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Report: Purported Al Qaeda Tape Warns U.S.
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| 8/2/2003
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Posted on 08/02/2003 7:30:15 PM PDT by xrp
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To: mhking
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posted on
08/02/2003 8:32:05 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Reality is for people who can't face science fiction.)
To: xrp
Here is the Reuters article:
Al Qaeda's Zawahri Warns U.S. on Detainees, TV Reports
Sat August 2, 2003 09:59 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A purported audio tape by top al Qaeda official Ayman al-Zawahri warned the United States on Sunday it would pay a high price if it harmed any of the detainees it is holding at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
"America has announced it will start putting on trial in front of military tribunals the Muslim detainees at Guantanamo and might sentence them to death... I swear in the name of God that the crusader America will pay a dear price for any harm it inflicts on any of the Muslim detainees...," said the voice on the tape, which was broadcast by the Dubai-based Arabic television Al Arabiya.
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3209133
To: mhking
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posted on
08/02/2003 9:16:35 PM PDT
by
LayoutGuru2
(Call me paranoid but finding '/*' inside this comment makes me suspicious)
To: xrp
Oh my God! I/m freaking TERRIFIED!
Bring it on monsters. I have something for you, too.
To: xrp
Awww, do the poor widdle tewwowists not wuv us anymore?
To: FairOpinion
Ayman must be kidding, right? I can't understand this...he's mad at the US and he thinks its ok to fly our planes into really big buildings; yet we want to put these thugs on trial, and he thinks its a no-no???
Very simple...make the Middle East FLAT, BLACK and SMOKEY!!! No more fartin' about! Let's Roll! I would love to challenge these thugs to an ol'fashioned street fight...we would kick the ever-lovin' $hit out of that SAND SCUM!!!!
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posted on
08/02/2003 10:40:26 PM PDT
by
Heff
(NJ Needs Auto Insurance reform!!!!!)
To: FairOpinion
I swear in the name of God that the crusader America will pay a dear price for any harm it inflicts on any of the Muslim detainees...Bring it on!
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posted on
08/02/2003 10:43:41 PM PDT
by
risk
(Ondoreya nani wo sarashitte kittsukano ja, ware!)
To: risk
"Bring it on!"
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Bush's comments were the right comments, despite the Dems trying to latch onto them and criticize them for it.
To: xrp; All
Text of the Tape
Source: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6447727.htm
Text of remarks purportedly made by top al-Qaida official Ayman Al-Zawahri in an audiotape aired Sunday by Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television. The text is translated from the Arabic by The Associated Press. There was no immediate way to confirm the tape's authenticity.
Muslim brothers everywhere ... America has announced it will start putting Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo on trial before military courts that could sentence them to death. I swear by the almighty God ... that Crusader America will pay dearly for any harm done to any of the Muslim prisoners it is holding. With God's help, all those who helped it (America) capture a prisoner or hand him to it or to any of its agents will also pay the price. Let it be clear to those who conspire with America that America cannot protect itself, let alone protect others.
Let every prisoner held by the infidels be sure that his release is a debt hanging from the neck of every mujahedeen (fighter), and that the end of the ordeal is close, God willing. (And let every prisoner) know that his brothers, the mujahedeen, have not forgotten that they will avenge him from the new Crusaders. When America shackles the Muslim prisoners and tortures them, it is torturing itself. When it puts them on trial, it is putting its children on trial, and when it convicts them it is convicting its people.
We don't expect any justice, fairness, or commitment to morals or beliefs from America. It has shown the world an example of making light with principles, even those they were bound to by agreements. But we tell America one thing: what you have seen until now is nothing but the first skirmishes. The real battle has not started yet.
The American people whose armies have killed our women and children, if it is keen on its future and the future of its generations, has to take initiative and follow reason and logic before it is too late. They have been forewarned ... Muslims everywhere, America and its agents are torturing your prisoners. Show them how you will avenge them.
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posted on
08/03/2003 2:14:36 AM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: xrp
Last Updated: Sunday, 3 August, 2003, 04:12 GMT 05:12 UK
'Al-Qaeda tape' warns US
Al-Zawahri is said to be Bin Laden's top aide
An audio tape purported to be from a top al-Qaeda official has warned the United States it will pay a "high price" if any of the men it is holding at Guantanamo Bay are harmed.
