Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki - Western Jihad is Here to Stay

[Abu Saleh]

Western Jihad is Here to Stay

Rabi ul Sani 02, 1431 A.H, Friday March 19, 2010

By Shaykh Anwar al-Awlaki

Eight years after 9-11 and the declaration of war against terrorism, Jihad is still reaching the shores of Europe and America. Not from the outside, but from within. Jihad is not being imported but is being homegrown.

The world has come together in a global coalition to eradicate terrorism. We are witnessing an unprecedented cooperation in intelligence matters that is pooling in information from almost every intelligence agency on the face of the earth that has any piece of information of value on terrorism. The media around the globe is painting Jihad in the worst possible colors. Day and night the masses are hearing an orchestra of smear against the mujahideen.

In such an inhospitable environment, Jihad is still flourishing, like a blessed tree sprouting through an earth of waste and pollution. The Jihad movement has not only survived but is expanding. Isn't it ironic that the two capitals of the war against Islam, Washington D.C. and London have also become among the centers of Western Jihad? Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea. The palace of Pharaoh is being infiltrated. This is 2010. But even in 2003 this was becoming clear to those who possessed inside knowledge on the war on terror. In the famous leaked internal memo sent from the then Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, he stated: "The questions I posed to combatant commanders this week were: Are we winning or losing the Global War on Terror?" He also questioned whether the number of terrorists is decreasing or increasing: "Are we capturing, killing or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training and deploying against us?" He finally comes to the conclusion that: "the cost-benefit ratio is against us! Our cost is billions against the terrorists' costs of millions."

The US government needs to come into realization that no matter how many terrorists they kill or capture their numbers will only increase because Rasulullah (pbuh) said: "A party of my ummah will remain fighting until the Day of Judgment and they will not be harmed by those who betray them or oppose them."

Do all what you can, fight to the last man, spend to the last cent, the caravan will continue.

Men and women in the West who were born in the West, raised in the West, educated in the West, whose culture is that of the West, who have never studied or met with any "radicalized" Imams, and never attended any radical mosques are embracing the path of Jihad. America can franticly try to recruit the so-called "moderate" organizations and Imams to dissuade the youth from becoming men who stand up for Islam, but no RAND Muslims or Green Zone scholars would be able to block the light of the truth from reaching the hearts of those courageous brothers and sisters. Allah says: "They try to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths but Allah will fulfill His light even if the disbelievers dislike it."

The US has spent billions to protect its airlines but they couldn’t prevent Umar Farouk, and the West has been profiling until “Jihad Jane”, shattered whatever trust was left in the value of profiling. A blond, blue-eyed, small framed, middle-aged female. It couldn’t get any further from your typical "terrorist" profile.

No matter what the West does, Allah will guide the mujahideen to new means of carrying their just struggle.

Allah says: "And those who struggle for Us, We shall guide them to Our path"

The most famous of all special operation missions carried on during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah was that of the assassination of Kaab bin al Ashraf. What was his crime? The defamation of the Messenger of Allah. Today those who attempt to assassinate Lars and his likes are following the example of the great companion of the Messenger (pbuh), Muhammad bin Maslama. That is the sunnah.

Hence, the least we the Muslims could do for the brothers and sisters who attempt to carry on this sunnah in defense of our beloved Messenger is to rally to their defense and pray for them, encourage others to follow their path and participate in such endeavors in whatever ways is possible. The Lars crew needs to come to the realization that a high wall, a body guard, a barbed wire, a safe room, an alarm system, or any other means of protection and a life of isolation will not keep them safe from the hands of the mujahideen, and even if we fail in an attempt, it is sufficient for us to keep them in a perpetual state of fear and insecurity. As for those brothers and sisters who sacrificed for such a cause then they have lost nothing but gained so much as Allah does not waste the efforts of the righteous, and a life of sacrifice for the sake of Allah and His Messenger is worthier than the most pleasant life this earth can offer.

Whether it is the heroic attempt of our Somali brother who broke into the residence of the cartoonist in Denmark, or the other attempts that followed or preceded him, the West will come to realize that when the honor of the Messenger of Allah is at stake the dust will never settle down.

[Abu Saleh]

I will add this text below (from FoxNews.com -RAW DATA: Partial Transcript of Radical Cleric's Tape)

To the American people I say, "Do you remember the good old days when Americans were enjoying the blessings of security and peace -- when the word terrorism was rarely invoked -- and when you were oblivious to any threats?"

