Bin Laden Did Far
More Damage to Iraqis than the Americans
"America did the right thing by
throwing bin Laden's corpse into the sea - not because there wasn't a country
that would have accepted his corpse, but because bin Laden doesn't deserve even
a cemetery grave. We believe that the whales will be the first to reach his
flesh, but doubt that they'll want anything to do with it."
Al-Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, left, and Osama bin Laden, in Khost, Afghanistan in 1998. The nearly unimaginable damage inflicted on Iraq by al-Qaeda in the form of sectarian strife and insecurity was so horrific, many Iraqis consider his crimes far worse than those committed during the widely-denounced American invasion. Ironically, it was America's presence that broughtthe terror group to Iraq in the first place.
The world has every right to
joyfully welcome the death of the leader of terrorism. America in particular is
entitled to be proud and to celebrate that it has finally been able to avenge
the deaths of his American and global victims. And we as Iraqis also have the
right to rejoice at the news of his death. Those who think that the death of
the leader and perpetrator of terrorism is only of concern to the American
people are mistaken. It's true that America began to seek revenge the moment the
World Trade Center Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. Americans had to restore
their country's prestige after being dealt such a blow to its heart. And to
restore that lost prestige required the capture of bin Laden - dead or alive.
But that doesn't mean the
Americans are the only ones interested in the killing of the terrorist leader.
It's no exaggeration to say that in the second degree, this also concerns
Iraqis. For over eight years, bin Laden mobilized all of his resources to lay
booby traps all over the map of Iraq - from one end to the other. He
booby-trapped Iraq with killings and destruction and by exacerbating grudges
and hatred among various segments of the population. He caused more damage to
the Iraqi people than the Americans, calling on his agents to carry-out these
aforementioned acts. And with the corpses of Iraqis, bin Laden's agents showed
the extent of the hate that accompanies their way of thinking.
It was no exaggeration or taking
things out of context when the American president described bin Laden's death
as a historic moment, because there's no other way to look at it. His death
marks the beginning of burying one facet of terrorism.
It's true that his death
doesn't mean the end of everything. But it does mean that terrorists, no matter
where they hide or how much they exaggerate the extent of their power, are
susceptible to being hunted down at any moment. Unfortunately, it also means
that it won’t be possible for the world to get over their crimes or forget
about their massacres, since they've dealt them out across the globe.
The world without bin Laden, without
Saddam Hussein, without
al-Zarqawi and without al-Baghdadi is certainly a better place. And the series
of evil acts they committed must end, although it may take time.
Bin Laden's death is a truly
global event. Al-Qaeda, led by the aforementioned criminal, has been
responsible for many tragedies to humanity over a large swath of the globe.
Some will try, using one means or another, to transform the killing of bin
Laden into a war between Islam and the West (or more specifically, America), in
an attempt to arouse Islamic anger against America. But we doubt this will
succeed, given the accumulated damage al-Qaeda's actions have left behind, and which
leave no room for doubting the importance of bin Laden's death.
No matter how hard some may
try to diminish the importance of his death by saying it won't impact the work
of al-Qaeda or that al-Qaeda's strength isn't attributable to one person, his
demise casts a long shadow over al-Qaeda by showing that American military
intelligence is able to reach its targets. It's therefore fruitless to try and belittle
the event's importance.
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
America did the right thing by
throwing bin Laden's corpse into the sea - not because there wasn't a country
that would have accepted his corpse, as American officials say, but because bin
Laden doesn't deserve even a cemetery grave. We believe that the whales will be
the first to reach his flesh, but doubt that they'll want anything to do with it.
