Terrorism

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No, the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack were the work of some lower beings.

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These things that happen are meant to happen for a reason you may not understand. It is written, man is just a human with limited understanding. You can interpret 9/11 in the bible in the book of Revelations. The fruit of man has been shown it's up to you to find it. If you do not live in darkness what you find may shock you utterly.

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This is such a hard question to answer. I believe in God and there is no way we can ever understand his plan for us. We look at things in this world in a much smaller perspective and we can't understand why bad things happen to good people. I would like to say that I don't think God would curse the U.S. for anything or any other country. Sometimes I feel God gives us all a wake-up call. Countries fighting amongst each other and people not helping other people. The people killed in 9/11 should be held in high regard on that fatal day. There were many heroes on those planes and that last plane managed to control things so there was not more damage and gave up their lives doing so. We must honor their memory realizing not one country is totally safe and that we must all band together to protect each other. To give of ourselves, to love others as we love ourselves and to help where we can. We should make their deaths worthwhile.

Now that the hurricane has hit Mississippi, New Orleans, etc., it appears the end of time is almost upon us. I don't think so, and if we look back in history our weather, earth, etc., is constantly changing and natural disasters do occur however unfair it may seem. I am amazed at the faith those poor victims have even after all they have been through. Having a great faith in God helps you get through many difficult times in your lives and also gives one great strength. These cities will be built again and with each disaster they learn how to prevent this from ever happening again. I have watched the news and seen whites helping blacks and vice-versa and I've seen people come together. Other countries banning together to help as best they can, States opening up their homes and hearts to put as many of these victims in a good home and it's all about survival. Helping each other (no matter what our race) and believing in God we can conquer anything.

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If you were to follow the documentary evidence of the entire fiasco you may conclude that it had more to do with Politics and greed than with God.

There are a lot of conspiracy theories, which suggest that the despicable act had more to do with the internal governance than with external fanatics.

You should consider the fact that the Government now has the authority to encroach upon the basic rights and freedoms of the citizenry under the so-called Anti-Terrorism Legislation. The creators of the Man-God in their image and likeness have found another ingenious way to keep their subjects under control. They can now invade your privacy with impunity and now with the use of advance technology they are equal to GOD. With the used of satellite technology they can be here, there and everywhere. They can see you when your sleeping, see you when your awake and they can hear every sound that you make. They can create biological agents that make you sick and then they can create expensive antidotes as cures.

The higher beings are not aliens but those egocentric megalomaniacs we appoint to GOVERN us.

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There was a scam going around that said: "The flight number of ill fated flight was Q33N. Open a new word document on your computer . Put caps lock on type the above flight number. Select the font to 72. Again select and change the font to wingdings. You will get your answer."

It's hogwash. There are no single letter 'Q' flights. The American Airlines aircraft flight would start AA or AAL, the United Airlines Flight would start UA or UAL. The flight numbers were 11 and 175 and 77 (pentagon) respectively.

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A few people have been said to predict it such as Nostradamus and Valerie Clarke, a British psychic who predicted it on a chatshow.

Funny how neither Nostradamus or Clarke got noticed. A lot of this sort of thing is retro-predictions. Psychics have been known to fake footage of themselves giving predictions, and N. did his work centuries ago and all kinds of people make up new, phony N. predictions.

Actually, the legend of it isn't real, its just a entertainer.But people think the myth is real but it isnt,Enjoy the ride.! =)

In the West, no. However, al-Qaeda does have links with several political parties in the Islamic World, such as the Taliban, al-Nusra, the Islamic Brotherhood, etc.

• Al Qaeda (Arabic for "the base") was founded in 1988
• It is a complex international Islamist terrorist network made up of regional affiliate organizations and clandestine cells with varying degrees of communication with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, the group's ideological and operational leaders.
• Al Qaeda's core leadership and operatives are made up of veterans of the war against the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980s.
• They received finance mainly from Saudi Arabia and received training mainly from the US.
• It is commanded, to a degree, by Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri.
• Since 1998 Al Qaeda has operated through a coalition of terror organizations.
• They have strong ties and coordination with the International Muslim Brotherhood but not associated with any political party.

Osama bin Laden planned and directed many separate attacks worldwide, including attacks on U.S. Embassies in other countries, an attack on the U.S.S. Cole, and separate plane attacks on The World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and one plane that passengers fought back and the plane crashed in Central Pennsylvania. As well, Osama's orchestration was behind a failed attack in a NY subway and the failed but infamous "shoe bomber" aboard an airliner. Several other attempts have been made to place bomb components, but these were never positively linked to Al-Qaeda and bin Laden.

As to the locations, Al-Qaeda and bin Laden's intentions were to hit targets in major cities. A primary goal has been to attack, interfere with, and disable major and key U.S. resources, including:

• political and leadership locations, such as the White House
• military targets, such as bases on U.S. soil or abroad, U.S. ships, and The Pentagon
• primary financial centers, such as The World Trade Center
• major transportation areas, such as subway, railroad, and large bridges
• major utility areas for electricity, hydro (dams), etc.

Goals

One goal of terrorists is the killing or injuring of as many people at one site during one or combined attacks, such as the terrorists' actions at Tower 1 and Tower 2 of The World Trade Center. In addition, the strikes carried out on Sept. 11th hurt, harmed, maimed or killed others not in the Towers, such as Firefighters, Police, and Emergency Management personnel. Further, the debris and dust cloud created by incinerating 2 massive buildings along with many other New York buildings has led to chronic lung illnesses among New York citizens who lived in that area.

