The Invisible War And Our Enemies
The Untold Story Of Terrorists And Radical Islamists In Our Own Backyard
HERB DENENBERG, For The Bulletin
August 10, 2009
A worldwide group of terrorists and other enemies of America are dedicated to destroying this nation, our Constitution and our way of life. But because of the biased, dishonest and fraudulent mainstream media, many Americans are unaware of this existential threat. Due to the journalistic malfeasance of the mainstream media our enemies are invisible to us. Of course, the Obama administration’s political correctness is also reinforcing the media’s minimization of the threat of radical Islam.
I can demonstrate the theme of this column with the work of
Steven Emerson, one of the world’s leading authorities on terrorism, who heads one of the world’s leading investigators of terrorism, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT). Some believe the IPT is actually ahead of the CIA in evaluating the threat of radical Islam and other terrorist groups.
Emerson continues to publish investigations on the dangers we face that should have been front-page news across the country, but were censored out by such publications as the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and other mainstream outlets which seem to be among the best friends of terrorists and other enemies of America. They are eager to publicize any slight misstep of our armed forces, but are reluctant to warn us of the threat coming from radical Islam and terrorists. Like our president, they seem to hate America. Here are some of the details of Emerson’s latest investigations:
The American Library Association On The Side Of Terror
One of the most disturbing developments involves professional associations, colleges, universities and other important institutions that seem to be more sympathetic to the enemies of America than to America.
The latest incident involves the American Library Association, the largest and leading library association in the U.S. The ALA had planned a panel discussion entitled “Perspectives on Islam: Beyond the Stereotyping” at its annual convention. One of the invited speakers was Robert Spencer, author of eight books on Islam and jihad, and along with Emerson, one of the giants in contributing to the understanding of terrorism and radical Islam (or what some call Islamofascism). All of the books of Spencer and Emerson should be must reading for Americans.
But when the Council on Islamic Relations (CAIR) spearheaded an attempt to silence Spencer, because it doesn’t like his ideas critical of CAIR, terrorism and Islamofascism, the ALA quickly buckled. CAIR had pressured all the other panelists to withdraw, and Spencer was the only one left standing. But instead of replacing the other panelists or letting Spencer speak by himself, the ALA simply cancelled the panel.
Emerson notes the multiple ironies in this scenario. The ALA holds an annual banned books week to celebrate “the freedom to express one’s opinions even if their opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular.” Nonetheless, ALA cancelled the panel rather than replacing the vacated slot or letting Spencer go on alone. There’s another delicious irony: The CAIR official who complained about Spencer said he offers “grotesque viewpoints that lie well outside the bounds of reason and civilized debate.” But that CAIR official is the one who offers such grotesque viewpoints. He is someone who can’t bring himself to condemn two leading terrorist groups, Hamas and Hezbollah; he minimizes the Holocaust; and he claims the Jews control the media, a classic anti-Semitic ploy.
Emerson notes this is only “the latest in a series of successful efforts to silence viewpoints considered offensive to, or critical of, radical Islam.”
The ALA is in the pathetic and disgraceful position of being unwilling to listen to Spencer, one of the leading authorities on radical Islam, and yields to the views of CAIR, which Emerson describes as follows: “In its frenzy to placate CAIR, the ALA does not seem to have taken any notice of the fact that CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case, whose operatives have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist groups. Several of its former officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. Several of its other officials have made Islamic supremacist statements. CAIR was also involved in the ‘Flying Imams’ intimidation suit against the passengers who reported their suspicious behavior.”
So here the ALA, which should stand for freedom of speech, has become a symbol of censorship and obedience to America-hating terrorists. Emerson writes, “And so they have set yet another precedent in which a group with numerous ties to terrorists and Islamist organizations determines what Americans will learn about Islam, jihad, and the terror threat. What’s the point of having principles if they are so easily tossed aside in the name of political correctness.” The ALA is obviously unprincipled, and that’s why librarians should drop their ALA membership.
Dem. Congressmen Serve As Puppets Of Radical Islam
If the ALA’s sellout to radical Islam isn’t bad enough, consider another Emerson investigation, which identified seven House Democrats willing to c arry Islamists’ water.
Emerson’s investigation found that the seven Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Holder that clearly mouths the specific language and complaints of some radical Islamist groups. Emerson found the complaints “include the use of convicted felons as informants in mosques, alleged religious profiling of Somali Muslims in Minnesota and elsewhere and allegations that the FBI is working with foreign governments to question American citizens who are terror suspects.”
The seven Congressmen who signed the letter include four from California: Loretta Sanchez, Adam Schiff, Mike Honda and Lois Capps. There are two from Ohio: Mary Jo Kilroy and Dennis Kucinich, and one from Virginia, James Moran.
Many of the groups the Congressmen want Holder to meet with to resolve the “grievances” have radical histories and agendas. Emerson gives examples: “The Muslim Public Affairs Council argues that Hezbollah should not be a designated terrorist organization.” Another of the groups is CAIR, which Emerson notes was included on a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, considered the nation’s largest terrorism-finance case. Emerson reports FBI case Agent Lara Burns labeled CAIR a front group for Hamas during sworn testimony last fall. Many of the Congressmen signing the letter have a history of supporting CAIR.
Anti-Christian, Anti-Semetic Propaganda On Display At Caliphate Conference In Illinois
In July, a pro-jihadist group met openly in Chicago. It is surprisingly open about its desire to re-establish an Islamic Caliphate. At the meeting, the group, Hizb ut-Tahrir, also had literature showing the group views Christians and Jews as untrustworthy enemies of God.
Consider some of the other views of this pro-jihadist group. It condemns interfaith “outreach initiatives.” One of the publications distributed at the Chicago meeting states, Muslims “are not to sit and talk about common things between Islam and the corrupted teachings of Christianity and Judaism.” It also quotes Koranic verses such as this one: “O Believers, do not take the Jews nor the Christians as your friends.” It believes in the death penalty for Muslims who leave the faith.
Emerson concludes the article on Hizb ut-Tahrir with this warning: “The literature [distributed at the Chicago meeting] shows that Hizb ut-Tahrir envisions a very dark future for anyone — Christian, Jew or Muslim — who fails to adhere to its vision of Islamist dominance.”
Perhaps the message of the meeting and of radical Islam came into focus with this exchange between an imam and a member of the audience:
Audience member: “Would you get rid of the Constitution for Shariah [Muslim law], yes or no?”
Imam: “Over the Muslim world? Yes, it would be gone.”
Audience member: “And so if the Unit ed States was a Muslim world, the Constitution would be gone?’
Imam: “If the United States was in the Muslim world, the Muslims who are here would be calling and happy to see the Shariah applied, yes we would.”
Audience member: “And the Constitution gone. That’s all.”
Imam: Yes, as Muslims they would be long gone.”
When you read the work of Emerson and his organization, The Investigative Project on Terrorism, you realize that radical Islam is out to destroy our way of life, our Constitution, and our national existence. But the mainstream media seems indifferent to the threat. Consequently the threat of radical Islam is almost invisible to most of the media and even the administration. We better wake up, and one way to do that is start spending time on the Web site of Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism:
www.investigativeproject.org.
American survival is at stake. And whether America survives depends on whether we listen to people like Emerson and Spencer or to the biased dishonest and fraudulent mainstream media.
Herb Denenberg can be reached at advocate@thebulletin.us.
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