Unleashing the Beast

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me of a tradition he had heard for years. One of the traditions of Mohammed is that when tall buildings begin to fall to the ground, it is a sign of the last days and the Mahdi will soon appear. While my friend and his associates had heard this for years, they did not have anything in writing that said when or where the tradition originated. One CIA agent reported to a dear friend that the men who hit the Twin Towers and the Pentagon could be classified as "apocalyptic Muslims." The term "apocalyptic Muslim" defines a Muslim who believes his actions will help bring about the fulfillment of the signs of the end time, thus expediting the appearance of the Mahdi and the conversion of the world. A friend whose team was on location after the Pentagon attack stated that the body of one of the terrorists who flew the plane into the Pentagon was later discovered in the ruins. Portions of his body were mutilated and he was strapped in the pilot's seat with a cloth covering his body. This cloth was a death cloth that an Islamic martyr uses prior to his death; it prepares the Islamic martyr to enter paradise. The same type of cloth is wrapped around the loins of men who prepare for a suicide bombing. The secular news media often says the terrorism against America occurred because of our support for Israel and our policies in the world. This may be the political reason, but the underlying, hidden motivation is spiritual. It is the belief that the West and its culture must be defeated because its Christian culture keeps the influence of other religions from gaining a stronghold. When we see the