The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaida Really Wants

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This Friday on the Gathering Storm Radio Show, AOW and I will be discussing an article that appeared in August of 2005 in the German magazine SPIEGEL.

Note the date.

Though we will be discussing the article on the show – and we hope you will call in to join the discussion since this is an important topic – I would like to make a few comments before the discussion.

The ‘Plan’ discussed in the article has 7 phases.  Briefly they are:

The First Phase Known as "the awakening" -- this has already been carried out and was supposed to have lasted from 2000 to 2003, or more precisely from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York and Washington to the fall of Baghdad in 2003.

The Second Phase "Opening Eyes" is, according to Hussein's definition, the period we are now in and should last until 2006.

The Third Phase This is described as "Arising and Standing Up" and should last from 2007 to 2010.

The Fourth Phase Between 2010 and 2013, Hussein writes that al-Qaida will aim to bring about the collapse of the hated Arabic governments.

The Fifth Phase This will be the point at which an Islamic state, or caliphate, can be declared.

The Sixth Phase Hussein believes that from 2016 onwards there will be a period of "total confrontation." As soon as the caliphate has been declared the "Islamic army" it will instigate the "fight between the believers and the non-believers" which has so often been predicted by Osama bin Laden.

The Seventh Phase This final stage is described as "definitive victory."

To believe the plan, the newly established caliphate and its Islamic Army have arrived. We are in the beginning of Phase 6.

But what of Phase 7? Is it possible for the Islamists to win? The author says:

“The idea that al-Qaida could set up a caliphate in the entire Islamic world is absurd. The 20-year plan is based mainly on religious ideas. It hardly has anything to do with reality -- especially phases four to seven.”

Perhaps the author would revise his article today now that it seems Phases 1-6 have come about. But how many millions – even hundreds of millions – will perish before this virulent is eradicated from civilized society?

Common sense tells us that even with nukes, the caliphate will lose – and lose horribly – in the long run for they make one mistake. They believe that the current appeasement and confusion of the Leftist governments in the free world will continue on their path of ignoring the cancer metastasizing around them and just roll over and give up like leftists always do when challenged.

The Islamist, like their leftist counterparts, ignore or are ignorant of history. A free people will take only so much and then rebel against the madness and incompetence of their Leftist leaders.

History proves this to be true if a free nation stays free. Of course that’s the stickler. Will the free world love their freedom enough to throw out the leftist leadership and stand up for their freedoms?

I hope we prove the Islamists wrong.