A second goal is to engage (keep busy) as many key personnel, from The President, The Mayor, firefighters, police, emergency personnel, etc., as possible, and ideally in several separate incidents occurring at once or within a short period of time. If these key personnel are busy in one or more locations, protective resources are "stretched thin" and therefore, the city/area is more vulnerable.

A third goal is included in the word "terrorist"-- that is, to incite "TERROR" among a large group of people. In addition to the actual attacks in New York City, for example, citizens re-felt their initial terror over many years anytime they heard or saw a low-flying plane. Terror includes an inability to predict the future, which in turn creates fear and powerlessness.

A fourth goal is to disrupt major utilities or transportation. The US has continuing concerns about multiple attacks, including in congested cities, on major bridges, nuclear power plants (which would kill or injure hundreds to hundreds of thousands of people), utility (gas, electric, water) plants, and of course, attacks on airliners which could harm people on the ground as well as in the air. If terrorists were able to hijack a plane with 200-300 aboard and crash it into a major utility site, the consequences could be dire (think of the 2011 Earthquake in Japan-- minus the tsunami ) -- just the initial explosion on land at one of these sites would be great.

For all of these reasons (and more that citizens are not being told), the United States has remained on moderate-to-high threat alert status for the majority of the last 9 and 3/4ths years. This also means that all citizens must be aware of their surroundings even more, and be proactive in reporting any "unusual" activity. In the past, if someone spotted a backpack left in a park or subway (for example), they likely would have just picked it up and taken it to 'lost and found' or to the police. NOW, however, people are more afraid-- they should not touch the bag, call police-- and then, police are more cautious now and will more likely call in the bomb squad to check out the bag first, rather than going to the item and inspecting it while unprotected. Al-Qaeda and terrorists have certainly created terror and uncertainty unlike anything the US as a whole has ever experienced in the past.

Answer 1

Yes. Terrorism is not associated with any religion. Terrorists are found because there is INJUSTICE around us. There is lack of tolerance. We have divided ourselves on the basis of caste, color, creed, geographical bounds etc. Terrorists are the product of re-action of crulty, suppression, maltreatment, insult, and disgrace done to their nation, relatives or to them. They want revenge. Had there been the rule of Justice, there would have been no terrorists. When we suppress a nation, tribe or people, occupy their lands and destroy their houses and belongings, may be they have no alternative but to avenge themselves on the oppressors and sometimes on even innocent people. History shows Freedom Fighters termed as 'Terrorist' by the oppressors/invaders but heroes by their own nation. The Americans who fought against the British to win their freedom were called terroriss. The Irish people fighting against UK are still called terrorists. The Negroes were once called terrorists by the whie people who occupied their lands and kept them in slavery for many decades. So, it is mostly from which angle you see things and by which yardstick you measure others. No religious group can claim to be 'clean' and 'just' in this regard.

Answer 2

No. It is certainly discriminatory, because it is labelling an entire group of people with a label that only serves a small minority. However, racism is subset of discrimination that focuses on a person's skin color. Since Muslims have a wide variety of skin-colors, ranging from white in Bulgaria, to Türkic in Central Asia, to Olive in the Mediterranean, to Black in Africa, to Indian in the Subcontinent, to Southeast Austronesian in Indonesia, etc., discrimination against Muslims is not racist.

Unfortunately, rather than try to create a new term that would more accurately frame the situation, such as "religionist", most Muslims would rather use the term "racist" because of the historical baggage that word has and the power it has to demonize the opponent.

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Frankly, it's a political coinage to distinguish the Muslims the government is watching from the ones they aren't. It's more or less the same as "radical Muslim," "Muslim fundamentalist" and "potential Muslim terrorist."

Answer 2

It is important to note, first that Islam is a religion, but Islamism is something else. It is a political ideology whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Islamism is a modern movement whose roots began contemporaneously with the rise of Salafism in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Egypt. Islamism is not by nature violent or expansive. Many Islamist movements have concrete nationalistic goals such as the Islamists in power in Turkey.

Contrary to Answer 1, being a Fundamentalist Muslim does not mean that a person is an Islamist or the reverse. Fundamentalists can be Islamists and vice versa, but Fundamentalism is how strongly a person decides to believe in Islam. Islamism is the political implementation of Islamic Laws. Not all Islamists are Fundamentalists (like the Tunisian and Turkish Islamist Parties), but some (like An-Nur in Egypt) are.

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Generally, the word "islamist" refers to a political rather than a religious position. To be sure, because of the Prophet Mohammed's dual role as religious and civic leader, politics and religion are closely entwined in the history of Islam, and the religion is full of precepts on how a state should be organized, which have been developed and enlarged upon by tradition.

An "islamist" is generally someone who wishes the government of his country to be run along the lines set up in Islamic tradition, and the laws to be based on shari'a. It is important to note that the governments of the Prophet and his immediate successors were not hostile to non-Muslims, but made provision for them to exercise their faiths within the context of the Muslim state. Originally, at least, a Muslim state was actually very religiously tolerant, although over the years, some Muslim societies have strayed from this enlightened position.