posted on September 12, 2004 11:10:24 AM new
We are so Sorry for 9-11
September 11, 2004
By Kamal Nawash
This September 11 marks the third unforgettable anniversary of the worst mass murder in American history.
After September 11, many in the Muslim world chose denial and hallucination rather than face up to the sad fact that Muslims perpetrated the 9-11 terrorist acts and that we have an enormous problem with extremism and support for terrorism. Many Muslims, including religious leaders, and “intellectuals” blamed 9-11 on a Jewish conspiracy and went as far as fabricating a tale that 4000 Jews did not show up for work in the World Trade Center on 9-11. Yet others blamed 9-11 on an American right wing conspiracy or the U.S. Government which allegedly wanted an excuse to invade Iraq and “steal” Iraqi oil.
After numerous admissions of guilt by Bin Laden and numerous corroborating admissions by captured top level Al-Qaida operatives, we wonder, does the Muslim leadership have the dignity and courage to apologize for 9-11? If not 9-11, will we apologize for the murder of school children in Russia? If not Russia, will we apologize for the train bombings in Madrid, Spain? If not Spain, will we apologize for suicide bombings in buses, restaurants and other public places? If not suicide bombings, will we apologize for the barbaric beheadings of human beings? If not beheadings, will we apologize for the rape and murder of thousands of innocent people in Darfour? If not Darfour, will we apologize for the blowing up of two Russian planes by Muslim women? What will we apologize for? What will it take for Muslims to realize that those who commit mass murder in the name of Islam are not just a few fringe elements? What will it take for Muslims to realize that we are facing a crisis that is more deadly than the Aids epidemic? What will it take for Muslims to realize that there is a large evil movement that is turning what was a peaceful religion into a cult?
Will Muslims wake up before it is too late? Or will we continue blaming the Jews and an imaginary Jewish conspiracy? The blaming of all Muslim problems on Jews is a cancer that is destroying Muslim society from within and it must stop.
Muslims must look inward and put a stop to many of our religious leaders who spend most of their sermons teaching hatred, intolerance and violent jihad. We should not be afraid to admit that as Muslims we have a problem with violent extremism. We should not be afraid to admit that so many of our religious leaders belong behind bars and not behind a pulpit. Only moderate Muslims can challenge and defeat extremist Muslims. We can no longer afford to be silent. If we remain silent to the extremism within our community then we should not expect anyone to listen to us when we complain of stereotyping and discrimination by non-Muslims; we should not be surprised when the world treats all of us as terrorists; we should not be surprised when we are profiled at airports. Simply put, not only do Muslims need to join the war against terror, we need to take the lead in this war.
As to apologizing, we will no longer wait for our religious leaders and “intellectuals” to do the right thing. Instead, we will start by apologizing for 9-11. We are so sorry that 3000 people were murdered in our name. We will never forget the sight of people jumping from two of the highest buildings in the world hoping against hope that if they moved their arms fast enough that they may fly and survive a certain death from burning. We are sorry for blaming 9-11 on a Jewish or right wing conspiracy. We are so sorry for the murder of more than three hundred school children and adults in Russia. We are so sorry for the murder of train passengers in Spain. We are so sorry for all the victims of suicide bombings. We are so sorry for the beheadings, abductions, rapes, violent Jihad and all the atrocities committed by Muslims around the world. We are so sorry for a religious education that raised killers rather than train people to do good in the world. We are sorry that we did not take the time to teach our children tolerance and respect for other people. We are so sorry for not rising up against the dictators who have ruled the Muslim world for decades. We are so sorry for allowing corruption to spread so fast and so deep in the Muslim world that many of our youth lost hope. We are so sorry for allowing our religious leaders to relegate women to the status of forth class citizens at best and sub-humans at worse.
posted on September 12, 2004 03:44:13 PM new
This really makes up for the run of the mill Muslims dancing in the streets (as seen in media videos) on 911.
