"They found out that most of the rebels were Al Qaeda."
HITTI: THE ASSASSINS Al Qaeda is the modern day offspring of the mountain fortress Alamut, where they opposed the Caliphate and any that would defy their control.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's second in command,is believed to be an adherent of this sect. The
Assassins, and today's Al Qaeda, have the same intentions as of old....control the middle east. "About 1090, a "Grand Master", whom the Crusaders referred to as "The Old Man of the Mountain" took hold of a fortress, Alamut, known as the "Eagles Nest". This was in Northern Persia up in the mountains at about 10,000 feet. The Alamut Assassins were a secret organization, one of history's strangest religious sects. It began a long campaign of terror against its perceived enemies of Islam. The lowest devotees or young initiates were called fidais. They were required to carry out the orders of the leaders with dispatch and blind obedience. Marco Polo encountered the Alamut stronghold in 1271. He recounted that the "Grand Master", Hasan ibn al Sabbah, had re-created a garden right out of Mohammed' descriptions of Paradise in the Koran, complete with a number of nubile young women. The fidais were given heavy doses of hashish and then brought into the garden. They believed they were actually in Paradise. After about five days of wine, women and fine food, they were again drugged with hashish and taken from the garden. Of course, when hashish wore off, the fidias wanted to go back to the garden. They were told they could return, forever, if they obeyed the Master without question and absolute fidelity or were killed in the process. (Does this have a familiar ring to it?)" The Al Qaeda maybe Islamic, but they have a first priority....control. Obama, hasn't a clue.....or does he?