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In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

To the American people,

Peace be upon those who follow the righteous track.

Hereafter,

The subject of my talk to you is the overwhelming control of capital (Var.: money) and its effect on the ongoing war between us.

I direct my talk specifically to those who support real change,especially the youth.

I say from the onset:

Your former president warned you previously about the devastating Jewish control of capital and about a day that would come when it would enslave you; it has happened. Your current president warns you now about the enormity of capital control and it has a cycle whereby it devours humanity when it is devoid of the precepts of God's law (Shari’a). 

The tyranny of the control of capital by large companies has harmed your economy, as it did ours, and that was my motivation for this talk. 


Tens of millions of you are below the poverty line, millions have lost their homes, and millions have lost their jobs to mark the highest average unemployment in 60 years. Your financial system in its totality was about to collapse within 48 hours had not the administration reverted to using taxpayer's money to rescue

the vultures by using the assets of the victims. As for us, our

Iraq was invaded in response to pressure from capitalists with

greed for black gold, and you continue to support the oppressive

Israelis in their occupation of our Palestine in response to

pressures on your administration by a Jewish lobby backed by

enormous financial capabilities.

An observer of the policies of the new administration realizes

that the change is tactical and not strategic; it does not at

all agree with the change you seek. There are very many

indicators of this, especially concerning important matters

related to your security and economy, particularly the ongoing

war between us. The previous administration was successful in

implicating you in these wars against us under the premise that


they are necessary for your security or according to the promise

that it would be short and would finish in six days or six

weeks. Six years has passed, and that administration is gone

without realizing the victory. The man calling for change

promised you victory in Afghanistan and set a time for

withdrawal. Before the end of the set time, Petraeus, from the

previous administration, came and asked for an extension of six

more months. If it was

the six-day war that started by President Bush, and six years

have not been enough to finish it, then the wise men should

question how long would a six-month war take and whether you are

able to fund a war that requires a large amount of money that

weakens your economy and your dollar.

For Obama to leave one-third of the soldiers in Iraq, and the statements from his administration about this, especially from Aderno, about the possibility of Obama's ordering the return of

the forces he took out of Iraq, it would have been better for

him had he disagreed with the ethics of the previous

administration and adopted the truth as a friend and told you

that he will not withdraw from Iraq, which may not serve the US

interests but it is in the interest of the large corporations.

The course of the policies of the present administration in

several areas clearly reveals that whoever enters the White

House, even with good intentions to safeguard the peoples'

interest, is no more than a train operator. His only task is to

keep the train on the tracks that are laid down by the lobbyists

in New York and Washington to serve their interests first, even

if it is counter to your security and economy. Any president who

tries to move the train from the lobbyist's tracks to a track

for the American people's interests will confront very strong

opposition and pressures from the lobbyists. Your president

described the decision by the court in favor of corporations to

intervene in the political arena as a victory, but it is not [a

victory] for the American people except for the big

corporations. There is no doubt about it that it is a right, and

it is also a right for the administration to support the

oppressive Israelis for the continued occupation of our land and

the killing of our brothers, marking a victory for the Jewish

lobby. The president was not able to defend you against the

security and economic loss. The way for change and freeing

yourselves from the pressure of lobbyists is not through the

Republican or the Democratic parties, but through undertaking a


great revolution for freedom: not to free Iraq from Saddam

Hussein but to free the White House and to free Barack Husayn so

he can implement the change you seek. It does not only include

improvement of your economic situation and ensure your security,

but more importantly, helps him in making a rational decision to

save humanity from the harmful [greenhouse] gases that threaten

its destiny.

For the American youth to succeed in this change, they need to

relive the history of their ancestors and the conditions in

their country more than two centuries ago. They need to

understand the similarities during that era and their present

situation, especially in their fundamental conditions. The

British Parliament sided with corporations, then against the

interests

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of the citizens. You have noticed the Congress’s stand with

corporations against the peoples’ interests when they refused to

legislate against interference in the elections by corporations.

The British military governor in the United States used to have

the right to appoint judges and mayors. Similarly, the

corruption is deep rooted now in all higher authorities, thus

giving authorities over these offices to corporations.

Subsequently, the higher court adjudicated their support of

political financing by corporations under such circumstances.

Reading the book by the intellectual Thomas Paine helped your

fathers in the revolution against the oppressors. It is useful

for you to read it under the current, similar circumstances. You

are in need of people like Thomas Paine to publish books

pointing out the similarities between the two phases and that

will have a similar effect. You also are in need of men with

courage and initiative like those of your forefathers at that

time when they refused to allow one company to harm the

interests of the United States, a company that had a monopoly on

tea and its prices. Yet there now are many companies that

endanger the United States’ economy, which continues to be

vulnerable to collapse and they also formulate the policies of

the White House. They threw hundreds of thousands of soldiers

against us and have formed an alliance with the Israelis to

oppress us and occupy our land; that was the reason for our

response on the eleventh.


Palestine has been under occupation for decades, and none of

your presidents talked about it until after September 11 when

Bush realized that your oppression and the tyranny against us

were part of the reason for the attack. Then he talked about the

necessity for two states. Obama is trying to address the issue

with the same solutions suggested by his predecessor; they are

quilting fruitless solutions not of concern to us. If you want a

real settlement that guarantees your security in your country

and safeguards your economy from being depleted in a manner

similar to our war of attrition against the Soviet Union, then

you have to implement a roadmap that returns the Palestine land

to us, all of it, from the sea to the river, it is an Islamic

land not subject to being traded or granted to any party.

In conclusion: Be assured that we do not fight for mere killing

but to stop the killing of our people. It is a sin to kill a

person without proper, justifiable cause, but terminating his

killer is a right. You should be aware that justice is the

strongest army and security offers the best livelihood; you lost

it by your own making when you supported the Israelis in

occupying our land and killing our brothers in Palestine. The 

road to safety starts with the stopping of aggression.


Palestine shall not be seen captive for we will try to break it's shackles.

The United States shall pay for its arrogance with the blood of Christians and their funds.

Peace be upon those who follow the righteous track.