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On 18 Sep 2001 00:11:43 -0700, Eusphoros@yahoo.com
(Eusphoros@yahoo.com) wrote:

>Your missing my point I think.  At the end of the 40 days of Bombing
>the Mosques we would go in and get Osama anyway.  We would bring him
>and his followers back to the US and put them on trial.  
>Then we would go back and provide the
>resources to the countries to rebuild and reconsicrate their Mosques. 
>WE WOULD LOOK LIKE FREAKIN HEROS. 

No, you would look like corpses.
90 % would not care.
However, enough would care and be driven to action that the WTC affair
would look like a backyard bonfire.

Two not totally irrelevant points:
1. According to Janes , the largest  number of suicide bombers has
been from the Liberation Tamil Tigers Eelam and not from Middle
Eastern groups:

"The LTTE is fighting for an independent Tamil state in northeastern
Sri Lanka. As the quality of targets chosen by the LTTE is high, it
has a sophisticated training programme that lasts for about a year. As
well as training the bomber, the LTTE research unit tests the effects
of explosives on dogs and goats to ensure that the attack is
successful. The list of Sri Lankan VIPs killed in suicide attacks
includes one president, one presidential candidate, the State Minister
of Defence, the Navy Chief and various area commanders."

They have sent out 168 suicide bombers who successfully delivered
their payloads.  Al Quaeda had sent out just 2 at the time that the
article had been written.

Now just imagine WTC multiplied by 168.

2.   Here is a link to an interesting article on Jihad Akbar ( The
Greater Jihad ) and Jihad Asghar ( The Lesser Jihad ). 

Mainstream Muslim opinion is that the greater and more praiseworthy
Jihad" is the war  against the desires and "Shaitaan" whilst Jihad
Asghar is against the disbelievers on the battlefield. ie: The
struggle against oneself is more praiseworthy than violent struggle
against another.

However, the article ( from a less representative , more  radical
group  and not at all mainstream as the author himself points out )
espouses the reverse view. Just imagine the consequences if this
became the dominant mainstream view.


See:
Greater and lesser Jihad
Compiled by Abu Fadl - Translated by Br. Khalid Saifullah
http://www.islam.org.au/articles/26/jihad.htm


Appendix A:
From Janes:
Suicide terrorism: a  global threat
http://www.janes.com/security/regional_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml

NUMBER OF SUICIDE ATTACKS BETWEEN 1980-2000

The  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka and in India
168

Hizbullah and pro-Syrian groups in Lebanon, Kuwait and Argentina
52

Hamas in Israel
22

The Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in Turkey
15

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Israel
8

Al Quaida in East Africa
2

The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) in Croatia
1

The  Islamic Group (IG) in Pakistan
1

Barbar Khalsa International (BKI) in India
1

The  Armed Islamic Group (GIA) in Algeria
1