BUSH COUNTRY.org - Opinion Corner: "RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUP: 'LAST WEEK'S ELECTRIC GRID FAILURE AL-QAEDA RELATED'" -by Jeremy Reynalds (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "While the legitimacy of the Al-Muhajiroun claim of Al-Qaeda activity is open to question, the group's hatred of America is widely known. The same release also claimed that as the second anniversary of 9/11 approaches, "Many Muslims worldwide will be celebrating the comeuppance of the USA in what they see as retribution for the atrocities that the US has committed, and indeed continues to commit, against Muslims." According to the statement, on September 11 2003, "Muslims worldwide will again be watching replays of the collapse of the Twin Towers, praying to Allah ... to grant those magnificent 19 (terrorists) Paradise. They will also be praying for the reverberations to continue until the eradication of all man-made law and the implementation of divine law in the form of the Khilafah - carrying the message of Islam to the world and striving for Izhar ud-Deen i.e. the total domination of the world by Islam." More and more Muslims, according to Al- Muhajiroum, are getting ready for jihad (holy war). "They are willing to die to see the domination of divine law over man made law. The willingness to die can be seen in the face of those like Imam Samudra, who was recently given the death penalty for his involvement in the Bali bombings, and yet, when the verdict was handed out, he celebrated his upcoming martyrdom … in the way of Allah."") (August 19, 2003) (Read More...)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Dispatch Series - No.553: "AL-QA'IDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAST WEEK'S BLACKOUT": "Al-Qa'ida's Abu Hafs Brigades has claimed responsibility for "Operation Quick Lightning in the Land of the Tyrant of this Generation," referring to the blackout last week in the Northeast and Midwest United States. A communique by the Abu Hafs Brigades was published at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abubanan2/message/330. This is the third communiqué by the "Brigades" that is being published by the same web-group; in the first, they accepted responsibility for the downing of an airplane in Kenya. The second accepted responsibility for the Jakarta bombing of the Marriott hotel on August 5, 2003. The new communique says that in compliance with the orders of Osama bin Laden to strike at the American economy, the Brigades struck two important electricity supply targets on the East coast. The Brigades say that they cannot reveal how they did it, because they will probably have to use the same method again soon. The communique also claimed that the operation was meant as a present for the Iraqi people.") (August 19, 2003) (Read More...)
ISLAMICAWAKENING.com Discussion Board: Jihaad: "PERISH IN YOUR RAGE" (TMQ 3:119) Posted by "Allahu Akbar" (NOTE: This "Communique No. 3" is a statement regarding the US-CANADA Power Outage.) (August 18, 2003) (Read More...)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 145: "LEADING EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC CLERICS ON JIHAD AGAINST U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ: March - August 2003" by Steven Stalinsky (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Prominent Egyptian Islamic scholars have issued Fatwas and religious opinions on the subject of Jihad against the U.S. before, during, and following the war in Iraq. These include the most prominent religious figures appointed by the Egyptian government to the highest religious positions, such as the Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi. Other prominent Egyptian Islamic authorities who have come out in support of Jihad against U.S. troops include scholars from leading Egyptian universities, such as Cairo University and Al-Azhar University. From the Islamist camp, Islamist leaders such as Egyptian-born Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, one of the most prominent figures in the Muslim Brotherhood movement, have issued similar rulings. The following highlights the opinions of leading Egyptian Islamic scholars on Jihad against U.S. troops in Iraq from March to August of 2003:") (August 14, 2003) (Read More...)
TOWNHALL.com: "THE BATTLEFIELDS IN IRAQ AND AT HOME" -Column by Diana West (COLUMN SNIPPET:"Speaking on Lebanese television from Norway (where he has political asylum -- thanks, Norway), Kreikar gave his take on the Islamic nature of the war on liberated Iraq. "The resistance is not only a reaction to the American invasion," he explained. "It is part of the continuous Islamic struggle since the collapse of the caliphate." By "caliphate," he was referring to the centuries'-long Islamic rule that dissolved at the end of World War I with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. "All Islamic struggles since then are part of one organized effort to bring back the caliphate."") (August 19, 2003) (Read More...)
AFTENPOSTEN.no (English): "KREKAR EXPECTS TERRORIST ATTACKS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Mullah Krekar believes the group Ansar al-Islam, which he has led in the past, will retaliate violently to what they see as an unmotivated attack on them, TV 2 reports. The US civil administrator claimed that members of the north Iraq based group had returned to Iraq, planning terrorist actions.") (Read More...) (August 11, 2003)
On The Net...AS-SABEEL.com - AS-SABEEL AGENCY - "INTERVIEWS" (PAGE SNIPPET: "In this section, read some interviews with Mujaahideen such as the martyred commander Ibn Al-Khattaab, Usamah Bin Laden, Mullah 'Umar and many more. We will Insha Allah also be adding our own exclusive interviews with brothers who have trained/fought fee sabeelillah from various countries.")
If we get into a snit and uproar over a several hour blackout and feel it to be a national emergency, just what the eff is with us? Bunch of spoiled pampered brats we are! IMHO we should have mandatory blackout drills on a regular basis. I say we knock the power out in cities and regions on purpose just for practice and conditioning of the populace. If having our power out for 24 hours freaks the country out we deserve to be held hostage by a few third world zealots because we let them.