Unleashing the Beast

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Louisiana. The plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was at first believed to be heading toward the Capitol, but the actual destination appears to have been the White House. This ambush by Islamic radicals could have been far worse than it was. W HAT D OES THE F UTURE H OLD ? In October of 2001 I received a phone call from a retired military Colonel. Our weekly television program aired a series of specials from Israel, including one in front of a tank in the Golan Heights, and the second a teaching series in front of the Eastern Gate in Jerusalem. The information released on our program created quite a stir among some Israelis and Muslims. I was informed that a group of Muslims had viewed a particular program on satellite and were making copies of the teaching, distributing them into several Islamic nations. It appears I had shared information about Israel's military and certain Muslims were very interested in these facts. Several noted individuals had asked this man to contact me with this information. Eventually, our conversation turned from my television programs to Islamic terrorists. l was expressing my opinion that America would be struck by Islamic radicals in the future. The Colonel not only agreed but added an observation. Based on his personal knowledge and evidence from intelligence sources, he was convinced that terrorists would strike with a biological or chemical attack in a major city or at a major event where a large number of people were gathered. He said it was " not a matter of if, but a matter of when. " The Colonel believed