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March 1, 2005
1993 World Trade Center bombers write letters extolling jihad
Topics: War on TerrorLet me make sure I understand this. We put terrorists in prison to punish them and also keep them from committing more terrorism, then we give them the tools and permission to contact other terrorists to encourage them to committ more acts of terror. I must have missed something, but I didn't. It gets worse.
From the Jails Are Not Correctional Facilities Department: the 1993 World Trade Center bombers are writing letters in Arabic newspapers exhorting Muslims to wage jihad -- and even corresponding with other jihadists.
This is the kind of thing that comes from not recognizing the true character of the struggle we're in. If these guys are just "terrorists," their act was sui generis, an isolated incident. If prison authorities understood that they are part of a global jihad movement, they might have recognized these communications as something to be monitored and suppressed -- for the protection of the intended victims of the further terrorist attacks these messages helped make a reality. "Imprisoned terrorists still advocating terror," from MSNBC, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
Posted by Hyscience at March 1, 2005 12:31 PM
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