Posted on 12/31/2003 3:10:51 PM PST by Right_Handed_Writer
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: A new Al-Qaeda-style message has been posted on an Islamic website threatening imminent attacks on the United States, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), who translated the posting.
The Emergency Response and Research Institute (ERRI) has assessed the translation of the message and believes that despite the generic nature of the claims, it was likely to be authentic and from an Al-Qaeda operative...or someone knowledgeable in Islm and very sympathetic to the cause of the bin-Laden inspired network. However, according to ERRI, it appeared to be a general "call-to-arms" rather than an action message containing "go" signals for an impending attack.
The new threats were allegedly authored by Abu Abd Al-Rahman Al-Turkemani and originally appeared on the Global Islamic Media Site. Neither the identity of the author, nor veracity of the text has been verified by official intelligence or military sources.
MEMRI, which translates Arabic media, sermons and messages into English and other Western languages said the message was titled:" The Final Blows in the Decisive Battles Are At Hand." MEMRI has previously discounted other threats as non-credible, but its analysts determined this warning - due to its style and non-specificity - to be genuine.
A partial translation of the text, made public on Tuesday by MEMRI, is as follows:
"The final blows in the crucial battles are at hand," it reads. "We are now living in crucial days and we are seeing how the government of the idol of this age [i.e. the U.S.] is filled with fear and dread, dreaming of obtaining security and calm, and spending a billion dollars every week in order to protect itself from the imminent unknown danger coming from the direction [of the enemy] that they claimed to have completely destroyed years ago . "
"We are seeing that they have [finally] understood the oath of the commander of the Jihad army [Osama bin Laden] and they now know that he meant exactly what he said [when he was valiantly facing the armies of the new Crusade]:"
"We are now engaged in Jihad between the armies of faith, truth, and goodness as opposed to the armies of unbelief, falsehood, and evil. The crucial battle is about to begin. The swords have been drawn from their scabbards, and the fingers are on the triggers. Happy are those who choose [to join] the camp of the believers and choose the profitable deal [i.e., to sacrifice themselves in Jihad], and woe to those who join the losers [the armies of unbelief (in the Muslim faith)] who are in the lowest compartment of Hell."
"This is a crucial issue in a crucial battle in crucial days," the warning states. "The great harvest [of the enemies of Allah] is at the gates. And who knows - it may be imminent. . On the other hand, who knows, perhaps it is not imminent. There may be blows not by firearms to weaken the great serpent [i.e. the U.S.] as silent blows which do not require military skirmishes and without threatening."
"Those who ask, 'When will the crucial battle and the final blows come?' and keeps waiting for the event to come, without carrying out his own duties to prepare for it - are not of the armies of truth. They are merely onlookers, who have failed to join the Jihad - which is a personal duty for all Muslims. The war between us and unbelief and the people of unbelief is a war between two unequal forces."
"They surpass us in material preparedness, and we surpass them with the preparedness of belief, and courageous resolve..."
"silent blows" = biological/chemical contamination of water systems?
They just don't understand the extraordinary economic power and industrial clout of the country they're messing with. We probably spend this much each week on pet food and deodorant.
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