The tape was broadcast by al-Arabiya television, which said it was from Ayman al-Zawahri, widely believed to be Osama Bin Laden's right hand man.
The voice warned that if the US sentenced any Muslim detainee to death, Americans would pay the price for it.
The US is holding more than 600 alleged al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters at its Guantanamo base - it said in July that some of them should face trial in a military tribunal.
The Dubai-based station did not say when or how it had obtained the recording.
Attacks 'mastermind'
"What you have suffered until now is only the initial skirmishes," the recording says.
"The real battle has not started yet."
The tape also calls for revenge against Americans, whom the voice dismisses as "neo-crusaders", and threatens nations who "collaborate" with the US.
Activists say the detainees will not receive a fair trial
"We do not expect justice, fairness or compliance with morals, principles or creeds from America," it said.
"It has set to the world an example in contempt for principles, including those in agreements it signed."
It is the first such tape said to be by Ayman al-Zawahri since May, when a recording broadcast by another Arab TV station urged to strike at the embassies and commercial interests of the US, Britain, Australia and Norway.
Ayman al-Zawahri - an Egyptian eye surgeon - is believed by some experts to have been the mastermind behind the 11 September attacks in the US.
He is number two on the US Government's Most Wanted Terrorists list - behind only Osama Bin Laden himself.
He was reportedly last seen in the eastern Afghan town of Khost in October 2001, and US officials believe he is still hiding in the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Controversial system
Many of the detainees have been held at the US base in Cuba for nearly two years, since the end of the US-led war in Afghanistan.
None of them have been charged with any crime.
Detainees come from countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, and include at least three teenagers.
The US has proposed to try some of the men - initially six - in a controversial system of military tribunals in which defence lawyers are appointed by US officials and the cases are heard by military judges.
They may face the death penalty if convicted.
The UK Government has been assured by Washington that two British citizens who have nominated to face the military tribunal will be spared a death sentence if found guilty.
However families of the detainees and human rights activists argue that the men will not be given a fair trial.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3120075.stm
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posted on
08/03/2003 2:53:53 AM PDT
by
Ippolita
(Si vis pacem para bellum)
To: yonif
America has announced it will start putting Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo on trial before military courts that could sentence them to death.What's the issue here? I thought they liked to die? We're just helping them out a bit. ;-)
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posted on
08/03/2003 6:59:25 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(What happens if you get scared half to death twice?)
To: xrp
If these guys DO do anything in a massive way to NYC, DC, Chitown, etc., I hope we'll be kind enough to warn their women and kids to get out of Mecca 24 hours before we light the fuse and turn the place to glass.
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posted on
08/03/2003 11:13:03 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to...)
To: All
LINKS OF INTEREST:
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FOX NEWS.com (AP): "PURPORTED BIN LADEN AIDE WARNS U.S. ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KUWAIT CITY -- A new audiotape purportedly from Usama bin Laden' s top deputy warns the United States that it will pay dearly if it harms detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and urges Muslims everywhere to avenge the prisoners. The tape, broadcast Sunday by the Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya, was from Ayman Al-Zawahri, a top official in bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network. It said the threat was a response to Washington's announcement that it will start putting the detainees on military trials that could result in death sentences. "I swear by the almighty God ... that crusader America will pay dearly for any harm done to any of the Muslim prisoners it is holding," the recording said. It was not immediately possible to authenticate the tape.") (August 3, 2003) (Read More...)
FBI.gov - Most Wanted Terrorists: "AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI" (View Wanted Poster Here.)
ARAB NEWS.com: "CONFIDENCE BUILT ON IGNORANCE OF ARAB HISTORY" by Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As for the newest Western colonials on the block, it is a pity that they are so incredibly ignorant of history, for they are doomed to repeat it. The first time it was a tragedy, the second time it will be a farce.") (August 3, 2003) (Read More...)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA!" (Read More...)
FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION"
FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS"
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posted on
08/03/2003 5:18:16 PM PDT
by
Cindy
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