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Al-Qaida's spectacular 'Ramadan Offensive'
WorldNetDaily ^
Posted on 09/08/2005 6:25:23 PM PDT by jmc1969
WASHINGTON – Raising new concerns about the use of weapons of mass destruction by terrorists, al-Qaida is planning spectacular attacks next month against the U.S., Russia and Europe in what it is calling the "Great Ramadan Offensive."
The offensive, designed to overshadow the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon, was first referenced in a May 30 letter written by al-Qaida's Iraq commander Abu Musab Zarqawi to Osama bin Laden. It is the subject of a report written by terrorism expert Yossef Bodansky, the former director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, to government officials.
Ramadan, the holiest period in the Muslim calendar, begins Oct. 4 this year and lasts a month.
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We have actually been hearing bits and pieces about this for months now.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:25:23 PM PDT
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
WND is kinda like Debka, isn't it?
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:26:02 PM PDT
by
xrp
(Executing assigned posting duties FLAWLESSLY, zero mistakes)
To: jmc1969
Stratfor says its the perfect time to hit us.
They tend to be right about a lot of things, (and wrong about lots of others).
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:27:36 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
(Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. – Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: xrp
Yes, but I have been hearing about this from other sources, basically given the elections in October in Iraq and everything else this would be the perfect time for these kind of attacks as a show of force to Sunnis not to vote.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:29:19 PM PDT
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
10/04/2005 Rosh Hashana
First day of the Jewish New year. They coincide. I wonder if that means anything.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:30:03 PM PDT
by
hipaatwo
To: xrp
"WND is kinda like Debka, isn't it?"
More like the "newspapers" that you see at the grocery check-out, IMO.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:30:36 PM PDT
by
Trampled by Lambs
(This Tagline is on hiatus as I think of a new one.)
To: xrp
"WND is kinda like Debka, isn't it?"
yep
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:30:47 PM PDT
by
bnelson44
(Scouts Up! http://www.scouting.org/media/katrina/unithelp.html)
To: Wiseghy
They tend to be right about a lot of things, (and wrong about lots of others).
LOL - I like to cover my bases, too.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:32:57 PM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Nemo me impune lacessit)
To: jmc1969
Hm. Trying for a bit of "Shock... Naw..."?
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:35:54 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
To: eyespysomething
Ping - FWIW ...
My opinion is that it is highly likely that Al Qaida is planning an attack on the US and her allies. My opinion is that Al Qaida would like this attack to be "spectacular." My opinion is that you could, at any point, say that Al Qaida is planning a spectacular attack against the US and her allies and you would always be correct.
That doesn't necessarily mean it will happen.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:36:05 PM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Nemo me impune lacessit)
To: jmc1969
Promises, promises.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:36:47 PM PDT
by
JasonC
To: bnelson44
SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT THIS GUY WANTING TO SELL HIS "AMERICAN HIROSHIMA" STORY.
Sorry. I'm better now. Please forgive me.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:38:36 PM PDT
by
edmond246
(God Bless America)
To: xrp
To: edmond246
Most of the 'big' WND stories ARE connected with a book.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:40:12 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: xrp
I think they have predicted the end of the world more often than "Jehovah's Witnesses" (No offense meant to any JW's out there).
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:41:29 PM PDT
by
TheHound
(You would be paranoid too - if everyone was out to get you.)
To: jmc1969
If Al Qaeda blew up a mailbox with a firecracker in the USA tomorrow, the DEMS would be up in arms pointing fingers at BUSH for not spending enough on Homeland Security, provoking the attack w/ Iraq, blah, blah, blah.
Our biggest liability is Dem whining and finger pointing, and I think Al Qaeda knows this too. I'm expecting something very soon.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:42:26 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(And so the great battle starts...)
To: jmc1969
The Mutha of all Ramadamadingdongs...
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:43:03 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: xrp
I read a similar article a CSN News.
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:44:54 PM PDT
by
ol' hoghead
(never, ever go to "FREECREDITREPORT.COM. Trust me on this.)
To: TADSLOS
Do they have Ramadan Inns in the middle East?
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:45:06 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: jmc1969
And in other news..WorldNetDaily is still having trouble with excessive Y2K survival packs..
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posted on
09/08/2005 6:48:32 PM PDT
by
Windsong
(FighterPilot)
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