This works about as well as someone living a life as a sodomite and planning to ask for forgiveness at the time of death. I can just imagine Jesus' reply, "I forgive you, my son, I agonize over your burning in Hell eternally."
This Muslim may be sorry, but, rest assured, eventually they will all be sorry.
posted on September 13, 2004 04:16:36 AM newGee, what a coincidence, I was just forwarded this e-mail.
So Sorry
September 11, 2004
By Johny-Bob Smith
As an American I would like to convey my deepest regret and sincerest apology to the families of the 3000 or so Afghan Prisoners were shipped to Shibarghan in closed containers with 200-300 per container lacking any ventilation to which an American commander gave orders to fire shots into the containers to provide air, although he knew that he would certainly hit some of those inside, and finally resulting in the deaths in transit of 150-160 people per container.
I would also like to apologise for my government’s pivotal involvement in the September 11th 1973 assassination of democraticly ellected Chilean President Salvatore Allende. (among others) which helped to establish a military regime under General Pinochet.
While our one time secretary of state Kissinger was quoted as saying "I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people."
Although I would like to make many more thorough apologies, for the sake of brevity in this e-mail I would just like to give a quick appoligy to all those who have suffered for:
..>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Greece - 1947-49 - United States operations insured a victory for the far right in national "elections."
Germany - 1948 - Military deployed in response to the Berlin blockade; the Berlin airlift lasts 444 days.
Philippines - 1948-54 - The CIA directed a civil war against the Filipino Huk revolt. Puerto Rico –
1950 - Military helped crush an independence rebellion in Ponce.
Korean War - 1951-53 - Military sent in during the war.
Iran - 1953 - The CIA orchestrated the overthrow of democratically elected Mossadegh and restored the Shah to power.
Vietnam - 1954 - The United States offered weapons to the French in the battle against Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh.
Guatemala - 1954 - The CIA overthrew the democratically elected Arbenz and placed Colonel Armas in power.
Egypt - 1956 - Marines deployed to evacuate foreigners after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
Lebanon - 1958 - Navy supported an Army occupation of Lebanon during its civil war.
Panama - 1958 - Troops landed after Panamanians demonstrations threatened the Canal Zone.
Vietnam - 1950s-75 - Vietnam War.
Cuba - 1961 - The CIA-directed Bay of Pigs invasions failed to overthrow the Castro government.
Cuba - 1962 - The Navy quarantines Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Laos - 1962 - Military occupied Laos during its civil war against the Pathet Lao guerrillas.
Panama - 1964 - Troops sent in and Panamanians shot while protesting the United States presence in the Canal Zone.
Indonesia - 1965 - The CIA orchestrated a military coup. Dominican Rep- 1965-66 - Troops deployed during a national election.
Guatemala - 1966-67 - Green Berets sent in.
Cambodia - 1969-75 - Military sent in after the Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia.
Oman - 1970 - Marines landed to direct a possible invasion into Iran.
Laos - 1971-75 - Americans carpet-bomb the countryside during Laos' civil war.
Cambodia - 1975 - Twenty-eight Americans killed in an effort to retrieve the crew of the Mayaquez, which had been seized.
Angola - 1976-92 - The CIA backed South African rebels fighting against Marxist Angola.
Iran - 1980 - Americans aborted a rescue attempt to liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy.
Libya - 1981 - American fighters shoot down two Libyan fighters.
El Salvador - 1981-92 - The CIA, troops, and advisers aid in El Salvador's war against the FMLN.
Nicaragua - 1981-90 - The CIA and NSC directed the Contra War against the Sandinistas.
Lebanon - 1982-84 - Marines occupied Beirut during Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the Mediterranean.
Honduras - 1983-89 - Troops sent in to build bases near the Honduran border.
Grenada - 1983-84 - American invasion overthrew the Maurice Bishop government.
Iran - 1984 - American fighters shot down two Iranian planes over the Persian Gulf.
Libya - 1986 - American fighters hit targets in and around the capital city of Tripoli.
