THE TERRORIST WEB

The Web provides a terrorist networks with the means to route around corporate media and take their message directlly to a global audience. However, how good are these sites at accomplishing their goals (with both internal audiences and external audiences) and what can these sites tell us about where terrorism is headed? Gabriel Weimann, in his new study, "www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism uses the Internet" provides us with some of the insight needed to answer these questions. His team's review of these sites uncovered the following elements:

Site Content

• A history of the organization.


• A detailed overview of its political and social background.


• Accounts of their exploits.


• Details of its leaders, founders, and heros.


• Information on its political and ideological goals.


• Fierce criticism of its enemies.


• Up-to-date news.


• Maps of the area in dispute (for nationalist organizations).


Target Audience

• Current and future supporters (local languages and collateral material such as T-shirts and tapes).


• International public opinion including foreign journalists (via translations and press releases).


• Enemy populations (threats and material on the enemy's guilt).


Site Goals

• Psychological wafare (threats of impending "massive attacks").
  
• Publicity and propaganda (an explanation for why the group chose violence).
  
• Data mining (links to deep data resources such as satellite imagery, diagrams, and other deep search info).
  
• Fundraising (methods for credit card and bank transfers from supporters, mostly through front organizations).
  
• Recruitment and mobilization (calls to action and active recruitment through action).
  
• Networking (a means of internal communication -- these groups aren't hierarchical).
  
• Sharing information (links to manuals such as the Sabotage Handbook).
  
• Planning and coordination (active planning using password protection and encryption).

How effective are these sites?
There are a variety of methods by which to analyze the effectiveness of these sites. These include:

• User-experience failures. Most terrorist sites seem to be fairly effective at serving the needs and expectations of current and future supporters. However, two user profiles are underserved: international public opinion and enemy populations. This failure limits the impact of these sites as a means of psychological warfare and propoganda. Improvement in this area should be monitored closely. NOTE: Recent experience in the US presidential campaign indicates that these sites will never be effective as a means of influencing general audiences (the stipulated underserved profiles mentioned above). Rather, these sites will always be better as a means of "activating" geographically dispersed supporters.


• Impermanence disrupts audience growth. Terrorist sites are under constant attack. These attacks often force them to shift location (sometimes on an hourly basis). This breaks bookmarks, search engine listings, and linkage. This often also leads to substandard hosting locations (see the Hizbollah site -- on a very slow connection). This lack of stability puts strong limits on audience size. Items to watch: increasing leverage of search engine caches, horizontal proliferation (via simple publishing technologies), and P2P distrubution.


• A corporate communications approach limits appeal. Most sites use the language of press releases (dry and on message). This lack of a personal voice distances the group from those audiences that it attempts to service. As a result, groups are seen as impersonal and mechanistic. Watch for: the emergence of a personal voice in terrorist propoganda via the application of community features.

Where is terrorism headed?
This review of terrorists sites offers several strong clues as to the future direction of terrorism. These clues are:

• New technologies will expand the impact of terrorist Web sites. The advent of weblogs, RSS, and other forms of social software has not had an impact on the terrorist world yet. However, this software will soon arrive and bring with it the ability to improve online efforts. This new technology will improve fundraising, activate supporters on the sidelines, enhance skill/information sharing, and increase survivability. NOTE: This shift is already in motion. Hamasonline for example, uses a weblog style front page.


• Direct clues. Given the loose non-hierarchical structure of terrorist networks, shifts in global strategy are often publicized on group Web sites. For example, Osama bin Laden posted the following item which indicates a shift from terror to system sabotage, “America is in retreat by the Grace of Almighty and economic attrition is continuing up to today. But it needs further blows. The young men need to seek out the nodes of the American economy and strike the enemy’s nodes.” This portends a shift to system attacks.


• The message realigns actions. Most terrorist sites, except Hamas and Hezbollah, do not claim or detail their terror attacks. This reflects an unstated recognition that these attacks actually harm achievement of their goals by alienating audiences. Over time, there will be a closer alignment between the stated goals on the Web sites of the terrorist networks and their actions. The Web message, given its use as a means of intra and inter network communication, will overwhelm historical biases towards body-count centric attacks. This alignment will be accomplished by shifting to assualts on systems rather than people.

Comments

[marlin d. cutshall]

i have fought the mafia lawyer scum of york pa.they hit my family and stole everything .i did not owe a cent. they are the ruling class. terrorism is the only way to win against a superior enemy. i ran in elections in york pa. for 20 years as independent. did not get fair elections. not included in debates. i was a teacher . now retired . just bad mouth the government when ever i can. so much for terrorism in my old age .ha 64 lome to read of freedom fighter or terrorist . thanks for the ink. later chubasco

[REBEL! REBEL! FIGHT!]

FUCK CORPORATE AMERICA.

FUCK THE IMPERIAL AMERICANS.

