Inside the anti-US resistance

The Asia Times Online has a interesting article about Bin Laden' health, his financing and Al Qaeda.

"Sheikh [Osama] was in a poor condition when my father last visited," said the operative, who uses the name "Abdullah". "He [bin Laden] asked all of us to pray for his health. For the past many months he has been on dialysis and just cannot move. My father never told me where he was when he met Osama ... but he was worried about his fast-waning health."

"Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri [bin Laden's number two] is very active in Afghanistan and controlling affairs. Most of the Arab fighters left Afghanistan after the US invasion of Iraq and many went there to fight. But the main leadership of al-Qaeda continued to stay in Afghanistan," Abdullah said.

He confirmed Asia Times Online reports that bin Laden had been short of funds, hampering al-Qaeda operations. Still, Abdullah maintained that the al-Qaeda leadership would remain in Afghanistan despite all difficulties, because of the country's identification with Bilad-i-Khurasan - a land, Muslims believe, where Muslim armies will finally regroup and go to liberate the "land of Abraham" from the Anti-God (Dajal).

Abdullah also revealed that international players are aligning themselves with al-Qaeda and the Taliban in a global Islamic alliance to fight the US.... recently a greater alliance has been formed throughout North and South Waziristan.

This article confirms a number of facts that have recently come into great light.

• Bin Laden is dying. The sooner the better.
• Zawahiri is functionally in charge of Al Qaeda.
• Iraq is a loss for Al Qaeda. Democracy is taking hold and the insurgency is losing support. Hopefully Bin Laden lives long through the New Year to see his long efforts in Iraq totally destroyed.
• Al Qaeda is refocused on Afghanistan to regroup. The large NATO increase in forces will prevent that from being successful while continuing to kill Al Qaeda insurgents on the ground.
• Bin Laden's attempt to economically destroy America is also causing his organization severe financial hardship. While $1/2 trillion is a lot of money, if American can stay the course, Al Qaeda will soon be defeated.

All of these prove, contrary to the popular main stream media mantra, that America can and is winning the Global War on Terrorism. We just need to stay the course.

Bin Laden believed from what he witnessed in Mogadishu that the United States would "cut and run" as many Democratic members in Congress are now championing. Many believe President Bush is an abberation that needs to be waited out; however, 9/11 changed Americans, just a Pearl Harbor did 65 years ago.

As much as I hate the evil that this man represents, he did reteach Americans why we were able to reach from "sea to shining sea". We are revolutionaries with revolutionary ideals. We do not go along with the rest of the pact. We do not succumb to royal authority. We seek life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness not only for Americans, but for the rest of mankind.

We are Americans.