July 07, 2002
The Saudis want OBL to be dead, too...
ArabNews: Bin Laden no longer exists: Here is why
Having just read Eric Raymond's excellent series on the nature of the Beast [See ArmedandDangerous:"Winning the War against Terror"], our real Enemy of radical Islam, I looked at this Arab News item in a slightly different light:
The rulers of Saudi Arabia need for OBL to be dead.
As Raymond so cogently argues, OBL, by calling a successful jihad against America, which saw 9/11 as its "fruition," has presented himself as a legitimate candidate as the Kalifa or supreme leader of the entire Muslim world.
As Kalifa, OBL's rule would trump that of the House of Saud because he has the mandate of the Koran.
If the Sauds back OBL, they'll eventually have to cede control of Arabia to him (if he's alive) and perhaps his "heirs."
If the Sauds denounce OBL in an effort to appease the U.S., they risk losing the already aenemic support of their own people and denouncement by their mullahs, as well as the ire of the Muslim "street."
Whichever side of the issue they land on, they are through.
Poor House of Saud/Fraud.
How ironic that these Bedouins have spent millions, maybe billions on exporting and financing jihad worldwide, then when it begins to catch on with the Muslim masses, it means their own fall and destruction.
Whether OBL is dead or not is a subject that begs the question for both the U.S.A. and Saudi Arabia.
Our war is still the same--Western Civilization, Democracy and Freedom vs. the establishment, largely by force, of a world-wide Dar al-Islam, a global Muslim caliphate, Taliban-like Theocracy and Religious Police for those of us kaffur or infidels that were allowed to live.
