Your version, sounds correct to me.
We worry, when he signs off on it.
I will remove parts of this, but try to leave the important parts....granny
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al Qaeda in Iraq issues virulent manifesto
Document calls for violence, destruction of 'American empire'
Friday, August 26, 2005; Posted: 6:20 p.m. EDT (22:20 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/26/alqaeda.book/index.html
(CNN) -- The group al Qaeda in Iraq -- which has been behind many of
the worst attacks, beheadings, and kidnappings in Iraq -- has issued a
manifesto in which it calls for violence and hate for all but "true
Muslims."
Shiites do not belong among "true Muslims," the group says, calling
their faith "a confession of polytheism and rejectionism."
It also declares: "We vow by the name of God that we are determined to
destroy the American empire," adding that the insurgency is stronger
than Washington acknowledges.
The document also warns there will be no end to the insurgency.
"The call for jihad goes on until doomsday, whether there is an imam
calling for it or not."
The group's e-book surfaced on an Islamic Web site this week and offers
links to three issues of al Qaeda in Iraq's e-magazine, a forum often
used to claim responsibility for attacks. In numerous sections totaling
dozens of pages, the e-book covers topics from the justification of
beheadings in the Quran and why democracy is wrong.
No date was given for the document, and no author was listed. The
reference to its Jordanian-born leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in the third
person suggests he did not write the document.
While part of the document seems to have been written relatively
recently, another part refers to to the government of Ayad Allawi, who was
interim leader in Iraq until April.
The document also called President Bush's insistence on staying in Iraq
"until we accomplish our mission" a "desperate catchphrase ... used to
make the public believe that the mujahedeens are in bad shape."
The document repeatedly urged Muslims to launch attacks against foreign
forces in Iraq and their allies and for Iraqi troops and police to turn
their backs on the new elected government.
"You who betrayed Muslims and in humiliation became one of many
collaborators, a servant under the command of the cross, we ask you to return
to your Islamic instinct or cutting your neck will be your only
punishment for your treason against your religion and your people."
It adds this warning: "Repent or else."
The group calls its doctrine and mission guided by "our agreement to
believe in and fight for the religion of God. We believe that those who
follow these beliefs and the provisions of faith are true Muslims, and
anyone who denounces any of these beliefs and conditions is an infidel
even if he still claims to be a Muslim."
The central image of the e-book is the group's logo: a globe with an
open book, presumably the Quran. Emerging from the center of the Quran
are a spear, a Kalashnikov rifle, a hand with the index finger sticking
up -- a symbol of unity -- and a banner reading, "There is no God but
God; Mohammed is the messenger of God."
CNN's Octavia Nasr contributed to this report.
3 detained in Hamburg over terrorism scare
The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2005
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/08/26/news/hamburg.php
HAMBURG The police in this northern German city have detained three
Chechen men for questioning in connection with a search for possible
terror suspects, an investigator said Friday.
The three are from 21 to 25 years old, said Reinhard Chedor, head of
Hamburg's state criminal office. Two went to the police of their own
accord; the third was detained after being identified by the police.
Chedor said there appeared to have been no plans for any attack.
He said the authorities believed they were the three men who were
involved in a suspicious conversation at a bus stop in the city Wednesday
evening that prompted a large-scale police search.
A witness told the police that one of the three, who were said to have
been talking in Arabic, said "We will stand tomorrow as heroes before
Allah."
After the reported conversation, the men, one of whom had a backpack,
were caught on film by a surveillance camera on a bus traveling out of
the center of Hamburg, the police said.
On Thursday, the police urged the three to make contact with them and
began a search that involved about 1,000 officers.
Hamburg's top security official, Udo Nagel, said Thursday night that
the alert may have resulted from a misunderstanding. He said there was no
reason for the public to be alarmed.
Nagel acknowledged that the size of the police operation had been
dictated by fears of attacks similar to those on three Underground trains
and a bus in London last month that killed 56 people, including 4
bombers.
Three of the suicide hijackers involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
on the United States lived and studied in Hamburg. Last week, a
Moroccan national, Mounir el-Motassadeq, was jailed by a court in the city for
seven years for belonging to a terrorist organization.
Motassadeq was a close friend of the suicide hijackers, including the
ringleader of the attacks, Mohammed Atta.
KDWN Radio, Traffic reports.
Since 4pm, the traffic advisor has said the 15 South, between Flamingo and Russel is shut down.
At 4 pm they said a semi accident, now they say an oil spill.
Sounds like a fuel truck.