I remember a time when you could purchase an airline ticket from a class five section of your local or college newspaper and use it even though it was issued to a different name because no one would bother asking you for an I.D. before boarding a plane.

No long lines, no elaborate searches, no body scans, no sniffing dogs, no taking off your shoes and emptying your pockets. You were a nation at ease.

But America thought that it could threaten lives of others. Kill and invade, occupy and plunder, and conspire without bearing the consequences of its actions. 9/11 was the answer of the millions of people who suffered from American aggression.

And since then America has not been safe and nine years after 9/11, nine years of spending, and nine years of beefing up security you are still unsafe even in the holiest and most sacred of days to you, Christmas Day.

So do you expect to transgress against others and yet be spared retribution? Your decision-makers, the politicians, the lobbyists, and the major corporations are the ones gaining from your foreign policy and you are the ones paying the price for it.

Following 9/11, the American people gave George W. Bush unanimous backing to fight against the mujahedeen and gave him the blank check to spend as much as needed to fulfill that objective. The result -- he failed. And he failed miserably.

So if America failed to defeat the mujahedeen and gave its president unlimited support, how can it win with Obama who's on a short leash? If America failed to win when it was at its pinnacle of economic strength, how can it win today with a recession at hand?

The simple answer is America cannot and will not win.

... Our brother Umar Farouk has succeeded in breaking through the security systems that have cost the U.S. government alone over 40 billion dollars since 9/11.

Obama has promised that his administration will be one of transparency but he has not fulfilled his promise. His administration tried to portray the operation of brother Nidal Hasan as an individual act of violence from an estranged individual. The administration practiced to control on the leak of information concerning the operation in order to cushion the reaction of the American public.

Until this moment the administration is refusing to release the e-mails exchanged between myself and Nidal. And after the operation of our brother Umar Farouk the initial comments coming from the administration were looking the same -- another attempt at covering up the truth. But Al Qaeda cut off Obama from deceiving the world again by issuing their statement claiming responsibility for the operation.

.. I for one was born in the U.S., I lived in the U.S. for 21 years. America was my home. I was a preacher of Islam involved in non-violent Islamic activism. However, with the American invasion of Iraq and continued U.S. aggression against Muslims I could not reconcile between living in the U.S. and being a Muslim.

And I eventually came to the conclusion that Jihad against America is binding upon myself just as it is binding on every other able Muslim. Nidal Hasan was not recruited by Al-Qaeda. Nidal Hasan was recruited by American crimes and this is what America refuses to admit. America refuses to admit that its foreign policies are the reason behind the man like Nidal Hasan -- born and raised in the U.S. turning his guns against American soldiers. And the more crimes America commits the more mujahedeen will be recruited to fight against it. The operation of our brother Umar Farouk was in retaliation to American cruise missiles and cluster bombs that killed the women and children in Yemen.

... But imperial hubris is leading America to its fate -- a war of attrition, a continuous hemorrhage that will end with the fall and splintering of the United States of America. If George W. Bush is remembered as being the president who got America stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq. It's looking like Obama wants to be remembered as the president who got America stuck in Yemen. Obama has already started his war on Yemen by the aerial bombings of Abyan and Shabwa.

By doing that he has ways to publicity campaign for the mujahedeen in Yemen and within days accomplished for them the work of years. As the popularity of mujahedeen in Yemen skyrocketed the popularity of Obama in America is plummeting. The corrupt Yemeni government officials and some of the tribal chiefs who claimed to be your allies are having a ball these days.

The word being passed around among them is that this is the time to start the gullible American, your politicians, military, and intelligence officers are being milked for millions.

The Yemeni government officials are giving you big promises and handing you big bills. Welcome to the world of Yemeni politicians. I would like to close my message to you with an invitation to Islam. We were all created by God on this earth to worship Him and then after death it is either paradise or hell fire for eternity. So the matter is not one to take lightly it is your future. I invite you to read the book of the law of Koran. You do not have to take anyone's word for it-decide for yourself whether it is the truth or not.

[ابو علي الصادق]

Allahu Akbar, May Allah preserve you our heroic Sheikh! Among few who tell the truth and bravely face the consequences. Allahu Akbar!!

Barak-Allahu Fik brother Abu Saleh, may Allah reward you with Jannah