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January 29, 2008

UK: Jihadist gang planned to behead Muslim soldier "like a pig"

Because he dared to cooperate with the kuffar, you see. "Gang plotted to behead Muslim soldier 'like a pig,'" from the Times (thanks to all who sent this in):

An Islamist quartermaster hatched a plot to kidnap a British Muslim soldier on a night out and behead him "like a pig" in a lock-up garage then release footage of the killing to the public, a court heard today.

Nigel Rumfitt, QC, prosecuting, told a jury at Leicester Crown Court that Parviz Khan, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, had pleaded guilty to terrorism charges a fortnight ago. Three other men had also admitted a range of terror offences.

Mr Rumfitt was speaking as the trial opened of two further men, Ahmad Mahmood and Zahoor Iqbal, both from Birmingham, who accused of offences under the Terrorism Act.

All six men were arrested on January 31, 2006, in co-ordinated police raids.

Outlining the plot, Mr Rumfitt told the jury that Khan had hoped to kidnap a Muslim soldier in the Broad Street entertainment district of Birmingham city centre, with the help of drug dealers.

"He would be taken to a lock-up garage and there he would be murdered by having his head cut off like a pig," said Mr Rumfitt. "This atrocity would be filmed . . . and the film released to cause panic and fear within the British Armed Forces and the wider public."...

Thus "striking terror in the hearts of the enemies of Allah," as per Qur'an 8:60.

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Muslim Plot to Behead Briton

I see that the UK's Daily Express carries this headline. Not very conducive to good inter-community relations now, is it?

Why don't we all just chill and accept our new neighbors [and future Masters'] customs, folkways and traditions, the way of good, accomodating [and ultimately submissive] inferiors should; as all good dhimmis should.

Posted by: John C [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 9:42 PM

http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=5&tid=14082
The Prohibition of Taking the Jews, Christians and Enemies of Islam as Friends


Allah forbids His believing servants from having Jews and Christians as friends, because they are the enemies of Islam and its people, may Allah curse them. Allah then states that they are friends of each other and He gives a warning threat to those who do this,


[وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ]


(And if any among you befriends them, then surely he is one of them.) Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that `Umar ordered Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari to send him on one sheet of balance the count of what he took in and what he spent. Abu Musa then had a Christian scribe, and he was able to comply with `Umar's demand. `Umar liked what he saw and exclaimed, "This scribe is proficient. Would you read in the Masjid a letter that came to us from Ash-Sham'' Abu Musa said, `He cannot.'' `Umar said, "Is he not pure'' Abu Musa said, "No, but he is Christian.'' Abu Musa said, "So `Umar admonished me and poked my thigh (with his finger), saying, `Drive him out (from Al-Madinah).' He then recited,

Posted by: GrennBeck [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 9:45 PM

It'd just WWMD.

What Would Mohammad Do?

Posted by: profitsbeard [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 10:39 PM

I only wish the rest of society would start treating Muslims as they treat the rest of society.

Posted by: Jerry M [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 10:43 PM

This is not off topic but the BBC reported that the jihadists wanted to use drug dealers to kidnap the soldier.

With thanks to Lionheart aka Paul Ray for exposing this story within his hometown of Luton. Unfortunately he is not a media mogul so the British Police have threatened to arrest him for telling the truth and repeating what's already in the media in regards to the link between the Islamic Jihad and Muslim drugs gangs.

The British government does not have a case against Lionheart, Paul Ray, unless the UK authorities also plan on prosecuting the BBC.

Lionheart writes on his blog; "I have written all about the organized criminal activities of these vast networks of Pakistani Moslem men, how they use the cover of taxis to drive drugs around the community unhindered, deliver drugs to local drug addicts and operate as surveillance units for their drug dealing Moslem brothers. It is also a known fact that we have had Al Qaeda trained terrorists who planned to murder innocent British people working as local taxi drivers, the question is; how many more are there out there driving our women and children around that we do not know about?"

