The radical Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir says the worst terrorists are not Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda but the United States and its allies.
“The worst terrorist attacks in our times have, in actuality, been the likes of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, wherein the United States and her allies have killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people,” it said today.
“This terror continues unabated as unmanned drones kill innocent people in Pakistan, and as bombs rain down on mothers, fathers and children in Afghanistan,” Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia said.
It said bin Laden had been resisting the aggression of Western countries against the Muslim world, their support for dictators and their “many crimes” against the people of Palestine.
Islam did not condone the targeting of innocent people but it did afford everyone the right to resist unjust aggression, the statement said.
“Western governments, on the other hand, employ clear double standards in the pursuit of economic and political interests.”
Australian politicians should be honest instead of claiming superficial victories, Hizb ut-Tahrir said.
“The reality is that the ‘War on Terror’ has been a resounding failure, with trillions of dollars spent, thousands of soldiers dead, hundreds and thousands of innocent people killed, and the world being no safer as a result.”