I wrote: > > Could you please point me to the links indicating that Al Queda has the > > specific goals of (a) starting a war between Christians/Jews and Islam and > > (b) bringing about Armageddon? > > Just read the propaganda. Here are a few links (I am not keeping track > of every article I read): > http://www.rense.com/general14/statement.htm > http://www.rense.com/general14/calls.htm > http://www.rense.com/general13/duty.htm > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_157 > 9000/1579189.stm > > If I tried really hard I could come up with a lot more, but I am busy and > lazy.
You might want to do a little more looking, if you've got the time. I looked over the links you were kind enough to provide, and I pulled the following: "Bin Laden called for a Jihad, or holy war, to drive Americans out of Islamic lands. He said: "We cannot leave the house of God to these malicious Jews and Christians." "Every US man is an enemy. We demand the liberation of our land from Americans. We call on the sons of the Muslim Nation to pursue Jihad and inflict pain on America and its allies." "We are duty-bound to protect the nation against the US, Israel and their allies, and to resist this occupation." "Bin Laden: The International Islamic Front for Jihad against the US and Israel has, by the grace of God, issued a crystal-clear fatwa [decree] calling on the Islamic nation to carry on jihad [holy war] aimed at liberating holy sites. The nation of Muhammad has responded to this appeal." These, to me, seem to indicate that Bin Laden, at least, and probably the Al Gueda organization as well, has as one of his primary goals the removal of US troops from Saudi Arabia, with the removal of US forces from the Middle East and the destruction of Israel as lesser goals. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots." - Thomas Jefferson, 1787
