Author: Damon Johnston
Publication: The New York Post
Date: November 6, 2001
Mohammad Junaid's mother was led
to safety from the blazing World Trade Centre by New York's brave firefighters
and policemen.
But 26-year-old Junaid's thank you
has shocked New York.
In return for saving his mum's life,
the Islamic-American has turned traitor and bought a one-way ticket to
Pakistan to sign up for the Taliban and kill Americans.
Junaid left on what could be a suicide
mission one week after his mother - an office worker on the ninth floor
of the north tower - was among the survivors.
About 4500 others were not so lucky,
and lost their lives in the terror strikes on September 11.
"My mother was in the north tower
of the World Trade Centre but I still feel absolutely no remorse about
what happened on September 11," Junaid said.
"I saw the towers collapse but felt
nothing for the Americans inside. I may hold an American passport, but
I am not an American - I am a Muslim."
Junaid offered his own personal
jihad against his own country when in Islamabad, Pakistan, as he waited
to cross the border into Afghanistan to join the Taliban.
"I did not feel any remorse for
the Americans who died," Junaid told Britain's ITN television network.
"I'm willing to kill the Americans.
I will kill every American that I see in Afghanistan. And I'll kill every
American soldier that I see in Pakistan."
Junaid's parents had migrated from
Pakistan.
