Posted on 01/05/2005 1:39:05 AM PST by HAL9000
The Islamic Army in Iraq, one of the main armed groups fighting US forces in the war-torn country, has threatened to carry out attacks inside the United States, according to a statement posted on a website on Monday.This year "will bring woes on America. The mujahedeen (holy warriors) have prepared big surprises for your sons outside America and a big surprise for you inside America," said the statement whose authenticity could not be confirmed.
The statement appeared to mark a disturbing shift in strategy by the shadowy Sunni Muslim group which has claimed a number of attacks and killings of hostages in Iraq, including an Italian journalist and two Pakistanis.
Though last month the group freed two French journalists whom were held hostage for four months.
The mujahedeen "will take the battle from inside our country (Iraq) to yours", the statement said.
"We address you after you finished celebrating the New Year, hoping that you are no longer drunk. We will give American civilians a taste of what civilians in our country go through," said the statement, presented as a "message to the American people".
'Whole world hates America'
The message, which described the American people as "uncivilized" and "ignorant", claimed that "the whole world" hates America.
"Are you aware that the number of those who support striking America on its own turf has greatly increased?" it said.
"Last year was a picnic for your soldiers (in Iraq). The year 2005 will witness a quantitative and qualitative change in the operations against your army, which will go down in history," the statement said.
The Islamic Army was one of three militant groups, along with the al-Qaeda linked Ansar Al-Sunna and the previously unknown Army of the Mujahedeen, which warned in an Internet statement last week they would strike at anyone taking part in landmark Iraqi elections later this month.
"Those who participate in this dirty farce will not be sheltered from the blows of the mujahedeen," said the statement.
"Are you aware that the number of those who support striking America on its own turf has greatly increased?" it said.So what was 9.11 you frighteningly stupid dinks? Striking us on our own turf is what caused JDAMs and cluster munitions to descend on you like a gentle summer rain in the first place.
Mike Nesmith (Hey, hey - He was a Monkee) nailed it with "I Got 2 Million Tahiti Condos."
prisoner6
The only place they could do this would be blue states. To do it in a red state would be mass suicide.
prisoner6
Well the NYPD can be fairly tough on the bad guys, especially if you interrupt their morning coffee and doughnuts.
Nothing would cause mass deportation of rock worshipers from the USA faster than those lunatics running around killing innocent civilians. The police would have a hard time controlling vigilantism as well, and I suspect they would not try very hard to either.
Idiots. What happens when you get America REALLY pissed? They forget sometimes...
Yes, probably make that rock in Mecca they're so fond of disappear. Without the rock there would be no Islam. I think this ought to be broadcast loud and clear especially to the Saudis. Either the ME gets their house in order or no country there can be safe from retribution. The Islamofacists will bring it on themselves.
looking for a link to this atory.
I say go ahead. Our population has 1.9 guns per person.
how many nukes does it take to destroy Mecca&Medina? this question must be posed to the terrorists before they launch anything here
Unless, of course, they kill 3,000 at once. Then our president pads stocking-footed into a mosque, stammers about "religion of peace" and goes merrily back to immigrating about 100,000 green-carded alien Muslims yearly from places like Pakistan, Egypt and Iran.
Let them try, die and lie 6 feet under.
If this happened Islam would not only be unwelcome in any American city, anyone practicing it would have to do it underground as there wouldn't be a city that would support it (except maybe a couple blue states, especially Massacisettes.
Don't kid yourself. Any American who raised a hand or spoke too harshly a Muslim would be jailed by the FBI.
"Are you aware that the number of those who support striking America on its own turf has greatly increased?"
If this braggart weren’t so ignorant, he would realize that the number of Americans who support striking the Muslim world on its own turf has also greatly increased. The difference is that the U.S. has the ability, if we should so decide, to strike the Muslim world with the force of ten tsunamis, and the only reason we haven’t as yet done so is simply because there is currently an insufficient number Americans who support such a strike.
You've got my vote.
;-)
OBL's latest Trojan Horse. Film At 11.
"The police would have a hard time controlling vigilantism as well, and I suspect they would not try very hard either."
This statement brings up a question I was asked just recently. If I witnessed an attack on a Muslim or there place of WARship, would I contact the police or would I just pretend I didn't see anything. Still don't know the answer to that one.
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