Now compare his article to the BBC's "Three other men, Basiru Gassama, 30, Mohammed Irfan, 31, and Hamid Elasmar, 44, have admitted other offences connected with Khan's plot.
The court heard Amjad Mahmood, 32, and Zahoor Iqbal, 30, denied involvement.


"He would be taken to a lock-up garage and there he would be murdered by having his head cut off like a pig
Nigel Rumfitt QC" (another british nigel!)

The jury was told how Khan, of Alum Rock, intended to use drug dealers to kidnap the soldier while on a night out, behead him in a lock-up garage and then release footage of the killing to the public."

http://lionheartuk.blogspot.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7215081.stm

You see, the BBC are reporting on this story but a british blogger is threatened with arrest for stating the exact same thing!!!


Posted by: leonthepigfarmer [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:07 PM

Any Muslim showing the slightest of deviation from Islamic duties deserve beheaving by pious Muslims.

The best response the deviant moderate Muslims to this scourge of the fanatics is to leave Islam altogether. Here is how a brave young Iranian ditch Islam:


Leaving Islam: When truth comes in, Mullahs jump out the window


Posted by: IslamWatch [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:19 PM

What will be the response of the Muslim community in Britain? Will they all back off from serving in the military in order to evade the jihadists? Or will they rally to the country that has welcomed them and given them a better life?

Posted by: PMK [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:29 PM

I only wish the rest of society would start treating Muslims as they treat the rest of society.

Posted by: Jerry M at January 29, 2008 10:43 PM

.. then, and only then, will ther be some parity, if you know what it means.

Posted by: Alert [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:31 PM

He would be taken to a lock-up garage and there he would be murdered by having his head cut off like a pig," said Mr Rumfitt. "This atrocity would be filmed . . . and the film released to cause panic and fear within the British Armed Forces and the wider public."...

From article above.

What does Islamispeace.org have to say about this? Oh shoot... it is the dirty kaffurs who have to "build bridges" for muslims to "integrate". Islamispeace.org has nothing to do with this incident.

Posted by: Alert [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:42 PM

OT
Remember the Utah mall shooting? Well it seems that the police can't find a motive.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080130/twl-utah-shooting-report-1be00ca.html

Talovic told the young woman in a three-hour call on the day before the shootings that "tomorrow would be the happiest day of his life," according to the report.
Could that be because he was going to end his life in jihad and be rewarded with 72 virgins in "paradise"?

Posted by: interestinconundrum [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:59 PM

"UK: Jihadist gang planned to behead Muslim soldier "like a pig"

Of course the solution for Britain is to keep its borders wide open. import even more Muslims into the country, and continue believing the fantasy that Muslims can be assimulated into British society.

Isn't that the way we operate here in the U.S.?

Posted by: rational [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 29, 2008 11:59 PM

"The prosecution say that Parviz Khan is a fanatic. He...has the most violent and extreme views. He was enraged by the idea that there were Muslim soldiers in the British Army..."

Two good things, here:

One--the plot was foiled.

Two--like the trial of Van Gogh's murderer, Bouyeri, the general public will hear a real Muslim explain his understanding of Islam and what Islam demands of Muslims.

They will hear, too, what Mr. Khan and truly pious Muslims are being 'extreme' about.

Posted by: PRCS [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 12:10 AM

Interestinconundrum,

I remember reading last year that this young guy's family was relatively poor, although he seemed to drive a nice truck at the time of his death. If they were poor or lower middle class, who paid for the body to be flown back to Bosnia? I also remember seeing pictures of the funeral and there certainly were a lot of people who looked like Muslims attending it. See pictures here: http://www.juliagorin.com/wordpress/?p=695
http://extras.sltrib.com/tribphoto/GalleryPhotos.asp?GID=TALOV_0303&sort=Gallery


Regarding Parvis Khan,
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23434725-details/Islamic+extremist+gang+%27plotted+to+kidnap+British+Muslim+soldier+and+behead+him+like+a+pig%27/article.do
(scroll down)
rather than Motorway Madness, wouldn't a better code name for him be Head-Bangers Ball?

