Al-Qaeda supporters are calling for new attacks targeting Americans and Israelis aboard commercial aircraft, explicitly invoking 9/11 while praising Wednesday’s attempted hijacking of a passenger jet flying to Tel Aviv. The call appeared in Friday’s edition of al-Bayan, a publication launched in July by pro-Al-Qaeda supporters. The article included images of the September 11 attacks alongside the plane which was supposed to be used for a suicide attack against Israel and declared: “The war isn’t over yet,” before saying aircraft carrying Americans and Israelis could still be targeted. The publication also declared that the US and Israel have “far more enemies today than before” and predicted: “The day will come when the empire of evil America will end.” Hamam Al Hammami, the Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain aboard the flight, is a radicalized Islamist who attempted to seize control of the aircraft and crash it in Israel as a terrorist Jihadi act. Yet mainstream Western media outlets, like Reuters, the BBC and CNN described what happened as a “scuffle” or “spat” between the two pilots. Islamist radicalization concerns are minimized in Western countries because governments in place want to continue facilitating mass migration from the Middle East and North Africa. They also want to avoid admitting the dangers Islamism poses to Western societies. Countries like the UAE, Israel, and India understand the threat posed by Islamist extremism and have made combating radicalization and terrorism central to their security policies. The ruling self-hating political and media establishment in the West must be replaced by leaders who prioritize the security of their own nations.

Al-Qaeda’s plans for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks took root in compounds in Afghanistan that served as terrorist training camps. A quarter-century later, al-Qaeda is again operating training camps in Afghanistan, according to Western intelligence officials.

It’s been 25 years since Al-Qaeda launched a horrific attack on our nation, killing nearly 3,000 Americans in the World Trade Center and the first responders who ran into those crumbling towers to save others. Remembering those lost on this tragic day is not enough. We must act. The radical Islamist ideology that motivated the jihadis who launched that attack remains the greatest near and long-term threat to our freedom and western civilization. It is the same ideology that fuels Hamas, ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, al-Nusra, and others. Too many of our leaders have forgotten who the enemy is. We cannot afford to. We cannot allow ourselves to be terrorized into silence. We must never forget.
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