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TEXT: Bin Laden.. a Messiah or a Devil?
By: Ali Baghdadi([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Though he had spent over ten years in combat and been
injured six times while fighting Soviet forces of
occupation, Osama bin Laden, a son of a Saudi multi-
billionaire whose business (that his children inherited)
our former President Bush the father still works for,
generally remained a forgotten figure in the caves of
rugged and remote mountains of Afghanistan. A few, even
among his Arab and Muslim compatriots, would take the
turbaned guerilla fighter seriously, despite all attempts
by the U.S. government and media to promote him to the
world as the leader of Muslim fundamentalist terrorists
that American business needs as an enemy in the aftermath
of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the destruction
of Communism. However, things have changed!
Most of the credit must be given to our leaders and
strategists in Washington who lack the courage and vision
to address the root of the problem that led, as we are
told, nineteen young Muslim men to carry out the most
horrible non-governmental terrorist act in history. Instead
of steering America, a damaged ship, safely to shore, and
reviewing our misguided and immoral policy that made the
United States the most hated country on earth, and resulted
in the destruction of our two symbols of economic and
military powers, and above all the death of innocent people,
our President chose a with-us-or-against-us crusade as a
solution. The popularity of bin Laden, however, jumped up
at a rate which has never been seen before shortly after
U.S. and British bombs and missiles came raining down on
real people, flattening entire villages in various regions
of Afghanistan, the poorest and the most devastated country
on earth as a result of a planned, coordinated and led by
the CIA war that made America the only superpower in the
world today.
In the first night of America and Britain's bombardment
alone, Osama, which translates into 'the lion of the
desert', the first name of the Saudi millionaire, (who
rejected the easy and glamorous life which the majority of
Arab rich and famous enjoy wandering between the gambling
casinos and whore houses of the 'civilized world'), was
given to thousands of new born babies throughout the Muslim
world, over thirty in a single Yemeni town. Now little
children call him baba (daddy) Osama and shower him from
far away places with kisses. Elderly men and women pray
for his victory against satanic forces. Young boys and
girls wish to join his al-Qaidah forces so, they believe,
may contribute for a better world in which the lives and
welfare of people of all colors and races are respected.
His pictures and tapes have, "out of the blue", become
best-sellers throughout Asia and Africa, even in Kenya
and Tanzania where bin Laden is being accused of master-
minding the bombing of the U.S. embassies that resulted
in the death of over 200 natives. In California, a Latin
American was arrested on charges of tattooing his arm with
a picture of bin Laden, a crime' punishable by 25 years
in jail, in a land that regards the burning and desecrating
of the American flag as a right of free expression protected
by the constitution. Bin Laden's speech that he released
to al-Jazareera Qatari TV a couple hours after President
Bush ordered the bombing left the U.S. President and his
European allies confused and dazzled. The ten minutes
speech has captured the hearts and minds of masses as far
as Indonesia in the East,the Senegal in the West, Chechnya
in the north, and the Union of South Africa in the South.
A fragile man aided by a stick due to his injuries that he
received fighting the Soviets, is standing up to a power,
which is robbing, raping and oppressing African, Asian and
Latin American nations.
To combat bin Laden's rapid and frightening popularity and
influence, the White House, which constantly and tirelessly
lectures the world on democracy, human rights and respect
of freedom of opinion and speech, instructed the press in
the United States and so-called friendly Muslim countries
to boycott or, at least, censor his statements, that are
considered to be a weapon of mass destruction. The great
majority of Arab and Muslim kings, presidents and emirs are
shaking in their pants. In their daily prayers, facing
Washington, their new Mecca, they humbly appeal to the U.S.
government to show mercy and understanding, and remind the
White House of their record and service as faithful "friends".
To appease their dissatisfied and uncontrollable subjects in
this critical period, they beg the U.S. President to address
the Palestinian problem, not blame Islam for terrorism, to
present evidence about the assault on New York and Washington,
and not expand his "crusade" to other Muslimcountries.
It is no secret that Arab leaders do not represent or speak
for theirpeople. The American government itself, however,
knows that Bin Laden does. To some he is the new Saladdin
who will defeat the crusade armies and open the gates of
Jerusalem, after he enters the city, to worshipers of all
faiths and denominations. To others he is the Messiah that
the world has long been awaiting for. President Bush
describes him an evildoer and a devil that, if is not soon
captured "dead or alive", will destroy us all. Bin Laden's
words are being echoed by one billion two hundred million
Muslims throughout the world, including those who, for
obvious reasons, publicly rushed to condemn him, as well as
those who share his political objectives but disagree with
his theory that Islam, as practiced by Prophet Muhammad
fourteen hundred years ago, is the only solution to all
current Muslim problems.
Bin Laden's voice has become music that touches the hearts
of Muslims who fully agree with his demands to end Zionist
occupation of Palestine, lift the sanctions and stop the
aggression on Iraq, and withdrawal of foreign troops from
all Muslim lands: "In these days, Israeli tanks infest
Palestine - in Jenin, Ramallah, Rafah, Beit Jalla, and other
places in the land of Islam, and we don't hear any one
raising his voice or shaking his limbs..."Neither America
nor the people who live in it will dream of enjoying security
before we live it in Palestine." With no evidence presented,
President Bush, the leader of the mightiest force that wields
a multi-billion dollar in the most sophisticated war machinery,
has declared a war against innocent people, who were used and
later abandoned by the United States, a war that may last ten
years or more and will include other Muslim targets.
Speaking for bin Laden, Sulaiman Abu Gheith, a Kuwaiti, vowed
to fight back until aggression against Muslim and Third World
nations ends. "America has opened a door that, God willing,
will not be closed." Prince Bendar bin Sultan, the Saudi
ambassador in Washington, described bin Laden and his comrades
on American TV as s.o.b.'s, and urged the U.S. to exterminate
all those who threaten his Saudi dynasty and RoyalHighness.
During Friday prayer sermon, only a few feet away from the tomb
of Prophet Muhammad in Medina, Saudi Arabia, imam Hussein Ali
al-Sheikh, addressing over 250,000 worshippers, repeatedly
implored Allah to "protect all Muslims in Afghanistan and
Palestine." The believers echoed his words in one solemn voice,
and then chanted "amen." Those who speak the language of the
desert do understand what the imam, who is appointed by a regime
that does not allow free expression, actually means, "May God
give victory to bin Laden and all those who dare to stand against
injustice, tyranny and arrogance."
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