Posted by: Isabellathecrusader [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 12:48 AM

The retarded leading the insane. Or is it the insane leading the retarded?

Ah, ... who cares.

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But what's up with the pigs?

Why are these idiots so preoccupied with pigs?

Pigs are perfectly normal, unoffending, innocent creatures.

These nut-jobs talk about pigs as if they were giant man-eating tarantulas.

"He would be taken to a lock-up garage and there he would be murdered by having his head cut off like a [(booga-booga-noise)] PIG"

The pigs are fine.

What's wrong with those morons?

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My grandparents literally broke their butts so I could be educated in a civilized country.

... only to have my life threatened by people who shed blood in the name of freaking animal taboos!

And that in the very shadow of the richest and most technologically advanced organizations and edifaces that humanity has ever seen.

Thank God those good folks aren't here anymore to see this!

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The return of the forest, the jungle would be bad enough.

But this is the dessicating march of the all-killing desert.

Posted by: joeblough [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 12:52 AM

From the article:

Outlining the plot, Mr Rumfitt told the jury that Khan had hoped to kidnap a Muslim soldier in the Broad Street entertainment district of Birmingham city centre, with the help of drug dealers.

It isn't a big point, but does anyone know if they hoped to kidnap a particular Muslim soldier, or just any random Muslim soldier?

Assuming they did have someone particular in mind, would the fact that they were going to cut off his head like a pig in accordance with mainstream Islamic principles change the target's loyalty to Islam?

Posted by: special_guest [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 1:32 AM

Isabellathecrusader said

If they were poor or lower middle class, who paid for the body to be flown back to Bosnia?

According to the first article you provided:

This is no joke. The local “Bosna” restaurant had one tackle box for donations to Talovic’s nine victims, and a second tackle box for the Talovic family’s funeral and burial expenses. Yes, Americans financed the family’s trip to Bosnia for the killer’s burial.

We did.

The article also contained a tantalizing claim that Talovic yelled "Allahu Akbar" during his shooting spree, denied by the police.

Posted by: special_guest [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 1:43 AM

Nice bunch of "citizens" these guys are. I love the leader letting the state pay him to "care" for his mother while he is planning to kidnap and murder a soldier who protects that same state. He's insulted that a Muslim could serve the country, but he has no qualms about a Muslim (himself) benefitting from the country.

I wonder how many soldiers, airmen, and Marines are being warned about this type of thing by their command when they go out for a 48 or 72 hour liberty? I hope it's now standard fare for the "safety briefing" before each off-base liberty.

Sickening that we have to be on the constant lookout for these anti-social psychos.

Posted by: Lt. Presley O'Bannon [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 2:23 AM

"Parviz Khan, 37, an unemployed charity worker from Birmingham" (BBC)

I can get my head around a paid volunteer but an unemployed charity worker? He should be gaoled just for contempt.


Posted by: western infidel [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 2:29 AM

Lt. Presley O'Bannon

That’s nothing the British Social Security system is so extensive there is no need to work its just that muslims with their un-checkable names have a head start. Even when they openly screw the system officials are afraid to act for fear of “racism”.

I reported an applicant for a home repair grant (a young “unemployed” "Asian") was making a good living bringing in illegal immigrants from Pakistan and was told by an embarrassed boss “these things are very difficult to prove” and he was given £20,000. When I reported a British man was renting out a room in his house, which technically disqualified him from receiving the same grant his application was rejected by a junior clerk.

Posted by: Fred [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 3:15 AM

The photograph of the little charmer (Parviz Khan) is instructive. I wonder how he got that darkened spot in the middle of his forehead?

Posted by: Dane [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 3:27 AM

The arrests were made a year ago, not on 31/01/2006 as stated in the article.

I remember the police raids being reported because my grandmother used to live in one of the areas raided - until she was ethnically cleansed by the local Muslim mafia after it had become a ghetto.

I'm incensed that this Parviz Khan creature was on benefits. He was in effect being paid to do the Devil's work. What kind of sick society have we created?

