All praise is
due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad,
his family and his Companions.
Peace be upon those who follow the Guidance.
To the American people I say:
Do you remember the good old days, when Americans were enjoying the
blessings of security and peace? When the word 'terrorism' was rarely
invoked? And when you were oblivious to any threats?
I remember a time when you could purchase a airline ticket from the
classified section of your local or college newspaper, and use it, even
though it was issued to a different name, because no one would bother
asking you for an ID before boarding a plane. No long lines, no elaborate
searches, no body scans, no sniffing dogs, no taking off your shoes and
emptying your pockets.
You were a nation at ease.
But America thought that it could threaten the lives of others, kill and
invade, occupy and plunder, and conspire, without bearing the consequences
of its actions. 911 was the answer of the millions of people who suffer
from American aggression. And since then, America has not been safe.
And nine years after 9-11, nine years of spending, and nine years of
beefing up security, you are still unsafe, even in the holiest and most
sacred of days to you: Christmas Day. So do you expect to transgress
against others and yet be spared retribution?
Your decision-makers, the politicians, the lobbyists and the major
corporations are the ones gaining from your foreign policy, and you are
the ones paying the price for it.
Following 9-11, the American people gave George W. Bush unanimous backing
to fight against the Mujahideen, and gave him a blank cheque to spend as
much as needed to fulfil that objective. The result: he failed. And he
failed miserably.
So if America failed to defeat the Mujahideen when it gave its President
unlimited support, how can it win with Obama, who's on a short leash? If
America failed to win when it was at its pinnacle of economic strength,
how can it win today, with a recession at hand?
The simple is: America cannot, and will not, win. The tables have turned
and there's no rolling back of the world-wide Jihad movement. On the eve
of 9-11 it was Afghanistan alone. Today it is Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq,
Somalia, North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the list is growing.
How many more body-bags are American families willing to receive?
How much more can the US Treasury handle?
9-11, the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then operations such as that of
our brother Omar al-Faruq, which could have not cost more than a few
thousand dollars, end up draining the US Treasury billions of dollars, in
order to give Americans a false sense of security.
For how long can the US survive this war of attrition?
What benefit is it to the American people to suffer for the sake of
supporting Israel, and what benefit is it to the American people to suffer
for the sake of the al-Saud family, and the Gulf monarchs?
Our brother Omar Faruq has succeeded in breaking through the security
systems that have cost the US government alone over $40 billion since
9-11.
Obama has promised that his administration will be one of transparency,
but he has not fulfilled his promise. His administration tried to portray
the operation of brother Nidal Hassan as an individual act of violence
from an estranged individual. The administration practised the control on
the leak of information concerning the operation in order to cushion the
reaction of the American public. Until this moment, the administration is
refusing to release the emails exchanged between myself and Nidal.
And after the operation of our brother Omar Faruq, the initial comments
coming from the administration were looking the same: another attempt at
covering up the truth. But al- Qaida cut off Obama from deceiving the
world again; by issuing their statement claiming responsibility for the
operation.
However, we are transparent and open in proclaiming our message to the
world: our objective is to bring back Islam to life, we seek to remove the
tyrannical and parasitical rulers of the Muslim world, and replace them
with men of God, who know the difference between right and wrong, good and
evil.
We seek to apply the rule of Qur'an, and make the Word of Allah supreme
over all other, and God willing, we will strive to achieve these goals
with all what we possess, and we fight to the last man against whoever
stands in our way.
We the Muslims do not have an inherent animosity towards any racial group
or ethnicity.
We are not against Americans for just being American, we are against evil.
And America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil. What we see from
America is the invasion of two Muslim countries, we see Abu Ghraib, Bagram
and Guantanamo Bay, we see cruise missiles and cluster bombs, and we have
just seen in Yemen the death of twenty-three children and seventeen women.
We cannot stand idly in the face of such aggression, and we will fight
back and incite others to do the same.
I for one, was born in the US, I lived in the US for twenty-one years.
America was my home. I was a preacher for Islam, involved in non-violent
Islamic activism. However, with the American invasion of Iraq, and
continued US aggression against Muslims, I could not reconcile between
living in the US and being a Muslim, and I eventually came to the
conclusion that Jihad against America is binding upon myself, just as it
is binding on every other able Muslim.
