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Posted on 08/01/2006 9:51:52 PM PDT by nwctwx
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As with Godzilla's links, what you posted here is excellent and should be incorporated in our next thread front page for background Israel/Hezbollah info IMHO.
note: I believe that is a file photo, for those who like to analyze those sorts of things.
Ditto here. These are the same evil people who can't wait to execute prisoners to harvest the organs of prisoners for sale to the highest bidder. It is beyond me why anyone with a conscience would want to attend or participate in the upcoming Olympics to be held in China. I have no doubt what they do to dogs would happen to people in countries they consider "too free" if they were given half the chance.
It may be a small token of rebellion on my family's part, but items with tags "made in China" remain in the store and do not knowingly come home with us.
No I haven't, been working on a book titled "A Time For Trumpets" by Charles B. MacDonald (personally signed by him too) on the Battle of the Bulge. I'll have to check this book out, thanks for the tip.
I've been monitoring the reports regarding Hezbollah use of AT missiles. Hezbollah has employed them effectively, for the level of effort IDF has been putting forward. The IDF has experience from the '73 war, but this is the first use of second generation missiles against them. Now, I say at the current level of effort. If Israel were to advance tactically, there would be supporting artillery fire that will keep most of these missiles supressed. Throw in some extra smoke and they can no longer be tracked by the shooters. Since Israel has been rather static, they leave themselves open to shots from 3 km away against softer sided APCs.
Snip: The radioactive cobalt and cesium located at a petrochemical production site in Chechnya were packed in two special containers, loaded on a truck and delivered to a secure facility near Moscow, according to the NNSA. There it will be analyzed and temporarily stored until sent for permanent disposal to the Radon Moscow Scientific Production Association.
As part of the global threat reduction initiative, material that potentially could have been used to build more than 200 "dirty bombs" has been removed from 23 sites during the past three years.
Gul prediction US will attack Iran, Syria in October
Snip: The former chief of ISI, Maj. Gen (R) Hameed Gul has "predicted" that America would definitely attack Iran and Syria simultaneously in October.
Terrorism is rotting the Islamic revolution it craves
Snippets: Hezbollah's men of terror are both the strength and the Achilles heel of a movement that seeks to spread Islamic states, says Amir Taheri.
The former American University of Beirut has been replaced by the Iranian-sponsored Islamic University. As teenage “volunteers for martyrdom” chant “Allah, Koran, Khomeini”, the new chancellor of the Islamic University prepares to read a message from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president.
He calls on the Lebanese to prepare for more sacrifices because his “jihad to wipe the Jewish stain of shame” off the map is only the beginning. He plans to liberate Egypt, north Africa and Spain.
Germany refuses to accept Islamic extremist expelled by Italy
Snip: Lased Ben Heni arrived at Munich airport late Wednesday in the company of three Italian policemen, but was placed on a flight to Rome the next day, the news magazine Focus reported. "The Italian officers took the Italian extremist back home with them at the request of the German government," a spokeswoman for the interior ministry confirmed.
Ben Heni was arrested in Munich in the autumn of 2001 and extradited to Italy where he stood trial for criminal association with intent to traffic in arms, explosives and chemical agents and of receiving and trafficking in false documents.
Understanding the jihad to destroy Israel
Snip: [Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Commander] There is a need to topple the phony Zionist regime, this cancerous growth [called] Israel, which was founded in order to plunder the Muslims’ resources and wealth.
[Iranian President Ahmadinejad at an “emergency” meeting of the 57 Muslim member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Malaysia] …the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime.
Snip: Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader announced in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the terror network.
The Egyptian group, Gamaa Islamiya, is apparently a revived version of a militant group that waged a campaign of violence in Egypt during the 1990s but was crushed in a government crackdown.
"We announce to the Islamic nation the good news of the unification of a great faction of the knights of the Gamaa Islamiya...with the Al-Qaida group," Ayman al-Zawahri, the deputy leader of al-Qaida said in the videotape aired on the Al-Jazeera news network. Al-Zawahri said the Egyptian group is led by Mohammed al-Islambouli, the younger brother of Khaled al-Islambouli, the militant who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat in 1979 and was later executed.
