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Here's a link to the OBL letter
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html
I can't locate it now, but it seems to me I read about a similar accident within the past week involving a car cutting off a semi-truck, resulting in an accident.
Fifth London Bombing Suspect Still at Large
By BRIAN ROSS
July 13, 2005 -- The potential ringleader of the four suicide bombers in last week's attack on London's transit system is alive and still at large.
Authorities tell ABC News they know the identity of the fifth suspect in the London bombings. Video surveillance tapes from the Luton train station, located outside of London, show him seeing the four bombers off the morning of the attack. Although his name has not been released to the public, police sources describe him as having dark skin.
"It is quite obvious that this cell consisted of several other individuals," explained M.J. Gohel, a terrorism analyst at the Asia-Pacific Foundation. "The important thing to establish is how many other associates are there. How big is this cell? And is it likely to perpetrate another atrocity?"
Today police focused their investigation on the middle-class, largely Pakistani neighborhoods in Leeds, where the young bombers lived. British newspapers have dubbed them the suicide bombers of suburbia.
Shehzad Tanweer, 22, whose bomb exploded at the Aldgate station, was best known by his neighbors for his love of playing cricket. Bashir Ahmad, Tanweer's uncle, recalled that his nephew had recently returned from religious training in Pakistan and credited that training with a change in his nephew.
"It wasn't him," Ahmad claimed. "It must have been forces behind him."
Hasib Hussain, 19, who carried the bomb onto the double-decker bus, lived in the Holbeck suburb of Leeds with his parents, who had reported him missing last week. They were apparently unaware that his trip to London with friends was a suicide bombing mission.
"He were a good pillar to the community," recalled Paula Baker, a neighbor of Hussain. "I can't say nothing else because he was."
Mohammed Sadique Khan, 30, who carried the Edgware Road subway bomb, left behind a wife and an infant daughter. Leaders from a local mosque said he and some of the others practiced martial arts in the basement of the mosque.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=936882&page=1
That makes two of us!
HUNDREDS OF AL QAEDA SYMPATHIZERS MAY POSE SLEEPER CELL THREAT
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2005 — ABC News has learned that there are hundreds of people in the United States with suspected ties to al Qaeda and whom the government fears could become part of terrorist sleeper cells in this country.
British investigators say the suspected suicide bombers responsible for last week's terror attacks in London behaved like a classic sleeper cell, raising concerns that more such attacks might be possible. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the U.S. government has already arrested and jailed extremists who were believed to be involved in planning attacks.
"We've had sleeper cell cases," said Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff. "We've often arrested people or brought those cases down early in the process. If you wait until people are doing operational planning, you are waiting too long."
In March, the FBI had identified more than 1,000 people suspected of being al Qaeda sympathizers in the United States, according to documents obtained by ABC News. At any given time, government sources say, the FBI has about 300 Islamist extremists who are under investigation or surveillance.
The government is trying to develop informants in certain mosques where they suspect there are radicals and is tailing or electronically eavesdropping on suspected extremists.
Tools of Terror Are Within Reach
For those willing to carry out attacks, there are plenty of explosives readily available.
From 2001 to 2004, more than 16,000 pounds of high explosives were stolen from construction sites and demolition companies, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Equally as alarming, more than 60,000 pounds of blasting agents like ammonium nitrate — the same chemical used in the Oklahoma City bombing — were stolen, as well.
One of the explosive materials preferred by terrorists around the world is a homemade concoction called TATP. An ABC News team today bought three of the primary chemicals used to make TATP at local hardware and drug stores.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=936554&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Welcome back, we missed you. Glad the puppy is back at home with you.. I'm sure you have lots of fun ahead with that. :)
You highlighted an interesting point -- two dogs sniffing two different vending machines. Sounds like it could be credible. Will we ever find out?
Tancredo is meeting with Paul Williams tomorrow. His story seems to be gaining steam.
Nice post Karl. May they rest in peace. May their murderers burn in Hell.
I find it sadly ironic that Shahara Islam was a muslim. What a beautiful lady. Heard a report on Fox 5 (wash DC) news that all the terrorists in this case were native British. That shows us how insidious this cancerous plague called islam really is.
IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE HOME!!!
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July 14, 2005By Iqbal Khattak and Mohammad Imran
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday asserted that it would not allow the NWFP to be “Talibanised” and take every constitutional step to stop the Hasba Bill. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has threatened to start countrywide protests if hurdles are put in the bill’s implementation.
The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) will not be “Talibanised” by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal government and “every constitutional step” will be taken to stop the Hasba Bill from being legislated, said NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman.
“The bill will create a state within a state which is not acceptable,” Rehman told journalists at Governor’s House. He called the proposed law a “fascist idea” that would be stopped by “any constitutional step allowed.” The governor said the process to stop the MMA from enforcing the law had started, adding that the bill would affect the whole country adversely. He said he would implement any order issued by the federal government within the Constitution’s range. He added the provincial assembly was justified in legislating but “does not have the right to legislate beyond the Constitution’s limits.”
Rehman said the law draft would affect peoples’ liberty and any behaviour could be declared un-Islamic, adding, “This is my province and I will not allow anarchy to prevail here.” He appealed to Pakistanis, particularly in the NWFP, to protest against the MMA government’s un-Islamic act.
Meanwhile, NWFP Finance Minister Sirajul Haq said the provincial government’s priority was to implement laws that were in accordance with the Quran. He said that it was their right to introduce laws for the welfare and the betterment of the people. The minister warned that the MMA would start protests throughout the country if the federal government tried to destabilise or stop the Hasba Bill from being legislated.
He said Muhammad Akram Khan Duranni and himself informed Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and PML secretary general Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed about the bill during a meeting on July 5. He said that Shujaat said that there was nothing objectionable in the bill and had asked for a four-day period to develop consensus on the issue. “However during that time the ruling party changed its stance and started opposing the Hasba Act,” he added.
Haq said the Hasba Bill was prepared according to the Council of Islamic Ideology recommendations, which the government was trying to convert into the “Council of Political Ideology.” He said the NWFP government had sent a draft of the bill to President General Pervez Musharraf during his visit to Shindoor, even though it was not its constitutional or moral obligation to do so. “Federal ministers could not visit the province for providing flood relief but could travel here to threaten the MMA government,” he said. The minister said the NWFP was not Afghanistan and imposing the Hasba Bill would not ‘Talbanise’ the province.
Earlier, Liaqat Baloch said the bill was prepared in light of Articles 2, 31, 36, 37, 227, 137 141, 142 of the Constitution. He said, “The CM will appoint the provincial Mohatasib, someone eligible to be a judge of the Federal Shariah Court. Two lawyers will also be made members of the Hasba Authority, from someone eligible to become high court judges. Similarly two bureaucrats representing the minorities will also be made members of the authority.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-7-2005_pg1_4
"One of the machines was a Wells Fargo ATM, the other a food vending machine."
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=102398
Glad you are back home and happy ExSoldier. Good to see you on TM. I've missed your posts.
Great Details!!!
Ian do you have a spot to store this Qaeda attacks list somewhere?
British Government List of Terror Attacks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5139270,00.html
It's curious, that's for sure.
I don't know how someone would be able to tamper with an ATM without arousing suspicion.
But then, I'm not a terrorist..so I haven't any knowledge about these things. LOL
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