In other words, Louai al Sakka and others believe they are in striking distance of overthrowing the secular government in Turkey. "'It is time for jihad'," from News24:
Istanbul - A Syrian al-Qaeda militant on trial for masterminding suicide bomb attacks on Jewish and British targets that killed more than 60 people in Istanbul in 2003 called on supporters on Friday to wage a holy war.
Louai al Sakka is charged with planning and securing finance for the truck bombings of two synagogues, the British consulate and a branch of HSBC bank in November 2003 - one of Turkey's worst episodes of peacetime violence.
A Turkish cell in the al-Qaeda network claimed responsibility for the attacks.
"We are close to victory. The time for jihad (holy war) has come, but don't worry about me. I will get out, then I will once again join your jihad," Sakka said in court ahead of a final verdict.
Nine out of some 70 people on trial on charges related to the bombings were in court. The court is expected to deliver its verdict later on Friday on at least some of the defendants.
It did, and CNN reports that Sakka and six others received life sentences. More from al Sakka and another defendant in that article:
"Beware, beware, don't give up for any reason!" he said, and also recited verses from the Koran.
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A third defendant, Harun Ilhan, who has taken responsibility for the bombings, criticized Turkey's secular system and expressed hope for the establishment of an Islamic state.
"We know that one day this regime will crumble and an Islamic regime will be established," he said. Turkey's government has Islamic roots, but its leaders are moderate and the powerful military is viewed as a champion of secular rule.
"Before the day comes that you wish you were Muslims... I invite you to become Muslims," Ilhan said in his address, reflecting his belief that most Turks are not devout followers of Islam.
"I invite you to Allah's religion, Islam," he repeated over and over.
"I am not a theoretician of al-Qaeda. I am a warrior," the state-run Anatolia news agency quoted Ilhan as saying Friday.
No thank you -- Islam is not for me. That is one invitation I will never accept.
Keep honking, we're retargeting.
Let this story be an example to non-muslims who think islam can be pacified. They have only one 1 way of doing things and if even a muslim country like Turkey isnt doing it according to they're liking what chance do the Western infidel counties have of reaching a workable relationship with them. None!
"Sakka and six others received life sentences"
This begs the question--Does life mean life in Turkey?
Having done prison ministry for many years, I know that true "life" exists in only a few states here in the USA. Even life without possibility can be commuted to a lessor time, or pardoned,or just released because of advanced age. Some people would be shocked to know that somebody sentenced to 20 years could be back on the streets after a couple of years due to overcrowding.
"I invite you to become a Muslim"---Dont think so!
FYI---On Fox News last nite it was reported that the Mayor of Macon Ga. said he has converted from Christianity to Islam after he visited his ancestral home in Africa. He remarked that he was impressed by the "peace"(??) of Islam. Because of term limits, his term as Mayor expires next year and he stated he will run fooorrrr (you guessed it)-- Congress!
The piece showed him on his "rug" in his office and later with a very peaceful look on his face. What he doesnt realise is that because of genuflecting to that enity called allah he has now opened himself up to a rage he is very unfamiliar with. He might be shocked at the extent of rage manifesting thru him at the slightest perceived offence toward his religion of "peace".
"I invite you to Allah's religion, Islam,"
to those muslilms who do the invites, go to hell!
"Turkie is a moderate muslim natiion ...".
I invite you to Allah's religion, Islam,"
to those muslilms who do the invites, go to hell!
Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess
Sounds like they're making us an offer we can't refuse... LOL!!!!
"Sakka and six others received life sentences"
This begs the question--Does life mean life in Turkey?
Did life mean life in Germany for the Munich jihadists?! Did life mean life for the Bali bombers?!
Life never means life for these SCUMBAGS!
They either get let go but a leanient judiciary or they get their lefty friends to work the MSM PR propaganda machine working on their behalf.
Then there are the many jihaidsts who mysteriously break out of jail... with a little inside help perhaps?
Please read the fine print on the invitation to join this cult, Islam. It states, "accepting this invitation means you have just sold your soul to the devil himself."
Rather burn in hell (if it exists!)for eternity than become slave to imaginary guy named allah
These Muslims are very much akin to American Indians in even in loss they would believe they won. That is what is key in making them dangerous now. The media for ratings features their attacks and they all forget they are slaughtered by the bushel.
Several hundred goofs show up to help the Taliban in Afghanistan, but no one equates the headline that a billion Muslims stayed home.
Tony Blakely yesterday said al Qaeda is already moving out of Iraq for Lebanon and that means they know the Bush strategy is working and will defeat them there.
It is though the demented and delusioned which gets the press in Islam spouting loss as victory. The guy is caught and still thinks what he says matters. Turks are not Syrians and never will be.
War is psychological and it is long overdue the western media start showing what marvelous victories America and Britain have been given by God's grace. We have wiggled our military finger and defeated a billion nuts. They have to be told that and half the attacks will stop immediately.
"We know that one day this regime will crumble and an Islamic regime will be established,"
"Before the day comes that you wish you were Muslims... I invite you to become Muslims,"
"I invite you to Allah's religion, Islam,"
"I am not a theoretician of al-Qaeda. I am a warrior,"
Turks will have to make a choice: Islam or sanity. What will win out? I wouldn't put too much money down on sanity.
"the time for jihad has come.." Not to worry, secular Turks or anyone else near Mr. Sakka. After all, we have been assured 1,000 times over that jihad means an inner spiritual quest. Mr. Sakka is merely saying, in real Muslim-speak, that when he gets out of prison, he plans on praying more, giving more to charity, etc. Don't worry...I'm not. CAIR has told me time and again the 'real' meaning of jihad. Off to a peaceful night's sleep now...
In this war in which we are engaged, there are few substitutes for death for our enemies, until victory, after which leniency can be extended.
It is difficult to comprehend the life sentence for the twentieth bomber (Moussauwi), except to surmise that the public still does not understand the islam challenge to the West.
A death sentence would have sent a clearer message.
This is, of course, the inevitable outcome of Islamic reform. Unlike Christianity, the only way to reform Islam is to abandon core tenets, most notably jihad. Islam is the only acceptable form of law and guidance; Muslim 'secularists' abandon this tenet at their own peril. It should also be noted, surely not unbeknownst to most here, that Turkey only became 'secular' after it had slaughtered or driven out vast portions of its non-Muslim population, from the massacre of 50,000 Greeks at Chios in 1821 to the burning of Smyrna and the massacre or scattering of its 300,000+ inhabitants in 1922, the climax of 100 years of genocide and one of the great crimes of all time.
Crimes they have yet to atone for.
A Muslim saying it's time for jihad is the equivalent of an alcoholic saying "It's Miller Time"
Should Turkey 'adopt' islam, it would go down the drain like its predecessor, the Ottoman Empire.
I am going to celebrate him imprisonment with a cold beer, barbque pork ribs, and I will urinate in the direction of Mecca...
...by the way..why is anyone allowed to broadcast from behind prison walls...take away the phone, the paper and pen, no outside contact allowed...Put him in a cell with a big fat black African who has been caught smuggling drugs or imprisoned for rape...Meet your new cellmate, Abdul....