The story below is important to pass along for
three reasons. First, as the last paragraph notes, it reveals the mindset
and intent of al Qaeda and its allies. Second, we cannot afford to become
complacent, no matter how calm circumstances may appear around us. And
third, it is essential that, in next year’s elections, America chooses a
President who understands the long-term threat arrayed against us and has
the experience to deal with it. These are some of the key reasons why ACT
for America plans next year to research candidate stands on national
security and Islamofascism and to distribute voter information flyers to
voters across the country.
Jihadis Post Scenario for the Defeat of
the United States
By Abdul
Hameed Bakier, Erich
Marquardt
http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373415
On May 14, jihadi forum users Abu Kandahar and Roslan al-Shami posted a
five-point scenario for the collapse of the United States and the rise of
the Islamic ummah, entitled, “The Next Strikes in the Heart of America,
When and How.” It appeared on the al-ommh.net forum, although at least one
other jihadi forum, alhanein.com, reposted the scenario. The posting
outlines a scenario for attacking the United States, although the sheer
size of the operation suggests that it is jihadi propaganda and not an
actual plan that could be operationalized. The alleged operation is
dedicated to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State of
Iraq.
The first stage in the scenario involves multiple terrorist attacks on
three major U.S. cities, preferably with nuclear weapons, using an
unspecified number of trucks. The scenario places priority on attacking
New York City because it is the central artery of the U.S. economy and it
would prove that the mujahideen are capable of recurrent attacks on the
same target. The second city to attack is Los Angeles, an important West
Coast “atheist” city. The third “city” to be attacked is Florida because,
they argue, it is an East Coast congregation city and has the Kennedy
Space Center (considering the description, the statement’s authors
probably meant Orlando). While those are the three primary cities for
attack, the writers of the document suggest that if the mujahideen wish to
expedite the collapse of the United States, they should also conduct
attacks in Seattle since it is a strategic border city; Washington, DC,
the political center of the United States; and cities in Texas, since the
“biggest oil companies” are located there.
According to the writers, the purpose of attacking these specific
cities is to cause a sharp decline in the U.S. economy; mass amounts of
casualties; the support for the mujahideen by anti-U.S. countries such as
Cuba and Venezuela; a decrease in American support for their own
government; the withdrawal of the “blasphemous” U.S. military from Islamic
territories; mass military desertions; and the inability to fuel U.S.
military fighter jets. The document also outlines how the fallout from
such large-scale attacks would cause the U.S. military to return to the
United States in order to conduct massive relief operations. They refer to
the example of how Hurricane Katrina overburdened the U.S. National Guard,
calling the hurricane a “Soldier of God.”
After such attacks, they argue that the Islamic State of Iraq will
seize the opportunity to launch mass strikes on the apostates in the Iraqi
military and police, paving the way for the third stage of the scenario:
the commencement of the golden era of the triumphant Islamic conquests
that includes the implementation of Sharia, the liberation of the Arabian
Peninsula, the removal from power of “the U.S. ruling family” in Jordan
and, finally, the big march toward Palestine. In the end, even Washington,
DC, will fall to the mujahideen and that will conclude the final stage of
Islamic control of the globe.
The scenario appears less of a planned operation than a hope for the
fulfillment of a prophecy. The supposed factuality of the scenario is
based on various verses in the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad’s teachings.
Nevertheless, some of the users on the forums who discussed the scenario
asserted that all of the details to execute the operation had already been
prepared. One such user, by the alias of Abu Nedal, said, “For your
knowledge, the operations are ready and awaiting the orders from our
leader Osama bin Laden, God protect him, to decide what he deems
appropriate either to strike now or to wait.”
Islamist extremists have always fabricated factitious scenarios for
victory over the West based on their own interpretations of Quranic
prophecies in times of crisis and defeat. Nevertheless, al-Qaeda has shown
prior interest in acquiring nuclear materials for use in an attack, and it
is necessary to take such forum postings seriously as they display the
mindset and the intent, although perhaps not the capability, of
al-Qaeda-affiliated militants.
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