[William Realph]

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[fgng]

Comments: ""Wakeup world, millions of Evil Serial Killers , Mass Murders and Rapist are lose on the world, they call themselves islamic muslims and pray to a ( moon god ) called allah, they scream (allah akbar) as they cut off heads of people who will not pray to their MOON GOD , they live by an evil book called the (qur\'an), it teaches hate, and lies about God and Gods Laws. Muslims have and, are killing thousands of Innocent Children, Women, and Men around the world, beware, they are hateful, murders, rapist,and liars, God Have Mercy, As a group of people they are some, if not, the most Evil the world as ever seen. Learn of them, fear them, OR pray to their Moon God , this is horrible and true\". You can recognize Muslims by the rags on their heads and the hate in their eyes. They teach their young that only Allah fearing muslims are worthy of life and after life. their aim is to destroy us, they respect nothing; not even the lives of children. Every day there are bombings, every day innocent people are targeted and murdered. Unthinkable atrocities take place on daily basis. Terrorism is not an ideology, it is a tool; but the terrorists kill for an ideology. They call that ideology Islam. The entire world, both Muslims and non-Muslims claim that the terrorists have hijacked "the religion of peace" and Islam does not condone violence. Who is right? Do the terrorists understand Islam better, or do those who decry them? The answer to this question is the key to our victory, and failure to find that key will result in our loss and death will be upon us. The key is in the Quran and the history of Islam. Those of us, who know Islam, know that the understanding of the terrorists of Islam is correct. They are doing nothing that their prophet did not do and did not encourage his followers to do. Murder, rape, assassination, beheading, massacre and sacrilege of the dead "to delight the hearts of the believers" were all practiced by Muhammad, were taught by him and were observed by Muslims throughout their history.
If truth has ever mattered, it matters most now! This is the time that we have to call a spade a spade. This is the time that we have to find the root of the problem and eradicate it. The root of Islamic terrorism is Islam. The proof of that is the Quran. No matter how painful the truth may be, only truth can set us free. Why this much denial? Why so much obstinacy? How many more innocent lives should be lost before YOU open your eyes? A nuclear disaster is upon us. This will happen. It is not a question of "if" but "when". Oblivious of that, the world is digging its head deeper in the sand.
We urge the Muslims to leave Islam. Stop with excuses, justifications and rationalizations. Stop dividing mankind into "us" vs. "them" and Muslims vs. Kafirs. We are One people, One mankind! Muhammad was not a messenger of God. It is time that we end this insanity and face the truth. The terrorists take their moral support and the validation for their actions from you. Your very adherence to their cult of death is a nod of approval for their crimes against humanity.
We also urge the non-Muslims to stop being politically correct lest they hurt the sensitivities of the Muslims. To Hell with their sensitivities! Let us save their lives, and the lives of millions of innocent people.
Millions, if not billions of lives will be lost if we do nothing. Time is running out! "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing." Do something! Send this message to everyone in your address book and ask them to do the same. Defeat Islam and stop terrorism. This is your world, save it.

[WRS]

Violent jihad or holy war against unbelievers. Murder, stealing, torture, slavery and rape against unbelievers is acceptable if couched in terms of jihad.

Christians and Jews allowed to live in Muslim dominated lands provided they pay a special tax and accept their status as second class citizens. The status of polythiests is tenuous at best, they will eventually be eliminated either by persecution or death.

My dear brother, please read Chronicles of Islamic Wisdom.

You seem to have strayed from the path. The path of truth and
wisdom of Islam. You will be in our prayers.

Chronicles of Islamic Wisdom

Here are a few excerpts from the book of one of Islam s' supreme
spiritual leader: Ayatollah Khomeini: "A man can have sexual
pleasure from a child as young as a baby. However he should not
penetrate, sodomising the child is OK. If the man penetrates and
damages the child then he should be responsible for her
subsistence all her life. This girl, however does not count as
one of his four permanent wives. The man will not be eligible to
marry the girls sister" - From Khomeini's
book, "Tahrirolvasyleh", fourth volume, Darol Elm, Gom, Iran,
1990.

"A man can have sex with animals such as sheep?s, cows, camels
and so on. However he should kill the animal after he has his
orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own
village, however selling the meat to the next door village
should be fine". From Khomeini's book, "Tahrirolvasyleh", fourth
volume, Darol Elm, Gom, Iran, 1990

"If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, a ewe, or a camel,
their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their
milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed
and as quickly as possible and burned." The little green book,
Sayings of Ayatollah Khomeini, Political, Phylosophica, Social
and Religious with a special introduction by Clive Irving, ISBN
number 0-553-14032-9, page 47"It is better for a girl to marry
in such a time when she would begin menstruation at her
husband's house rather than her father's home. Any father
marrying his daughter so young will have a permanent place in
heaven" - From Khomeini's book, "Tahrirolvasyleh", fourth
volume, Darol Elm, Gom, Iran, 1990 REMEMBER IRAN CONTRA?

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FREE ROMANIAN JOURNALIST'S!

[yasrib]

I will fuck the president of USA>??>>

[Dom]

The UK has been attacked by terrorist scum for years, the attack today in London further unites our nation and our allies into action against the cowards who abuse the Islamic religion in the name of hate and the devil.

