Al-Qa'ida operative reveals code words

independent ^ | 2/18/03

[knak]

Western intelligence officials say they have obtained a glossary of al-Qa'ida code words following the capture of an associate of one of the network's senior operatives.

Words such as "honey", "toy" and "little girl" – overheard by electronic eavesdropping of conversations between suspected terrorists – have been revealed to have a sinister meaning.

The breakthrough has come as result of the interrogation of Shadi Abdullah, who was arrested last April by police in Germany. The 26-year-old was seized after officials intercepted a phone conversation between him and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man accused by the US of being the link between al-Qa'ida and the Iraqi regime. The two men were allegedly discussing a terror attack.

While Mr Zarqawi is still at large, Mr Abdullah has apparently become one of the most useful and credible al-Qa'ida informers.

"There are few al-Qa'ida members in Europe or anywhere who have been as useful as he has been to us," a Bush administration official told The New York Times.

Officials said that much of Mr Abdullah's value has been in providing a glossary.

According to documents released by the German authorities in association with the trial of another alleged al-Qa'ida operative, Mr Abdullah has told police that "seven seas" referred to a forged visa used to gain entrance to European Union countries. "Honey" was a CD-Rom containing recipes for making explosives, a "toy" was a pistol while a "little girl" was a forged driver's licence.

Officials said Mr Abdullah, a Jordanian, has provided information about al-Qa'ida's efforts to reform following the US-led military operation in Afghanistan.

While he is not considered to be a senior operative, it appears he has information about a wide range of topics relating to al-Qa'ida. He has provided information about training camps in Afghanistan and told how al-Qa'ida fighters were taught to break attacks into stages, with separate small groups responsible for distinct tasks.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

It never ceases to amaze me how pro-terrorist the news can be sometimes. Publishing this will cause them to change the codes. Idiots.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[PISANO]

Let me get this straight. Western Intel Specialists tell a UK newsman in Washington that we have broken Al Q's code and by the way LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW ABOUT IT??....uhh....I don't think so!! If it is true, beam me up, maximum dispersion, deep space.

[Defiant]

Maybe we should explain to them what "Little Boy" means.

[greydog]

My thoughts exactly...........or the Al-Qa'ida is laughing thier asses off.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I don't believe for a minute that a newspaper would have been given this kind of information. But al-Qaeda will read it and change their codes anyway. Thanks, media scumbags. Your attempt to scoop a big story has endangered American lives. I'll bet that this was intentional.

[demkicker]

Is it just me, or do others also question the wisdom of publishing this news?

[LPStar]

I hope that these codes are wrong, so Al Qaeda wrongly thinks the US knows nothing about them.

[VaBthang4]

WHO IN THE HELL LEAKED THIS?! TREASON.

[xzins]

code word for "bin Laden"

"ripped him a new a$$ hole!"

[VaBthang4]

"According to documents released by the German authorities...

[irish_lad]

PSYOPS, my friend, PSYOPS.

[CommerceComet]

Code word for bin Laden:

Worm food
Daisy pusher
Doornail
Past tense
Afghan dirt
compost

These work?

[maestro]

UR#5).....................LOL

[A CA Guy]

Democrats use the code words as well.
Example... PROGRESSIVE = COMMUNIST

[eno_]

taught to break attacks into stages, with separate small groups responsible for distinct tasks

Like planting weapons on airliners for later use? I wonder how many accomplices the hijackers had.

Stories about weapons found on airliners also indicate that security failures were much larger than what allowed the hijackers on board.

[xzins]

LOL

code word for "al qaida"

crushed
red mist

[Man of the Right]

With due deference to my libertarian friends on this board, it's time to impose wartime censorship with wartime (i.e. World War II, not Vietnam) penalties for violation. Such as a suspended sentence from the gallows.

[pgkdan]

What a load of horse sh*t this whole article is. Who's disinforming whom?