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Friday, July 23, 2010

"Fighting For God"

Radical, now that's quite emphatic, but it's also a fairly ordinary word. Actually the word itself sounds rather innocent. Radical, as in different to a somewhat extreme degree. And doesn't it also appear in kidspeak? And of course there are other meanings, such as for example what appears below.
  • group: (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
  • free radical: an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly ...
  • extremist: (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
  • a person who has radical ideas or opinions
  • revolutionary: markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
  • (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
  • arising from or going to the root or source; "a radical flaw in the plan"
  • a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
  • of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; "a radical verb form"
  • root: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  • especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves"
I guess words fail us sometimes. As when we express the kind of nomenclature that refers to a hate-mongering, violence-dedicated, racist demagogue inspired by religious dementia, as an radical. As, for example, referring to the Yemen-descended, American-born Anwar Al-Awlaki - who spouts vile and incendiary invitations to young, excitable, psychically unbalanced Muslim men to join the jihadi ideology of Islamic triumphalism - as 'radical'.

We do the word an injustice, yet fail to do justice to the purpose and practise of this atrocity-loving master psychopath. Who, it would appear, has caught the wary eye of the RCMP. Whose senior counter-terrorism officer has publicly mentioned his name as one of "the individuals that are of concern to us". He does concern the American counter-terrorism authorities greatly as well. Linked as he has been to a number of American-born jihadis.

And his name has been published frequently enough as the touch-stone mentor of would-bes and almosts and also shudderingly-successful violent jihadists. From the original 'Toronto 18' to suspected jihadis who have boasted on blog sites that they've been inspired by him, to the 'alleged' Muslim U.S. Army psychologist at Fort Hood who performed his obligations toward Islam by murdering his U.S. colleagues.

The name of this abhorrent al-Qaeda affiliate has, according to Assistant RCMP Commissioner Gilles Michaud, been popping up during investigations of "the individuals that are of concern to us." Too bad for us, and for the Americans that he fled the scene of his early successes in the United States for Yemen from whence he has become unassailable, and from which perch he is free to continue his unbridled calls for pleasing Allah.

However, nyah, nyah! is elocuted in Arabic, he is doing that from Yemen. All the 'radicalized' (Islamist-psycho-tainted-delusional) Canadians of Somalia and Pakistan, Syrian and Palestinian derivation, for example, who have travelled to Somalia and Pakistan for terrorist training appear to have been entertained, impressed and inspired by Al-Awlaki's preaching. The UN lists the man as a leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

A man with a distinguished career. An Islamist celebrity. Whose spiritual rantings are readily accessible through the auspices of the World Wide Web, which has revolutionized revolutionary guerrilla warfare. Inspiring carnage in God's name. For, as he exults, "We are fighting for God".
God has yet to be heard from. One suspects Him to be hugely offended.

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