Saudi Arabia details raids on militants
One operation killed al Qaeda's Saudi chief
Friday, August 26, 2005; Posted: 6:36 p.m. EDT (22:36 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/26/saudi.militants.ap/index.html
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Security authorities on Friday announced
the arrest of 41 suspected militants, including those captured during a
series of simultaneous raids earlier this month in which al Qaeda's
leader in Saudi Arabia was killed.
The Interior Ministry issued a statement outlining August 18 operations
in Riyadh and Medina that killed al Qaeda's Saudi chief, Saleh Mohammed
al-Aoofi, and two other militants.
(snipped)
One was 29-year-old Majed Hamed Abdullah al-Haasiri, a Saudi who was
No. 14 on a list of 36 most wanted terrorists sought for connection to
terror attacks in the kingdom dating back to 2003.
Al-Haasiri was killed in a shootout with police in the capital, Riyadh.
The third slain Saudi militant, Mohammed bin Abdullah Awaidhah, died in
the same shootout in Medina that also killed al Qaeda chief al-Aoofi.
The statement also said several police swoops netted at least 41 people
on July 25 and August 18 in Riyadh, Medina and the northern town of
Arar, including non-Saudis. No further details were provided.
Among the 41 was Mohammed Saeed Mohammed al-Sayam al-Umari, 25, who was
arrested in Medina on July 25 and was No. 10 on the list of 36 most
wanted terrorists.
Since May 2003 Islamic militants have carried out numerous suicide
bombings and kidnappings and have regularly battled security forces. The
attacks, which have tended to target Westerners and housing complexes
where Westerners live, have been blamed on the al Qaeda terror group and
its allies.
Saudi forces say they have gotten the upper hand against terror cells,
killing or capturing all but one figure on a previous most wanted list
of 26 militants. Saudi national Talib Saud Abdullah al-Talib, who was
No. 16 on the earlier list, remains at large.
Today in History:
August 26, 1945 - Hong Kong
Liberation Day
No information provided.
August 26, 1945 - Japan
American Occupation Begins
The six-year American occupation of Japan began with the landing of U.S. military forces
in Japan.
August 26, 1930 - Philippines
Founding of the PKP
The Partido Kommunista Ng Pilipinas (PKP) was founded by Evangelista Cristo in Manila.
August 26, 1847 - Philippines
National Heroes' Day
Commemorates the revolt against the Spanish.
Upcoming Significant Events:
August 27, 1966 - Namibia
Placed Under U.N. Control
The United Nations canceled the previous League of Nations mandate which gave South
Africa administrative control of Namibia in 1920. South Africa rejected the U.N.
resolution, and the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) began its guerrilla
war against South African rule.
August 27, 1979 - Ireland
Earl Mountbatten Assassinated
Earl Mountbatten was killed off the coast of Ireland by an Irish Republican Army (IRA)
bomb planted on his boat.
August 27, 1980 - Lebanon
U.S. Ambassador Attacked
No information provided.
August 27, 1982 - Canada
Turkish Attache Assassinated
The Turkish military attache was assassinated by Armenian extremists.
August 27, 1982 - Turkey
Attache In Canada Assassinated
The Turkish military attache in Canada was assassinated by Armenian extremists.
August 27, 1985 - Nigeria
General Babangida Seizes Power
General Ibrahim Babangida seized power, overthrowing the Buhari regime.
August 27, 1987 - Philippines
Failed Coup Attempt
Mutinous soldiers began attacks on the presidential palace in an unsuccessful bid to
overthrow the Aquino government. On August 28, rebel military units led by Lieutenant
Colonel Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan attacked Camp Aguinaldo and television stations in
the metro Manila area.
August 28, 1985 - Colombia
Death of M-19 Leader
April 19 Movement (M-19) leader Ivan Marino Ospina was killed in a clash with
government troops.
August 29, 1896 - Philippines
War Declared Against Spanish
Nationalist leader Andres Bonifacio declared war against the Spanish colonial regime in
the Philippines.
August 29, 1937 - China (People's Republic of)
Non-Aggression Pact With USSR
No information provided.
August 29, 1991 - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communist Party Banned
The Soviet legislature, the Supreme Soviet, voted on August 29, 1991 to ban the
Communist Party throughout the Soviet Union and freeze its assets. This move came in
the aftermath of the coup against Soviet President Gorbachev, which collapsed on
August 21. Senior Communist Party officials were implicated in that coup.
August 30, (year unknown) - Cyprus
Turkish Victory Day
No information provided.