Police seize books carrying blasphemous portraits
Snip: Police have seized and banned school textbooks carrying portraits of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and arrested the publisher in Uttar Pradesh state after Islamic clerics demanded the death penalty for him and the book's writer, an official said on Friday.
Cowbunga dudette, surf up.
LOL...I had to go water and weed the hillside.
Now, where did I leave off here?
Oh yes, continuing on...
Thanks nw, Egypt.
Thanks MamaDearest.
Thanks MamaDearest for a great set of links; including the one on Egypt.
ON THE NET...
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Zawahiri: Egyptian Militant Group has Joined Al Qaeda
AP ^ | August 05, 2006
Posted on 08/05/2006 2:06:12 PM PDT by jmc1969
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader announced in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the terror network.
The Egyptian group, Gamaa Islamiya, is apparently a revived version of a militant group that waged a campaign of violence in Egypt during the 1990s but had largely been suppressed by a government crackdown.
"We announce to the Islamic nation the good news of the unification of a great faction of the knights of the Gamaa Islamiya ... with the al Qaeda group," Ayman al-Zawahiri, the deputy leader of al Qaeda, said in the videotape aired on the Al-Jazeera news network.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Egypt&btnG=Search+News
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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Gamaa+Islamiya%22&ie=UTF-8&filter=0
http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=%22Gamaa+Islamiya%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d
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stepping back in time...
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-04/2006-04-12-voa21.cfm?CFID=23571642&CFTOKEN=33745684
"Egypt Frees 950 Gamaa Islamiya Prisoners"
By Challiss McDonough
Cairo
12 April 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Egypt has released 950 jailed members of the militant Islamist group Gamaa Islamiya. Some of them have been in prison since the assassination of President Anwar Sadat 25 years ago.
The group's lawyer says about 950 members of Gamaa Islamiya have been released over the last 10 days. The largest group, several hundred, were freed Tuesday, in honor of a Muslim holiday marking the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. Those released include several senior figures, some of whom have been imprisoned for more than 20 years.
Gamaa Islamiya was once Egypt's largest militant Islamist group, responsible for a string of terrorist attacks in the 1990s, including the 1997 attack in Luxor that killed 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians.
The group's leaders renounced violence and entered into a truce with the government in the late 1990s. Hundreds of its members have been released over the last few years, but never quite this many."
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/794/op33.htm
"The new face of terror"
"Sinai-style terror, delinked from doctrine, is difficult to handle and necessitates addressing the social and political reasons of grievance, writes Amr Elchoubaki"
May 11-17, 2006
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http://www.islamonline.net/English/Views/2003/09/article03.shtml
""Forgive Me Government for I Have Sinned"
Egypt’s Gamaa Islamiya on Sept 11’s Second Anniversary"
By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Freelance journalist
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http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/misc/janes010928_1_n.shtml
28 September 2001
"Inside Al-Qaeda: a window into the world of militant Islam and the Afghani alumni"
By Richard Engel, Cairo and Amman
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The breeding grounds of militant Islamic terrorism span a host of different environments from the Afghan battlefields of the 1980s to places much closer to home. Richard Engel charts the careers of some of Bin Laden's converts and co-conspirators, offering an insight into Al-Qaeda's inner workings."
Thanks to Calpernia for the ping.
Thanks to Laura Mansfield for the translation.
Note: The following post is a quote:
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Today's Al Qaeda Tape: Ayman al Zawahiri and the "Islamic Group"
Laura Mansfield Strategic Translations ^ | August 5, 2006 | Ayman al Zawahiri
Posted on 08/05/2006 6:44:10 PM PDT by Calpernia
Today's announcement by Al Qaeda second in command Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri that the multinational terror conglomerate has been joined by a portion of the Egyptian group "Jamaa Islamiya" is both puzzling and not surprising.
