Mumia Abu Jamal: What Osamas killing means..

After the impromptu celebrations, the street parties and the hoots of joy at the U.S. Seal team's killing of al Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden, cooler heads may find the hootenannies to be premature. That's because despite political and U.S. press claims to the contrary, the killing has done nothing to weaken al Qaeda. In fact, according to one counter-terrorism insider, al Qaeda is stronger today than it was 10 years ago, before the strikes of 9/11. Leah Farrell, a former Senior Counter terrorism Intelligence Analyst for the Australian federal police, reported in the latest Foreign Affairs just this fact. She writes: ...[S]ince fleeing Afghanistan to Pakistan's tribal areas in late 2011, al Qaeda has founded a regional branch in the Arabian Peninsula and acquired franchises in Iraq and the Maghreb. Today, it has more members, greater geographic reach, and a level of sophistication and influence it lacked ten years ago.* As for Osama, he hasn't had operational or command and control power for years now. Thus, his loss will have minimal impact on the organization's actions or plans. It's important to keep in mind that we are discussing a war between one of the most powerful and resourceful states in history, and a group. Seriously, who's at a disadvantage? U.S. Special Forces could've knocked off Osama the week after Sept. 11th. Why didn't they? Because if they did there would've been no pretext to invade Iraq. The public, its great thirst slaked by vengeance, would never have supported it -- and the neo cons in the White House wanted in --desperately. So Osama, like Mubarak, Like Ben-Ali, and like Quadafy, have outlived their usefulness to the empire. Remember then Gen. Colin Powell's quip (during the 1st Iraq war)? "We're running out of boogey-men!" The media and political establishment like to raise up demons to unsettle American comfort. Osama fulfilled that function for ten years. They don't need him anymore.

--(c) '11 maj


Ps: Drowningarts views may differ slightly than Mumias views, however, this was uploaded to share info and spread awareness. sorry for posting this after the exact date.

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[BigWilk7]

Al queda had more operatives around the world now then they ever have. They can strike at any time but they are playing it smart by continuing to strengthen themselves.

[AmericanBadass44]

If Al-Qaeda is more powerful than it was ten years ago. Then how come the last time they successfully attacked the United States was ten years ago?

[buzzclick500]

@BashuUp : I'm sure the "s" and the "b" mean a great deal more to THEM than they do to us--their language is at least 4,000 years old--ours is what....300? We don't even know our own language well enough yet to function as a coherent, homogenous nation.

[BashuUp]

@buzzclick500 Tired of the routine.,, Still doesn't prove a thing apart from one has a b and the other has an s in an almost identical name.

[buzzclick500]

@BashuUp : PROVE IT. Americans are no longer angry about what's going on--we're TIRED OF IT AND BORED WITH THE ROUTINE--a much more dangerous condition.

[BashuUp]

@buzzclick500 They are not the same.

[julioshawtylean76]

Rea shit.

[PhillyCopsAreCorrupt]

Free Mumia the hero! Philadelphia pigs are lying, inept, arrogant, felonious, sanctimonious cowards. Mumia is more articulate, eloquent, honorable, and intelligent than are all marble mouthed, dimwitted Philadelphia pigs combined.

[buzzclick500]

It doesn't do me a bit of good to know that Mumia's name translates into Spanish(and eventually into our language) as "mummy"--he's already dead, and has been for years. No cure for that, as far as I know. As the Jews say, "Whaddya gonna do?" ;])

[buzzclick500]

Has anyone besides myself yet caught onto the fact that Obama and Osama are actually one and the same person?