Bolivia - 1986 - The Army assisted government troops on raids of cocaine areas.
Iran - 1987-88 - The United States intervened on the side of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. Libya - 1989 - Navy shot down two more Libyan jets.
Virgin Islands - 1989 - Troops landed during unrest among Virgin Island peoples.
Philippines - 1989 - Air Force provided air cover for government during coup.
Panama - 1989-90 - 27,000 Americans landed in overthrow of President Noriega; over 2,000 Panama civilians were killed.
Liberia - 1990 - Troops entered Liberia to evacuate foreigners during civil war.
Saudi Arabia - 1990-91 - American troops sent to Saudi Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against Iraq.
Kuwait - 1991 - Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back Saddam Hussein.
Somalia - 1992-94 - Troops occupied Somalia during civil war.
Bosnia - 1993-95 - Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone" during civil war in Yugoslavia.
Haiti - 1994-96 - American troops and Navy provided a blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA restored Aristide to power.
Zaire - 1996-97 - Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus' refugee camps in the area where the Congo revolution began.
Albania - 1997 - Troops deployed during evacuation of foreigners.
Sudan - 1998 - American missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical complex where alleged nerve gas components were manufactured.
Afghanistan - 1998 - Missiles launched towards alleged Afghan terrorist training camps.
Yugoslavia - 1999 - Bombings and missile attacks carried out by the United States in conjunction with NATO in the 11 week war against Milosevic.
Iraq - 1998-2001 - Missiles launched into Baghdad and other large Iraq cities for four days. American jets enforced "no-fly zone" and continued to hit Iraqi targets since December 1998.
Although not outlined, I would also like to apologise for times when the United States:
(1) deployed military police overseas;
(2) mobilized the National Guard;
sent Navy ships off the coast of numerous countries as a show of strength;
(4) sent additional troops to areas where Americans were already stationed;
(5) carried out covert actions where American forces were not under the direct rule of an American command;
(6) used small hostage rescue units;
(7) used American pilots to fly foreign planes;
(8) carried out military training and advisory programs which did not involve direct combat. U. S. Government Assassination Plots
I’m also really sorry for the prominent foreign leaders whose assassination (or planning for same) the United States has been involved in since the end of Second World War.
The list does not include several assassinations in various parts of the world carried out by anti-Castro Cubans employed by CIA and headquartered in the United States:
LIST A: NON MUSLIMS 1949 - KIm Koo, Korean opposition leader 1950's - CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of numerous political figures in West Germany 1955 - Jose' Antonio Remon, President of Panama 1950's Chou En-lai, Prime Minister of China, several attempts on his life 1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premiere of North Korea 1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader 1955 - Jawar Lal Nehru, Prime Minister of India 1959 and 1963 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia 1950s-70s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two attempts on his life 1961 - Francois "Papa Doc"Duvalier, leader of Haiti 1961 - Patrice Lumumba , Prime Minister of Congo (Zaire) 1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican Republic 1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam 1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, more than 15 attempts on his life 1960s - Raul Castro, high official in government of Cuba 1965 - Francisco Caamanao, Dominican Republic opposition leader 1965 - Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi 1965-6 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France 1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader 1970 - Salvadore Allende, President of Chile 1970 - General Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army, Chile 1970s and 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama 1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama Intelligence 1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire 1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica 1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua 1984 - The nine commandantes of the Sandanista National Directorate 1980's - Dr. Gerald Bull, Canadian Ballistics Scientist assassinated by Mossad in Belgium.
Partial List of Muslim Leaders Assassinated or Attempted Assassinations 1950's Sukarno, President of Indonesia
1957 Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt
1960 Brigadier General, Abdul Karim Kassem, Leader of Iraq
1980-86 Muammar Qaddafi, Leader of Libya, several plots and attempts upon his life
1982 Ayatullah Khomeini, Leader of Iran
1983 General Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan army Commander
1985 Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadllallah, Lebanese Shiite Leader (80 people killed in that attempt)
1991 Saddam Hussein, Leader of Iraq Reference: Blum, William, "KILLING HOPE - U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II," Appendix III U.S. Government Assassination Plots, page 453, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine 1995. ISBN 1-56751-052-3
Very likely Victims :
April 4, 1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Leader of Pakistan, for pursuing making of Nuclear Bomb.
