Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles - Daily Terror Threat

Debka ^ | 11-3-2003 | Staff

[tubavil]

Monday, November 3, 2003

A new message was posted in the last few hours by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of major al Qaeda attacks in those cities. This is revealed by DEBKAfile.

The message accuses the United States of predetermining its end (doom) by its policies. ?The Jews rule the Pentagon by remote control and (are the cause) of Muslims being killed in every corner of the world. The United States should therefore expect more blows.?

The message is signed on behalf of the al Bayan (The Threat) movement by ?your warrior brother, Abul Hassan al Khadrami?.

Our Muslim expert identifies the name of the signatory as belonging to a Yemeni from Hadhrameuth, the Bin Ladens? place of origin where Osama enjoys substantial tribal support.

DEBKAfile?s counter-terror sources stress that warnings appearing on these forums are taken both very seriously and with caution by the intelligence services keeping track of the terrorist network?s electronic traffic.

Last November, Jeddah-based fundamentalist forums addressed a message to an Al Qaeda member, saying whoever understands ? understands; whoever knows, knows, but we are marching towards an operation that will take us to Paradise. Three days later, the Mombasa Paradise hotel was blown up killing 12 Kenyans and 3 Israelis and a failed shoulder-launched Strela anti-air missile missed an Israeli airliner at Mombasa airport.

Link to Thread 2

[Calpernia]

In this pic:

Is this a picture of the plane from Salman Pak?

And SP2BF, what on earth does an exclamation point mean in Arabic?

[#3Fan]

Looks like England since they're on the left side of the street as they drive off. And there's a circus (circular intersection).

[tubavil]

Who in their right mind can protest against a security wall?

bush, powell, rice, Al-Qaeda, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Asbat al-Ansar, Al-Gama-a al-Islamiyya, HAMAS, Harakat ul-Mujahidin, Hezbollah, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation Front, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PLO, arafat, State Dept., a billion arabs & muslims, NPR, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, UN, EU, the US left, and last but not least...the Israeli left.

[jstolzen]

My fear exactly. We may never know we've been hit until AFTER the med cases start appearing.

[StillProud2BeFree]

An exclamation point in Arabic is just that - an exclamation point.

As for the plane, I have no clue. I'm getting ready to call it a night but in the morning I'll translate the text on the image and send it to you if you'd like.

[Cindy]

Adding on to post no.3984...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047880/posts

"1.5 million fingers on trigger" By Arnaud de Borchgrave (must read)
washtimes ^ | By Arnaud de Borchgrave


Posted on 12/28/2003 7:34:18 PM PST by dennisw


Commentary: 1.5 million fingers on trigger

By Arnaud de Borchgrave UPI Editor at Large

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- It was the eighth assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf since he seized power in Pakistan in October 1999 -- and the second in 11 days.

By his own reckoning, an estimated 1 percent of Pakistan's 150 million people are extremists, which is local patois for Islamist fanatics who would love to see Musharraf dead and the country in chaos.

For this militant minority, Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, is the second most popular man after the Prophet himself. Out of the ashes, they believe a nuclear-tipped Islamist phantasmagoria would rise to merge with a post-monarchy Saudi Arabia. Oil plus nukes is the vision the crazies share to level the playing field with the world's only superpower.

Two months ago, bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri's voice was heard on an audiotape that appealed to all Pakistanis to overthrow Musharraf.

Swiss banking contacts have told this writer in the past two weeks that tens of billions of dollars have moved into Swiss accounts from the Gulf, mostly Saudi money that no longer felt safe at home. Nor does it feel secure in the United States. Which may account, at least in part, for the spectacular fall of the dollar vis-à-vis the euro."

[asb3pe]

Labyrinthos said: "There is an unwritten rule around here that new members should show a little more respect to more senior members than you have shown as a member for less than a day. From the tone of your letter, I suspect that you regularly post under a different name, but lacked the testicles to do so this time or that you were previously ZOTTED for being an A-Hole."

I debated not replying to anyone over this, but... let me just say in response:
(a) How are new members supposed to read/understand these so-called "unwritten rules"? ESP, perhaps? I can understand a "respect you elders" attitude, but you seem to be implying some sort of totalitarian hierarchy here where dissenting opinions from "underlings" will NOT be tolerated. Is that truly how a Free Republic is intended to operate? Or is that just your opinion of how you wish it would operate, Labyrinthos?
(b) I do not post under any other nickname, and I have never been "ZOTTED" here (whatever that means).
(d) I have been called an "A-Hole" many times in my life, and this certainly won't be the last time. Sticks and stones, and all that... As they say, opinions are like a-holes - everyone has one. Including me. Especially me. :)
(d) Bottom line is... I spoke my mind, expressed my opinion, and tried to be as civil about it as possible - which is, quite honestly, more than I can say about the replies to my post, save for a very few. In fact, one of those "very few" was Pegita, who privately mailed me a very gracious message, which I did appreciate, and I responded to her in kind.
(e) I have made my own "unwritten rule" (since they are apparently unwritten by definition, I figure what the heck - who will know?) - "Senior members here should not jump to unwarranted conclusions regarding new members". I have been lurking here for a few weeks now, and fully admit I picked a very unfortunate time and circumstance to let my emotions reach a point where I finally decided to take the time to register so that I could express my own feelings and opinions. Religious topics have been known to provoke such emotional outbursts over the eons, so I don't feel especially out of sorts on this.

