Al-Qaeda planning US 'death blow'

Australia News ^ | Oct. 31, 2003 | Dubai correspondent -Agence France-Presse

[FairOpinion]

OSAMA bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network is planning a "death blow" against Americans during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a Saudi magazine reports in its issue due out today.

"Al-Qaeda is going to carry out a death blow against Americans during the month of Ramadan," Al-Majallah said, quoting an e-mail sent by Abu Mohammed al-Ablaj, identified as a senior member of al-Qaeda.

Ablaj, who regularly communicates with the London-based weekly via e-mail, did not specify if the threatened strike will be carried out in the United States or against American interests abroad.

"Muslims have the right to draw the blood of Americans, civilian or military, everywhere in the world," Ablaj said.

He did not dismiss the possibility of a "painful" strike in Iraq, which is currently under a US-led occupation following the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein.

"Bin Laden has ordered his supporters to carry out a guerrilla war against Arab and Muslim countries where there is an American military and commercial presence," Ablaj said.

"The guerrilla war decided by bin Laden and his assistants won't be limited to martyr (suicide) operations mentioned in his last two messages. This (war) will be carried out by other means and (using) different types of weapons," he added.

In a message purported to be from bin Laden and aired on October 18 by Qatar's Al-Jazeera television station, the terror chief threatened to send suicide bombers to the United States and attack any forces joining the US-led coalition in Iraq.

[HamiltonJay]

The only thing these bastards have are the 2 faced regimes that smile to us while hiding the terrorists... if "cooperating" with the US is going to make you a target... they will clickly lose their regional popular support.....

This is an organization that is not going away, but surely is not going to be growing anytime soon... they are withering on the vine and everyone knows it. Go ahead start killing leaders in these muslim countries you don't like... go ahead and start attacking everyone and everything.... die at the hands of your own zealotry!

Syria, Iran... sleep with one eye open .... Damn Yankees are coming.

[DannyTN]

"Muslims have the right to draw the blood of Americans, civilian or military, everywhere in the world," Ablaj said. "

In other words, Muslims have the right to kill any infidel anywhere.

And the reason we let Ablaj live is?

[Our man in washington]

Of course not. We would never nuke Israel.

[JesseHousman]

I seriously doubt that a rational person would advocate nuking an entire region as a response to a terrorist act.

Why not?

After 9-11 the USA should have taken out the Saudi oil fields. Could you imagine the gasps from the mouths of the limp-wristed Europeans and arabs?

It would have scared the crap out of the North Koreans as well.

Putzing around in Afghanistan and Iraq is all well and good, perhaps, but there's notbing better than nuking enemies while you still have the ability.

Time is of the essence and we've allowed the moment of shock and surprise to escape our enemies.

[RightWhale]

"Muslims have the right to draw the blood of Americans, civilian or military, everywhere in the world," Ablaj said.

This godless, immoral, hallucinating Ablaj doesn't speak for Muslims. Only his mother listens to him, and even that is only because of the mysterious mother thing where she feels responsible for improper diet when he was a baby.

[JSteff]

Not a parking lot, a glass top plain.

[OneTimeLurker]

"It is a miracle that they haven't been able to attack us in the past two years, but obviously they are still trying."

Not that amazing considering that there were not attacks in the US between 1993 and 2001.

[yonif]

dirty bomb attack or something similiar will result in nuclear hellfire being unleased upon the islamic world.

I seriously doubt that we would respond that way (not that we shouldn't).

[mhking]

Not a parking lot, a glass top plain.

Not a glass pane?

[Hank Rearden]

Note to any Muslims reading this... any strike above and beyond 9/11 will be met with the total destruction of Islam.

No it won't. Bush will hold another celebratory dinner and beg for the Moos' forgiveness for whatever we did to make them mad.

[My Favorite Headache]

Oh Gasp! The horror!

[StolarStorm]

GW knows how to play good cop, bad cop. Don't worry, he knows that radical Islam is the enemy. He'll be saying "religion of peace" up until the point he orders the occupation of Saudi Arabia.

[BadAndy]

Your sister can blow THIS, Haji

[chiefqc]

Stupid rag headed morons, they just keep poking the giant in the eye.

The first poke they got a little slap, the second poke they got a harder slap.

Hey rag heads, you'll know it when you've poked one time to many.

My advise, let the giant rest in peace or the results could be beyound your understanding.

[evets]

vey series

[StolarStorm]

True, but it makes me feel better to say it!

[f.Christian]

Al Qaeda central - east ... sure will accept a collect call from osamma !

[My Favorite Headache]

He is sitting in Saudi Arabia giving the U.S. Government the finger.

[FairOpinion]

AQ related news item:

Rerouted El Al Flight was Targeted by al-Qaeda
11:30 Oct 30, '03 / 4 Cheshvan 5764
http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=51941

(IsraelNN.com) A senior government or security official was on board the El Al flight which was diverted from Toronto to Montreal last week due to a “terror alert”. According to a report in the Canadian Calgary Sun, al-Qaeda terrorists intended to target the plane due to the senior person on board.

The report states Mossad officials in Tel Aviv contacted Canadian security authorities a short time before the plane was due to land in Toronto, prompting the decision to divert to Montreal.
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I think there is a lot of terrorist attemps going on, and so far we have foiled them. The government is downplaying and not reporting much on the incidents, as the above news item shows. The diverted plane was briefly mentioned in the news, most people probably even missed it, now it turns out, it was targeted by AQ.

The point is not to be scared, as I said before, but to stay vigilant. Some of you make jokes about the threat, but it's not a joke. I think it's a testimony to our (and other international) intel services and law enforcement and that Bush had them pull out all the stop, to prevent attacks -- that so far we managed to foil the attempts, most of which we aren't even aware of.

[winker]

At some point will America really look at what is being said and done by the Terrorists and and then consider what the President continues to say about them and how we should tolerate their murderous attitudes towards us in particular? He is his own worse enemy and I believe him to actually believe this opinion without any help or prodding. His nicie nice attitude is gonna get us all killed if he does not wake up to what he believes about islam! They are not peaceful people or a religion of peace; we are going to have to kill every last one of them before they can figure a way to get to us! Wake Up Bush!