[thomas]

i ask why cant this all just be sorted out finally...i do not like the thought of americans and whateva killing innocent civillians if they could be called that but i am glad they are there 2 stop all the terrorist bullshitr ur country has...seriously fuk man what is wrong with use...(bad ones) people go over there 2 help and u capture them then kill em...im am definant there are millions of innocent civillians in iraq,afghanistan and so on who would like the war 2 end but all terrorists have 2 learn killing more americans and more brittish in there home lands...many of those people probably dont even support the war now but use have made it worse for urself...more people in london are goin 2 support the war...tony blair will send more...i heard the italians are next u do that 2 them and there will be more comn after u whateva u have 2 throw at them u will get worse 10 fold...more innocent lives u murder in ur own country and other lands u will get whats coming for u...i personally wish all innocent iraqis be sent out of iraq and the whole place just be thrashed with bombs...i doubt god wants u 2 kill innocent people in the world...is god really like that...has god told u all go kill americans and brittish and italians and wateva...did god tell u 2 rape ur women...to not let them have a life 2 be free from all the bullshit u men give to these women...they are people 2...do u not know that...give them lives...look i do not mean 2 aggrovate or start anything but why cant the world just be a safe place finally for once...i know george bush wants 2 keep his troops in iraq...if terrorism stopped is people talked about problems the world would be better if the terrorists didnt kill people...innocent people then george bush would rethink his purpose in iraq he would be like oh well its stopped i have no right 2 be here now...he definantly had a right sept 11..3000 innocent americans murders just goin apart there normal lives only 2 be ended by cowards who call themselve heroes by killing themselves...they honeslt think god goes oh yea kill urself and 3000 other innocent lives yea thats cool...go plant 4 explosives in london kill people oh yea good ur doin what i want...BULLSHIT god wouldnt want all dis shit he would rather the world was fukn normal and vrybody got along...there would be no american troops in iraq if use stopped killing people...anyway ive blabbered on and lpst the point so yea just c'mon all people try end dis bullshit...its only really gona end where it is and thats iraq...2 iraqi terrorist people...just stop the bullshit please...cya

[david]

this is a message to all the wouldbe future suicide bombers.....

The people who come up to you and recruit you in the name of allah, prepare you to blow yourself up, then you'll goto heaven with many many virgin women who will serve your evry need.... have you thought that if your dead, how can they please your sexual needs????
You poor little guys who want to grow up and be respected so quickly will have a better life if you can live until you are 70 years old.... don't you think there will more virgins here on earth, and when you die at an old age you will have even more pleasure than you can dream of....
The muslim extremists will make you feel important and those who convince you to shave all your body hair before you blow yourself up in the name of allah, are lying to you because they know you aren't as smart or manipulative as they are - if you respect them (the recruiters)- tell them you will do what they say, but the first chance you get, SHOOT THEM IN THE KNEES and watch them beg for your forgiveness..... they don't want to die, then the truth of allah will be clear to you...... DO NOT WASTE YOUR LIFE ON HATRED... IF YOU HATE SOMEONE, WHO SUFFERS...THEM ??? NO ...YOU DO - BECAUSE YOU ARE TOLD TO FEEL HATRED AND THAT FEELING IS PUNISHMENT .
LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS..... !!!

MAY ALLAH BE WITH YOU....

[dzhbdn]

We are intelligent enough to know that any person (who can think for himself) or (free honest organization)

Would not support the actions, teachings and evil deeds such as those perpetrated and taught by Mohammed of Islam? No free

thinking individual would join such an EVIL cult unless they were forced too as a child, out of FEAR. Fear of one's

peers and family is a strong control factor used by Muslim leaders. Or they were lied to, and NOT given the truth about who

Mohammad really was. We know

that the punishment for leaving Islam is to be murdered by other Muslims. No, Free Minded Person, would be part of such

Evil. About 12 million Muslims or 1% of the total Muslims on earth are openly Evil.

What if only 1% of the remaining 5 million humans on earth felt that All Muslims should be killed, just as 1% of Muslims

are already trying to do to infidels a round the world. We need to give these 5 million people a name, lets call the
` Free Peoples of Earth'. (F.P.E) So now we see the big picture. You still want to call your self a Muslim. Why? 1%

of your members are so evil in their deeds, that they are considered barbaric by most of the world.

How would you feel if only 1% of the 5 billion members of Free Peoples of Earth were killing, mass murdering,

and beheading Muslims every where in the world, even here in America. How would you feel when you met a
member of the F.P.E ? (Free Peoples of Earth) Remember 99% of F.P.E members kill no one, but you also know that 50%

of F.P.E members HATE you because of the things done by 1% of your fellow Muslims. Just speaking for myself. Why would any

one be part of any organization that had 1% of its members doing the barbaric deeds being
done by 1% or more of the Muslims around the world. Until Islam can clean its OWN House, Muslims will be hated not

loved or respected by anyone out side of Islam. In your Muslim hearts, you really don't care do you? The

true EVIL of Islam starts at the Top with Islamic leadership and works its hate form the top down.
As it did with Mohammed. : Could 1% of the 5 billion people being hunted and hated by the 1% or 12 million

Muslims of the world, Declare WAR on Islam? You tell ME. I think so! The Hate of Islam is starting to run

deep. Only Muslims can stop the killing, but Islamic history says Muslims never will. Does this mean that war will be

declared on Islam by F.P.E ? Is it inevitable? When Islam lets 1% or 12 million of its members run wild, I'm

sure many F.P.E' S , LIKE MYSELF, HAVE ALREADY DECLARED WAR ON ISLAM. Its my duty and right to stand-up

against such Evil. Till death do us part. C.A.I.R , IF you and your fellow Muslims can't stop the evil being

done by other Muslims in the name of ALLAH (your god, not mine) you are doomed to live in fear and evil. Is

that C.A.I.R's mission ? I know you think you will always be safe here in America, but remember, We