As I said to Pegita, I will not (and never intended to) continue the religious portion of my posting - you all now know how I feel and therefore there is little need to expound on such an inflammatory subject matter - but I did want to just go on the record and clarify, for anyone who may care (I'm sure most will not) that I'm not here to rabble-rouse or "troll". If I happen to make a few enemies along the way, so be it. Such is the price of being a part of a FREE REPUBLIC, is it not? We're certainly not all going to agree on everything, all the time... In fact, if you DON'T make some enemies along the way, you probably haven't been staying true to yourself and your opinions. I hope my future postings here will be better received. As with life, however, there are no guarantees - save that we will all die someday (but please - let's not broach the subject of "heaven and hell", ok?). :)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047906/posts

"Peoria part of terrorist 'circuit'"
Peoria Journal Star ^ | 12/28/03 | Phil Luciano


Posted on 12/28/2003 9:00:13 PM PST by Holly_P

[Cindy]

Adding on to Post No. 4146...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047900/posts

"Pakistan N-secrets sold to Iran through Germans"
HindustanTimes.com ^ | London, December 28 2003 | Vijay Dutt


Posted on 12/28/2003 8:41:15 PM PST by AM2000

[Oorang]

There is some good info here that might help you. Welcome.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1009058/posts

[tubavil]

"Police and Americans don't understand," McCoy says. "...

They hate you. ... They are so focused on what they're doing, time is no object. They're patient."

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMEBODY ACTUALLY 'GETS IT' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[radu]

can you tell me where to read about pings?, and bookmarks?

Here's A helpful FR dictionary for newcomers that should help. I wish I'd known about this when I first discovered FR. It took me quite a while to figure out the lingo. LOL!

[Quix]

forewarnings?

For your info, if interested . . .

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Fox News used same words as Kim Clement
Prophecy
Meri Burlingame Dec 26, 2003

I had some opposition to the posting of the Kim Clement prophecy. I believe this is a time to "listen" and a time to "listen" without a whole lot of prejudice. God will put things together in the way HE wants them and we are so prone as people to "listen" and then rearrange things according to what our personal biases and understanding are.

I am learning about biases in a way I never thought possible. I pretty much have lived in the "Christian community" my whole life. My realm of relationships have pretty much been "in the church" and working in the secular community in a different way than I ever have, hands on with the public and individuals. I am learning things about myself and the way I think that sometimes just plain shocks me--as I see how prejudiced and biased I have been, focused around all "I thought was right and what I thought was wrong."

In reality, there is just the matter of "Life and Death" and there's a lot of good stuff that is just as deadly as some of the "bad stuff" and that doesn't make the "bad stuff" right, it just frees us from the measure of judgment that so many of my fellow Christians have shared along with me. Such judgment binds us up and keeps us from being able to let Life flow out of us into people's lives.

This is Friday the 26th as I write and my family is all scattered throughout this weekend and I am scheduled to work today. . .

Fox News used same words as Kim Clement Prophecy, regarding Saddam Hussain, Bin Ladin and Christmas... Both the Fox News article and part of the Kim Clement post are found below. Blessings, Cathy Jones catray44@peoplepc.com

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,106666,00.html

Kim Clement:
A Word Regarding Christmas in America, 2003

Note by Steve Shultz:
On November 22, in Portland, Oregon, as part of the word below, Kim Clement prophesied this:

". . . I'm hearing echoes that are coming beyond the veil. I'm hearing God say to me, "You spoke about Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden being together and a lot of them rejected what you said. It doesn't matter what I said. I'm telling you this right now. Legs are about to be removed, and God is about to bring forth those that have hidden and taken people into captivity. The reason that I say that is because the time is drawing nigh.

This must be the merriest Christmas that we have ever had. In fact, I want to wish you something. I want to tell you, "Have the merriest Christmas that you have ever had. It's not going to be anything but a Merry Christmas. I say to you, "Merry Christmas everybody . . . I wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas. Everybody say, "I wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas." Turn around and tell somebody that now. America, enjoy your Christmas."

Exactly 3 weeks later, Saddam Hussein was "unexpectedly" apprehended, but not unexpected by many of God's prophets.


Operation Iron Grip 'Cuts Enemy's Legs' Thursday, December 25, 2003 BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces in Iraq staged a Christmas mission dubbed Operation Iron Grip that captured 66 people, including senior members of former dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, military officials told Fox News.

