The Fear of Muslims and the Loss of Our Liberties
by Art Olivier
Politicians have justified the unconstitutional Patriot Act, Homeland Security, drone bombings, torture, wars, indefinite detention and NSA spying based on the fear of Muslims. But are Muslims really all that scary? Here are some facts that everyone should know about these high-profile alleged Muslim terrorists.
Osama bin Laden
Alleged leader of the international terrorist organization, al Qaeda and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks
CIA name: Tim Osman
Although members of the bin Laden family were in Washington DC during the attacks, Osama said that he personally was not involved. The FBI said the reason the 9/11 attacks were not on bin Laden’s wanted poster was because “the FBI has no hard evidence connecting bin Laden to 9/11.” FBI translator Sibel Edmonds said that the US maintained ‘intimate relations’ with Osama bin Laden “all the way until that day of September 11.” Dr Terry Callaway treated bin Laden in July 2001 at the American Hospital in Dubai. Bin Laden was visited at the hospital by Larry Mitchell, the CIA station chief, and by the head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al Faisal.
Azzam al-Amriki
Spokesman for al Qaeda
Real name: Adam Yahiye Gadahn
Father’s real last name: Pearlman
Adam lived with his grandfather, Carl Pearlman, in Orange County, California just prior to becoming the al-Qaeda spokesman. Carl was chairman of the United Jewish Welfare Fund and was on the board of the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL has used operatives pretending to be someone else for nefarious purposes in the past. Working out of a JDL office, Mordecai Levy was caught attempting to provoke a major riot in Philadelphia. Levy obtained a rally permit for a Neo-Nazi rally at which he planned to display banners that said: "Hitler was Right! Gas the Commie Jews!" Levy was in the process of contacting all of the local Ku Klux Klan and Nazi groups to draw them into the event. At the same time, Levy was working with Jewish groups and black churches to organize a counter-demonstration.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Underwear Bomber
Abdulmutallab is the son of one of the richest bankers in Africa. Before boarding his plane in Amsterdam, a sharp dressed Indian man told the ticket agent that Abdulmutallab was a "Sudanese refugee" and asked the agent whether he could board without a passport. The Indian man said, “He's from Sudan and we do this all the time.” The ticket agent referred them to her manager down the hall. According to Amsterdam Airport security, Abdulmutallab did not have to "go through normal passport checking procedures.” While there was no explosion aboard Flight 253, a fire burnt Abdulmutallab. He was taken away in handcuffs after the plane landed in Detroit but the passengers had to wait about 20 minutes before they were allowed to exit the plane even though authorities claimed Abdulmutallab tried to set off a bomb.
Mohamed Atta
Ringleader of the 9/11 attacks
It is claimed that Atta was deeply religious and that his religion was a prime motivating factor in his role in the 9/11 attacks. But his lifestyle in Florida indicates that he was not religious at all. Atta gambled on Jack Abramoff's casino boat, drank alcohol, snorted cocaine, dated strippers, ate pork and yelled out F*** God. Evidence of Atta’s involvement in the 9/11 attacks includes a video of him at the Portland International Jetport but there are no images of him at any of the airports where the alleged highjacked planes took off from. Atta’s father claims he spoke with Mohamed by phone two days after September 11th.
Anwar al-Awlaki
Senior Talent Recruiter for al-Qaeda
Prior to 9/11/2001, the FBI knew that al-Awlaki had bought airline tickets for three of the alleged Flight 77 hijackers. A few months after 9/11, Awlaki attended a luncheon at the Pentagon. Awlaki has also been linked to the alleged Ft. Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan, underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. Barack Obama put al-Awlaki on a CIA kill list. Al-Awlaki was reportedly killed in an American drone strike in Yemen. Two weeks later, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son was also reportedly killed by a CIA-led drone strike in Yemen. Both father and son were American citizens. A lawsuit was filed to challenge the government's authority of "targeted killings" of U.S. citizens. In 2011, the case was dismissed in federal district court.
Yousef al-Khattab
Founder of Revolution Muslim
Real name: Joseph Leonard Cohen
Cohen studied at an Orthodox rabbinical school in Israel before coming back to his home in New York City and creating Revolution Muslim. The group has distributed anti-Israeli literature and regularly protested outside of mosques in New York City. Revolution Muslim wrote threats on its website against the creators of the TV cartoon series, South Park, because they said one of their episodes depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a way they described as insulting.
Abdullah Muhammad
Co-founder of Revolution Muslim
Real name: Jesse Curtis Morton
Morton is Cohen’s friend from Brooklyn who also claims to be a converted Muslim and ran the website for Revolution Muslim. He was sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats including threatening the creators of South Park.
Ramzi Yousef
1993 World Trade Center Bomber
Real name: Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim
Yousef was convicted of planting a 1,500 lb urea nitrate-hydrogen gas enhanced device that was intended to knock the North Tower into the South Tower and kill thousands of people. That did not happen but six people were killed, 1,042 were injured and there was about $500 million in damage. The FBI had prior knowledge of the attack. They told an informant that they would substitute harmless powder for the explosives but a FBI supervisor called off that plan.
Adel Daoud
Teen Terror Suspect
As are most young terror suspects, Adel was harmless without the help of the FBI. FBI agents contacted the 19-year-old Daoud after he went online to read the al-Qaida magazine, Inspire. The agents met with Daoud in an Illinois park in July 2012. The agents later gave Daoud a fake bomb and after he attempted to detonate the device outside a downtown Chicago bar, the FBI took him into custody. Adel has been in federal custody, without bail, for the last 15 months since he was arrested.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Boston Bomber
Tsarnaev is exceptionally well connected. His wife, Katherine Russell, is the granddaughter of Skull and Bones member Richard Warren Russell. Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s uncle, Ruslan Tsarni (real name Ruslan Tsarnaev), is the relative who implicated Tamerlan in the bombing. Ruslan was married to the daughter of Graham Fuller, the former CIA Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council who specialized in Islamic extremism.
Basra Bombers
Real names unknown
In 2005, a staff sergeant and a lance corporal from the British Special Air Service disguised in Arab civilian garments, bushy black wigs and headdresses opened fire on Iraqi police officers at a roadblock. One Iraqi officer was killed. The Brits were arrested and taken to the Al Jameat police station. Ten British tanks backed by helicopters stormed the prison where the SAS soldiers were being held, breaking down the walls and freeing the two SAS men. Inside the Brit’s car were all the necessary components for a false flag attack on a civilian target. They had an anti tank launcher, automatic rifles, maps, radio gear, plastic explosives, a remote control detonator and Islamic literature.
Many of these "Muslim Terrorists" are not even Muslim at all. There is no need to fear any of these men because without the help of Western intelligence agencies, these “terrorists” would not be a threat to any of us. If people understood that it is not rational to fear Muslims, then perhaps they will not just sit back and watch the Constitution wither away.
Art Olivier is the producer of the 9/11 thriller Operation Terror and was the Mayor of Bellflower, CA and Libertarian candidate for Governor and Vice President.
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