Terrorists ready for holy war in 40 American states

The Herald ^ | February 11 2004 | IAN BRUCE

[Bobibutu]

Terrorists ready for holy war in 40 American states

IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent February 11 2004

ISLAMIC terror commandos are being infiltrated into the US in preparation for "an American jihad" from within, according to intelligence sources. Dozens of radicals trained in camps in western Pakistan and Kashmir are already believed to have slipped into the country and been absorbed in sleeper cells in unsuspecting Muslim communities as the vanguard of a holy army estimated to be several hundred strong. An FBI spokesman said al Qaeda and allied organisations were thought to be operating in 40 American states, awaiting orders for terror attacks. An official said up to 400 known radicals had passed through the camps. Many of the camps are run by Harakat-ul-Ansar and Lashkar-e-Taiba, militant groups with links to al Qaeda and a history of grooming guerrillas to attack security forces. India and Pakistan last month announced a peace initiative on disputed Kashmir. General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, said his country would not allow terrorist training on its soil. However, Indian and US intelligence agencies claim to have surveillance photographs and intercepted signals which show that between 60 and 70 camps are still in use. Some which were closed after the September 11 attacks on the US have also been reactivated. Pakistani authorities have arrested hundreds of al Qaeda suspects, including Abu Zubaydah, its top recruiting officer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, chief of operations, and Ramzi Binalshibh, paymaster of the September 11 hijackers. US officials suspect that Pakistan's inter-services intelligence agency, which created and fostered the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, has not broken all its Islamic links with terrorist organisations. FBI agents last year arrested 11 men, including nine US citizens, for involvement in what became known as "the Virginia jihad". All were accused of engaging in terrorist training at camps run by Lashkar-e-Taiba. Six have since pleaded guilty. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, yesterday denied the existence of any terrorist camps in his country or in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. In Ukraine yesterday, the foreign ministry denied reports that scientists had sold nuclear weapons to al Qaeda. Markian Lubkiyvskyi, a spokesman, said Ukraine had transferred all its nuclear weapons to Russia by June 1, 1996.

[gunnrmike]

The neighborhood where I live is a sleeper cell of American Patriots. Bring it on!

[Snowy]

Everyone just relax. The Northeast Intelligence Network hasn't updated their site in a couple of days... all is well. /sarc

[philosofy123]

No actually the Koran does not say Zionist, it says Jew!

[AngryJawa]

Perhaps if the feds are leery of busting these clowns because of the racial profiling blowback, maybe they should just "inadvertantly" leak some names and addresses.

[MarMema]

This is a scary piece. No doubts in my mind that they are everywhere out here in Washington and Oregon.

I ran into some of these at the local fair a few years ago. They had a booth and were handing our literature.

Could be time for another Oregon highway pic? One of my favorites of all time...

Could also be time to get the 13 and 15 year olds into some serious target practise sessions.

[Quilla]

I'll call.

[Dead Dog]

Yah, but I'm not a Jew. But I have a couple trees, and more than one rifle. I am a Zionist, however.

Before they can get to the Jews, they have to drive through the land of Joe Sixpack with a gun rack.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Incredible aint it?

Here our intelligence thinks these fanatics have set up operations in 40 freaking states, and some here are confident the government will protect them. Sheesh......

Man, I hope there wrong, but if their not, and there are more brutal mass murders, there is going to be absolute hell to pay for these open bleeding borders and this immigration "free for all".

[OXENinFLA]

[knak]

wow, yours?

[Dead Dog]

Yah, let see them try a drive by in Burns. They'll get out of city limits, then they have 300 miles of free fire range in all directions. My guess is they will end up like so many Mullies and Jackalopes on a wall in that little bar outside of Crane.

If they did the same in PDX, then Katz would have them as Grand Marshalls of the "Safe and Sane" Leather Pride Parade.

[CougarGA7]

I'm ready.

[Capt. Tom]

So we need them to commit acts of terrorism Americans won't commit.

Americans don't seem to be interested. There are not to many Timothy McVeighs around, -Tom

[Kozak]

in sleeper cells in unsuspecting Muslim communities as the vanguard of a holy army estimated to be several hundred strong

I would suggest the "unsuspecting" better get to work and clean up their commuities, flag the FBI etc BEFORE something happens, or the innocent will suffer with the guilty. God help them if the full wrath of the US population is turned on them if we get a repeat of 9/11.

[fso301]

Wage Jihad in 40 states.

Hmmm. The ten states they're not ready to wage Jihad in are probably those where the residents are most likely to grant them the martyrdom they so fervently desire.

[kevao]

Maybe a 40-state jihad will be this election year's "October surprise" to shake faith in Bush's leadership?

[Grampa Dave]

I doubt that they will do anything in the rural areas when most teenagers are good shots as well as their parents.

I think that they are all over Oregon, Washington and California.

[Consort]

...to shake faith in Bush's leadership?

Or to renew it.

[Quilla]

About a quarter of those are mine, the rest are hubby's. Hard to see, but most of these are mine:

[Grampa Dave]

Sam would you please post the Vera Kata welcome to Portland for Islamofascists for MarMema.

Thanks!