Americans are willing to die for freedom, anyone who doubts that fact is making a misjudgment . Americans

have a saying " TALK IS CHEAP" C.A.I.R would do well to remember that. I'm sure C.A.I.R thinks America

could never lockup, deport, and out-law Islam. Is that a risk C.A.I.R is willing to take? Islam is against

freedom, therefore Islam as no place in America. Muslims in America should be thinking long and hard about

their future in America. Peace or all out war against Islam is coming soon, right now the ball is in your

court, but not for long. History shows that evil never prevails, and that freedom is a powerful winning force. Right

now it looks like Islam is on the wrong side of peace and freedom.......know your enemy, C.A.I.R I'm an

American, I'm an enemy of Islam, if you support Islam then you support terrorism and are my enemy!
There you have it C.A.I.R straight from your American enemy. Just so you know who YOU are C.A.I.R , BECAUSE

YOU SUPPORT Islam, you SUPPORT TERRORISM , therefore C.A.I.R is an enemy of America. I also know that you

Muslims at C.A.I.R can not think for yourselves, therefore the above statement means nothing to you. Or is so

far over your heads that your eyes are crossed. Save your C.A.I.R condemns terrorism speeches. We know Islam is one big lie

after another.

Sincerely Ragheadwilly

[wrs]

Evil Killers , Mass Murders, Rapist, and LIARS call themselves Islamic Muslims
and pray to a ( moon god ) they call allah, Muslims scream

[wrs]

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm honored once again to be with the supporters of the National Endowment for Democracy. Since the day President Ronald Reagan set out the vision for this Endowment, the world has seen the swiftest advance of democratic institutions in history. And Americans are proud to have played our role in this great story.

Our nation stood guard on tense borders; we spoke for the rights of dissidents and the hopes of exile; we aided the rise of new democracies on the ruins of tyranny. And all the cost and sacrifice of that struggle has been worth it, because, from Latin America to Europe to Asia, we've gained the peace that freedom brings.

In this new century, freedom is once again assaulted by enemies determined to roll back generations of democratic progress. Once again, we're responding to a global campaign of fear with a global campaign of freedom. And once again, we will see freedom's victory. (Applause.)

Vin, I want to thank you for inviting me back. And thank you for the short introduction. (Laughter.) I appreciate Carl Gershman. I want to welcome former Congressman Dick Gephardt, who is a board member of the National Endowment for Democracy. It's good to see you, Dick. And I appreciate Chris Cox, who is the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and a board member for the National Endowment of Democracy, for being here, as well. I want to thank all the other board members.

I appreciate the Secretary of State, Condi Rice, who has joined us -- alongside her, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld. Thank you all for being here. I'm proud, as well, that the newly sworn-in Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the first Marine ever to hold that position, is with us today -- General Peter Pace. (Applause.) I thank the members of the Diplomatic Corps who are here, as well.

Recently our country observed the fourth anniversary of a great evil, and looked back on a great turning point in our history. We still remember a proud city covered in smoke and ashes, a fire across the Potomac, and passengers who spent their final moments on Earth fighting the enemy. We still remember the men who rejoiced in every death, and Americans in uniform rising to duty. And we remember the calling that came to us on that day, and continues to this hour: We will confront this mortal danger to all humanity. We will not tire, or rest, until the war on terror is won. (Applause.)

The images and experience of September the 11th are unique for Americans. Yet the evil of that morning has reappeared on other days, in other places -- in Mombasa, and Casablanca, and Riyadh, and Jakarta, and Istanbul, and Madrid, and Beslan, and Taba, and Netanya, and Baghdad, and elsewhere. In the past few months, we've seen a new terror offensive with attacks on London, and Sharm el-Sheikh, and a deadly bombing in Bali once again. All these separate images of destruction and suffering that we see on the news can seem like random and isolated acts of madness; innocent men and women and children have died simply because they boarded the wrong train, or worked in the wrong building, or checked into the wrong hotel. Yet while the killers choose their victims indiscriminately, their attacks serve a clear and focused ideology, a set of beliefs and goals that are evil, but not insane.

Some call this evil Islamic radicalism; others, militant Jihadism; still others, Islamo-fascism. Whatever it's called, this ideology is very different from the religion of Islam. This form of radicalism exploits Islam to serve a violent, political vision: the establishment, by terrorism and subversion and insurgency, of a totalitarian empire that denies all political and religious freedom. These extremists distort the idea of jihad into a call for terrorist murder against Christians and Jews and Hindus -- and also against Muslims from other traditions, who they regard as heretics.

Many militants are part of global, borderless terrorist organizations like al Qaeda, which spreads propaganda, and provides financing and technical assistance to local extremists, and conducts dramatic and brutal operations like September the 11th. Other militants are found in regional groups, often associated with al Qaeda -- paramilitary insurgencies and separatist movements in places like Somalia, and the Philippines, and Pakistan, and Chechnya, and Kashmir, and Algeria. Still others spring up in local cells, inspired by Islamic radicalism, but not centrally directed. Islamic radicalism is more like a loose network with many branches than an army under a single command. Yet these operatives, fighting on scattered battlefields, share a similar ideology and vision for our world.

We know the vision of the radicals because they've openly stated it -- in videos, and audiotapes, and letters, and declarations, and websites. First, these extremists want to end American and Western influence in the broader Middle East, because we stand for democracy and peace, and stand in the way of their ambitions. Al Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden, has called on Muslims to dedicate, quote, their "resources, sons and money to driving the infidels out of their lands." Their tactic to meet this goal has been consistent for a quarter-century: They hit us, and expect us to run. They want us to repeat the sad history of Beirut in 1983, and Mogadishu in 1993 -- only this time on a larger scale, with greater consequences.

