Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - July 2006

[nwctwx]

Bin Laden Says Will Take Fight to America
(Full Story)

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said his group reserved the right to fight the United States on its land and warned Washington and the world community against sending forces to Somalia, according to an Internet audio tape.

"We will fight its (U.S.) soldiers on the land of Somalia ... and we reserve the right to punish it on its land and anywhere possible," said the speaker, who sounded like the Saudi-born militant.

"We warn all of the countries in the world not to respond to America by sending international troops to Somalia," he said of the African nation where Islamists' power is rising.

	2nd Tape in Two Days Endorses al-Masri as Leader in Iraq
	SITE Institute: Preliminary Summary of July 1 Tape
	Audio and Video Tapes From Usama bin Laden

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[penguino]

TERRORISM: GRAPHIC CHANGE TO AL-QAEDA VIDEO


Dubai, 27 July (AKI) - The latest video of Ayman al-Zawahiri, broadcast on Thursday by the al-Jazeera network, was put together by the al-Sahab production house which has produced all the propaganda videos by the al-Qaeda leadership, but there has been a dramatic change of graphics. Cybernauts who are frequent visitors to radical Islamist forums are asking what hidden message lies in the details of this latest film. For the first time al-Zawahiri appears against a backdrop of four photos, of which only three are visible, with studio lighting. In the past he has usually been seen against a plain dark background.

The first photo, on the left of the al-Qaeda number two, shows Sheikh Abu Hafs al-Masri, who was killed in the US bombing campaign on Afghanistan in late 2001. The second, in a central position, shows the World Trade Centre twin towers in flames, while the third, on al-Zawahiri's right, shows a young Mohammad Atta, head of the 19 suicide bombers who carried out the 11 September, 2001 attacks.

One internet forum member asked why they had chosen those three photos, but no one has provided a coherent answer.

Abu Hads al-Masri is also the name of a European cell of al-Qaeda, while the other two photos are a clear visual reference to the activities of the terror network in the United States.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.325284578&par=0







There's a larger photo of Zawahiri in his latest tape here:

http://www.tajdeed.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=aece0bd7c049315b8499dd278d704a0f&threadid=43915


Links to tape:


This tape struggling Sheikh Ayman Al-Zawahri kept God

http://www.9q9q.net/up2/index.php?f=66YXZWGE

http://www2.rapidupload.com/d.php?file=dl&filepath=1629

http://www.uploading.com/?get=4766V3R1

[penguino]

TERRORISM: ZAWAHIRI CITES KHOMEINI IN APPARENT OVERTURE TO SHIITES


Doha, 27 July (AKI) - The latest statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri aired on Thursday by al-Jazeera is an unprecedented step by the number two leader of a Sunni militant group towards Shiite movements and perhaps even the Hezbollah militias. At the end of the statement announcing that al-Qaeda will avenge Israel's offensive on Lebanon and the Palestinians, Al-Zawahiri launches an appeal to the 'disposessed of the world' (in Arabic 'Mustadifin fil ard'), a Koranic term often used by the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in his speeches following the 1979 revolution.

Such a quote by the man who is widely considered al-Qaeda's strategist is unlikely to be a coincidence. An overture to a potential alliance with the Shiites must be viewed as part of a new Middle Eastern context within which the leader of the Shiite militia Hezbollah, Hassan Nasralla, is consider the new leader in the war on Israel.

Indeed al-Zawahiri says in his statement that al-Qaeda will not stand idle as Israel continues its offensive on Lebanon and the Palestinians, possibly hinting that his organization could help the Lebanon-based militants or carry out attacks on Israeli targets.

Al-Zawahiri's overture to the Shiites is however not totally unexpected. In a message a few months ago, the number two of al-Qaeda warned the late leader of the organization in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who died on 8 June in a US air raid, against mass murders of Shiite civilians in Iraq. The issue was allegedly a main point of divergence between the two top al-Qaeda officials.



http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.325240329&par=0

[penguino]

MIDDLE EAST: NEW HEZBOLLAH SITE TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF LEBANON CONFLICT


Tehran, 26 July (AKI) - Hezbollah's offensive against Israel will have a new tool from now on - online news coverage of the conflict. The Tehran branch of the Lebanon-based Shiite militant group announced on Wednesday that a new web site has been created to provide around-the-clock news of the "resistance against the Zionist invasion of Lebanon" the guerrilla group announced in a statement. The website - which viewers can access by clicking www.lobnannews.com or www.moqavemat.com - will be available in three languages, Arabic, Farsi and English.


http://www.lebanonhezbollah.com/

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.324900987&par=0

[nwctwx]

Thanks for the further information on the background in the video penguino.

