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Blank Threat from al-Qaeda PDF Print E-mail
Written by Daniel Shin   
Sunday, 11 September 2005 09:29
The threatening tapes came as America remembers the September 11 attacks. My American rage against these terrorist started again when Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American from California, spoke of another attack against America, specifying Los Angeles and Melbourne. These types of videos really tick me off, because an American is speaking on the behalf of a major terrorist network.

If Mr. Gadahn really wanted to protest against America, he should have done it other ways. America is the only country in the whole world that provides its citizens with freedom of speech that can be used against the government. If he finds that the U.S. government is somehow an “evil” against his own version of Islam, I find it befuddled that he made no attempts of hosting a civilized protest or even a referendum against his government. But no, Mr. Gadahn decided that the only way to protest against the U.S. government policy is to threaten more attacks on several U.S. cities. He decided to throw away all the civilized protocols and join in the uncivilized evil terrorist group.

In the midst of his video message, I laughed a bit with his contradictory statements.

“We love peace, but when the enemy violates that peace or prevents us from achieving it, then we love nothing better than the heat of battle, the echo of explosions, and slitting the throats of the infidels,”

It is funny to note that their attack on the World Trade Center has sparked the U.S. invasion on Afghanistan and Iraq. With their terrorist action, they prompted the U.S. to go into war and achieve a situation where there is more war than peace. They love peace? It is clear that this statement is just a plain out lie. They want conflict. They want chaos. They want war. They are even bombing in the Middle East, killing hundreds of innocent lives.

The good news for the civilized world is that the terrorists attacks are no match against the well built national foundation that was setup by countless citizens, who dreamt of a bright future. September 11 did not cause mass chaos in United States. The train bombing in Madrid did not destroy train network. The bombing in United Kingdom did not halt the daily progress of millions of English people. The terrorists can evade our government’s surveillance, but their attacks will never leave a critical dent in our country. You shoot us. We fall, but later get up. You shoot us again. We will be prepared with a bulletproof vest next time.

 So go ahead you terrorists. Plan you attacks. Know that we will always prevail.