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Suicide bombers coming to U.S.?
wnd ^ | 3/1/04

Posted on 03/01/2004 1:00:14 PM PST by knak

Israeli raid turns up terror plot against Americans, Europeans

A document discovered during a recent Israeli army raid on some West Bank financial institutions found payrolls being prepared for terrorists trained to commit suicide attacks – not just in Israel but in the U.S. and Europe, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reports.

Israel has reportedly shared the information with the intelligence agencies of friendly countries, including the U.S. and Russia, according to the premium, online intelligence newsletter.

In addition, new information about the ways and means of suicide bombers has been shared indirectly with the governments of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf states.

G2B has learned Israeli specialists are now working closely with Russian agents of the Federal Security Force, sharing with them information on the technology and means of preparing suicide bombs to be used by individual shahids – or "suicide martyrs."

In the course of the latest raids, Israel seized millions in cash from four Palestinian bank branches – much of it sent by Iran, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas to fund Palestinian terrorists.

The joint operation by police, army and the Shin Bet security service last Wednesday marked Israel's largest-scale effort in more than three years of fighting to stop the flow of funds to Palestinian terrorist groups, including from Hezbollah.

Troops were accompanied by computer experts from two of the banks, who had been arrested overnight. Soldiers covered the banks' cameras with sacks or disabled them, and confined employees to back rooms, witnesses said.

"The purpose of this operation is to impair the funneling of funds, which oil the wheels of terror against Israel," an Israeli army statement said.

Israeli forces checked several hundred bank accounts, some belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, security sources said. An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the forces were also looking for evidence of possible involvement by Yasser Arafat in funding terror attacks.

The forces took the equivalent of $6.5 million to $9 million from the bank vaults, corresponding to the amount of money found in the targeted accounts, security sources said.

The operation is part of the "global war" on terrorist funding, an Israeli army statement said.

Suicide bombers are growing more sophisticated, say G2B sources. Israeli counter-terror experts who participated in a South Carolina conference introduced a number of photos and actual products of suicide bombers' equipment including carry-on bags and briefcases loaded with pipe bombs and activated by cell phones. The cell-phone system is described as a method used by a team of attackers – one is the mule carrying the bomb and the other dials the activating number at the right moment. This method is also designed to avoid last-minute hesitations by the bomb carrier.

Police experts say the method of building suicide bomb vests has advanced by the use of more sophisticated explosives and techniques of flattening the charges so they can be concealed easily into clothing items. A police source told G2B terrorists are developing such bombs knowing they will have to improve concealment towards the coming spring and summer. Climate conditions will automatically raise suspicions of whoever wears heavy, winter type, items when the temperatures are high.

The use of better designed suicide bombs will have an effect on other terror intentions such as attacks on airlines or penetrating offices guarded by traditional methods only.

While suicide bomb attacks are common in Israel, they have been unheard of in the U.S. They are on the increase, however, against U.S. forces in Iraq. Last week Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the No. 1 threat to the new government and U.S. forces in Iraq comes from suicide bombers.


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KEYWORDS: g2bulletin; jihadinamerica; jihadineurope; josephfarah
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I pray this never happens.
1 posted on 03/01/2004 1:00:19 PM PST by knak
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To: knak
if it does,we wont be like israel,we'll grab all the ammo we got and exterminate the bastards
2 posted on 03/01/2004 1:01:59 PM PST by MetalHeadConservative35 (I may sound insane,truth is im just fed up there is a difference)
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To: knak
I pray this never happens.

Me too, but how much would you bet that any attack occurs in a blue state especially a state that will go to Kerry in November?

3 posted on 03/01/2004 1:02:19 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: knak
I think it's not an if as much as a when. When it does happen though it'll be open season.
4 posted on 03/01/2004 1:04:06 PM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
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To: Paleo Conservative
"Me too, but how much would you bet that any attack occurs in a blue state especially a state that will go to Kerry in November"

So that makes it ok if it's a "blue state"?
5 posted on 03/01/2004 1:04:42 PM PST by optik_b (follow the money)
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To: Bikers4Bush
racial profiling will be done by everyone in the country
6 posted on 03/01/2004 1:05:12 PM PST by knak
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To: knak
The Islamo-bombers better disguise themselves as little old blue haired ladies or the Muslim community will be rudely ushered out of the USA.
7 posted on 03/01/2004 1:05:27 PM PST by tractorman
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To: Paleo Conservative
Just don't know what to say to that. Pretty harsh dontcha think?
8 posted on 03/01/2004 1:08:05 PM PST by knak
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To: knak
I hope it doesn't happen either.

