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With Osama bin Laden Dead, Can We Expect Reprisals?

May 2, 2011 at 9:27 AM 4 comments

By now, the world is aware of the fact that al-Qaeda mastermind and founder Osama bin Laden is dead, killed in his opulent mansion in Abbottabad, just 40 miles from the capital of Pakistan.  All those thoughts of bin Laden living in a cave someplace proved to be false, as he was essentially living in plain sight behind walled security gates, with his wives, two sons, and two couriers, who had unintentionally led U.S. forces to bin Laden.

With bin Laden dead, his personal reign of terrorism comes to an end and his eternal reign of being on the receiving end of terror begins in hell.  Of course, even though bin Laden is dead, the question naturally arises regarding the possibility of the world seeing reprisals from the al-Qaeda network he began?  The answer is of course.  Why would they stop?  Why would they fear what the United States or any other country can do to them?

For the radical Muslim, death means victory; their victory.  They gain in the next life what they do not have in this life, according to their own beliefs.  While on one hand, bin Laden’s death means a serious blow to the al-Qaeda network, no one with any brains would believe that al-Qaeda will now fall apart.  Over the long run, it certainly could because bin Laden’s money may not necessarily be available to anyone who would replace him.  If this is the case, then the death of bin Laden will have caused a far more serious problem for al-Qaeda than simply the fact that their founder and leader is gone from the land of the living.

I have wondered for a long time why we have not seen more suicide bombers in the U.S., as we see them routinely in other countries.  In fact, except for the two attempts in Oregon and NYC, the direct attacks on people within the borders of the United States does not exist.

With the death of bin Laden, it is very likely that al-Qaeda will ramp up its efforts throughout the world and may very likely attempt terrorist hits within the United States proper.  I’m certainly not saying that as someone who has any hidden knowledge of what al-Qaeda may be up to, but simply as someone who is using logic to attempt to define what al-Qaeda’s next move will be.

Logically, either they will crumble into nothing (very little chance of that), or they will strike fast and hard (very likely), because if they do not hit hard some place, then the world will begin to think that they have vanquished a foe.  Since bin Laden created and built this network from the ground up, then it is logical to conclude that the network goes beyond one man.  Again however, the money that bin Laden has ($300 million or so) may not be available to those within his own private network of terrorists.  If they do not have access to it, they will be severely hampered in their efforts.

What George W. Bush started a number of years ago by using the strength of our fine military forces, Mr. Obama was able to complete, also with the help of our intelligence agencies and our military.  In this case, the Navy Seals apparently took the lead and in spite of a fire fight in which it is said bin Laden shot first, were able to take the al-Qaeda leader out of this life and into the next.

According to the news, bin Laden’s body (after arriving at a 99.9% surety in his identity) was buried at sea.  Apparently in Islam, a Muslim must be buried within 24 hours of death and as cited by the news reports, it is probably doubtful that finding a country willing to take his body and bury it, would have occurred, so the decision was made to bury him at sea.

At this point, I would ask, who cares about Islam’s burial rights?  While bin Laden certainly was a devout and extremely radical Muslim, I don’t think it’s incumbent upon the United States to follow Islamic protocol in this case.  At the same time, I’m sure the powers that be in the U.S. opted to follow prescribed Islamic procedure here in order to reduce the possibility of attacks over that fact.

So what does this mean for the rest of terrorist organizations throughout the world?  Well, hopefully it sends a message that no matter who you are or where you are hiding, we will find you and take you alive, or dead.  Dead is preferable since there is no chance of that person ever being able to do anything else that even smacks of terrorism.

At the same time, a dead bin Laden will also be seen as a martyr for Islam and will be virtually worshiped for the cause of Islam.  That’s fine, as I would rather have radical Muslims idolize bin Laden (which they did anyway I’m sure), as a dead person, than continue to be able to gain financial resources and direction from him to carry out their terrorist crimes and activities.

This world will never go back to a time before al-Qaeda, even if al-Qaeda becomes severely hampered due to bin Laden’s death.  Other terrorist networks exist and even if al-Qaeda winds up not growing and even dwindling, other groups will fill the space with their own activity.

The war on terror continues and so does the terrorist’s war against the West.  We can bet that they will not take this death of bin Laden lying down.  Whether we hear from them tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year, they will boldly make their statement known that though a very important leader is gone, they will continue the work that he began.

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