[penguino]

My pleasure, and many thanks to you, Ian, for all you do here!

I'm not exactly liking how those photos so strongly refer to us and that Zawahiri has such seemingly easy access to a professional studio these days.

[Godzilla]

catching up bookmark

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks for the info, penguino.

Looks like he might have had some professional help.

[Velveeta]

Controversy Over New Zawahiri Tape and Al Qaeda's Intentions
By Andrew Cochran

Last night, I posted on the newest video by Al Qaeda #2 Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Bill Roggio and I have updated it frequently since then. I wanted to post this separate note to report that Evan Kohlmann and other experts are noticing and generating lots of discussion about the precise translation and intent of the tape. Is Zawahiri empathizing in his tape with just the Sunni Lebanese, or also with Hezbollah, or is he even signalling the intent or desire to collaborate with Hezbollah (note some of the quotes in my post below)? Or is he just horning in on the action to raise Al Qaeda's profile and generate recruits? For many experts, the Sunni-Shia split is too great to be overcome, even by terrorists with a common desire to annihilate Israel. On the other hand, on July 16 Doug Farah posted "The Potential for a Hezbollah-al Qaeda Alliance of Convenience," with this note: "However, al Qaeda's own writings, and testimony of senior al Qaeda operatives in U.S. custody (Jamal al Fadl) recounted the extensive contacts bewtween the two organizations while bin Laden was in Sudan, including joint military and explosives training." He also pointed towards Imad Mugniya's work with both al Qaeda and Hezbollah. Magnus Ranstorp posted on July 14 and Bill Roggio posted on July 12 about Mugniya's history with Hezbollah and possible role in the current conflict. Precision in the tape translation and expert knowledge of the history of the groups and individuals are critical to the analysis of the tape and a forecast of the potential outcomes.

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Zawahiri's New Message: A Landmark Call for Unity or A Tempest in a Teapot?
By Evan Kohlmann

Many observers of the recent violence in Lebanon wondered if and when Sunni Muslims -- particularly Al-Qaida -- might respond sympathetically to their Shiite brethren among Hezbollah in south Lebanon. Some have quickly jumped at the news of a new video from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri discussing the conflict in Lebanon as incontrovertible evidence of a "seismic shift" within the Muslim world towards a united Shiite-Sunni front against Israel and the West.

However, once again, it would behoove us all to listen to the language and words coming from Al-Qaida supporters and sympathizers, rather than trying to interpret Zawahiri's speech from a outside Western perspective. The truth is, within the community that supports Al-Qaida, there is no precise consensus yet on the meaning of Zawahiri's speech. However, the one comment that seems to resonate most frequently among extremist Sunnis is that, in no way, does this video take away from the dire, existential conflict between Sunnis and Shiites. At a maximum, this is being termed a public relations move by Al-Qaida intended to encourage its operatives to temporarily focus their anger on America and its allies, and waiting until later to deliver the same violent fate to the Shiites. At a minimum, others are suggesting that Zawahiri is merely encouraging Sunni Muslims to travel to Lebanon in order to fight Israel--separately from the Shiites--just as they did in Iraq beginning in 2003. In other words, Zawahiri is encouraging the development of a fully-functioning independent Al-Qaida unit in Lebanon, not its merging with Hezbollah.

This discussion will no doubt continue to roil in the coming days -- and observers would be wise to carefully pay attention to the actual words of Al-Qaida's leaders and supporters rather than relying on diluted media interpretations or alternatively our own estranged theoretical perspectives.

http://counterterrorismblog.org/

[Colosis]

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dublin - A jury here has acquitted five protesters who admitted damaging a US Navy cargo plane with hammers and an axe. Yup, those appeasniks got off!

There is no jury in Ireland that would have convicted those islamo-lovers. To smash up a US military plane causing 2.4 million euro worth of damage and admit to this in a court of law, no less, and still get off is a subversion of Irish law. For me this is a wake up call that Ireland is now firmly in the anti-US camp - a friend of Hamas.

[Godzilla]

Controversy Over New Zawahiri Tape and Al Qaeda's Intentions

Language and CULTURE are key issues. We can't properly understand the language without its cultural context. Hezbollah has created some strange bedfellows - Iran and Syria. Iran, a Shia theotcracy and Syria, a secular Baathist and predominantly Sunni.

This discussion will no doubt continue to roil in the coming days -- and observers would be wise to carefully pay attention to the actual words of Al-Qaida's leaders and supporters rather than relying on diluted media interpretations or alternatively our own estranged theoretical perspectives.

Fortunately we have our own experts here.

[LayoutGuru2]

Contents of the last two OBLCrew messages. The 7/10/06 post is listed as being posted on 7/26/06 in the message index so I am not sure if it is a little stale or not.

