Al Qaida and Obama's Wasted Words

Obama has not influenced anyone affiliated with al qaida.

They are still killing.

They are still terrorizing.

But, you might say - that is the point of Obama's declaration of 'resetting' relations - to get the Muslim world to talk, not kill.

OR

That the Muslim world would turn against al qaida and strike them down where they stand.


It has to be one or the other, because I cannot imagine any other option and I am certainly as smart or smarter than those people Barack Hussein has brought on board (and to be honest - Obama made mention of his name - repeatedly - while he was in the Middle East. All one need do is review any prior posts to see I never referred to him by Hussein, until he decided it was important.).

So the first option - to get them to talk and not kill. This assumes killing is something that stems from lack of dialogue, that but for the opportunity to communicate, they would not kill. Israel has been talking to the Palestinians for decades. Israel talked to Iran, quietly, for over a decade. The US spent over five years discussing with Iran various options concerning nuclear power - under the Bush administration and we see that worked out well. The US has been speaking to N Korea for, well, Mr. Clinton for sure, and his nuclear reactor bribe and we see that has worked out well. Is killing the result of no talk? If so, all the talk with N Korea has created a bloodthirsty regime ready to nuke or start war. Does bin laden feel like no one was willing to talk to him, is that why he kills. Do the members of al qaida feel no one listens to them when they speak? If that is the case, who is it that influenced them to act and what form of influence did that behavior take - I assume someone SPOKE to them. I assume they sat around quite often listening to people. Perhaps even more comfortably than many at Hyde Park, or those people who stand outside the White House. We have many venues for talk, and they choose to kill because it gets them the notice they feel they do not get otherwise. It is not because we do not talk to them. They are cold blooded murderers.

Ok, so perhaps it is the 2nd option - we will talk to the Muslim world and they will turn against al qaida. I believe Mr. Obama believes 1/2 of each option, which makes him very foolish and naive - but enough of that repeated mantra. If I spoke to 1.19 billion Muslims who agreed with me that Islam is peaceful and does not support terrorism and they all opposed bin Laden ... bin Laden would still prevail, because unlike Christianity that has checks and balances within its religious structure - Islam does not. 10 million cold blooded murderers can and have taken control of a religion and what 1.19 billion think is incidental unless they are willing to rise up against al qaida ... and THAT will not happen, for Islam does not provide for such a scenario.

Therefore, Obama's wasted words will have no effect on those people we need to kill before they kill us. As for the rest, they are really little more than bit players who will be used as pawns by the al qaida types, until such a time as they stand up and physically stop al qaida and its progeny. Don't hold your breath.









The New York Times
June 4, 2009

Al Qaeda Says It Has Killed Briton

By ALAN COWELL and SOUAD MEKHENNET

LONDON — An affiliate of Al Qaeda in North Africa said Wednesday that it had killed a Briton it abducted in January because its demand of freedom for a jailed cleric had not been met.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there was “strong reason to believe” that the captive had been executed. He called the killing “barbaric.”

The Briton, identified as Edwin Dyer, was taken hostage on Jan. 22 along with a Swiss citizen and two other tourists in Niger, close to the border with Mali, but was held in Mali.

The group, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, had demanded the release of Abu Qatada, a Jordanian-born Palestinian cleric held in Britain whom a Spanish judge has called the leading Qaeda lieutenant in Europe. While Britain has said he is a “significant international terrorist,” the cleric has denied belonging to Al Qaeda.

On Wednesday, the group announced on an Islamist Web site that it killed the Briton on May 31, one day after the expiration of its second deadline for its demand to be met.

The password-protected Web site, called Al Falojah, carried a two-page message in Arabic saying the British authorities had been given time to negotiate Mr. Dyer’s release but had shown indifference to his fate.

“The British captive was killed so that he, and with him the British state, may taste a tiny portion of what innocent Muslims taste every day at the hands of the Crusader and Jewish coalition to the east and to the west of the world,” the statement said. It did not say how or where Mr. Dyer was killed.

In a statement, Prime Minister Brown said: “This tragedy reinforces our commitment to confront terrorism. It strengthens our determination never to concede to the demands of terrorists, nor to pay ransoms.

“I want those who would use terror against British citizens to know beyond doubt that we and our allies will pursue them relentlessly, and that they will meet the justice they deserve.”
The BBC said Britain had refused to pay a ransom.

Britain is seeking to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan, but a British judge has ruled that he would not face a fair trial there. Abu Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Othman, has been convicted in absentia in Jordan of terrorism offenses and faces a life sentence.

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of two Canadian diplomats and four European tourists in the past five months. The two diplomats and two of the tourists were freed in Mali in April, Reuters reported.

Last month, the Algerian news media reported that the group was demanding $14 million to release Mr. Dyer and the Swiss national.

Mr. Dyer had been working in Austria and spoke fluent German, according to British news reports. He was in West Africa on a tour organized by a German travel operator and was abducted after attending a cultural festival at Anderamboukane, in Mali.

At first it was believed that the abductors were Tuareg rebels, who have regularly clashed with Mali’s army, but in February the Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility.

In mid-April, Mr. Dyer’s captors issued an initial demand for the release of Abu Qatada within 20 days. The deadline was then extended by 15 days to May 30, British news reports said.






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