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"Il Giornale" Reports Al Qaeda Promises to "Annihilate New York" on February 2nd (Debka)
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| December 31, 2003
| Debka
Posted on 12/31/2003 6:39:37 AM PST by Rutles4Ever
The banner headline spread across the front page of Il Giornale, the respected Milan daily reads:
Al Qaeda: We will destroy New York within 35 days. Threat on the Internet. Countdown begins.
The threat was contained in a video clip featured on a web site associated with the fundamentalist terror group. It announced al Qaeda plans to destroy New York in a nuclear blast on February 2. Il Giornale claims the FBI blocked and removed the web site.
The video clip showed three possible scenarios: 1. A bomb or giant fireball from the skies that will cover the metropolis with a radioactive cloud. 2. A storm of radioactive clouds that will topple skyscrapers one by one, along with the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge. 3. An explosion on board a charter aircraft that will cause a radioactive cloud to spread over the city.
The video clip was accompanied by large, red-lettered Arabic captions saying: If God wills it, the end of America is near.
DEBKAfiles counter-terrorism sources say they cannot verify the authorship or gauge the seriousness of the threat because the Internet site is no longer accessible. But the report appeared in a newspaper widely viewed as the flagship of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Such reports - even if not authenticated - tend to contribute to the mounting sense of alarm generated by Orange Alert in America and other Western countries.
It comes against the backdrop of appeals to New Year revelers to stay away from the traditional New Years Eve celebrations in Times Square, Romes St. Peters Square, Moscows Red Square and Londons Trafalgar Square or even Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip. All these sites are surrounded by heavy security.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; bairam; debka; happynewyear; newyork; nuclear; orangealert4; terror; threat
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To: L`enn
"..and thousands of Chinese at the south posing as Mexicans." I guess that explains the Mexican that called me a "glingo".
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posted on
12/31/2003 7:51:37 AM PST
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: jstolzen
It it were an "official" AlQ site, it would be buried in code so deep that the liklihood of discovery is miniscule.
62
posted on
12/31/2003 7:53:25 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: AmericanInTokyo
Yes, a happy and safe New Year to all. Stay Well.
63
posted on
12/31/2003 7:55:20 AM PST
by
12GA
To: sarasota
do you really believe that thetop AlQ leaders (I understand there are five) would release any information AT ALL on the internet? I thought Zawahiri (#2 guy) and the probably-dead OBL recently released a warning tape. You're right about them using couriers -- but the couriers generally go to Al Jazeera and use them to get the word out. I would think they'd want to use the internet to get their message out for recruiting purposes. I find it hard to believe that we've gone into this high alert status (orange-plus in NYC) to the tune of millions of dollars a day unless they really believe there is a high probability that we could be attacked again. I don't, however, believe they have the capability to "annihilate" New York City.
To: grumple
ping
65
posted on
12/31/2003 8:01:06 AM PST
by
genxer
To: Rutles4Ever
Febuary 2 now. I'm starting feel like "Phil" in Groundhog Day.
To: Rutles4Ever
Could that be Februaru 2, 2004 in Times Square where they will drop the bomb at 1PM? LOL!
67
posted on
12/31/2003 8:08:32 AM PST
by
nmh
To: Dialup Llama
"Feb 2 is yet another Islamic holy day of prayer, reflection and bombing"
ROTF
68
posted on
12/31/2003 8:17:16 AM PST
by
international american
(support our troops................itch slap a liberal today!)
To: international american
BUMP!!
69
posted on
12/31/2003 8:39:34 AM PST
by
jstolzen
To: Rutles4Ever
The al quaeda whackheads must be watching one too many times of Independence Day! God willing, an Earthquake will strike the Pakistani mountains and buried all these whackheads in one big shock. LOL
70
posted on
12/31/2003 9:01:58 AM PST
by
FRgal4u
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Lex Luther's latest scheme....
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
71
posted on
12/31/2003 9:03:07 AM PST
by
mhking
(My brother and I had never seen The Belt........but we had heard about it....)
To: Labyrinthos
We needs a clock!
72
posted on
12/31/2003 9:08:48 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Pinging FReepers {except Arthur McGowan} Since May 16, 1999.)
To: b4its2late
Someone with more java talent than me ought to be able to set one up.
To: Labyrinthos
You and me both.....
74
posted on
12/31/2003 9:20:03 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Pinging FReepers {except Arthur McGowan} Since May 16, 1999.)
To: Rutles4Ever
The video clip was accompanied by large, red-lettered Arabic captions saying: If God wills it, the end of America is near. See, there's the problems right there. THIS is God's country! And God has allowed us to kick Islamist a** every time they show themselves. These s***heads like to talk and ululate but that's about it.
75
posted on
12/31/2003 9:20:46 AM PST
by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: sweetliberty
It must be really unsettling to be constantly dealing with the threats from these demon-possessed vermin. Don't you have Democrats where you are, too?
Oh... you meant AQ. Well since their last threat ended up a dud, I'm not going to take this one seriously either. Remember the 100,000 casualty prediction for Ramadan? Their score: 0.
76
posted on
12/31/2003 9:22:35 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
("I will do whatever the Americans want because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid"-Qadafi)
To: Rutles4Ever
Dear Al Qaeda: A man may step on a tiger's tail, but only once. -Confucius W Bush
77
posted on
12/31/2003 9:24:00 AM PST
by
Sender
(We are now at Code Ernie - stock up on barbecue, beer, duct tape, ammo, batteries)
To: mhking
LOL!
78
posted on
12/31/2003 9:24:16 AM PST
by
ConservativeMan55
(You know how those liberals are. Two's Company but three is a fundraiser.)
To: mhking
Lex Luther's latest scheme.... And on my dad's birthday, Groundhog Day too.
To: thoughtomator
"Don't you have Democrats where you are, too?" LOL! Point scored. sadly, I'm right in the heart of Clinton Cult territory, but there are lots of good conservatives here too.
80
posted on
12/31/2003 9:39:39 AM PST
by
sweetliberty
(Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.)
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