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Al Battar Issue No. 18
By SITE Institute ^ | Military Committee of the Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula

Posted on 10/14/2004 5:17:27 PM EDT by Calpernia

The eighteenth issue of Al Battar demonstrates the galvanizing effect of communications from Al Qaeda’s leadership on the movement. Enthusiastic citations of a recently released audiotape from Ayman Al-Zawahiri run through the entire magazine. In the lead editorial, Al-Farouq Al-Aamiri writes: “Thanks to God, the tape . . . proved the important fact that, despite all the lies and controversy pursued by the Americans, the Islamic Army in Al-Qaeda is triumphant on the battlefield, unlike Bush’s victories, which are only on the pages of the ‘New York Times’ and the ‘Washington Post.’”

The news section focuses on the Al-Zawahiri tape, developments in Afghanistan, and the recent attacks on the Australian Embassy in Indonesia, claiming that Al-Qaeda is destined to defeat the U.S. and its allies. The commentary on current events explains why “Australia is considered the main Crusader enemy in Indonesia and is at the top of the list of targets of our bothers, the Mujahideen.”

An essay on the situation in Russia concludes that the terrorist onslaught there has forced the Russian leadership to recognize its weakness and to change its attitudes toward the Chechens, proclaiming that “for the first time in the history of this war, Russian officials were forced to give in and seek the most suitable solution for this issue. This is a serious indication that the attacks have truly shaken the Russians’ collapsing existence.”

This issue also contains the second installment on the use of pistols as training for assassinations, a tactic advocated in previous issues and employed in several al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia this month. This time, the featured pistol is the 9X18mm “MAKAROV” pistol, with illustrations and detailed information on its weight, range, parts, operating mode, loading and unloading, cleaning and maintenance, the characteristics and disadvantages of automatic pistols, etc.

Additional training is offered in survival and the planning of special operations.

Also in this issue, the first installment of a series on topography introduces a science considered by the author to be as important as weaponry to the Mujahideen.

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FBI Believes Student was bin Laden Scout Investigators Say He was Doing Surveillance Here [NJ]

WABC-NY Channel 7 via ABC News ^ | Oct 14, 2004 | Kemberly Richardson

Posted on 10/14/2004 4:56:03 PM EDT by Mike Fieschko

(Newark-WABC, October 14, 2004) — He looked like any student attending college in New Jersey. But in reality, FBI officials believe he was sent here by Osama bin Laden to scout out possible targets for a terrorist attack. Eyewitness News' Kemberly Richardson reports.
Sources tell Eyewitness News they are making headway with this investigation. They say as they canvas the area showing people a picture of Dhiren Barot they are getting confirmation he was here.

He was seen at tourist areas, universities, and perhaps the most unsettling place: Right in front of the Prudential building.

A senior FBI agent tells Eyewitness News a Starbucks Coffee near the Prudential building may have been a perch for an alleged al-Qaeda operative.

Witnesses confirm that Dhiren Barot was seen inside the shop directly across from the building described by authorities as a potential terror target this past summer.

The 32-year-old is being held by British officials, charged with conducting surveillance of the company's Broad Street headquarters and other buildings in our area.

The buildings have been under heightened security since August, when Pakastani police discovered Barot's reports on computers and emails.

Sources say there are references to trash containers at Prudential Plaza, and that Barot paid close attention to vehicles that were being permitted into the area, including Fedex trucks.

Federal officials believe the reconnaisance took place in the months leading up to September 11th, 2001, that Barot was taking orders directly from Osama bin Laden and was well-known to Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, the captured mastermind of the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.

The FBI says he entered the U.S. on a student visa, and was living in New Jersey. Witnesses have confirmed he was seen at several college campuses in northern New Jersey.

The FBI also tells us Barot had two notebooks containing information about chemicals and explosives and may have been planning to use radioactive material.

A spokesperson for Prudential says they were briefed on all of these details back in August, and have taken appropriate security measure.

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