I saw some footage of the house where he lived. It looked quite decent - certainly not the sort of run-down property you might expect someone of meagre means to live in.

But I guess our Marxist government looks after those who vote for it.

Posted by: watling [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 5:14 AM

"An Islamist quartermaster hatched a plot to kidnap a British Muslim soldier on a night out and behead him "like a pig" in a lock-up garage ..."

Okay, question -- who beheads pigs? Seriously. Muslims (who cry "Off with his/her head!" more often than the Queen of Hearts) supposedly won't touch the creatures, and the dirty infidels use other means for butchering.

But given how the accused is so fixated on the butchering of pigs, I have a suggestion for the sentencing (should he be found guilty). It seems Mr. Khan should get his wish. Let him spend the next couple of decades doing hard labor in a pork slaughter house.

Posted by: CJ [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 7:17 AM

""If the other way, then just tell us where he lives. We will sort it. The car will be parked and as he comes out we will say, ’Oh! you been causing trouble’."

....doesn't this sound like other Muslims who attack and kill innocent people around the world...

a) seek out victim
b) accuse victim of something
c) kill victim....

...it has happened to ice cream vendors, barbers, journalists, rubber tree plantation workers, nuns, doctors, teachers, garbagemen, students, aid workers delivering food to poor people, nurses adminintering polio vaccines, taxi drivers, tourists, young people wearing western style clothes, people watching soccer games on tv, children playing soccer, and on and on and on ......

Ban Muslim Immigration...


Posted by: exsgtbrown [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 7:45 AM

Whenever there are articles in British newspapers I always check out the feedback comments from other readers. I've noticed that more and more of the comments are anti-muslim. Brits truly are getting fed up - we can only hope it's not too late!

Posted by: ImNoDhimmi [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 8:28 AM

Muslims are not supposed to kill other muslims. For a muslim to accept a job (military) that may require him to kill other muslims, outside the requirements of Shari'a, then this soldier muslim is an apostate and must be killed. If jihadists take rulings by Sr
Islamic leaders seriously, then even old women and children are also targets due to guilt by association. If Old women and children are legitimate targets, a soldier muslim would be even better. Allah hates an apostate almost as much as he hates shirk. So terrorists kill two birds with one stone, they terrorize the enemy in general, and they terrorize muslim soldiers especially.
Muslims should not be permitted to serve in an infidel military. There is a definate conflict of interest, and the Islamic side will always win out.

Posted by: duh_swami [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 9:10 AM

What a moron. Like any self-respecting (psycho) Muslim would even TOUCH a pig, much less behead one.

Dude needs to brush up on his Islam...

Posted by: Lori B. [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 9:39 AM

Assalamau Laikum all,

I was very sorry to read that these Britons want to attack their own armed forces....reading the (online) headlines today ...I could have been forgiven to think that I was reading a Pak newspaper.

Still I think that this type of vile (and uncalled for) behaviour will decline...

I read online today that 1 in 4 babies born is an Immigrant (exsgtbrown's favourite).

Rural schools are being closed ...as the immigrants are not in these areas (yet) to shore up the declining indeginious school childrens populations.

And to think that less than 100 years ago this was the country that ruled the world....and even more....it ruled the waves....even tsunamis stood aside to this "great nation"....with all it's pale breasted womens, standing proud, umbrellas wide open in the hot indian sun...

Look at you now....how times have changed ...cancelling natievity plays, never mind the waves, never mind the world ...look at yourselves internally...the grandaughters of these great pale breasted womens still have umbrellas wide open ...only it's in the cold English rain

....no longer proud but politically correct ....

Posted by: Naseem [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 9:42 AM

'...I could have been forgiven...'

Whatever else you are, you are absolutely, positively not forgiven.

What's the Arabic/Urdu/Martian for 'troll'?

Posted by: Dane [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 9:49 AM

Let him spend the next couple of decades doing hard labor in a pork slaughter house.