But we all know that they'd find eager recruits in ELF and ALF and PETA and the DU and the various Indymedias. That's not a catch-all slam against Leftists. Haunt their sites and you'll see it for yourselves.
9 posted on 03/01/2004 1:10:12 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Intellectuals exist only if you believe they do. ©)
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To: knak
Racial profiling would be the best they could hope for. My guess is that it will be much worse than just profiling.
10 posted on 03/01/2004 1:10:51 PM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
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To: knak
They have already racially profiled us.
11 posted on 03/01/2004 1:13:35 PM PST by Peelod
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To: knak
Suicide bombers are an extremely short range weapon with a quick fuse. Look at how the Israelis just building a wall has almost stopped them over there.
12 posted on 03/01/2004 1:13:36 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
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To: optik_b; knak
So that makes it ok if it's a "blue state"?

I didn't say that. The most likely targets for suicide bombings are cities with high population densities and where even high income people ride on public transportation. Most busses I see in my hometown are mostly empty, and the few passengers on them are low income and welfare recipients. It's just ironic that it is people living in the highest risk target areas tend to be the least supportive of making preemptive attacks of terrorists.

13 posted on 03/01/2004 1:15:10 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: knak
In the course of the latest raids, Israel seized millions in cash from four Palestinian bank branches – much of it sent by Iran, Syria and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas to fund Palestinian terrorists.

What good does it do to seize money from those organizations when the U.S. turns right around and gives the PA millions of dollars again?

14 posted on 03/01/2004 1:15:21 PM PST by NRA2BFree (Proud member of the FR Rabid Right Wing Axis of Evil®.)
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To: knak
"While suicide bomb attacks are common in Israel, they have been unheard of in the U.S."

Give no support for a palestinian state to the murderers who are inflicting suicide bomb attacks on Israel.

We should support them more, and we will when it hits home.

15 posted on 03/01/2004 1:18:18 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: knak
racial profiling will be done by everyone in the country.

I think you're right, and the concern that gives me is that if it gets out of hand, i.e. many Arabs are killed, it would give the government the opportunity to call Martial Law. IF it got too bad, I wonder if they could use that excuse to confiscate guns? I worry about my guns. lol

16 posted on 03/01/2004 1:19:24 PM PST by NRA2BFree (Proud member of the FR Rabid Right Wing Axis of Evil®.)
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To: knak
Our day will come. The only question remaining will be how we respond to it. I see three potential outcomes: Although I would prefer "None of the above", of the three I would choose the first. We know who this enemy is, what they look like, what language they speak, and the fact that are unlikely to be U.S. citizens. This isn't Israel, physical differences are clear and we don't have to permit foreign nationals unfettered mobility.

My prediction is that our actual response will be a combination of the above, but heavily favoring the last two. I base this mostly on the fact that even after the coordinated attacks on NY and DC, we are still wasting time strip searching airport passengers looking for cuticle cutters rather than "profile" and questioning the only people likely to commit terrorism. As a country, we have a great deal of growing up left to do and I fear we will adapt too slowly to a growing threat.

17 posted on 03/01/2004 1:19:41 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: knak
It is false that suicide bombings are on the increase in Iraq. While the violent events are on the decline there never were that many with suicide bombers. Roadside explosive devices are the favorite manner of killing our soldiers. They are slightly more effective than RATmedia lies.
18 posted on 03/01/2004 1:20:54 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies foreign and domestic agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
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To: MetalHeadConservative35
Who are you going to shoot?
19 posted on 03/01/2004 1:21:16 PM PST by Protagoras (When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists and the democrats are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

20 posted on 03/01/2004 1:23:30 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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