Islamic Terrorism on Christmas Day

[Sean Osborne]

26 December 2009: After an extremely pleasant and enjoyable day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ with my family yesterday, I settled down to watch the 9 PM news broadcast on WCAU (NBC-owned Channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA). The lead report was about how passengers onboard Delta-Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan helped to disrupt an in-progress attempt by an Islamic terrorist from Nigeria to blow up the aircraft as it prepared to land in Detroit.

The all-to-brief respite from the reality of a world at war came to an abrupt end. It became immediately apparent to myself that while the overt Islamic objective to destroy the aircraft while killing all aboard and unknown numbers on the ground below had been averted, the other Islamic objective had succeeded – terror has been struck into our hearts, the hearts of the unbelivers, the infidels, those who reject submission to the false god “allah” (Islam) and his equally false prophet Muhammed. There is no question that terror struck the hearts of all the passengers, crew and family members of those onboard Delta-Northwest 253. That terror even reached our living rooms if we watched the faces of those passengers who were interviewed.

The Quran, Sura 8, Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) verses 59 and 60:

“Let not those who disbelieve think that they can get away with it; they can never escape. You shall prepare for them all the power you can muster, and all the equipment you can mobilize, that you may terrorize the enemies of Allah, your enemies, as well as others who are not known to you; Allah knows them. Whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be repaid to you generously, without the least injustice.”

Therefore, in the sum of all things and contrary to most media reporting on this attack, this prime example of Islamic jihad in action was not a “failed terrorist attack.” It was as successful as all previous the Islamic terrorist attacks have been on our commercial airliners has been, irregardless of whether or not the physical destruction of the aircraft occured and human lives lost. We cannot deny that the objective of terrorizing us was unachieved. Muslims committing so-called ‘dry run’ terrorst acts succeed as well as those which destroy and kill in suicide attacks.

And yet again we are being subjected to the disinformational mass media reporting that this attack was a failure, the non-representative of Islam suspect was apprehended and our national and international commercial aircraft are safe and your security is assured while flying.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

UPDATE 26 December: See this report and this anlysis for additional and specific details which raise serious concerns of why the Obama Administration and U.S. Counter-Terrorism officials allowed this foreign national receive a visa and to fly into the country onboard a U.S. commercial aircraft. What ever happened to our terror threat no-fly watchlist?

[Keith]

Yeah brother Sean since it happened i've been hearing people ask question after question on the air of why was he not on a watch list and haven't heard any decent answers yet.

[Chris]

Yeah brother Sean since it happened i've been hearing people ask question after question on the air of why was he not on a watch list and haven't heard any decent answers yet.

The liberals in the government are opposed to "lists" etc and that they think this might stereotype people. They are afraid to offend and the CAIR is such a partner of theirs they couldn't do it with upsetting them. Liberalism effects the mind and distorts reality. I wouldn't be surprised if Obama's administration went lax on the rules and we will see more acts of terrorism soon.

[Sean Osborne]

This terrorist's own father, a high-level minister in the Nigerian government, specifically informed that American government through the US Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria about his son, his Islamic terrorist agenda and Al-Qaeda links SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO the Christmas day attack.

This same terrorist was banned from entering into the United Kingdom, but not from passing through airports.

This terrorist was known to be a terrorist by the, Nigerian, US and UK governments, yet he was still able to board an aircraft on a series of intercontinental and transatlantic flights to the United States.

Is this passing the "smell test" for anyone?

Those who think this was merely another case of a lack of oversight have a rude awakening in store, yet hopefully that awakening will not occur while they are enroute at 30,000 feet to some city onboard a commerical aircraft, if only for the sake of his/her fellow passengers.

[WKUHilltopper]

Is this passing the "smell test" for anyone?

Nope.

[LivnForChrist]

I don't live in Detroit, but my church is there and I'm covering it in prayer.
Warning to terrorist! You're not blowing up nothing in the D! The Devil is a liar!!!

[Sean Osborne]

This act of Islamic terrorism was very narrowly averted. Only the failure of the PETN bomb ignitor prevented a terrorist catastrophe on Christmas Day. One extremely brave passenger succeeded in snuffing out the fizzling bomb.

Watch to see how the Christmas is labeled or assessed by our government counter-terrorist leadership. I exepct a complete white-washing of the true cause and the abject failure to prevent. There are a couple of words I would use to describe such a failure: incompetence, malfeasance, dereliction of duty, even treason. This is a EPIC failure of the Obama Administration's counter-terrorism policy. There was ZERO effort expended to preempt this attack.

But wait, it gets worse...

THIS IS A FACT, a second act of Jihadist terrorism was made on the exact same flight number (Delta-Northweest Flight 253) from Amsterdam to Detroit by another Nigerian Al-Qaeda terrorist about 48 hours (Yesterday, December 27th) after the Christmas Day attempt. This Nigerian locked himself in a lavatory while the aircraft was approaching Detroit and refused the orders of the flight crew to return to his seat. A full-blown white washing of this attempt is now in progress.

[nana]

Nope.

Ditto.

[bghtnpd4]

I have to agree with Sean...this just makes no sense.

[WKUHilltopper]

What's this I'm reading that this "kid" was being video tapped during the trip?? Who was this, his handler? A guy who also apparently accompanied him on the trip. But yet, this person wasn't arrested??