CJ,

Excellent idea. It should be used in more cases involving Muslims supporting, abetting or participating in terrorist acts. Too bad it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

Posted by: PMK [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 30, 2008 10:15 AM

We are fighting an enemy that is very well organised. There are thousand of Ghost cells all across Europe.

LEADERLESS RESISTANCE


The concept of Leaderless Resistance was proposed by Col. Ulius Louis Amoss, who was the founder ofInternational Service of Information Incorporated, located in Baltimore, Maryland. Col. Amoss died more than fifteen years ago,but during his life was a tireless opponent of communism, as wellas a skilled Intelligence Officer. Col. Amoss first wrote of Leaderless Resistance on April 17, 1962. His theories oforganization were primarily directed against the threat ofeventual Communist take-over in the United States. The presentwriter, with the benefit of having lived many years beyond Col.Amoss, has taken his theories and expounded upon them. Col. Amossfeared the Communists. This author fears the federal government.Communism now represents a threat to no one in the United States,while federal tyranny represents a threat to everyone .The writer has joyfully lived long enough to see the dyingbreaths of communism, but may, unhappily, remain long enough tosee the last grasps of freedom in America.

In the hope that, somehow, America can still produce the bravesons and daughters necessary to fight off ever increasingpersecution and oppression, this essay is offered. Frankly, it istoo close to call at this point. Those who love liberty, andbelieve in freedom enough to fight for it are rare today, butwithin the bosom of every once great nation, there remainssecreted, the pearls of former greatness. They are there. I havelooked into their sparking eyes; sharing a brief moment in timewith them as I passed through this life. Relished theirfriendship, endured their pain, and they mine. We are a band ofbrothers, native to the soil gaining strength one from another aswe have rushed head long into a battle that all the weaker, timidmen, say we can not win. Perhaps...but then again, perhaps wecan. It's not over till the last freedom fighter is buried orimprisoned, or the same happens to those who would destroy their freedom.

Barring any cataclysmic events, the struggle willyet go on for years. The passage of time will make it clear toeven the more slow among us that the government is the foremostthreat to the life, and liberty of the folk. The government willno doubt make today's oppressiveness look like grade school workcompared to what they have planned in the future. Meanwhile,there are those of us who continue to hope that somehow the fewcan do what the many have not. We are cognizant that beforethings get better they will certainly get worse as governmentshows a willingness to use ever more severe police state measuresagainst dissidents. This changing situation makes it clear thatthose who oppose state repression must be prepared to alter,adapt, and modify their behavior, strategy, and tactics ascircumstances warrant. Failure to consider new methods andimplement them as necessary will make the government's efforts atsuppression uncomplicated. It is the duty of every patriot tomake the tyrant's life miserable. When one fails to do so he notonly fails himself, but his people.

With this in mind, current methods of resistance to tyrannyemployed by those who love our race, culture, and heritage mustpass a litmus test of soundness. Methods must be objectivelymeasured as to their effectiveness, as well as to whether theymake the government's intention of repression more possible ormore difficult. Those not working to aid our objectives must bediscarded or the government benefits from our failure to do so.

As honest men who have banded together into groups orassociations of a political or religious nature are falselylabeled "domestic terrorists" or "cultists"and suppressed, it will become necessary to consider othermethods of organization--or as the case may very well call for:non-organization. One should keep in mind that it is not in thegovernment's interest to eliminate all groups. Some few mustremain in order to perpetuate the smoke and mirrors vision forthe masses that America is a "free democratic country"where dissent is allowed. Most organizations, however, thatpossess the potential for effective resistance will not beallowed to continue. Anyone who is so naive as to believe themost powerful government on earth will not crush any who pose areal threat to that power, should not be active, but rather, athome studying political history.

