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Growing evidence al Qaeda implicated in Sinai terror attacks
NRG Maariv and Maariv International ^ | 25 Tishrei 5765 - 10 October, 2004 | staff

Posted on 10/09/2004 5:20:07 PM PDT by Perdogg

Palestinian groups deny any involvement, say their policy is to fight only in Israel and occupied territories

There is mounting evidence that last night’s terror attacks against Israeli vacationers in Sinai was carried out by al Qaeda, or one of its subsidiaries.

Security and intelligence sources say that the type and scope of the attack bears all the hallmarks of an al Qaeda operation. “Al Qaeda has targeted resorts in the past, in Africa and Asia. In addition, al Qaeda has proven it is capable of the degree of coordination required in order to achieve almost simultaneous attacks on three different resorts, quite far from each other. No current Palestinian group has ever shown such advanced planning and command capabilities”, they said.

In addition, as initially disclosed three weeks ago in Maariv International, there have been credible intelligence reports of al Qaeda presence in Sinai, in joint cooperation with Hamas and Hezbollah.

Intelligence sources say it is highly probable that this was a joint operation, with al Qaeda and possibly Hezbollah providing the planning and command capabilities, while Hamas operatives provided the intelligence and reconnaissance of possible targets, including information on the numbers of Israelis in Sinai.


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; globaljihad; tabahilton

1 posted on 10/09/2004 5:20:08 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: kerryforreal?

Maybe ter-Ra-za knows something about the funding of this operation. Hmmmmm?


3 posted on 10/09/2004 5:25:29 PM PDT by Perdogg (Dubya - Right Man, Right Job, at the Right Time!)
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