

| In a recently released 22-minute audiotape al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden exhorts Muslims to launch a jihad against the Jewish state. He hopes to build on the anger of the war in Gaza. He is not too happy with the number of Arab governments that have made weak responses. He says he will open "new fronts" against the United States and its allies beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. He said President-elect Barack Obama has received a "heavy inheritance" from George W. Bush — two wars and "the collapse of the economy," which he said will render America unable to sustain a long fight against Muslim adversaries. "There is only one strong way to bring the return of Al-Aqsa and Palestine, and that is jihad in the path of God," bin Laden said. "The duty is to urge people to jihad and to enlist the youth into jihad brigades.... Islamic nation, you are capable of defeating the Zionist entity with your popular capabilities and your great hidden strength — without the support of [Arab] leaders and despite the fact that most of [the leaders] stand in the barracks of the Crusader-Zionist alliance." In may be a related story, but the FBI has issued a high alert for Inauguration Day. They feel it would be a day that could be used for a gesture of future trouble here in the United States. Neither item should surprise us. It is Islam's stated goal to rid the world of every last Jew. The United States has the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel. The United States to this point has been a strong supporter and a balance of power for Israel. We are as hated as is Israel. We can expect attempted terrorism and at some point, terrorism success here in our country. WALLY WINNER, Editor |


