Chaos; Rising

Emir Salaam made his way through a very crowded Grand Central Station, New York City’s busiest transportation hub next to JFK Airport, and, in his opinion, the perfect place for the new jihad against America to begin. It is one of the country’s most beloved landmarks, it is almost always full of commuters, and tourists alike, even at this early hour. So he was assured of a high body count when his soon to be martyrs for Islam began their much-anticipated attack. The plan is a work of genius. The first of two bombs will detonate in the main concourse near a popular morning hot spot for coffee and pastries, then two of his men armed with AK-47 assault rifles will begin firing at the survivors, herding them to the 42nd street exit, where another bomber will be lying in wait to set off a second explosion which will drive the people back towards the men with rifles. His shooters will then keep killing until they run out of ammunition, they are overwhelmed by the crowd, or the members of the port authority police department catches up with them, and kills them. Very soon there will be four martyrs in the loving embrace of Allah, there will be hundreds of dead infidels, and if all goes according to plan it will be Christians, not Muslims, who will be blamed for the attack. What the jihad Emir and his colleagues have planned, isn’t going to be aimed at toppling the U.S. government, nor is it their plan to cripple the U.S. economy, their plan is to destroy the credibility, and legitimacy, of the of the Christian religion altogether. If they succeed they will, hopefully, put an end to its influence over American society, and government. The fact that what his organization is about to do will also bring American society to its knees is just an added bonus. The Christians don’t know it yet, but they are about to have their very own terrorist group, and it is going to wreak havoc all over the place. Which is why none of the members of the cell that is about to go active are of Middle Eastern descent, they are all American converts to Islam with European ancestry, and they were chosen because they look like they could be just a bunch of regular people from any town USA. More importantly, they look like they can be the most faithful members of any congregation in any church in America, which is precisely the plan. Each member of the cell is wearing clothing full of Christian symbolism, they are also carrying membership cards identifying them to be members of local churches, and they are wearing jewelry that further identifies them as Christians. One of the shooters even has on his person literature from one of the more radical, and militant, right wing Christian organizations out there. One that has in the past called for the violent overthrow of the United States Government, The Army of God. The timing of the proposed Koran burning in Texas, couldn’t be more perfect for Emir and his group. Allah was gracious in that the Texas church was unwittingly playing into the hands of the Islamist movement in America. The planned Koran burning, along with the string of terrorist attacks that are about to be carried out, will create a lot of sympathy for Muslims all over the country. More importantly, it will cause the American populace to turn on the Christian community. He looked at his watch, it was 7:29, and the first bomb was set to go off at 7:45, when the station is expected to be full of morning commuters. Emir saw the first bomber moving into place at the back of a long line at Zaro’s Bakery just off the main concourse. It is time for him to move to a safe spot so he could view the handiwork of his shahid’s, or future martyrs, as they did their work for Allah. Emir’s vantage point was it be a secluded out of the way nook in Vanderbilt Hall, where most of the carnage is to take place. As he moved into place Emir saw his two riflemen moving to take up positions in opposite corners of the hall, and he trusted that the second bomber was already in place. She needed to be, because once the first blast goes off things would begin to move at a rapid pace. Emir looked at his watch again, it was 7:43, two minutes to jihad. He feigned looking at a directory to keep from arousing suspicion, but he was having trouble fighting off the anticipation of the moment, the efforts of many long years of training, and planning were about to bear fruit, and the enemies of Islam are about to reap the just deserts of their unbelief. 7:44 one minute to jihad. The building shook. One of the bombs went off too early, but which one, and was everyone else in position? Screams of horror filled Vanderbilt Hall as a mass of humanity began to pour into it looking for the nearest exit. As the hall filled to near capacity shots began to ring out, and the crowd stampeded towards the 42nd Street exit as planned. There was a mass of humanity crowding around the door, that’s when the second blast went off, pushing the terrified masses back into the “waiting arms” of his two riflemen who by now were taking up new positions to maximize their fields of fire. The blood and carnage, was glorious in the eyes of Emir Salaam.