By John R. Houk, Editor
© November 1, 2017
Yet another Muslim with a legal record enviable for most
Americans embraced the original theopolitical ideology taught by Islam’s
founder Muhammad.
A Muslim Uzbekistan foreign national in the U.S. with a
green card rented a Home Depot rig drove it to Manhattan NYC, found a
relatively wide bike path that pedestrians also frequented. He drove the truck
rapidly through the bike path killing eight and severely injuring many others.
The Muslim’s name -Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov.
Below is a collection of Clarion Project articles posted on 11/1 and
followed by some criticism from Brigitte Gabriel from her appearance on Fox
News The Story with Martha McCollum from 10/31.
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NYC Terrorist: Lone Wolf …
or Not?
November 1, 2017
ISIS
had called on its supporters through
social media to carry out attacks on Halloween. For example, in France, a
country in which young people recently started celebrating the holiday, an ad
appeared the day before Halloween with an image of a machete dripping blood
over the Eiffel Tower.
The
text on the ad (shown above) read: “Enjoy their gathering. Terrorize October
31” and “Get out before it’s too late,” seemingly a message to the French to
abandon their country to jihadis.
The
image was shared on a Twitter account that distributes news about Islamic State
(ISIS), jihadi videos and images.
ISIS’
own magazine Rumiyah has extensively encouraged its
followers to conduct “lone wolf” vehicular attacks, with one issue providing a
step-by-step guide on how to procure a heavy truck and perpetrate such an
attack.
In
the guide, ISIS recommended to avoid “off-roaders, SUVs, and four-wheel drive
vehicles” because they “lack the necessary attributes required for causing a
blood bath.”
“Smaller
vehicles lack the weight and wheel span required for crushing many victims,”
the article stated, while double-wheeled trucks “[give] victims less of a
chance to escape being crushed by the vehicle’s tires.”
While
attacks such as the one in New York may have carried out by one person, calling
such attack the work of a “lone wolf” is deceiving.
ISIS
has built a sophisticated network that allows such individuals to be
encouraged, tutored and ideologically supported every step of their twisted
journey from the inception of the idea to the execution of a terrorist attack.
Social
media is not localized. It is a powerful tool that has aided the Islamic State,
without which a huge percentage of their successful recruitment of volunteers
would most likely not have happened.
Young
people who have grown up in the age of the internet are comfortable
participating in virtual reality. Thus, online connections — through encrypted
messaging, “inspirational” videos and even “personal” contact through video
chatting — is as good as the real thing.
To
call any terrorist in our day a “lone wolf” is a misnomer – and a dangerous
one, as it takes the attention off finding and shutting down the trail of
responsibility and focusing solely on the individual.
Meira Svirsky is the editor of ClarionProject.org
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NYC
Aftermath: To Stop Terrorism, Destroy the Ideology
November
1, 2017
Aftermath of the truck attack which
killed eight in Manhattan on Tuesday October 31, 2017 (Photo: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty
Images)
Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New
York was carried out by a 29-year-old man who rented a Home Depot truck and
drove it onto a bike path. Such forms of attack are extremely simple to carry out.
They need no planning, no coordination with a central organization and are not
difficult to obtain equipment.
They
are therefore impossible to completely stop with security measures alone.
Counter-extremism
organization the Quilliam Foundation said
of the attack:
“This unfortunate incident once again highlights the
importance of focusing resources on deradicalization work and implementing a
better strategy to prevent extremism, as incidents of this nature are extremely
difficult, if not impossible, for security services to predict and stop.”
New
York is not unguarded. Entering the United States requires extensive security
checks. Immigration from countries like Uzbekistan (the nationality of the
terrorist) is complex and requires background checks.
Not
only that, but once an attack is underway there are armed police everywhere. In
this case, the terrorist was shot very promptly at the scene by a nearby
uniformed officer.
The
FBI and CIA carry out extensive surveillance operations
around the world. They monitor correspondence, tap phone conversations and pay
informants. They have spies inside foreign governments and inside terrorist
organizations. They have reconnaissance
satellites in space.
America’s
security services work tirelessly to protect the country from every conceivable
foe, and most of the time they succeed. The United States government spends
over $16 billion annually to counter terrorism. They can even use drones to
kill any designated target pretty much anywhere in the world.
But
with all this technology and money, they cannot read people’s minds and cannot
prevent someone from just deciding to run people over with a truck.
People
decide to carry out attacks like that in the name of an ideology. An ideology
they find powerful enough to die for it. All the security in the world cannot
prevent individuals who believe in something from acting in the name of that
belief: That killing random civilians will trigger the war between Muslims and
the West that they crave and enable them to usher in a totalitarian caliphate.
They
will always find new ways to attack and new ways to hide because it simply
isn’t possible to eliminate every potential avenue of terror.
The
only way to end radical Islamic terrorism once and for all is to discredit the
ideology which fuels it.
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New
York Terrorist Left Note Pledging to ISIS
November
1, 2017
Police in the aftermath of the truck
attack which killed eight in Manhattan on Tuesday October 31, 2017. (Photo: Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
A
terrorist mowed down cyclists in Manhattan with
a truck on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring at least 11
others. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov drove a rental truck onto a
bike path near the site of the World Trade Center and continued for several
blocks before he crashed into a school bus.
Witnesses
report Saipov emerged from the truck brandishing two guns and shouting “Allahu
Akbar!” A uniformed police officer shot him in the abdomen. The guns were later
revealed to be a paintball gun and a pellet gun.
Saipov,
29, was taken to hospital and is now in police custody. A note claiming the
attack in the name of the Islamic State terrorist
group was found in the truck. Saipov is an Uzbek
national who came to the United States in 2010.
“This
was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror,” New York
Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement, “aimed at innocent civilians, aimed
at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them.”
U.S.
President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director
Christopher Wray have all been briefed. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has
taken over the investigation.
“In
NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law
enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!” Trump tweeted in the
wake of the attack.
The
Islamic State (ISIS) has long called for supporters in the United States to
carry out attacks in its name against civilians without waiting for
coordination with the central leadership. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey,
for example, the group called for attacks against relief centers gathering aid
to help the victims.
In
June this year, ISIS called on supporters to “kill civilians of
the Crusaders, run over them by vehicles.”
At
press time the attacker is believed to have acted alone.
Elliot Friedland is a research fellow at Clarion Project.
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Posted
by ACT for America
Published
on Nov 1, 2017
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Islamic Terrorism in
Manhattan
By John R. Houk,
Editor
© November 1, 2017
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NYC Terrorist: Lone
Wolf … or Not?
NYC
Aftermath: To Stop Terrorism, Destroy the Ideology
New York Terrorist
Left Note Pledging to ISIS
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