the blind sheik
I am left dumb-founded by the news that comes out about the perpetrator of the first WTC attack and what his death has in store for America.
The health of terrorist cleric Omar Abdel-Rahman, known as the Blind Sheik, is deteriorating – renewing fears that his death in prison could trigger an attack on the United States, officials said Thursday.
My one word question is “Why?”
Officials said the bulletin served merely as a reminder that Abdel-Rahman had called for retaliation by terror sympathizers if he died in prison. It cited a May 1998 news conference in which al-Qaida members distributed his last will and testament, in which Abdel-Rahman pleaded for followers to “extract the most violent revenge” should he die in U.S. custody.
Fair enough, I suppose, even as the government gives us this:
However, there is no credible indication that an attack on the United States is imminent, the Associated Press reported, citing unnamed law enforcement officials.
Which makes sense, because what does not make sense is that there is this huge group of Muslim Extremists not currently planning on doing harm to America or American interests who will do so should Abdel-Rahman die in US custody. This is one of those mixed up messages we are sent from time to time — Be Afraid of something Vague, but don’t worry.
I wonder, though, Can the US ship him off to Canada and have him die there, and if they do so would this group of Muslim Extremists — who won’t be enraged until he dies in American custody — call the whole thing off?
But U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Tracy Billingsley said Abdel-Rahman’s condition had stabilized, and he has since been moved back to prison.
“His condition has improved,” Billingsley said.
Him and Tim Johnson, both, I suppose.