Second, the militant network wants to use the vacuum created by an American retreat to gain control of a country, a base from which to launch attacks and conduct their war against non-radical Muslim governments. Over the past few decades, radicals have specifically targeted Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, and Jordan for potential takeover. They achieved their goal, for a time, in Afghanistan. Now they've set their sights on Iraq. Bin Laden has stated: "The whole world is watching this war and the two adversaries. It's either victory and glory, or misery and humiliation." The terrorists regard Iraq as the central front in their war against humanity. And we must recognize Iraq as the central front in our war on terror.

Third, the militants believe that controlling one country will rally the Muslim masses, enabling them to overthrow all moderate governments in the region, and establish a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia. With greater economic and military and political power, the terrorists would be able to advance their stated agenda: to develop weapons of mass destruction, to destroy Israel, to intimidate Europe, to assault the American people, and to blackmail our government into isolation.

Some might be tempted to dismiss these goals as fanatical or extreme. Well, they are fanatical and extreme -- and they should not be dismissed. Our enemy is utterly committed. As Zarqawi has vowed, "We will either achieve victory over the human race or we will pass to the eternal life." And the civilized world knows very well that other fanatics in history, from Hitler to Stalin to Pol Pot, consumed whole nations in war and genocide before leaving the stage of history. Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously -- and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

Defeating the militant network is difficult, because it thrives, like a parasite, on the suffering and frustration of others. The radicals exploit local conflicts to build a culture of victimization, in which someone else is always to blame and violence is always the solution. They exploit resentful and disillusioned young men and women, recruiting them through radical mosques as the pawns of terror. And they exploit modern technology to multiply their destructive power. Instead of attending faraway training camps, recruits can now access online training libraries to learn how to build a roadside bomb, or fire a rocket-propelled grenade -- and this further spreads the threat of violence, even within peaceful democratic societies.

The influence of Islamic radicalism is also magnified by helpers and enablers. They have been sheltered by authoritarian regimes, allies of convenience like Syria and Iran, that share the goal of hurting America and moderate Muslim governments, and use terrorist propaganda to blame their own failures on the West and America, and on the Jews. These radicals depend on front operations, such as corrupted charities, which direct money to terrorist activity. They're strengthened by those who aggressively fund the spread of radical, intolerant versions of Islam in unstable parts of the world. The militants are aided, as well, by elements of the Arab news media that incite hatred and anti-Semitism, that feed conspiracy theories and speak of a so-called American "war on Islam" -- with seldom a word about American action to protect Muslims in Afghanistan, and Bosnia, Somalia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Iraq.

Some have also argued that extremism has been strengthened by the actions of our coalition in Iraq, claiming that our presence in that country has somehow caused or triggered the rage of radicals. I would remind them that we were not in Iraq on September the 11th, 2001 -- and al Qaeda attacked us anyway. The hatred of the radicals existed before Iraq was an issue, and it will exist after Iraq is no longer an excuse. The government of Russia did not support Operation Iraqi Freedom, and yet the militants killed more than 180 Russian schoolchildren in Beslan.

Over the years these extremists have used a litany of excuses for violence -- the Israeli presence on the West Bank, or the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia, or the defeat of the Taliban, or the Crusades of a thousand years ago. In fact, we're not facing a set of grievances that can be soothed and addressed. We're facing a radical ideology with inalterable objectives: to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world. No act of ours invited the rage of the killers -- and no concession, bribe, or act of appeasement would change or limit their plans for murder.

On the contrary: They target nations whose behavior they believe they can change through violence. Against such an enemy, there is only one effective response: We will never back down, never give in, and never accept anything less than complete victory. (Applause.)

The murderous ideology of the Islamic radicals is the great challenge of our new century. Yet, in many ways, this fight resembles the struggle against communism in the last century. Like the ideology of communism, Islamic radicalism is elitist, led by a self-appointed vanguard that presumes to speak for the Muslim masses. Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, "what is good for them and what is not." And what this man who grew up in wealth and privilege considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers and suicide bombers. He assures them that his -- that this is the road to paradise -- though he never offers to go along for the ride.

Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy teaches that innocent individuals can be sacrificed to serve a political vision. And this explains their cold-blooded contempt for human life. We've seen it in the murders of Daniel Pearl, Nicholas Berg, and Margaret Hassan, and many others. In a courtroom in the Netherlands, the killer of Theo Van Gogh turned to the victim's grieving mother and said, "I do not feel your pain -- because I believe you are an infidel." And in spite of this veneer of religious rhetoric, most of the victims claimed by the militants are fellow Muslims.

When 25 Iraqi children are killed in a bombing, or Iraqi teachers are executed at their school, or hospital workers are killed caring for the wounded, this is murder, pure and simple -- the total rejection of justice and honor and morality and religion. These militants are not just the enemies of America, or the enemies of Iraq, they are the enemies of Islam and the enemies of humanity. (Applause.) We have seen this kind of shameless cruelty before, in the heartless zealotry that led to the gulags, and the Cultural Revolution, and the killing fields.

Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy pursues totalitarian aims. Its leaders pretend to be an aggrieved party, representing the powerless against imperial enemies. In truth they have endless ambitions of imperial domination, and they wish to make everyone powerless except themselves. Under their rule, they have banned books, and desecrated historical monuments, and brutalized women. They seek to end dissent in every form, and to control every aspect of life, and to rule the soul, itself. While promising a future of justice and holiness, the terrorists are preparing for a future of oppression and misery.

Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy is dismissive of free peoples, claiming that men and women who live in liberty are weak and decadent. Zarqawi has said that Americans are, quote, "the most cowardly of God's creatures." But let's be clear: It is cowardice that seeks to kill children and the elderly with car bombs, and cuts the throat of a bound captive, and targets worshipers leaving a mosque. It is courage that liberated more than 50 million people. It is courage that keeps an untiring vigil against the enemies of a rising democracy. And it is courage in the cause of freedom that once again will destroy the enemies of freedom. (Applause.)

And Islamic radicalism, like the ideology of communism, contains inherent contradictions that doom it to failure. By fearing freedom -- by distrusting human creativity, and punishing change, and limiting the contributions of half the population -- this ideology undermines the very qualities that make human progress possible, and human societies successful. The only thing modern about the militants' vision is the weapons they want to use against us. The rest of their grim vision is defined by a warped image of the past -- a declaration of war on the idea of progress, itself. And whatever lies ahead in the war against this ideology, the outcome is not in doubt: Those who despise freedom and progress have condemned themselves to isolation, decline, and collapse. Because free peoples believe in the future, free peoples will own the future. (Applause.)

We didn't ask for this global struggle, but we're answering history's call with confidence, and a comprehensive strategy. Defeating a broad and adaptive network requires patience, constant pressure, and strong partners in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and beyond. Working with these partners, we're disrupting militant conspiracies, destroying their ability to make war, and working to give millions in a troubled region of the world a hopeful alternative to resentment and violence.

First, we're determined to prevent the attacks of terrorist networks before they occur. We're reorganizing our government to give this nation a broad and coordinated homeland defense. We're reforming our intelligence agencies for the incredibly difficult task of tracking enemy activity, based on information that often comes in small fragments from widely scattered sources, here and abroad. We're acting, along with the governments from many countries, to destroy the terrorist networks and incapacitate their leaders. Together, we've killed or captured nearly all of those directly responsible for the September the 11th attacks; as well as some of bin Laden's most senior deputies; al Qaeda managers and operatives in more than 24 countries; the mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, who was chief of al Qaeda operations in the Persian Gulf; the mastermind of the Jakarta and the first Bali bombings; a senior Zarqawi terrorist planner, who was planning attacks in Turkey; and many of al Qaeda's senior leaders in Saudi Arabia.

Overall, the United States and our partners have disrupted at least ten serious al Qaeda terrorist plots since September the 11th, including three al Qaeda plots to attack inside the United States. We've stopped at least five more al Qaeda efforts to case targets in the United States, or infiltrate operatives into our country. Because of this steady progress, the enemy is wounded -- but the enemy is still capable of global operations. Our commitment is clear: We will not relent until the organized international terror networks are exposed and broken, and their leaders held to account for their acts of murder.

Second, we're determined to deny weapons of mass destruction to outlaw regimes, and to their terrorist allies who would use them without hesitation. The United States, working with Great Britain, Pakistan, and other nations, has exposed and disrupted a major black-market operation in nuclear technology led by A.Q. Khan. Libya has abandoned its chemical and nuclear weapons programs, as well as long-range ballistic missiles. And in the last year, America and our partners in the Proliferation Security Initiative have stopped more than a dozen shipments of suspected weapons technology, including equipment for Iran's ballistic missile program.

This progress has reduced the danger to free nations, but has not removed it. Evil men who want to use horrendous weapons against us are working in deadly earnest to gain them. And we're working urgently to keep weapons of mass destruction out of their hands.

Third, we're determined to deny radical groups the support and sanctuary of outlaw regimes. State sponsors like Syria and Iran have a long history of collaboration with terrorists, and they deserve no patience from the victims of terror. The United States makes no distinction between those who commit acts of terror and those who support and harbor them, because they're equally as guilty of murder. (Applause.) Any government that chooses to be an ally of terror has also chosen to be an enemy of civilization. And the civilized world must hold those regimes to account.

Fourth, we're determined to deny the militants control of any nation, which they would use as a home base and a launching pad for terror. For this reason, we're fighting beside our Afghan partners against remnants of the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies. For this reason, we're working with President Musharraf to oppose and isolate the militants in Pakistan. And for this reason, we're fighting the regime remnants and terrorists in Iraq. The terrorist goal is to overthrow a rising democracy, claim a strategic country as a haven for terror, destabilize the Middle East, and strike America and other free nations with ever-increasing violence. Our goal is to defeat the terrorists and their allies at the heart of their power -- and so we will defeat the enemy in Iraq.

Our coalition, along with our Iraqi allies, is moving forward with a comprehensive, specific military plan. Area by area, city by city, we're conducting offensive operations to clear out enemy forces, and leaving behind Iraqi units to prevent the enemy from returning. Within these areas, we're working for tangible improvements in the lives of Iraqi citizens. And we're aiding the rise of an elected government that unites the Iraqi people against extremism and violence. This work involves great risk for Iraqis, and for Americans and coalition forces. Wars are not won without sacrifice -- and this war will require more sacrifice, more time, and more resolve.

The terrorists are as brutal an enemy as we've ever faced. They're unconstrained by any notion of our common humanity, or by the rules of warfare. No one should underestimate the difficulties ahead, nor should they overlook the advantages we bring to this fight.