August, 1988. General Ziaul Haq, Military Leader of Pakistan.
1995 - Murtaza Bhutto, Son of ZUlfiqar Ali Bhutto, Anti-American would-be Leader - Pakistan.
March 25, 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia through his Nephew, Saudi Arabia for imposing 1973 Oil Embargo.
August 24, 1999. Mullah Mohammad Omar, in Kandhar, Afghanistan.
Known Assassination Plots
1950's Sukarno, President of Indonesia 1957 Gamal Abdul Nasser, President 2001
My nation is by and large made up of good and honest and loving people, but I am very sorry that my nation’s people are so often and easily coerced into looking for a boogie-man or red-under-the-bed.
It is a human trait that people seek to find evil from out than from within, and it is this, which my nation’s great people must overcome to be full and complete and to flourish as true Christians.
I can no longer wait for my leaders to do the right thing, when I know that they are rotten to the core, and for that I am sorry,
But it must start with me.
I ask myself what I can do for my nation.
As a true and loyal American that seeks to broaden my peaceful horizons I can start by saying that I’m sorry.
posted on September 13, 2004 06:01:05 AM new
WRONG Austbounty... mine is a legitimate message, not some pretend POS like you just wrote... urban legend
But then you are anti-american, what can anybody expect
posted on September 13, 2004 05:05:27 PM new
Hmmmmm.....seems to be ALOT of "actions" were to assist in evacuations of foreign citizens during civil wars. And some hostage rescues. Some items are listed more than once (maybe they classify in two different categories?)
posted on September 13, 2004 10:34:03 PM new
This makes the point, to me, that just because one of 'their' herd apologizes it doesn't mean squat about the thinking of the rest. austbounty's post puts it in perspective.
posted on September 14, 2004 04:07:59 AM new
It amazes me that here we have a good American trying to make peace with his neighbours and all we get it anti-Semitism from you guys.
How deep and ingrained your hatred must be.
Twig125silver is willing to dismiss the whole admission & appology because of some ‘apparent duplication’ and because of the claim that some of the perpetrators’ actions were made with ‘altruistic’ motives.
I don’t know how it could possibly have happened but some of you guys seem to have been deeply indoctrinated into the hatred of all from a ‘particular Semitic’ group.
Here we have seen examples of 1 of many loving people from ‘us and them’ as parklane64 would have it and we only get evil people doing the devils work coming forth and sprouting hatred, and so often casting stones, as though their ‘side’ had committed no sins.
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
These are just for you parklane64, christiancoffee, and paws4god should take note too.:
James 2:10
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”
[Rom. 6:11]
"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord."
So just watch those little hateful sins of yours, because you may just not be forgiven.
posted on September 14, 2004 05:56:41 AM new
The only true form of ant-semitic in today's terms is you austbounty, that has been pointed out to you so many times, yet you refuse to see it...
You are the one that has turned something good in a something stupid, you have no basis for that "letter" of yours and yet you ignore the one written by freemuslims.org... had to get your anti-american digs in, but then we all know you're a POS anyway and means nothing.
posted on September 14, 2004 04:41:27 PM new
austbounty-
Where did I say I hate Muslims or Jews? (I looked Semitic up in the dictionary to be certain of the word's meaning before I took offense.)
I said I appreciated the apology and that, at the time of 9/11, I knew it was done by RADICAL Muslims. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Osama a Muslim?)
Also, I made an observation of your "list of the world's grievances", primarily caused by the US. I do not feel ALL of these things should be on this list. (Some, but not ALL.) IMO, some of these things are pure speculation at best.
