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Black Flags from the East - P63 the Flag - P63 Brief History - P64 AQ's Goals - P64 Owning the Resistance - P65 the Instability-Fix Technique - P65 1 It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Towards the end of time, hardly any dream of a Muslim will be false. The ones who have the truest dreams will be those who are truest in speech. The dream of a Muslim is one of the forty-five parts of Prophethood. Dreams are of three types: a good dream which is glad tidings from Allaah, a dream from the Shaytaan which causes distress, and a dream that comes from what a man is thinking of to himself…” (Sahih Muslim 2263) And the disbelievers planned, but Allah (God) also planned. And Allah is the best of planners. (Quran 3:54) Khurasan: The Land of Narrow Mountain passes, vast open spaces, thick forests, caves, and the Pamir maze ‘the roof of the world’ which opens the (hidden) gateway to the rest of the middle world. The narrow mountain passes for preventing huge armies. The vast open spaces to expose the enemy and give him no place to hide. The thick forests and caves to hide your own men and weapons. And the amazing Pamir maze – territory of the Muslim fighters, where you can hide, regroup, or simply travel to any country of your choice, without any borders in your way. The land Allah (God) would choose for the preparation of the ‘Battles of the End of Time.’ 2 Contents Introduction: The Boy's Dream – p7 Part 1 - 1979-1989 – a new Islamic century. The Afghan Jihad against Russia – p9 Abdullah Azzam – p9 Osama’s first visit to Afghanistan – p11 Russia loses – p12 The early Taliban - p14 Block the Supply Routes Strategy: - p15 Part 2 - (1989-2000) - the Foundation of the Movement The Foundation (Qa'idah) of AQ (Al Qa’idah) & The Afghan Civil War - p16 1990-1996:-Osama's return to Saudi Arabia - p17 The Move to Sudan. - p18 War Begins: - p18 'Black Hawk Down' - p18 Long term Goals - p18 Saudi Arabia revokes Osama's citizenship - p19 Emergency evacuation from Sudan – p20 Returning to Afghanistan – p20 The Taliban – p21 American Hubris (pride) – p21 Al-Qa’idah (AQ) and Taliban alliance – p22 The End of Massoud - p23 The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2001) - p24 3 Part 3: (2001 - 2002) - 9/11 era & the New World Order - p28 Events leading upto 9/11 - p28 September 11th 2001 - p29 Conspiracies regarding 9/11 – the Answer - p29 Taliban toppled, and the Battle of Tora Bora – p31 Tora Bora Mountain - the Lion's Den – p32 Osama is seen - p33 The Battle - p33 Future outcome - p34 Prophet Muhammad in a Dream: “You are the 2nd people of Badr” - p35 Part 4 - (2002-2005) – Settling in Pakistan - p36 Afghan-Pak border - p36 Settling in Pakistan - p37 Surviving in Pakistan: - p37 The Cell Technique - p38 Bad news for AQ in Karachi - p39 IRAQ 2002 - p39 Early successes of Iraq war (2002-2006) – p41 3 Major AQ Errors in the Iraq war: - p42 Results: The Awakening Councils & 'the Sons of Iraq' – p42 Part 5 - New Allies (2005-2012) - p43 AQ's new ally - the Pakistani Taliban TTP (2002-2006+) - p43 War with the USA-Pak Alliance - p44 AQ and Taliban –Next Generation - p46 Comparison between the old and new generation - p46 Old Generation vs New Generation Taliban Commanders: - p48 AQ affiliates since the American-led Afghan war - p49 Part 6 - Block the Global supply routes: - p50 Abu Baseer Pirates – p50 The Millionaire Pirates of Somalia – p51 Targeting Cargo Airplanes – p52 Secret Shadow Armies (Lashkar al Zil) - p53 4 Part 7 - The Arab Springs (2011+) - p54 How the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is a stepping stone to Al Qa’idah - p54 The Syrian Revolution: - p55 The Armed Syrian Revolution - p56 Syria, the new Afghanistan - p56 Al Qa’idah (AQ) – the new good guy for the Muslim masses? - p59 Part 8: Osama gets killed – p60 Did killing Osama finish the AQ ideology? P61 Osama’s dream comes true – p61 Part 9: Near Future Predictions (2012+) – p62 What is likely to happen next, a modern Crusade? – p62 Part 10: Special - the Black Flags from the East - p63 The Flag - p63 Brief History - p64 AQ's Goals - p64 Owning the Resistance - p65 The Instability-Fix technique - p65 3 Main Players forming in the New World Order - p66 - i - The Modern European Union Crusader Hooligans, & the difficulties practicing Muslims will face in the West - p66 - ii - The Modern Spanish Inquisition against Muslims – ‘Thought Crimes’ - p67 - iii - The Neo-conservative Christians and Jewish Zionist alliance - p68 Masjid al Aqsa to be replaced with Solomon’s Temple - p69 5 The Black Flags Prophecy - Sequence of Events – p70 Jewish Scripture describing the war and men of war against Zion – p70 The army described – p71 The Army of Black Flags mentioned in Islamic Prophecy – p72 AQ and its affiliates today are present with their armies in all 4 places – p72 Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Khurasan (Afghanistan, Chechnya, Central Asia etc.) The Prophesized 12,000 of Abyan, Yemen is being mustered right now - p73 Invasion of India Prophecy - p73 The Al Qa’idah Terror threat to India (since the 2008 Mumbai attacks) is part of the Prophecy to invade India at the End times:- p74 Thanking God for the liberation of Jerusalem - p75 When will all this happen? – p75 MAPS: Appendix 1: Al-Qa’idah’s (AQ) stages of development (1990-2012) after the Russian- Afghanistan war - p76 Appendix 2: Black Flags from the East – the journey to Jerusalem - p79 6 Chapter 1 – the boy’s Dream It all began in the 1960s, when a young boy called Osama had a dream. He was born to a father who was Yemeni, and a mother who was Syrian, he himself born in Arabia - all three holy lands of Islam. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, he was a good Muslim, obedient to his parents and preferred studying religion during his childhood, more than playing with the other children. A student of knowledge narrates: “I was in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah at the house of a Scholar who used to lecture at the Prophet’s masjid. We had just arrived at his house when someone knocked on the door. The Shaykh returned with a person of luminous and honorable appearance who was about 80 years old. “The host welcomed him and requested the Tafsir of a few verses from the Qur’an. We quietly listened to him while the guest Shaykh recited a few verses, and then he gave the Tafsir of those verses. By Allah, I had studied a number of Tafsirs, but that Shaykh was a sea of knowledge. When he completed his lesson, the host invited him for a meal, but he declined politely, and we came to understand that he was fasting. “Eventually, the guest asked for permission to leave, but the host insisted, ‘Until you narrate to us the dream of Shaykh Osama bin Laden once more, you will not get the permission to leave.’ “The Shaykh smiled and asked, ‘The dream that Shaykh Osama bin Laden had when he was 9 years old?’ The host replied in the affirmative. This is how that Shaykh narrated the incident: “’I was a close friend of Muhammed bin Laden, the father of Osama bin Laden. Many times I would be in his company. And many times, I used to visit his house regarding work related to construction. During the discussions, our talk would be disturbed by the playing of his children, and then he would ask them to go out and play. 7 “’But I was surprised to see that he would always ask one particular son to sit beside him. I asked him, “Why don’t you let this son of yours to play with his other brothers? Is he sick?” “’Mohammed bin Laden smiled and said, “No, there something special about this son of mine.”’ “’When I asked his name, he said, “His name is Osama, and he is 9 years old. Let me share with you something strange which happened a few days ago. My son woke me up few minutes before the morning prayer and told me, ‘Dear father, I want to tell you about a dream that I had.’ I thought he must have had a nightmare. I made ablution and took him along with me to Masjid. “’“On the way, he told me, ‘In the dream, I saw myself in a huge, flat area. I saw an army mounted on white horses moving towards me. All of them were wearing black turbans. One of the horsemen, who had shiny eyes, came up to me and asked me, “Are you Osama bin Muhammed bin Laden?” I replied, “Yes.” He then asked me again, “Are you Osama bin Muhammed bin Laden?” I again replied, “Yes, that is me.” He again asked, “Are you Osama bin Muhammed bin Laden?” Then I said, “By Allah, I am Osama bin Laden.” He moved a flag towards me and said, “Hand this flag over to Imam Mahdi Muhammad bin Abdullah at the gates of Al-Quds.” I took the flag from him, and I saw that the army started marching behind me.’ “’Muhammed bin Laden said, “I was surprised at that but, due to business at work, I forgot about the dream. The next morning, he woke me up just before the morning prayer and narrated the same dream. The same thing happened on the third morning also. Now, I began to worry for my son. I decided to take him with me to a knowledgeable person who can interpret dreams. “’“Accordingly, I took Osama to a person of knowledge and informed him about the whole incident.
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