It is unclear how large the faction is from Jamaa Islamiya that is aligning itself with Al Qaeda. Neither Zawahiri nor Mohamed Khalil Hukayma, who made the announcement for Jamaa Islamiya, was clear about how many members were involved in the merger, although Zawahiri did refer to of the large crowd and the majority of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya, in the following statement:
Abu Jihad Al-Masri, Mohamed Khalil Hukayma who assures the Muslim nation in this message the steadfastness of the large crowd and the majority of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya are on the true path of Jihad against the enemies of Islam, crusaders, Jews and their treacherous agents
Ayman al Zawahiri made his debut into the international terrorism arena as a member of Jamaa Islamiya. He served time in prison in Cairo for his role in the group's assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
In his book "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner", Zawahiri provides a comprehensive eyewitness history account of the group and its activities.
In today's tape, Zawahiri addresses the 1996 decision by Jamaa Islamiya to cease operations in Egypt, saying:
A faction of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya was influenced by unknown pressures. They went along with the Egyptian and American governments in their claims deviating from the true path of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya's beliefs that are based on God's spoken word & the prophet's traditions.
In "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner", Zawahiri writes of the beginning of the no-violence initiative:
The beginnings of the no-violence initiative, or the halting of operations, began with an appeal made by Khalid Ibrahim, leader of the Islamic Group's Aswan branch, who was a defendant in the Islamic Group case in Aswan in April 1996. He notes that the Islamic Group made another appeal in July 1997 in the name of the Islamic Group's leaders who are still serving jail terms at the Turrah and al-Aqrab prisons. It called on the Islamic Group's members inside Egypt and abroad to halt military operations and to stop issuing statements inciting such operations.
One of the most intriguing portions of the book is where Zawahiri describes his split with the group, disagreeing with the cessation of Jamaa Islamiya's activities in Egypt. He describes the pressures more thoroughly in "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner", and makes clear his disagreement with the agreement:
Sayyid Qutb, the most prominent theoretician of the fundamentalist movements, said: "Brother, push ahead, for your path is soaked in blood. Do not turn your head right or left but look only up to heaven."
The objective has been somewhat shaken by the fact that the Islamic Group was dragged into a stance where it halted armed jihadist action under the name of (the initiative to halt military operations). This initiative has had serious repercussions. Because all persons, those who are and those who are not connected with the issue, have begun debating the initiative, I have decided to discuss it with some frankness and in some detail. I apologize to my brothers in the Islamic Group-whom I respect and love-for disagreeing with their view and criticizing their opinions. However, in my efforts to properly interpret shari'ah, I find that doing what is right is dearer to me than these brothers' love.
Both Zawahiri and Hekayma cite Egyptian cleric Omar Abdel Rahman as one of the leaders of the faction that is joining al Qaeda. This isn't surprising. Zawahiri says in his book that Abdel Rahman initially supported the cessation of activities, but later changed his mind. In "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner", Zawahiri writes:
in June 2000 Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman issued a statement from his jail that was relayed by his lawyer Lynn Stewart in which she said that Shaykh Omar was withdrawing his support for the no-violence initiative because it had not brought any positive results for the Islamists.
Zawahiri continues to write:
Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman's clear assessment of the situation is an eloquent reply to the third statement issued by the brother leaders in the Turrah jail in which they said that they "cling to their position on halting armed operations and any announcements that incite armed operations inside Egypt and abroad." They noted that this "announcement is not the product of negotiation with the security services or other government departments but is in line with Islamic shari'ah and serves the interests of the Muslims."
It appears that by joining forces with Al Qaeda formally and officially, that Jamaa Islamiya has ended it's ceasefire with the Egyptian government.
The threats of attacks against the United States and United States interests abroad by Jamaa Islamiya must also be considered.
In "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner", Zawahiri describes a plot to assassinate the delegation of United States Presidents attending Anwar Sadat's funeral:
Attacking the US Presidents
During Mujahideen's Funeral
Isam thought about attempting to hit the funeral of Anwar al-Mujahideen, including the (former) Presidents of the United States and the leaders of Israel. He also thought about seizing some tanks and using them to hit a vital target or attack Mujahideen's funeral.
However, the resources available were short of his ambitions and it was too late. Our meetings with Abbud al Zumur ended with an advice to him to try to leave Egypt at this stage to continue the attacks at another stage.
However, Abbud turned down our advice because he had promised the brothers to continue the battle. In prison, he admitted to me that he had been convinced by our opinion, but his promise to the brothers compelled him to turn it down.