August 30, 1951 - Philippines
Mutual Defense Pact With U.S.
No information provided.
KAAA Radio, Kingman, AZ
At 2pm today, 34 miles south of Wickiup on Hwy 93, (to Phoenix) there is a 6 vehicle accident, 3 are regular,
3 are commercial vehicles.
Highway is still closed at 5pm and will be until further
notice.
No other details......I am not able to open the Arizona news sites.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=14385
2005-08-26
Britain’s new rules risk increasing terror threat
Security experts warns Britain's clampdown on Islamic
extremism risks stirring up terror threat.
By Selim Saheb Ettaba - LONDON
The terrorist threat in Britain will remain despite a set of new rules by
the government to combat Islamic extremism, experts say, warning
that the risk may even rise in the short term.
Britain finalised a plan this week to bar or deport foreign Islamist
radicals in the wake of the London bombings.
A list of so-called "unacceptable behaviours" is the first concrete sign
that the "rules of the game are changing," as promised by British
Prime Minster Tony Blair in early August.
The government has embarked on a wide-ranging crackdown on
Islamic extremists and other groups in the wake of the July 7 suicide
bombings, which killed 56 people, and attempted copycat attacks on
July 21.
But Robert Ayers, a security expert at the Royal Institute of
International Affairs, said the moves were too little, too late.
"In 2003, the British intelligence services revealed that over 1,200
British citizens had gone through terror training camps in
Afghanistan," he said.
"What the British government has said thus far is that they're going to
try to deport 10 foreign nationals," Ayers said.
"Given the order of magnitude of the potential terrorist problem within
Britain I do not believe deporting 10 individuals is going to make a
substantial difference one way or the other."
The 10 foreigners - mostly Arabs, including Abu Qatada, the
44-year-old Jordanian who has been described as Al-Qaeda's
"ambassador" in Europe - were arrested on August 11 and face
deportation.
In addition, Ayers warned their ideology had already been widely
dispersed and embraced by supporters in Britain.
"What the exclusion of people that are trying to spread this ideology
will do is prevent future people from embracing that ideology. It won't
solve the immediate problem at all," he said.
Muslim communities were infuriated by the grim conditions fellow
Muslims endured in US-run prisons such as Abu Ghraib in Iraq and
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, experts said.
Similarly, they warned that British plans to deport foreign Muslims to
countries with poor human rights records on torture and the death
penalty could anger young believers of anti-West rhetoric.
Saad al-Faqih, a London-based Saudi Islamist dissident who runs the
Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, said the British government
had fallen into a trap set by Al-Qaeda terror network chief Osama bin
Laden.
"Bin Laden said that the world is in two camps: Muslims without koffar
(non-believers) and koffar without Muslims," he said.
"The more they irritate Muslims in Britain and Europe and force them
to leave and say, 'We have no room for you', the more they are
implementing Bin Laden's strategy."
Faqih, who runs a website which could warrant his expulsion from
Britain according to the British press, rubbished the theory of links
between the July bombings and jihadi propaganda.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke, who unveiled the banned behaviour
list on Wednesday, said at the time: "I have an obligation to stop
people coming into this country to get young people, in particular, to
behave in the appalling way we saw in July."
Muslim groups and human rights experts criticised the move as
unclear and said it might affect legitimate struggles against human
rights abuses.
"The vagueness and breadth of the definition of 'unacceptable
behaviour' and 'terrorism' can lead to further injustice and risk further
undermining human rights protection in the UK," said human rights
group Amnesty International.
"Instead of strengthening security, they will further alienate
vulnerable sections of society."
Le sheriff’ warns on globalisation of terrorism
>By Martin Arnold in Paris
>Published: August 25 2005 21:53 | Last updated: August 25 2005 21:53
>>
After hunting down Islamic terrorists for 20 years, often at great personal risk, Jean-Louis Bruguière is better placed than
most people to predict al-Qaeda's next move.
France's best known anti-terrorist judge says he was “unfortunately not very surprised†by the July 7 bombings in London.
“Since the Madrid attacks [in March 2004] there has been a strong upsurge in the threat to Europe,†says the 62-year-old,
nicknamed “le sheriff†for his old habit of carrying a handgun in public.
He says there were signs the UK was likely to be the next target well before July 7. “In my opinion the most interesting
attack for analysis is the one in Istanbul [in November 2003]. It is incontestable that the real target was British, with the
consulate and HSBC [bank] being hit. It was a direct warning.â€
The state visit by President George W. Bush to the UK on the same day as the bombs in Turkey also had great symbolic
value, he says. “It is the first time that al-Qaeda interfered with the political agenda of states.â€
“The symbolism is a fundamental element that we neglect in the overall problem.†For the terrorists, he says “the issue is not
just about the number of victims, it is also the value of the event in a media, political and geopolitical contextâ€.
