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Moe
02/12/01 at 15:28:28
Assalamu'alaikum

ISLAMIC TERROR GROUPS FORM UNHOLY ALLIANCE

Monday,February 12,2001

http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/23667.htm

The Middle East's most violent terrorists have agreed to a frightening
megamerger in which they will pool resources to fight their common
enemies: the United States and Israel.

The new conglomerate of terror was put together at an extraordinary
convention held in Beirut recently in which extremist Islamic groups such
as Osama bin Laden's Al-Quaeda, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah agreed
to put aside old rivalries and deep religious schisms for a common agenda
aimed at destroying the state of Israel and freeing the region of U.S.
influence.

The terror convention was also attended by representatives from Iran and
Iraq, two countries that fought a bloody war against each other in the
1980s, who have agreed to devote resources to the new alliance, named the
Jerusalem Foundation.

The gathering also drew Islamic militants from Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan,
Qatar and Yemen. Sudan and Algeria, ruled by Islamic governments, also
sent representatives.

In a communiqu reported by Arabic media outlets at the conclusion of the
three-day convention, the "400 delegates" rededicated themselves to the
jihad, or holy war, aimed at reclaiming Palestinian land from the Israelis
and winning full Arab sovereignty over Jerusalem.

"The participants are firm that the strategy that should be adopted in
dealing with the Jerusalem issue cannot be based on co-existence with the
Zionist enemy . . . but rather by uprooting it from our land and holy
Islamic-Christian shrines," the communiqu said.

"The only decisive option to achieve this strategy is the option of jihad
in all its forms and resistance."

The communiqu denounced U.S. involvement in the Middle East, stating,
"America today is a second Israel."

At least one American man attended the convention and flew back to the
United States afterward, sources said.

Bush administration officials called a formation of a terror conglomerate
against Israel a "disturbing development" coming at a time when tensions
in the Middle East are at the boiling point, presenting President Bush
with his first major foreign-policy test.

Middle East experts say there is good reason to be alarmed.

"This is a very radical group who [have] discovered that they are
ideological fellow travelers on the issue of Jerusalem, the Palestinians
and the U.S.A.," said David Schenker from the Washington Institute for
Near East Policy.

Terrorist expert Steven Emerson added, "Why do companies merge? To become
more powerful. This is dangerous for Israel and dangerous for the U.S."

Musa Abu Marzouq, the Hamas leader held in a New York jail in 1997 before
being expelled to Jordan, and Ramadham Abdullah Shallah, head of the
Islamic Jihad of Palestine, were named heads of the new terror foundation,
which will have its headquarters in Beirut.

"Our only choice is jihad in all its forms and using all its tools,"
Marzouq said at a press conference Feb. 1, at the conclusion of the
convention.

Despite recent overtures to the West, the Iranian government also seems to
be a driving force behind the new alliance.

Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Mohtashami, a high-profile Iranian diplomat and
spymaster, led a large delegation of Iranian officials at the conference
and announced afterward there would be a second summit in Tehran on April
28.

Re: This article appeared in today's New York Post
AbdulBasir
02/12/01 at 15:42:00
very interesting article...if accurate, it is a very rare thing these days to see any group of Muslims unite on any basis, be it Islamically illegitimate or legitimate...that of course is another issue

assalamu alaikum...

Re: This article appeared in today's New York Post
Kashif
02/17/01 at 20:31:03
assalaamu alaikum

This article seems quite inaccurate. What came to my mind was:

- I can't imagine that such a meeting was allowed to take place where 400 members of "terrorist" groups came together and the CIA or MI6 did nothing about it.

- I cannot imagine that the Sunnis - especially those whose leaders are strong in knowledge will unite with the shi'a. Throughout history, the shi'a have been the ones who have fought against the ummah - even on the side of the kuffar on occasion.

- <Terrorist expert Steven Emerson added, "Why do companies merge? To become more powerful. This is dangerous for Israel and dangerous for the U.S.">

Steve Emerson is a liar, and he has been proved to be a liar in the US courts. Relying on him as an expert in anything reveals more about those who use his writing than anything else.

CAIR have done a very good expose of this devil, but i'm afraid i don't have the link handy. An article authored by "Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting [FAIR]" should be more than enough to put to rest any illusions of his expertise in anything other than fabrication and nazi-like racism.

[url]http://www.fair.org/extra/9901/emerson.html[/url]

- <Sudan and Algeria, ruled by Islamic governments, also sent representatives.>

Algeria has an Islamic Government? Which planet is this journalist from?


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Its highly important that active Muslims take some sort of course in intellectual self-defense:
- reading up on how the media works;
- who are the main players in the media industry;
- finding alternative sources of information, etc.

SPREADING reality to counter the false-reality that is rammed down our throats by CNN, NYT, WP etc. to Muslims & non-Muslims alike is a must. This article had basic mistakes that we should all have been able to pick out.

Kashif
Wa Salaam
Re: This article appeared in today's New York Post
chachi
02/28/01 at 19:02:50

The usual garbage put out by the usual jewish sources to dirty islam because obviously nobody can clean the pig sharon


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