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DAY OF INFAMY 2001
Mossad chief: WWIII started Sept. 11
Intelligence head says ' true character of the new war' revealed that day
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Posted: July 5, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern
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© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
The head of Israel's intelligence agency has stated in a speech to NATO
that he believes World War III began on Sept. 11 when terrorists attacked
the United States.
Efraim Halevy, chief of the Mossad, spoke at a meeting of the NATO Alliance
Council in Brussels, Belgium, according to a translation of his speech
posted on Gamla: News and Views from Israel. The preface of the speech
indicates it was originally published in the Israeli daily Yidiot Aharonot
on June 28. Present at the meeting were ambassadors from the 19 member
nations of NATO.
Halevy began his talk by highlighting the continuing terrorist attacks in
Israel.
"Since the beginning of the Palestinian intifada against Israel, more than
60 suicide attacks have been executed against us. It is no longer a
marginal phenomenon, which characterizes a small and extremist sector of
the society. It is a phenomenon that is developing at a quick pace into a
half legitimate form of warfare. …" Halevy said.
He then presented his characterization of Sept. 11.
"The 11th of September was, if you will, an official and biting declaration
of World War III. Also in the '90s there were terror attacks – the
explosions that were executed simultaneously at the U.S. embassies in
Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam, the attack on the American naval vessel Cole in
Yemen. There were terror acts in New York that brought about arrests and
convictions, but only on Sept. 11, was the die cast, and the true character
of the new war was revealed to the eyes of all."
Coninued Halevy, "This is a war in which the sides are not only countries
but also terrorist groups that operate almost with impunity. It is a war
which does not have clear fighting lines; it is a war that is being waged
against free societies, with weapons and strategies we have not known until
now. It is a war which does not adhere to the rules of war, or the
international legal norms."
Halevy criticized Syria's acceptance by the world community, as evidenced
by its presence on the United Nations Security Council, even as it plays
host to Palestinian terror groups.
"It is possible for Syria, which gives protection to these groups, to
receive a seat as a respected member of the Security Council, and its
representative even serves this month as chairman of the Council," Halevy
told the ambassadors, "and this at the very time when the Palestinian
Islamic Jihad sent a suicide attacker to blow up a bus in the north of
Israel, and caused the killing of around 20 people. The leader of this
organization, Ramadan Shalach, publicly took responsibility for this attack
from where he sits in his Damascus headquarters, when he was interviewed by
the Al Jazeera television network, which millions watch all over the Arab
and Muslim world."
While Halevy pointed out that some Muslims seek peace, he highlighted the
growing acceptance and influence of those bent on violence and destruction.
"Violent Radical Islam has been until now a minority stream in the Islamic
religion, and most Muslims were – and one hopes they will continue to be in
the future – aspiring to peace and moderate in their approach to life. But
if the violent minority groups are not restrained, and in many cases,
completely eliminated – then the statement 'nothing succeeds like success'
is liable to symbolize the terrible threat to the basic fabric of the
member countries of NATO in which Muslim communities are growing and
developing, in numbers and in influence, while they preserve their unique
identity and culture."
Halevy then turned his attention to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat,
decrying him for glorifying suicide attacks and his mention of Muhammad's
Hudaybiyah Treaty with the Quraish tribe in the seventh century.
"He reminded his supporters that this treaty was signed between the prophet
Muhammad and the tribe of Quraish," Halevy explained. "It was signed at a
time when Muhammad was in an inferior position in the battle field, and the
understanding prevailed that this was the only way to prevent a loss, until
the conditions of war changed, and Muhammad would have the upper hand. When
this happened, Muhammad had the obligation to break the treaty and attack
his enemy. And so Muhammad acted. On May 15 this year Arafat announced to
his people that this was his strategy – to sign an agreement with the
purpose of breaking it, at the moment when circumstances allowed it."
Finishing his address with comments about weapons of mass destruction,
Halevy singled out Iran, Syria, Iraq and Lybia as serious threats.
"To sum up," Halevy said, "preservation of the free societies and the lives
of their citizens must be recognized as a basic right of every man and
woman on the earth. We must shorten the days of criminal countries and
entities, that act not only as lords of their destinies, but as lords of
your destinies and ours."
Related column:
The lesson of al-Hudaybiyah
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