The question as to who is to be left alone and who is not,will be answered by how groups and individuals deal with severalfactors such as: avoidance of conspiracy plots, rejection offeeble minded malcontents, insistence upon quality of theparticipants, avoidance of all contact with the front men for thefederals--the news media--and, finally, camouflage (which can bedefined as the ability to blend in the public's eye the morecommitted groups of resistance with mainstream "kosher"associations that are generally seen as harmless.) Primarilythough, whether any organization is allowed to continue in thefuture will be a matter of how big a threat a group represents.Not a threat in terms of armed might or political ability, forthere is none of either for the present, but rather, threat interms of potentiality. It is potential the federals fear most.Whether that potential exists in an individual or group isincidental. The federals measure potential threat in terms ofwhat might happen given a situation conducive to action on thepart of a restive organization or individual. Accurateintelligence gathering allows them to assess the potential.Showing one's hand before the bets are made, is a sure way toloose.

The movement for freedom is rapidly approaching the pointwhere for many people, the option of belonging to a group will benonexistent. For others, group membership will be a viable optionfor only the immediate future. Eventually, and perhaps muchsooner than most believe possible, the price paid for membershipwill exceed any perceived benefit. But for now, some of thegroups that do exist often serve a useful purpose either for thenewcomer who can be indoctrinated into the ideology of thestruggle, or for generating positive propaganda to reachpotential freedom fighters. It is sure that, for the most part,this struggle is rapidly becoming a matter of individual action,each of its participants making a private decision in thequietness of his heart to resist: to resist by any meansnecessary. It is hard to know what others will do, for no mantruly knows another man's heart. It is enough to know what onehimself will do. A great teacher once said "knowthyself." Few men really do, but let each of us, promiseourselves, not to go quietly to the fate our would-be mastershave planned.

The concept of Leaderless Resistance isnothing less than a fundamental departure in theories oforganization. The orthodox scheme of organization isdiagrammatically represented by the pyramid, with the mass at thebottom and the leader at the top. This fundamental oforganization is to be seen not only in armies, which are ofcourse, the best illustration of the pyramid structure, with themass of soldiery, the privates, at the bottom responsible tocorporals who are in turn responsible to sergeants, and so on upthe entire chain of command to the generals at the top. But thesame structure is seen in corporations, ladies' garden clubs andin our political system itself. This orthodox "pyramid"scheme of organization is to be seen basically in all existingpolitical, social and religious structures in the world todayfrom the Federal government to the Roman Catholic Church. TheConstitution of the United States, in the wisdom of the Founders,tried to sublimate the essential dictatorial nature of pyramidalorganization by dividing authority into three: executive,legislative and judicial. But the pyramid remains essentiallyuntouched.

This scheme of organization, the pyramid, is however, not onlyuseless, but extremely dangerous for the participants when it isutilized in a resistance movement against state tyranny.Especially is this so in technologically advanced societies whereelectronic surveillance can often penetrate the structurerevealing its chain of command. Experience has revealed over andover again that anti-state, political organizations utilizingthis method of command and control are easy prey for governmentinfiltration, entrapment, and destruction of the personnelinvolved. This has been seen repeatedly in the United Stateswhere pro-government infiltrators or agent provocateurs weaseltheir way into patriotic groups and destroy them from within.
In the pyramid type of organization, an infiltratorcan destroy anything which is beneath his level of infiltrationand often those above him as well. If the traitor has infiltratedat the top, then the entire organization from the top down iscompromised and may be traduced at will.

An alternative to the pyramid type of organization is the cellsystem. In the past, many political groups (both right and left)have used the cell system to further their objectives. Twoexamples will suffice. During the American Revolution"committees of correspondence" were formed throughoutthe Thirteen colonies.

Their purpose was to subvert the government and thereby aidthe cause of independence. The "Sons of Liberty", whomade a name for themselves dumping government taxed tea into theharbor at Boston, were the action arm of the committees ofcorrespondence. Each committee was a secret cell that operatedtotally independently of the other cells. Information on thegovernment was passed from committee to committee, from colony tocolony, and then acted upon on a local basis. Yet even in thesebygone days of poor communication, of weeks to months for aletter to be delivered, the committees without any centraldirection whatsoever, were remarkable similar in tactics employedto resist government tyranny. It was, as the first Americanpatriots knew, totally unnecessary for anyone to give an orderfor anything. Information was made available to each committee,and each committee acted as it saw fit. A recent example of thecell system taken from the left wing of politics are theCommunists. The Communist, in order to get around the obviousproblems involved in pyramidal organization, developed to an artthe cell system. They had numerous independent cells whichoperated completely isolated from one another and particularlywith no knowledge of each other, but were orchestrated togetherby a central headquarters. For instance, during World War II, inWashington, it is known that there were at least six secretCommunist cells operating at high levels in the United Statesgovernment (plus all the open Communists who were protected andpromoted by President Roosevelt), however, only one of the cellswas rooted out and destroyed. How many more actually wereoperating no one can say for sure.