Isam had a theory about jihad action that he tried hard to find the means to implement, but destiny would not permit him.
This theory continues to represent a suitable practical option, if the requirements for it are available, including:
· The security measures taken by our regimes are such that the only way to confront them is to deploy an armed force with a considerable firepower and armor enough to enforce its control of the capital, wage battles, and remain steadfast for one or two weeks.
· The Islamic movement possesses thousands of youths who are racing toward martyrdom, but these youths are not trained and lack combat experience.
· The Islamic movement's infiltration of the Army will always be countered by purging operations. It is difficult for the Islamic movement to recruit a large number of officers in the Army without getting discovered, in view of the tight security measures within the ranks of the Armed Forces.
· Isam's idea was to train hundreds of Muslim youths on weapons and how to use and drive tanks, even if it was a preliminary training.
· Isam looked lightly upon the police forces, the Central Security Forces, and the forces affiliated with the Interior Ministry.
· Isam criticized the Muslim youths for being preoccupied by the police and attacks on the police and for failing to examine the military situation from an analytical and practical perspective based on data.
· Isam had much confidence in the young Muslim trainees. He used to say: The police forces have the upper hand against us because our brothers are not trained. If we train them and give them some weapons, nobody could stand against them.
This theory continued to be the subject of long discussions between us before and in prison. Many of his expectations proved to be valid, I must say
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His plan was a daring plan based on careful reconnaissance and scientific analysis of the realistic information. It suited Isam's personality, which had the same elements: Bravery, military knowledge, and hard work. This theory involveed many details and various aspects, but I just talked about its pivotal idea in passing.
Zawahiri lists the leaders of Jamaa Islamiya who are joining Al Qaeda:
But God willing, the principal core of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya headed by the honorable sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman & Sheikh Rifaii Taha may God release them from their captivity.
Zawahiri describes Rifa'i Taha as the "Military Commander" of Jamaa Islamiya. He writes:
Brother Rifa'i Ahmad Taha also commented on the initiative. He rejected it when it was first made and later repeated his rejection after Shaykh Umar announced that he was withdrawing his support for it. He told Al-Sharq al-Awsat:
"Regarding the case of Umar Abd-al-Rahman, the Islamic Group's spiritual leader who is detained in a US jail, the policy of talking and making threats is over. We will address the United States in a language that it understands. We will break his shackles and release him from captivity. I believe that the time to do so is drawing near."
Asked if the Islamic Group might revise its past errors, Rifa'i Taha said: "In answer to your question-if I have understood it correctly--if the Islamic Group has altered its methods and is revising its past errors, my answer is this: The Islamic Group does not believe that it made errors in the past whether in its call to jihad, in its promotion of virtue and prohibition of vice, or in its call to God's religion."
It is indisputable that Ayman Zawahiri just reiterated the call to Egyptians loyal to Jamaa Islamiya to join the Islamic ummah in its jihad.
What remains to be seen is how many of Jamaa Islamiya's followers will heed this call.
Laura Mansfield is the author of "His Own Words: Translation and Analysis of the Writings of Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri", which includes a translation of Zawahiri's book Knights Under the Prophet's Banner. The book is available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847288804/002-5912291-5086445?redirect=true
blast from the past:
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Egypt Frees 950 Gamaa Islamiya Prisoners
Jamaa Islamiya = Gamaa Islamiya
Egyptian Arabic pronounces the G hard as in get
Classical Arabic, and Arabic throughout most of the Arabic speaking world pronounces G like a "J"
The Arabic spelling is the same; I translate it as I hear it. Zawahiri, although Egyptian, in his tapes uses the more classical Arabic prounciation so that's why I spelled it that way.
Gamaa and Jamaa are the same word.
Kinda like I pronounce "water" as "warter" and you pronounce it as "wahter" but we both mean that liquid that comes out of the tap :)
I will never be able to volcalize the words. You have heard me try :))
But the multiple spellings are very useful when you put them in search engines :)
Nor can I spell :P
> But the multiple spellings are very useful when you put them in search engines :)
Yep, that's what I was reinforcing - that G and J are interchangable (except in the case of GH - that's a different sound).
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