Nidal Hassan was not recruited by al-Qaida. Nidal Hassan was recruited by
American crimes, and this is what America refuses to admit. America
refuses to admit that its foreign policies are the reason behind a man
like Nidal Hassan, born and raised in the US, turning his guns against
American soldiers. And the more crimes that America commits, the more
Mujahideen will be recruited to fight against it.
The operation of our brother Omar Faruq was in retaliation to American
cruise missiles and cluster bombs that killed women and children in Yemen.
It is true that we are facing the arsenal of the greatest army on earth
with our simple, modest means, but victory is on our side. Victory is on
our side because there is a difference between us and you: we are fighting
for a noble cause.
We are fighting for God, and you are fighting for worldly gain.
We are fighting for justice, because we are defending ourselves and our
families, and you are fighting for imperialistic goals.
We are fighting for truth and justice and you are fighting for oppression.
You have your B-52's, your Apaches, your Abrams and your cruise missiles,
and we have small arms and simple improvised explosive devices. But we
have men, who are dedicated and sincere, with hearts of lions, and blessed
are the meek, for they shall inherit the world.
Americans need to stop looking at themselves from their own lens, but look
at themselves from the lens of the world. They will then see the ugly face
of America. America is not despised only by Muslims, but by many millions
of people around the world, and in America itself.
America may be obstinate in believing that the animosity of a few million
Muslims wouldn't really harm them. They would say "we have the most
powerful army in the world, and we have the strongest economy in the
world".
But don't you think that such a belief is a bit outdated?
Don't you think that such a belief was more suitable to the days of
patriotism that swept over America following 9-11 than it is now, with the
American army admitting its inability, and the American economy going
through intensive care?
But imperial hubris is leading America to its fate: a war of attrition, a
continuous haemorrhage that would end with the fall and splintering of the
United States of America.
If George W. Bush is remembered as being the President who got America
stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's looking like Obama wants to be
remembered as the President who got America stuck in Yemen. Obama has
already started his war on Yemen, by the aerial bombings of Abyan and
Shabwah, by doing that he has waged a publicity campaign for the
Mujahideen in Yemen, and within days accomplished for them the work of
years.
As the popularity of the Mujahideen in Yemen sky-rocketed the popularity
of Obama in America is plummeting. The corrupt Yemeni government officials
and some of the tribal chiefs, who claim to be your allies, are having a
ball these days.
The word being passed around among them is that this is the time to extort
the gullible Americans. Your politicians, military and intelligence
officers are being milked for millions.
The Yemeni government officials are giving you big promises, and handing
you big bills: welcome to the world of Yemeni politicians!
I would like to close my message to you with an invitation to Islam. We
were all created by God on this earth to worship Him, and then after death
it is either Paradise or Hell-fire for eternity. So the matter is not one
to take lightly. It is your future. I invite you to read the Book of
Allah, the Qur'an, you do not have to take anyone's word for it, decide
for yourself whether it is the Truth or not.
To the Muslims in America I have this to say: how can your conscience
allow you to live in peaceful co-existence with the nation that is
responsible for the tyranny and crimes committed against your own brothers
and sisters? How can you have your loyalty to a government that is leading
the war against Islam and Muslims?
The Muslim community in America has been witnessing a gradual erosion and
decline in core Islamic principles, so today many of your scholars and
Islamic organisations are openly approving of Muslims serving in the US
Army, to kill Muslims, joining the FBI, to spy against Muslims, and are
standing between you and your duty of Jihad.
Slowly but surely your situation is becoming similar to that of the
embattled Muslim community of Spain after the fall of Granada. Muslims of
the West, take heed and learn from the lessons of history: there are
ominous clouds gathering in your horizon. Yesterday America was a land of
slavery, segregation, lynching and Ku Klux Klan and tomorrow it will be a
land of religious discrimination and concentration camps.
Don't be deceived by the promises of preserving your rights from a
government that is right now killing your own brothers and sisters. Today,
with the war between Muslims and the West escalating, you cannot count on
the message of solidarity you may get from a civic group or a political
party, or the word of support you hear from a kind neighbour, or a nice
co-worker. The West will eventually turn against its Muslim citizens!
In closing, I pray that Allah guides us to the Truth, and grants us
steadfastness on the Straight Path, and may peace and blessings be upon
His Messenger, his family, and Companions.
Peace be upon those who follow the Guidance.