The Communist cells which operated in the U.S until late 1991under Soviet control could have at their command a leader, whoheld a social position which appeared to be very lowly. He couldbe, for example, a busboy in a restaurant, but in reality acolonel or a general in the Soviet Secret Service, the KGB. Underhim could be a number of cells and a person active in one cellwould almost never have knowledge of individuals who are activein another cell. The value of this is that while any one cell canbe infiltrated, exposed or destroyed, such action will have noeffect on the other cells; in fact, the members of the othercells will be supporting that cell which is under attack andordinarily would lend very strong support to it in many ways.This is at least part of the reason, no doubt, that whenever inthe past Communists were attacked in this country, support forthem sprang up in many unexpected places.

The efficient and effective operation of a cell system afterthe Communist model, is of course, dependent upon centraldirection, which means impressive organization, funding from thetop, and outside support, all of which the Communists had.Obviously, American patriots have none of these things at the topor anywhere else, and so an effective cell organization basedupon the Soviet system of operation is impossible.

Two things become clear from the above discussion. First, thatthe pyramid type of organization can be penetrated quite easilyand it thus is not a sound method of organization in situationswhere the government has the resources and desire to penetratethe structure; which is the situation in this country. Secondly,that the normal qualifications for the cell structure based uponthe Red model does not exist in the U.S. for patriots. Thisunderstood, the question arises "What method is left forthose resisting state tyranny?" The answer comes from Col.Amoss who proposed the "Phantom Cell" mode oforganization. Which he described as Leaderless Resistance.A system of organization that is based upon the cellorganization, but does not have any central control or direction,that is in fact almost identical to the methods used by theCommittees of Correspondence during the American Revolution.Utilizing the Leaderless Resistance concept, allindividuals and groups operate independently of each other, andnever report to a central headquarters or single leader fordirection or instruction, as would those who belong to a typicalpyramid organization.

At first glance, such a type of organization seemsunrealistic, primarily because there appears to be noorganization. The natural question thus arises as to how are the"Phantom cells" and individuals to cooperate with eachother when there is no intercommunication or central direction?The answer to this question is that participants in a program of LeaderlessResistance through phantom cell or individual actionmust know exactly what they are doing, and how to do it. Itbecomes the responsibility of the individual to acquire thenecessary skills and information as to what is to be done. Thisis by no means as impractical as it appears, because it iscertainly true that in any movement, all persons involved havethe same general outlook, are acquainted with the samephilosophy, and generally react to given situations in similarways. The pervious history of the committees of correspondenceduring the American Revolution show this to be true.

Since the entire purpose of Leaderless Resistanceis to defeat state tyranny (at least insofar as this essay isconcerned), all members of phantom cells or individuals will tendto react to objective events in the same way through usualtactics of resistance. Organs of information distribution such asnewspapers, leaflets, computers, etc., which are widely availableto all, keep each person informed of events, allowing for aplanned response that will take many variations. No one needissue an order to anyone. Those idealist truly committed to thecause of freedom will act when they feel the time is ripe, orwill take their cue from others who precede them. While it istrue that much could be said against this type of structure as amethod of resistance, it must be kept in mind that LeaderlessResistance is a child of necessity. The alternatives toit have been show to be unworkable or impractical. LeaderlessResistance has worked before in the American Revolution,and if the truly committed put it to use for themselves, it willwork now.
Leaderless Resistance leads to very small or even one man cells ofresistance. Those who join organizations to play "let'spretend" or who are "groupies" will quickly beweeded out. While for those who are serious about theiropposition to federal despotism, this is exactly what is desired.