Some observers look at the job ahead and adopt a self-defeating pessimism. It is not justified. With every random bombing and with every funeral of a child, it becomes more clear that the extremists are not patriots, or resistance fighters -- they are murderers at war with the Iraqi people, themselves.

In contrast, the elected leaders of Iraq are proving to be strong and steadfast. By any standard or precedent of history, Iraq has made incredible political progress -- from tyranny, to liberation, to national elections, to the writing of a constitution, in the space of two-and-a-half years. With our help, the Iraqi military is gaining new capabilities and new confidence with every passing month. At the time of our Fallujah operations 11 months ago, there were only a few Iraqi army battalions in combat. Today there are more than 80 Iraqi army battalions fighting the insurgency alongside our forces. Progress isn't easy, but it is steady. And no fair-minded person should ignore, deny, or dismiss the achievements of the Iraqi people.

Some observers question the durability of democracy in Iraq. They underestimate the power and appeal of freedom. We've heard it suggested that Iraq's democracy must be on shaky ground because Iraqis are arguing with each other. But that's the essence of democracy: making your case, debating with those who you disagree -- who disagree, building consensus by persuasion, and answering to the will of the people. We've heard it said that the Shia, Sunnis and Kurds of Iraq are too divided to form a lasting democracy. In fact, democratic federalism is the best hope for unifying a diverse population, because a federal constitutional system respects the rights and religious traditions of all citizens, while giving all minorities, including the Sunnis, a stake and a voice in the future of their country. It is true that the seeds of freedom have only recently been planted in Iraq -- but democracy, when it grows, is not a fragile flower; it is a healthy, sturdy tree. (Applause.)

As Americans, we believe that people everywhere -- everywhere -- prefer freedom to slavery, and that liberty, once chosen, improves the lives of all. And so we're confident, as our coalition and the Iraqi people each do their part, Iraqi democracy will succeed.

Some observers also claim that America would be better off by cutting our losses and leaving Iraq now. This is a dangerous illusion, refuted with a simple question: Would the United States and other free nations be more safe, or less safe, with Zarqawi and bin Laden in control of Iraq, its people, and its resources? Having removed a dictator who hated free peoples, we will not stand by as a new set of killers, dedicated to the destruction of our own country, seizes control of Iraq by violence.

There's always a temptation, in the middle of a long struggle, to seek the quiet life, to escape the duties and problems of the world, and to hope the enemy grows weary of fanaticism and tired of murder. This would be a pleasant world, but it's not the world we live in. The enemy is never tired, never sated, never content with yesterday's brutality. This enemy considers every retreat of the civilized world as an invitation to greater violence. In Iraq, there is no peace without victory. We will keep our nerve and we will win that victory. (Applause.)

The fifth element of our strategy in the war on terror is to deny the militants future recruits by replacing hatred and resentment with democracy and hope across the broader Middle East. This is a difficult and long-term project, yet there's no alternative to it. Our future and the future of that region are linked. If the broader Middle East is left to grow in bitterness, if countries remain in misery, while radicals stir the resentments of millions, then that part of the world will be a source of endless conflict and mounting danger, and for our generation and the next. If the peoples of that region are permitted to choose their own destiny, and advance by their own energy and by their participation as free men and women, then the extremists will be marginalized, and the flow of violent radicalism to the rest of the world will slow, and eventually end. By standing for the hope and freedom of others, we make our own freedom more secure.

America is making this stand in practical ways. We're encouraging our friends in the Middle East, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to take the path of reform, to strengthen their own societies in the fight against terror by respecting the rights and choices of their own people. We're standing with dissidents and exiles against oppressive regimes, because we know that the dissidents of today will be the democratic leaders of tomorrow. We're making our case through public diplomacy, stating clearly and confidently our belief in self-determination, and the rule of law, and religious freedom, and equal rights for women, beliefs that are right and true in every land, and in every culture. (Applause.)

As we do our part to confront radicalism, we know that the most vital work will be done within the Islamic world, itself. And this work has begun. Many Muslim scholars have already publicly condemned terrorism, often citing Chapter 5, Verse 32 of the Koran, which states that killing an innocent human being is like killing all humanity, and saving the life of one person is like saving all of humanity. After the attacks in London on July the 7th, an imam in the United Arab Emirates declared, "Whoever does such a thing is not a Muslim, nor a religious person." The time has come for all responsible Islamic leaders to join in denouncing an ideology that exploits Islam for political ends, and defiles a noble faith.

Many people of the Muslim faith are proving their commitment at great personal risk. Everywhere we have engaged the fight against extremism, Muslim allies have stood up and joined the fight, becoming partners in a vital cause. Afghan troops are in combat against Taliban remnants. Iraqi soldiers are sacrificing to defeat al Qaeda in their own country. These brave citizens know the stakes -- the survival of their own liberty, the future of their own region, the justice and humanity of their own tradition -- and that United States of America is proud to stand beside them. (Applause.)

With the rise of a deadly enemy and the unfolding of a global ideological struggle, our time in history will be remembered for new challenges and unprecedented dangers. And yet the fight we have joined is also the current expression of an ancient struggle, between those who put their faith in dictators, and those who put their faith in the people. Throughout history, tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that murder is justified to serve their grand vision -- and they end up alienating decent people across the globe. Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that regimented societies are strong and pure -- until those societies collapse in corruption and decay. Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that free men and women are weak and decadent -- until the day that free men and women defeat them.