The UK also faces a particular problem because of its large Pakistani population, he says. “The importance of the radical
Pakistan-based organisations linked to al-Qaeda and operating around the world, notably in Europe, is another remark you
can make.†He says the UK “is more affected by this problem than other statesâ€.
Pakistani links to al-Qaeda in the UK are an example of the “globalisation of the terrorist threatâ€, a favourite theme of Mr
Bruguière. “Today we can visualise it as a system of concentric circles. First is the core of al-Qaeda, or what is left of it.â€
Next is a second circle of “regional organisations, which are still structured for nowâ€. An example is the Chechen
independence movement, which he says is “completely linked to al-Qaeda, in the strictest sense, and there is proof of that
nowâ€. The third circle is comprised of a “loose and informal conglomeration of radical Islamic militants located in Europeâ€.
Mr Bruguière has been warning about the growing threat of Islamic terrorists since a series of bombs in Paris in the
mid-1980s.
Long before September 11, he was warning about the risk of terrorists using an aircraft as a bomb, after foiling the 1994
hijacking of an Air France jet by Algerian radicals planning to crash it into the Eiffel tower. People pay more attention to him
now. Few countries have invested their legal system with more authority to investigate and pre-empt terrorist attacks than
France. Mr Bruguière can get warrants to tap phones, search houses and lock people up for days with little more than an
intelligence tip-off.
He can hold suspects for 96 hours before they are charged or see a lawyer. “Association with criminals involved in a terrorist
enterprise†carries a 10-year prison sentence and encompasses everything from financing terrorists to holding a false
passport.
Since 1986 specialist anti-terrorist judges, led by Mr Bruguière, have worked alongside police and intelligence teams in a
special anti-terror unit. “By working more closely with the secret services the legal system is reinforced.†In contrast, the UK
suffers from not having a “centralised†approach to terrorism, making it difficult to know “who is the best interlocutor†he
says.
Mr Bruguière says France's “connected and pro-active policy of permanent struggle†reflects its history, and the recent
memory of attacks by the Algerian GIA terror group on the Paris metro in the 1990s. “Other European countries were not
concerned by that, which did not allow a global response at that time.â€
He dismisses recent calls for the UK to adopt the French model. “The French model is not directly transferable to the UK
because of the differences in judicial structure and organisation.†However, he says France could be a source of ideas, such
as on how to get intelligence services working more closely with law enforcement.
Because the US and UK have common law systems, he says they are often forced to seek solutions “outside the lawâ€, such
as the US use of Guantánamo Bay to imprison suspected terrorists.
Mr Bruguière no longer carries his Magnum. It has been replaced by six police bodyguards permanently assigned to him.
Yet the man who has arrested more than 500 suspects, including most famously Carlos “the Jackalâ€, is credited with foiling
dozens of terrorist plots in France.
“Every year France has disrupted terrorist threats, such as the attempt in 2000 to bomb the Christmas market in Strasbourg.
We have not suffered a terrorist attack since 1996.â€
His warning that Asian financial centres are vulnerable to attack should not be taken lightly.
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Find this article at:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/af5845fa-158f-11da-8085-00000e2511c8,ft_acl=,s01=1.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-08-23-forum-jihad_x.htm
"Jihad Today"
I have only a part of this article and am not able to open it at USA Today.
It says the Saudi's are building mosques in Africa, the area that al Qaeda is said to be moving to, that are not used, that they are only to stake a claim to the area.
August 27, 2005
Bigger London bombs planned
The London Times
By Stewart Tendler and Michael Evans
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1752767,00.html
Investigators believe that the July 7 London suicide bombers may have
planned to construct much bigger devices.
After examining all the possible reasons why the bombers left
bomb-making components in the boot of a car at Luton railway station,
investigators consider it likely that the four terrorists had intended to build
devices with at least 20lb of home-made explosives.
The suggestion that the explosives, nails and other components found in
the red Fiat had been left there for a follow-on terrorist team has
been discounted. One posssibility is that their rucksacks were too small
for bigger devices.
The theory emerged as three Iraqis were questioned by detectives
yesterday after being arrested taking photographs near to the venue for a
European Union foreign ministers' meeting next week, near Newport, Gwent.
The men were held under the Terrorism Act 2000.