This article was written in 2011 and very much applies to what is going on today! "The “blind sheikh” Omar Abdel Rahman, who was Osama bin Laden’s main stateside contact, traveled widely in the United States in the early 1990s giving lectures in which he denounced Americans as “descendants of apes and pigs.” He urged fellow jihadists in Western nations to “cut the transportation of their countries, tear it apart, destroy their economy, burn their companies, eliminate their interests, sink their ships, shoot down their planes, kill them on the sea, air or land.” Because of liberal political sensitivities, the blind sheikh was never questioned by authorities, his offices were not bugged, his phones were not tapped and his mosques were not watched. In late 1992, Israeli intelligence agents tried to warn the FBI of suspicious activity at one of Rahman’s mosques in New Jersey, but the bureau waved off the warnings. Three months later, members of Rahman’s network bombed the World Trade Center, killing seven and injuring over 1,000. The lead-up to the Sept. 11 attacks saw a similar pattern of official caution. The 9/11 hijackers made extensive use of extremist networks established in mosques in the United States. Had authorities taken a more aggressive approach to the threat in the 1990s, shared information better and had less concern for political correctness, the United States may have avoided some of the more tragic events of recent years. The “blind sheikh” Omar Abdel Rahman, who was Osama bin Laden’s main stateside contact, traveled widely in the United States in the early 1990s giving lectures in which he denounced Americans as “descendants of apes and pigs.” He urged fellow jihadists in Western nations to “cut the transportation of their countries, tear it apart, destroy their economy, burn their companies, eliminate their interests, sink their ships, shoot down their planes, kill them on the sea, air or land.” Because of liberal political sensitivities, the blind sheikh was never questioned by authorities, his offices were not bugged, his phones were not tapped and his mosques were not watched. In late 1992, Israeli intelligence agents tried to warn the FBI of suspicious activity at one of Rahman’s mosques in New Jersey, but the bureau waved off the warnings. Three months later, members of Rahman’s network bombed the World Trade Center, killing seven and injuring over 1,000. The lead-up to the Sept. 11 attacks saw a similar pattern of official caution. The 9/11 hijackers made extensive use of extremist networks established in mosques in the United States. Had authorities taken a more aggressive approach to the threat in the 1990s, shared information better and had less concern for political correctness, the United States may have avoided some of the more tragic events of recent years." Read more: washingtontimes/news/2011/feb/24/mosque-surveillance-a-must/#ixzz2W9H7Syez Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter Read more: washingtontimes/news/2011/feb/24/mosque-surveillance-a-must/#ixzz2W9H7Syez Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:24:42 +0000
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