We don't know the course of our own struggle -- the course our own struggle will take -- or the sacrifices that might lie ahead. We do know, however, that the defense of freedom is worth our sacrifice. We do know the love of freedom is the mightiest force of history. And we do know the cause of freedom will once again prevail.

May God bless you.

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Islam the religion of terrorist. Islam the religion of genocide. Islam the religion of mass murders. Islam the religion of serail killers. Islam the religion of rapist. Islam the religion of female genital mutilation. Islam the religion of female degradation. Islam the religion of child abuse. Islam the religion of authoritarian rule. Islam the religion for humans not allowed to think for them selves. Islam the religion that most in the civilized world consider to be medieval and barbaric. Islam the religion that has its followers kill other innocent humans because they are not Islamic or leave Islam. Islam the religion with an ultimate goal of universal Islamic law for the entire world. Islam the religion of lies and liars. Islam the religion of EVIL. Islam the religion that worships Mohamad the so-called profit of Islam who committed and promoted evil crimes. Islam the religion that is consider a cult. Islam the religion to evil to be considered a religion of peace. Islam the religion should be made illegal by world courts. Islam the religious (cult) for Muslims. Islam, the religious nightmare for the entire world.

[william Realph]

Time to Wake up and Stop being Sheep for Time is not on our side anymore, www.selfgovernment.tk NO POLITICIANS OR DITATORS.

[william Realph]

© INDIVIDUAL MAJORITY VOTE SELF-GOVERNMENT

Complaining and whining about issues of concern that will never be solved has become our way of life, people make money from these unsolved issues. If you allow a hand full of Representees to govern your country what could you expect? Your laziness towards Representees has already cost Australian and it’s culture land and future. In depended Political Parties Organizations, Agencies, must join as a Whole to Implement the Individual Majority Vote Self-Government of Australia, for if you Truly Care about your Members, Country and planet not PRESTIAGE and MONEY.
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W.C.Realph.

[Yermom]

Burn down your local Freemason chapter, fuck the police, and always question what you read. Support your local Rasta, Imam, and school teachers!

[Bill Realph]

Individual Two-Third Majority Vote Self-Government.
Only now with today's technology can we govern with out them. We have created a new governing constitution for all countries rich or poor big or small to govern all aspects of their government departments. This is democracy, having a representative is a false democracy. Most issues of concern facing citizens today have been caused by bad governing by political parties, but under the constitution they must govern by and for good government. This Individual Two-Third Majority Vote Self-Government, has been used in the structure of the Australian 2020 summit, our justice system, political and company boards and members and is in our national achieves, but it’s true purpose is for citizens for a true democracy. Now it must be used to govern our countries as individuals together, for we believe politicians and dictators have not and will not solve anything this can be proven by the issues we have today. Reality is they are payed under the table by the private sector to make them money. If this Individual Two-Third Majority Vote Self-Government is not implemented sooner than later we may loss the lot by bad governing toward the displacement of the planet, by mining and building in all the wrong places, when we could and should be using oil based planets for which would account for 99% of all our needs. Will you wait as they say or will you get off your ass and give our children a future, how would you feel today as a child know you have no future. I know only a hand full of you will care enough to help, for there are the doers and non doers of the world, most have been lost by wars purposely for that reason alone, by your so called representatives knowing this true democracy would have been implemented years ago by them. Do you care enough to fight or will you go with the flow. If you wish to fight for a future, this is how, www.selfgovernment.tk

[Bill Realph]

Now is the perfect time while the big polluting industries are on their knee's,
to show the government and the world how quickly, versatile, resilient and cooperative to the environmental change. Our farmers are in Australia which proves we are a unique breed. Working for a sustainable farming future with the most to gain in the primary industry, where it belongs after all that’s the start that’s what substance our lives as a massive growth people population, with out our primary production organisations and farmers we just simply could not be the size we are (population). Whether we live next-door to a farmer or right up the other end of the scale, say an astronaut in space we owe our mass existence to primary work we all need to support a strong foundation for ourselves, our country needs to be more selfcerficent in these times of world uncertainly. On the import and exports front we must look inwards to make a diverse 2nd diary industry propped entirely by our primary industry guys. You the farmer hold the true monopoly of the game, grasp this unique opportunity for yourselves. Like back in the “golden age” of pre-export only smarter growing hemp back then was a versatile crop putting nutrients back into the soil with no pesticides needed a hearty crop that takes salinity out of the soil and had many many many avenues of potential sale today this is precisely the sort of crop the government is looking for “it’s environmentally friendly”. The farmers do not need the government on their backs and fining them for pollution and pesticides anymore. Come on you would have to be sick of wearing the stigma of (environmental pigs) given to you by the very people you sustain an for what, chump change and degradation now’s the time when exports and imports are at a low at the beginning of that low to claim back those golden day’s “Australian farmers for Australia “ though smarter now, your no child that hasn’t grown up, you know what your doing “stick it to em... produce a crop that’s good for the land and your hip pocket a no brainier plant that can be widely produced into many things and way’s you need to press the government and law to reform society to over turn the laws that are currently in place and only exist because of government “moral” decision: that really has nothing to do with the land and famer cropping, Let the police deal with the criminal acts and for god sake and ours, let the famers deal with THEIR industry.
William and Natarsha

[Bill Realph]

Space junk and global warming.
We believe at lest 40% of today’s global warming is caused by the ring of space junk {Metal} around the planet. Reflecting and there for, magnifying the sunlight towards the earth as well as the outer solar system thus heating everything. Lay the blame or perish. Sheep follow