Globalism vs Jihad

A few weeks after the superpower unleashed its military might hunting only one man, Ossama Bin Laden remains as the mastermind of Global Terrorism even if, ironically, it is obvious that now he is seeking an apocalyptical martyrdorm.

The problem is a patetic example of the new world disorder.

It is not the first time that the country that leads Global World is after the fanatic islamic profet. Three years ago, the CIA secretly began to send teams of US officers to northern Afghanistan to persuade the leader of the anti Taliban opposition Ahmed Sah Massoud to capture and even kill Osama Bin Laden.

The report, published in The New York Times, sep.30, does not explain why Massoud, the articulate and moderate Moslem leader did not accept to join the covert operation that perhaps could have thwarted the attack on Sep.11.

On the contrary, and as a cruel irony of History, it was Massoud who was assassinated one day before the attack to the twin towers.

It is not difficult to imagine-but will be difficult to confirm, thathere was not a link of cause-effect chain in these incidents. Massud died of wounds inflicted by an operation by two of Bin Ladens' suicidal commandos posing as TV correspondents, one day before the attack to the Twin Towers.

We should not forget that in 1998, under the Clinton Admnistration, and after the bombings of two US Embassies in Africa, the US launched a formidable attack with missiles to the area in Afgansitan where supposedly was the hideout of Bin laden.

It was a costly attack because 70 missiles were launched with no important results.

Now and in a justified reaction to the killing of more than 5000 American citizens and of other nationalities as well, the U.S. launched again its powerful war machine looking for the same sneaky man, Ossama Bin Laden. Is this what President Bush annouced as the first war of the 21st Century?

It seems it is more than that. On Sunday, Oct21, after a meeting in Shanghai where Russia and China gave support to this war against global terrorism, President Bush gave an order to CIA to do whatever it is necessary to kill Bin Laden and destroy his terrorist net.

And that is the pointwhere we are now, October 24, 2001.

BIP