Troops rounded up the terror suspects in 14 raids throughout the greater Baghdad area. Among those captured were former high-ranking military officers, bomb makers and financiers linked to unnamed terror organizations, military officials said.

Operation Iron Grip (search) came as enemy forces unleashed a string of grenade, rocket and mortar attacks in Baghdad on Thursday. Guerrillas hit a hotel housing foreigners for the second time in as many days and targeted two banks, several embassies and a U.S. Army base. Thursday night, several explosions were heard in central Baghdad, and sirens blared in the Green Zone, a barricaded area that houses the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition governing Iraq.

A U.S. military spokeswoman said there were "two to three impacts in the vicinity of the Green Zone," but no casualties were reported. The strikes on prominent targets had more symbolic than military impact; two civilians - a woman and her daughter sleeping in an apartment - were injured, and damage was limited.

Col. Lee Flake (search), chief of staff of the 1st Armored Division (search), told Fox News in an exclusive interview that among the 66 enemy prisoners were 21 who he described as "very senior, very important." Two major generals, nine Fedayeen (search) fighters, three terror cell leaders and three senior planners were among those arrested.

"This has had very significant impact," Flake told Fox News. "We cut the enemy's legs." The Christmas violence came after assailants conducted the deadliest attacks since Saddam's Dec. 13 capture, triggering a series of explosions Wednesday that killed four U.S. soldiers, six civilians and a bomber.

Also Thursday, distant explosions were heard before dawn and after dusk in Baghdad as the U.S. military bombarded suspected rebel positions. The 19-story Ishtar Sheraton Hotel (search) was hit on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, the first time by a mortar shell that exploded harmlessly against a wall on an upper floor, and then by a rocket-propelled grenade that crashed through the atrium. There were no injuries, but the attacks on the high-profile target on the east bank of the Tigris River ensured intense coverage by foreign journalists jolted from their desks and beds in the Sheraton and the neighboring Palestine Hotel by the blasts.

One grenade, apparently intended for the Sheraton, crashed through a bedroom wall in an apartment building across the street, detonating and inflicting shrapnel wounds on a woman and her 20-year-old daughter. "It's a miracle," Zaid al-Khalil, the woman's husband, said of their survival.

After that attack, U.S. soldiers investigating the area found leaflets warning Iraqis to stay home, said Army Lt. Kurt Muniz of New York City. The leaflets warned U.S. forces to leave the country and Iraqi police to stop working with foreign occupiers. A U.S. military spokeswoman said the attacks included "three or four impacts" inside the Green Zone, a barricaded area containing the Republican Palace and other buildings occupied by the U.S.-led administration. Just outside the zone, rockets and grenades hit the Iranian and Turkish embassies, but did not penetrate the buildings. Another projectile hit an office building behind the German Embassy, blasting an empty second-floor suite. A mortar shell struck a police station in southern Baghdad, but caused no injuries, the military said. Attackers also blew holes in Baghdad's Rasheed and Rafidain banks, police said. No money was stolen. One rocket hit the Baghdad City Council building, shattering windows.

In other early morning attacks, rebels fired five grenades apparently intended for the Baghdad Hotel near the Sheraton, but all exploded harmlessly, Muniz said. They also fired a pair of grenades at the gate of a 1st Armored Division base in east Baghdad. Accustomed to violence, many residents of Baghdad ignored the blasts and went about their daily chores after sunrise.

The city's small Christian community went to church. Ten minutes of gunfire disturbed the afternoon calm in the city center. Also during the day, two roadside bombs exploded on Palestine Street, a thoroughfare full of shops selling wedding gowns and photograph studios that is often used by U.S. military convoys. Two Iraqi police officers were injured, and wares were damaged. "Only innocent people get hurt and lose their money," complained Hassan Thadet al-Tikriti, a shopkeeper from Tikrit, a center of anti-American resentment and Saddam's former power base. "Does that scare the Americans? No. It only harms us."

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[Cindy]

re post no. 4152...

I dare say that many do get it, but very few people express it.

[Quix]

I agree.

[little jeremiah]

Check out post #4,153. There's a link to:

"Here's A helpful FR dictionary for newcomers that should help. I wish I'd known about this when I first discovered FR. It took me quite a while to figure out the lingo. LOL!"

Since the software changed I don't know how to make links. I should read it too!

(You might like this thread if you haven't found it yet.)

[JustPiper]

Not me knak, wasn't my find ;)

[radu]

"Report: Al Qaeda Targeting Oceanliners"

This is one of the two images that made my hair prickle when they were posted at Dada's page. It was posted on some of the other sites, too.

Glad I saved it now since it doesn't appear in the earlier posts on this thread anymore. It should stay put now.

[JustPiper]

Well this answered the why -g-

In return for their co-operation, Libya will be looking for the lifting of trade sanctions imposed after Lockerbie.