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Militant Group Says It Downed Russian Jets
newsday/ap ^ | 8/27/2004 | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF

Posted on 08/27/2004 3:27:20 AM PDT by The Raven

CAIRO, Egypt -- A claim of responsibility for the downing of two Russian planes appeared on a Web site known for militant Muslim comment Friday. The statement, which accused Russians of killing Muslims in Chechnya, was signed "the Islambouli Brigades." A group with a similar name has claimed at least one previous attack, but the legitimacy of the group and the authenticity of such statements could not be verified. Russian officials have said terrorism was the most likely cause of Tuesday's plane crashes, which killed 89 people. "We in the Islambouli Brigades announce that our holy warriors managed to hijack two Russian planes and were crowned with success though they faced problems at the beginning," the statement said without elaborating on the problems. Friday's statement said five mujahedeen (Islamic fighters) were on board each plane and their wills will be published soon. The statement did not explain how the hijackers boarded the planes, how they downed them or give any other details. "Russia's slaughtering of Muslims is continuing and will only stop when a bloody war is launched," the statement said. "Our mujahedeen, with God's grace, succeeded in directing the first blow, which will be followed by a series of other operations in a wave of to extend support and victory to our Muslim brothers in Chechnya and other Muslim areas which suffer from Russian faithlessness." A July 31 Web statement signed the "Islambouli Brigades of al-Qaida" claimed responsibility for the attempt to assassinate Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's prime minister-designate. Friday's claim did not refer to al-Qaida, the international terror network led by Osama bin Laden. Lt. Khaled Islambouli was the leader of the group of soldiers who assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat during a military parade in Cairo in 1981.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Russia
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; anwarsadat; chechnya; islam; islambouli; islamboulibrigades; russianplanes; sadat
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Also...explosives found
1 posted on 08/27/2004 3:27:21 AM PDT by The Raven
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To: The Raven

This means that the terrorist situation in Russia is really, really bad despite their censors and security apparatus' best efforts.


2 posted on 08/27/2004 3:35:11 AM PDT by Moderate right-winger
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To: The Raven

The 9/11 Commission Report told us not to distinguish between Islamic groups because they are all part of the same problem - fundamental Islam.


3 posted on 08/27/2004 3:37:29 AM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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To: The Raven

Can't wait for Putin to go to the UN to ask for permission to hunt these a$$holes down and kill them.
Surely there has to be a resolution and hearings and the measured response laid out to let them know the world is absolutely serious that "this will not be tolerated and there better not be a next time mister".

Maybe we can "ask questions" such as "Are you sure?", "Where's the proof?" and then use the ever popular, "I don't think you've made a convincing case."
Hey, maybe France will help!


4 posted on 08/27/2004 3:47:15 AM PDT by Adder (Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
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To: The Raven

Reality may show that the Russians on board were stomping Islamofascist ass and the Fascists crashed the planes ala flight 93.


5 posted on 08/27/2004 3:52:20 AM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: The Raven
Militants, huh? Wonder what they have to do before AP and Newsday refer to them as terrorists?
6 posted on 08/27/2004 3:52:36 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: The Raven
The 9/11 attack on the U.S. was never repeated--thanks to President Bush!
7 posted on 08/27/2004 3:55:01 AM PDT by Savage Beast (9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President Bush!)
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To: The Raven

bump


8 posted on 08/27/2004 3:57:45 AM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Savage Beast

"The 9/11 attack on the U.S. was never repeated--thanks to President Bush!"

Please don't say that......yet. ;-)


9 posted on 08/27/2004 4:02:55 AM PDT by PilloryHillary (Kerry lied while good men died. JohnFKerrysucks.com)
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To: The Raven

They've attacked the two most powerful countries in the world. Gee, I wonder if they have a plan...


10 posted on 08/27/2004 4:06:10 AM PDT by risk
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To: Adder
"Can't wait for Putin to go to the UN ..."

LOL!

I would be the last one to laugh at another's misfortune, but what is that I see lined up on those perches in that chicken house?

11 posted on 08/27/2004 4:16:30 AM PDT by G.Mason (A war mongering, red white and blue, military industrial complex, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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To: CzarNicky
Reality may show that the Russians on board were stomping Islamofascist ass and the Fascists crashed the planes ala flight 93.

Damn, I hope so.

And may their souls now rest in peace...
12 posted on 08/27/2004 4:17:00 AM PDT by KangarooJacqui ("I sit and listen dreamlessly... the promise of salvation makes me stay")
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To: Savage Beast

It is amazing that so many hundreds of thousands of people have our President to thank for their lives ... yet they continue to bash him daily and support the liberal media that is dead-set on taking him out.


13 posted on 08/27/2004 4:24:42 AM PDT by jojodamofo
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To: Adder
Even better, perhaps the Rooskies will join us, and together we can solve the problem.

Kill em all and let Allah sort them out!

I won't hold muh breath.

14 posted on 08/27/2004 4:26:38 AM PDT by ImpBill ("America! ... Where are you now?")
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To: The Raven

Does anybody know how to say "Let's roll" in Russian? LOL!


15 posted on 08/27/2004 4:28:22 AM PDT by jojodamofo
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To: Savage Beast
The 9/11 attack on the U.S. was never repeated--thanks to President Bush!

False, correctly:

The 9/11 attack on the U.S. was never repeated until now--thanks to President Bush!

BD
16 posted on 08/27/2004 4:29:17 AM PDT by BigDoom
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To: mewzilla
Wonder what they have to do before AP and Newsday refer to them as terrorists?

Become Christians and/or Republicans.
17 posted on 08/27/2004 4:32:26 AM PDT by milemark (Proud to be an infidel.)
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To: The Raven
Russia's slaughtering of Muslims is continuing

One can only hope.

18 posted on 08/27/2004 4:32:40 AM PDT by Freebird Forever (Diversity is divisive)
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To: The Raven

Remember that Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's second in command, served time in prison in Egypt for being a part of the plot that assassinated Anwar Sadat.

You'll find a lot of the fingerprints of those early Islamic terrorist attacks in Egypt on later attacks by Al Qaeda, largely because many of the same people were involved in either the planning or the training of those involved.


19 posted on 08/27/2004 4:39:58 AM PDT by StillProud2BeFree
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To: The Raven
"We in the Islambouli Brigades announce that our holy warriors managed to hijack two Russian planes and were crowned with success though they faced problems at the beginning,"

The bus station bombing?

20 posted on 08/27/2004 4:42:44 AM PDT by Netizen (Abortion is not a choice -- it's murder. The only 'choice' is which method of birth control to use.)
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