London, Taba, and Sharm el-Sheikh

By Evan Kohlmann

For those who missed it on my website, last fall I posted a video online of a radical demonstration outside the Saudi Embassy in London led by Dr. Mohammed al-Massari.  The protest had initially been intended to rally Islamic fundamentalists against the Saudi regime--however, occurring only days after the October suicide bombings in Taba, Egypt, the focus of discussion quickly shifted to Al-Qaida.  Pumping his fist for emphasis, al-Massari proclaimed, "The aggressor can be countered with a similar aggression to his kind.   If he targets civilians, we target the civilians.  If he bombs our city, we bomb his city.  If he uses nuclear weapons, we will use nuclear weapons.  This, most likely, will not happen.  When we get nuclear weapons, they will be deterred from this result, since the principle of deterrence must be involved."

To underscore the point, Massari and Yasser al-Sirri (a leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad living in London) then led their British followers in repeatedly chanting, "Taba, Taba, O' Jews: the Army of Mohammed is coming for you!"

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