This sounds like a set-up. A phony. Of course, what's our press covering? NFL players suspended.

[Sean Osborne]

Yes, that unknown person is currently identified only as a "sharp-dressed man." He allegedly was instrumental in getting the terrorist AbdulMutallab onboard FLT 253 without a passport by portrying him as a Sudanese refugee. Eyewitnesses, a husband-wife who are Michigan lawyers, say this man was also arrested in Detroit. The FBI denies he was arested. I'll take the word of these married lawyers over the FBI in this case. The "sharp dressed man" was clearly a terrorist facilitator.

This smells worse by the minute.

[mattfivefour]

The story here in Detroit today—as given by the FBI and by witnesses—is that the man was a businessman who became ill on the flight. Apparently his bowels were upset. He spent a lot of time in the bathroom and when the flight attendants—as per the new rules—tried to prevent him from using the bathroom during the last hour of the flight, he refused to listen to them and became verbally abusive.

This all has the ring of plausibility to it.

I have two questions, though, that have not been answered. Why was a businessman who was traveling to the United States, specifically to Detroit, not able to give a credible reason for his trip? And why was he traveling without luggage? Until those questions are answered, then I find it hard to accept what indeed might be the truth of the matter, outlined above.

[nana]

Not only what Matt said, but today on Rush, Mark Stein who was filling in for Rush, said that the bomber dude bought a one way ticket for which he paid cash. Cash + one way ticket is supposed to be a giant red flag.

[micah719]

This whole thing is so duuuuuh.......he might as well have worn a T-shirt saying "I am a terrorist", and asked the pilot which seat would be best to maximise damage from a bomb.....so, no luggage, one way cash ticket, suspicious name, comes from Sudan.....who's running the security, Keystone Kops? Or Benedict Arnold?

[anath]

I am fuming over hearing our president's statement saying their grievences are born out of their poverty and despair. No no, not so Obama, only your left wing progressives believe this bunk. Let's get real these murdering terrorists are not deprived, they are middle class that are Westernized and obtained a higher education right here in the USA. Their problems are born out of hatred and their hearts are led by the powers of Darkness.

[mattfivefour]

I am fuming over hearing our president's statement saying their grievences are born out of their poverty and despair. No no, not so Obama, only your left wing progressives believe this bunk. Let's get real these murdering terrorists are not deprived, they are middle class that are Westernized and obtained a higher education right here in the USA. Their problems are born out of hatred and their hearts are led by the powers of Darkness.

Absolutely 100% true!

[nana]

I am fuming over hearing our president's statement saying their grievences are born out of their poverty and despair. No no, not so Obama, only your left wing progressives believe this bunk. Let's get real these murdering terrorists are not deprived, they are middle class that are Westernized and obtained a higher education right here in the USA. Their problems are born out of hatred and their hearts are led by the powers of Darkness.

You nailed it anath!! Also, did you hear Janet Incompetano (Homeland Security)? She had the gall to say that the system worked the way it's supposed to!!?? What, so the "system" in place now is an alert flying Dutchman, because that's the only "system" I know of that worked. That and a failed detonation.

[Sean Osborne]

Here is the Washington Post transcript of Obama's brief comments regarding the Islamic terrorist attack on Delta-Northwest Airlines Flight 253.

44 - Transcript of Obama remarks on airline security and terror watch lists

Notice that Obama does not use the word Islam or Islamic. Not one time.

What he says instead of naming the source of the attack is:

"the attempted terrorist attack... the situation... a passenger allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device on his body... the suspect... The suspect... this attempted act of terrorism... those who threaten our homeland... the suspect... future acts of terrorism... our watch list system... identify known and suspected terrorists... the suspect in the Christmas incident... thwart future attacks... those who would attack our country... those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children... violent extremists... an isolated extremist"

Obama had the gall to completely fail to name the enemy - the Islamic terrorist, and couched his remarks by saying "Here's what we know so far..."

President Obama is a liar. He is not the leading part of the solution, he is the leading part of the problem. His official malfeasance will result in the cold-blooded murders of untold numbers of those he has sworn an oath to God to protect and defend.

[mattfivefour]

We need to be very careful not to overstate the problem. There is no doubt that the president is deliberately trying to distance Islam—as many (the majority) Muslims practice it—from radical Islam. The fact is the majority of Muslims are like the majority of "Christians" who hold the name and a form of the belief but do so in a luke-warm intellectual fashion, not truly in practice. Arguably these latter are not really Christians as the former are not really Muslims. Having said that, President Obama's remarks actually distort and obfuscate the problem. He should have clearly and unequivocally named radical Islam as the problem. That he didn't betrays a political correctness that will serve neither the national interest nor the protection of the American public. And it certainly will not elicit any level of support or cooperation from the radicals themselves.

[Sean Osborne]

Matt,

I most certainly have not overstated the problem. In fact my comments above are quite mild compared to what many Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement and Federal Intelligence Officers are saying about this problem.

On another point you raise... there is no such thing as "radical Islam". There is only Islam (Submission). There are only devoted Muslims and apostate Muslims.

"Radical Islam" is not the problem -- Islam is the problem.

War are at war with Islam because Islam is at war with everything which is non-Islamic. Being careful about this will not win this war. It will result in the deaths of untold numbers of innocents.