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

Yeah.. I do find it's near impossible to show that Israel are the good guys in the Mid East - many seem to completely ignore the fact that Israel has bent over backwards for peace, only to be attacked even more.

It would be interesting to hear the veiwpoint of Irish troops working under UNIFIL.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659022/posts?page=1733#1733


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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005688.html

27 July 2006
"Hizballah web site updates, 27 July 2006"

[Cindy]

Thanks for all the info/updates penguino.

[Velveeta]

'Bizarre' murders shock Seattle

Seattle - It all happened in a little more than a week: A three-year-old had his throat slit and died along with his brother, mother and aunt as his father served in Iraq....(snip)
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1974000,00.html

[Velveeta]

And fortunately, you're back able to provide the expert summaries. ;-)

[Oorang]

Islamic extremists in Switzerland

SNIP from linked article:

In an intelligence report completed in May, the Swiss Federal Police reversed previous assessments that the domestic risk of terrorism was nearly nonexistent. The report concluded that Switzerland had become "a jihadi field of operation" and predicted that terrorist attacks were "an increasing possibility."

Excerpted

http://moderntribalist.blogspot.com/2006/07/islamic-extremists-in-switzerland.html

Greece approves first mosque in Athens

ATHENS, Greece -- The Greek government has approved construction of a mosque in downtown Athens, the first modern mosque in the overwhelmingly Greek Orthodox capital.

Excerpted

http://wpherald.com/articles/560/1/Greece-approves-first-mosque-in-Athens/Follows-30-years-of-negotiations.html

Biggest mosque to be built in London near 2012 Olympics site

ISLAMABAD, July 27 (APP): Plans are underway to build the biggest mosque in Europe near the site of the 2012 Olympics in London. The mosque will be the big enough to accommodate upto forty thousands worshippers. It will cost more than a hundred and eighty million dollars.

It is an ambitious plan will include a garden,library,school and even accommodation for visitors. It will be built on sixteen acres of land, BBC reported.

http://www.app.com.pk/n25.htm

[Oorang]

Excellent link, thank you Penguino.

[Cindy]

Great links Oorang.
I'll check them all.

Let me put these 2 linkS here with one of your links.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1659022/posts?page=1723#1723

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/newscomment.html?in_page_id=1787&in_article_id=394120

"Blame our establishment for appeasing these extremists"
By MELANIE PHILLIPS, Daily Mail09:01am 5th July 2006
Reader comments (15)


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But this doesn't follow at all. Indeed, the Populus poll revealed that more than half of all British Muslims want the Government to do much more to root out the extremism being practised in the name of their religion.

It is beyond belief, for example, that what is hailed as the biggest mosque in Europe is planned to be built on the East London site of the Olympic village — and it is being funded by the Tablighi Jamaat, said by the FBI and French intelligence to be the biggest recruiters for Al Qaeda in Europe.

Recruitment

It is beyond belief that nothing is being done to stop the recruitment and incitement to violence taking place not just in mosques and madrassas but on campuses, in youth clubs and in prisons.

It was concern over the depth of Britain's denial that caused me to write my book Londonistan — which was almost not published in Britain because publishers thought it was not 'politically correct' — precisely to sound the alarm over a widespread state of denial which, if unchecked, will have deadly consequences."

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NEWS BRIEF - QUOTE:

Associated Press of Pakistan

http://www.app.com.pk/n25.htm

Biggest mosque to be built in London near 2012 Olympics site
ISLAMABAD, July 27 (APP): Plans are underway to build the biggest mosque in Europe near the site of the 2012 Olympics in London.
The mosque will be the big enough to accommodate upto forty thousands worshippers.
It will cost more than a hundred and eighty million dollars.
It is an ambitious plan will include a garden,library,school and even accommodation for visitors.
It will be built on sixteen acres of land, BBC reported.

[Cindy]

Thanks to Velveeta for pointing to this thread.
Note: The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1673372/posts


Doctor Charged in Drive-By Shooting
Las Vegas Sun/AP ^ | 27 July 06 | Associated Press

Posted on 07/27/2006 1:59:29 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16

A doctor has been charged in the drive-by shooting of a bicyclist, who was hit in the chest and shoulder and is now recovering at the same hospital where the physician works.

Dr. Wameeth Fadhli, a doctor at the University of Texas Medical Branch hospital in Galveston, was jailed Thursday on $60,000 bond after being accused of firing numerous shots at the 22-year-old man on Tuesday.

According to witnesses, the victim was riding his bicycle when a sport utility vehicle pulled alongside and began firing what they described as a pistol. The witnesses told police the shooter was alone and wearing what appeared to be surgical scrubs, said Galveston County Sheriff's Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo.

(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...