The Chinese book described the process of financial warfare by causing a stock market crash following the techniques of George Soros.11 Soros is a well-known, multi-billionaire hedge fund Traditional manager known for dramatic financial movements and a terrorism strongly leftist philosophy. and financial The Chinese authors likened warfare, would him to a “financial terrorist,” produce a presumably for his success in breaking the British pound “supra-domain and possibly attacking the combination” Asian economies.12 My team that would be has reason to suspect that far more lethal bin Laden himself not only than a direct read but also followed the directions of the Unrestricted military strike. Warfare manuscript. In its The conflict between Shariah Finance and Capitalism is almost universally understood in the Islamic world. In 2002 pages bin Laden was mentioned 21 times, mostly in close then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad founded proximity with mention of Soros. In fact, the Chinese authors even made the point that linking the approaches the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) to develop a of bin Laden and Soros, traditional terrorism and financial “universal Islamic banking warfare, would produce a “supra-domain combination” that How would the system” with the purpose of would be far more lethal than a direct military strike.13 abolishing the “slavery” of the financial Jihad 8 monetary system. be carried Western We the people have reason to suspect that the stock market In a PBS interview in July out? The 2001, Mohamad observed, crash in 2008 may have been triggered as an act of Financial answer can “In the old days you needed Jihad. Circumstantial evidence certainly seems to fit with that hypothesis. According to George Soros, the economy be found in a to conquer a country with collapsed after the failure of Lehman Brothers.14 He also force, and then you Chinese book, military said that it was clear that Lehman Brothers was destroyed by could control that country. published by Today it's not necessary at all. a financial attack known as a “bear raid”: the People’s You can destabilize a country, “. . . it's clear that AIG, Bear Stearns, Lehman Liberation make it poor, and then make Brothers and others were destroyed by bear raids it request help. And [in Army in 1999. in which the shorting of stocks and buying CDS exchange] for the help that mutually amplified and reinforced each other.”15 is given, you gain control over the policies of the country, and when you gain control over the policies of a country, So who was conducting the bear raid? As it was happening effectively you have colonized that country.”9 in September 2008, Barry Ritholtz’s Big Picture Blog (quoting Joe Besecker of Emerald Asset Management) Mohamad, bin Laden, Khawaja, Qaradawi, and al Banna raised a frightening possibility: represent various countries and Islamic backgrounds. But they all agreed on the principles of Shariah Finance and The bear raids on the banks and brokers were NOT recognized the role of Jihad with money. The only question a case of piling on by U.S. based hedge funds. And is how would the financial Jihad be carried out? My team from what he was seeing and hearing about in terms believes that the answer can be found in a Chinese book, of order flow, the vast majority of the financial published by the People’s Liberation Army in 1999 under short selling the past week or so were being done the translated title Unrestricted Warfare: overseas. It appears that the lion’s share of shorting was coming out of overseas bourses such as London “Financial warfare has become a ‘hyperstrategic’ and Dubai. It may not be a coincidence that the weapon . . . This is because financial war is easily financial short selling ban is both here and in manipulated and allows for concealed actions, and 10 London. is also highly destructive.” The economic bleeding is continuing to date, but it requires further strikes. The young people should make an effort to look for the key pillars of the U.S. economy. The key pillars of the enemy should be struck, God willing. They shook America's throne and struck at the U.S. economy in the heart. . . . This is a clear proof that this international usurious, damnable economy—which America uses along with its military power to impose infidelity and humiliation on weak people—can easily collapse. Thanks to Almighty God, those blessed attacks, as they themselves admitted, have inflicted on the New York and other markets more than a trillion dollars in losses. . . . It is very important to concentrate on hitting the U.S. economy through all possible means.7
(Continued on page 27) Jewish Voice Today
13