THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume VII, Issue # 146, July 9, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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THE ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACK IN LONDON:
THE ISLAMIC JIHADISTS SEND US A REMINDER
By Alan Caruba
THIS WEEK'S ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACK ON LONDON'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM: A STARK REMINDER OF THE TOP
PRIORITY FACING AMERICA, BRITAIN, & THE WEST, NAMELY, WINNING A DECISIVE & TOTAL VICTORY IN THE DEADLY WAR
BEING WAGED AGAINST US BY THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST TERRORIST MOVEMENT -- THE NEED FOR WESTERN UNITY &
SOLIDARITY IN CONFRONTING THE ISLAMIC JIHAD & IN DETERMINATION TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE JIHADIST ENEMY,
ALONG WITH ALL GROUPS & REGIMES AIDING & ABETTING THE ENEMY
FULL STORY:
If anyone still thinks that the worldwide Islamic Jihad is going to go away simply because we have had some success in Afghanistan
and are paving the way for a constitutional democratic government in Iraq, the attack in London as the G-8 meeting was to convene
should dispel such notions.
Most revealing was the G-8 agenda, devoted to socalled global warming and forgiving African debt; two examples of wishful thinking
based on neither scientific nor economic evidence either would accomplish anything. More to the point, the Islamic Jihadists took the
opportunity to remind us who and what the real enemy is.
“Ya Mahdi, Ad Rekni!” This translates to “Mahdi save us!” and refers to the Islamic Shi'ite myth about a twelfth imam who, according
to tradition, disappeared some eleven centuries ago. In Curt Weldon’s new book, Countdown to Terror, he notes that this
figure “is expected to return and fulfill the long-awaited Islamic apocalypse, one that will reward the faithful and, with catastrophic
violence, purge all infidels from the face of the Earth.”
We must face the risk of another even more catastrophic attack that will be justified by an Islamic fantasy.
Making this even worse is the “election” of Mahmood Ahmadinejad as Iran’s President. The mullahs that run Iran are perfectly capable
of sanctioning some kind of nuclear attack on the U.S.A., but Mahmood is on record saying, “The wave of the Islamic revolution will
soon reach the entire world.” Watching this guy is comparable to having watched the rise of Hitler in the 1930s. This Teheran mayor
has served as a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, which responsible Iran’s missile and nuclear weapons
programs. The stage is set for use of these weapons against us.
Curt Weldon is Vice Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee in Congress and long familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of
our intelligence services. Despite strenuous efforts, he has been unable to awaken any concern in the Central Intelligence Agency, the
Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and other comparable agencies to prevent an attack on the United States
of America timed to occur on or about the twelfth imam’s supposed birthday.
You can begin the countdown now. If an attack is scheduled, it could occur as early as between November 25 and December 3 of this
year. The likely target is a nuclear facility in the U.S.A. A Jihadist plot to destroy Seabrook, just outside of Boston, was previously
foiled. Had it succeeded, producing a “Chernobyl” after a hijacked commercial jet flew into it, much of the northeast would have
become uninhabitable. A future “Mahdi save us!” attack might alternatively occur in the Seattle area.
Americans in general, it seems to me, have grown indifferent to the threat the Islamic Jihad represents. Too many believe we are
engaged in a questionable military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. Only the daily casualty reports remind anyone that the single most
important war of civilizations is occurring and has been for the last three decades or so. And it formally began in Iran.
This is why U.S. President George W. Bush delivered a speech on June 28, 2005, to clarify the military situation in the Middle East and
emphasize again the need to succeed in our mission to install a constitutional democratic nation in the midst of a region that has none
other than Israel, a backsliding Turkey, and the government we set up in Afghanistan.
Weldon’s book is a shocking series of revelations of how unprepared and ill-prepared we are for another attack on the United States.
Despite the billions spent on our intelligence agencies, they were caught completely off-guard by 9-11, and there are examples of
earlier failures, such as the revelation that Pakistan had developed a nuclear weapon. These days, one wonders if any of these
agencies has a clue where Iran’s or North Korea’s nuclear facilities are located.
Detailing how he was contacted by an Iranian living in Europe and working with a network of informants inside the government to
avoid another catastrophic attack on the U.S.A. or elsewhere, Weldon’s book presents his written communications, all of which
accurately predicted events and plots that those in the CIA chose to ignore. Frustrated, Weldon met independently with his contact
and, finally, has authored this book, the title of which is enough to tell you he expects something truly awful to occur.
Frankly, I do as well. Iran is the single most determined enemy the United States has these days. Its mullahs have poured millions into
terrorist organizations and are currently doing everything it can to deter Iraq from emerging as a beacon of freedom on its border and
throughout the region. The Iranian population loves America, but everything in Iran is run by a council of mullahs who are determined
to extend the Islamic Revolution to the entire world. It is folly to trust them to act rationally.
Anyone who does not think that Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qa'ida is not closely linked to the Iranian mullahs is deluding himself. Indeed,
I have long believed that the real reason we have not been able to find and kill bin Laden is because he has been safely living in Iran
and not the frequently mentioned mountainous areas of Pakistan or Afghanistan. That he has been seen in various safe houses and
compounds in Iran is not even in doubt.
Weldon’s contact reported that, “In November 2003, at a crucial meeting of the Committee of Nine, it is decided to postpone the
Twelfth Imam attack on the United States until after the 2004 elections.” At that time, however, Ayatollah Khameni reportedly decided
that “The project should be kept alive and preparations should be made in such a way that, once the decision is taken to go ahead,
there is no delay in execution.”
As Weldon notes in his book, “We live in an age when technology has so empowered man that a small group of terrorists --- even an
individual --- could bring a nation to its knees.”
In the midst of the usual blather that followed the President’s speech, the one thing missing from the political partisanship and
reflections by various “experts” is that we are very probably living on borrowed time until the “Twelfth Imam” attack occurs.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
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The Middle East & the Arabs
War & Peace in the Real World
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Islamist Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.A.
Terrorism & American Homeland Security
Osama bin Laden & the Islamist Declaration of War
Against the U.S.A. & Western Civilization
Islamist International Terrorism &
U.S. Intelligence Agencies
U.S. National Security Strategy
Alan Caruba is a veteran business and science writer, a Public Relations Counselor, and Founder of the National Anxiety Center, a
clearinghouse for information about media-driven scare campaigns. Caruba writes a weekly commentary, "Warning Signs," posted
on the Internet website of the National Anxiety Center, which is located at
www.anxietycenter.com.
© Alan Caruba 2005
Published with Permission of Alan Caruba
ACaruba@AOL.Com
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