From the point of view of tyrants and would be potentates inthe federal bureaucracy and police agencies, nothing is moredesirable than that those who oppose them be UNIFIED in theircommand structure, and that every person whoopposes them belong to a pyramid type group. Such groups andorganizations are an easy kill. Especially in light of the factthat the Justice (sic) Department promised in 1987 that therewould never be another group that opposed them that they did nothave at least one informer in. These federal "friends ofgovernment" are intelligence agents. They gather informationthat can be used at the whim of a federal D.A. to prosecute. Theline of battle has been drawn. Patriots are requiredtherefore, to make a conscious decision to either aid thegovernment in its illegal spying, by continuing with old methodsof organization and resistance, or to make the enemie's job moredifficult by implementing effective countermeasures.

Now there will, no doubt, be mentally handicapped people outthere who, while standing at a podium with an American flagdraped in the background, and a lone eagle soaring in the skyabove, will state emphatically in their best sounding red, white,and blue voice, "So what if the government is spying? We arenot violating any laws." Such crippled thinking by anyserious person is the best example that there is a needfor special education classes. The person making such a statementis totally out of contact with political reality in this country,and unfit for leadership of any thing more than a dog sleigh inthe Alaskan wilderness. The old "Born on the fourth ofJuly" mentality that has influenced so much of the Americanpatriot's thinking in the past will not save him from thegovernment in the future. "Reeducation" fornon-thinkers of this type will take place in the federal prisonsystem where there are no flags or eagles, but abundance of menwho were "not violating any law."

Most groups who "unify" their disparate associatesinto a single structure have short political lives. Therefore,those movement leaders constantly calling for unity oforganization rather than the desirable unity of purpose,usually fall into one of three categories.

They may not be sound political tacticians, but rather, justcommitted men who feel unity would help their cause, while notrealizing that the government would greatly benefit from suchefforts. The Federal objective, to imprison or destroy all whooppose them, is made easier in pyramid organizations. Or perhaps,they do not fully understand the struggle they are involved inand that the government they oppose has declared a state of waragainst those fighting for faith, folk, freedom andconstitutional liberty. Those in power will use any means to ridthemselves of opposition. The third class calling for unity andlet us hope this is the minority of the three, are men moredesirous of the supposed power that a large organization wouldbestow, than of actually achieving their stated purpose.

Conversely, the last thing Federal snoops would have, if theyhad any choice in the matter, is a thousand different smallphantom cells opposing them. It is easy to see why. Such asituation is an intelligence nightmare for a government intentupon knowing everything they possibly can about those who opposethem. The Federals, able to amass overwhelming strength ofnumbers, manpower, resources, intelligence gathering, andcapability at any given time, need only a focal point to directtheir anger. A single penetration of a pyramid type oforganization can lead to the destruction of the whole. Whereas, LeaderlessResistance presents no single opportunity for theFederals to destroy a significant portion of the Resistance.

With the announcement by the Department of Justice (sic) that300 FBI agents formerly assigned to watching Soviet spies in theUS (domestic counter intelligence) are now to be used to"combat crime", the federal government is preparing theway for a major assault upon those persons opposed to theirpolicies. Many anti-government groups dedicated to thepreservation of the America of our forefathers can expect shortlyto feel the brunt of a new federal assault upon liberty.

"It is clear, therefore, that it is time to rethink traditionalstrategy and tactics when it comes to opposing a modern policestate. America is quickly moving into a long dark night of policestate tyranny, where the rights now accepted by most as beinginalienable will disappear. Let the coming night be filled with athousand points of resistance. Like the fog which forms whenconditions are right and disappears when they are not, so mustthe resistance to tyranny be.


"If every person has the right to defend--even byforce--his person, his liberty, and his property, then it followsthat a group of men have the right to organize and support acommon force to protect these rights constantly." ---TheLaw. Frederick Bastiat Paris, 1850.

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