
were suddenly reduced to rubble, where would America's
surviving leaders order their military forces to strike in
response? Would nuclear-tipped missiles be fired at
Baghdad because they suspected that Saddam had a hand
in the unprecedented, shadowy terrorist attacks? Would
they level other Islamic states, or even the entire Muslim
world, killing millions of civilians who had no say in what
their despotic leaders might have sponsored? Would they
strike at China, suspecting that the communist government
in Beijing might have supported or sponsored such an
attack?
I was told that Islamic nations believe they would suffer
very minimal retribution for secretly sponsoring such a
devastating blow on America, precisely because of high
U.S. moral standards that would preclude massive strikes
at mere suspect states. Thus, the classic Islamic method of
focusing on clandestine terror cells that only answer to
their immediate superiors – whose members do not even
themselves know who is ultimately behind their devious
actions – would basically succeed in dealing a huge blow
to the United States without suffering much harm in
return. (This is possibly best illustrated in miniature by the
Pan Am terrorist attack that ended with the jet crashing
into Scotland over 12 years ago, leaving nearly 300 people
dead. The deadly assault has basically gone unanswered
until this day, since the ultimate sponsors have never been
clearly pinpointed.)
So this is where we now stand. I was told that the
likelihood of more attacks upon America is very real,
especially given what many Muslims perceive as the
enormous success of this week's terrorist strikes. With the
president's jet scrambling around the country in apparent
fear, with the nation's representatives rushing out of the
capital building two times in response to bomb threats, with
a portion of the Pentagon itself destroyed, with many of
the men and women who run the world's largest stock and
bond market either dead or wounded, and, most
importantly, with a sense of terrorized fear gripping many
Americans, Islamic militants believe they have won a
victory beyond their wildest dreams. As was the case with
Israel's quick military retreat from Lebanon and inability to
stop a year-long terrorist war, they feel that they are
definitely on a winning, Allah-sanctioned roll.
If America is brought to its knees, the way is open for a
new world order. Most militant Muslim states believe it
will eventually feature them at the helm, especially if they
can also subdue the increasingly powerful European
Union. However, as I projected in my end-time novel, I
suspect that it will be the EU that emerges as the new
global leader when all of the dust settles, based on the
apocalyptic prophecies found in the book of Daniel.
However, I do not believe there is any biblical reason to
say that the United States will disappear. My homeland
has indeed displayed its share of arrogance and has
exported much sin over the past few decades, along with
many good and positive things. It surely is in need of some
corrective judgment from the throne of the Lord, but not
destruction, I believe. One thing is crystal clear: There is
much room for prayer as this historic week comes to a
close. |
