Terror video used to lure UK Muslims

The Observer (U.K.) ^ | 01/27/2002 | Jason Burke

[Pokey78]

Mosque recruitment film shows bin Laden slayings

A gruesome video showing Islamic extremists murdering and mutilating 'infidels' is being circulated in Britain's mosques as part of a recruiting drive for Osama bin Laden's worldwide terror network.

The video, which was smuggled into the UK only days before the 11 September attacks, shows people having their throats cut and the wholesale slaughter of secular forces by a group linked to the world's most wanted terrorist.

It was produced by the Salafist Group for Preaching and War (GSPC), an extremist Algerian organisation backed by bin Laden and widely regarded as one of the most active and brutal in its country. GSPC sympathisers then circulated the film in London.

A second video shows graphic footage of Taliban soldiers decapitating Northern Alliance opposition troops following a gunfight in Afghanistan. A number of other videos showing blood-curdling scenes are being sold in Britain to raise funds for the Islamic 'cause'.

The revelations came as it emerged last night that five more Britons had been seized by American forces in Afghanistan and were due to be airlifted to the Camp X-Ray, the special prison set up at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

With three Britons already being held in Cuba, the arrests confirm fears in the intelligence community that Britain is a major recruiting centre for Muslim radicals prepared to fight for bin Laden.

An Observer investigation has established that some of the recruiting videos have been distributed among worshippers at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London. Our reporters last week bought a selection for £10 each. Security sources believe that extremist activists have been using the videos to recruit new volunteers.

Two British-born al-Qaeda suspects currently held by the Americans have attended sermons at Finsbury Park. Richard Reid went on to try to blow up a Miami-bound passenger jet and Feroz Abbasi, a student drop-out from Croydon, was captured by the Americans after fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. His mother claimed he had been 'indoctrinated' at the mosque.

The film shows a series of operations by the GSPC in Algeria around 18 months ago. There is graphic footage of the deaths of more than 20 young conscripts in an ambush. After the soldiers' trucks hit mines laid in a road, the extremists are seen slitting throats and shooting survivors. Pictures of government troops, some with their skulls shot away and their brains exposed, are then shown, followed by images of the Islamists congratulating each other and offering prayers of thanks.

The commentary calls for 'holy war until judgment day', and tells viewers to 'kill in the name of Allah until you are killed. Then you will win your place forever in paradise... the war against the Jews and the Christians is being won.'

Algerian security service investigators called the video 'an appalling pornographic catalogue of violence' and said they hoped that those responsible for its distribution would be 'swiftly taken out of circulation'.

The disclosures will increase pressure on the UK to crack down harder on the extreme Islamists who have sought sanctuary here from regimes overseas. Middle Eastern governments have criticised Britain for allowing extremists to base themselves here. Intelligence officers working in London have compiled a list of 200 suspected militants from Algeria alone who are in the UK. Many are believed to be killers.

Security agencies in Spain and France have recently traced links to the UK from al-Qaeda operatives they have arrested. On 26 September last year six men belonging to a GSPC terrorist cell in Spain were arrested. They were led by a militant allegedly trained by bin Laden and had planned hijacks with two suspected al-Qaeda terrorists who were living in Britain.

·The son of the controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza returned to Britain last night after serving three years in prison in Yemen for plotting a bombing campaign.

Mohamed Mustafa Kamel, 21, was convicted in August 1999. Four other Britons are still serving sentences in Yemen, including Muhsin Ghailan, also 21, thought to be Abu Hamza's stepson.

[Pokey78]

Companion article: 'You have to kill in the name of Allah until you are killed'

[demkicker]

"The disclosures will increase pressure on the UK to crack down harder on the extreme Islamists who have sought sanctuary here from regimes overseas. Middle Eastern governments have criticised Britain for allowing extremists to base themselves here."

You mean they'll have to quit consentrating on the abuse of those poor terrorist being held against their will in Cuba?

[aculeus]

Attention all left-wing anti-American British journalists: do not watch these videos or read anything about them!

[lelio]

Then you will win your place forever in paradise... the war against the Jews and the Christians is being won.
But they aren't shown fighting Jews and Christians -- they are killing their own people, the N.A. First they are using their screwed up interpretation of Islam to further their goals, and then they start killing fellow muslims.
What have our British muslims friends done to rid themselves of their videos pre-Sept 11th? Seems like they just ignored it.

[codeword]

How different these recruiting videos are from the ones used by the US Army emphasizing job training, pride, patriotism, etc. These videos appeal to the "joys" of massacre. If they work, what does that say about the audience?

[VOA]

'You have to kill in the name of Allah until you are killed'

Unless you are first hit by a .50 BMG round from a Special Forces Barrett from about 1000 yrds.

[Aric2000]

It just proves to me that these people are animals, and should be treated as. If a dog is rabid you put it down, same thing, these animals are rabid, and they need to be put down. A bullet between the eyes is the MOST humane way in which to dispatch them. Or a daisy cutter, whichever is easier at the time...

[Cachelot]

A number of other videos showing blood-curdling scenes are being sold in Britain to raise funds for the Islamic 'cause'.

Geez. And here I thought snuff videos were mostly mythical. And all the time the friendly mullah's were selling them.

[Demidog]

Better start bombing the UK. After all, they're harboring terrorists and we have to act responsibly.

[arthurus]

Most Moslems are peaceful. Only a minority are extremists.
Et Cetera. v.v.

The bit of yeast has permeated the mass of dough and the bread is explosive.
In England and other European countries without written constitutions Islam should
be BANNED as a religion and practitioners should be deported forwith if not citizens-
or a choice of deportation or prison offered if citizens. Renunciation should not be an option.
In the US the Moslem portion is relatively much smaller and non citizen Moslems should be deported.
Citizen Moslems should be all investigated and dealt with harshly for infractions.
"Arab/Islamic" profiling should be used extensively and aggressively.
This is a real, large scale culture war.
"Culture war" is not a metaphor or an analogy. It is what is occurring.
Islam is a religion that is rapidly becoming Islamicism and the desire to die
Eventually Islamicism will be dealt with in the US. The sooner that occurs the smaller will be
the amount of damage to our republic. There will be damage. The powers that will
accrue to government in this fight will not be relinquished just because the war is won.

[VaBthang4]

"the war against the Jews and the Christians is being won."

Never happen. :o)

[cincinnati_Steve]

You are kidding, right? I hope so.

[arthurus]

insert "a martyr's death" after "a desire to die"

[ppaul]

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[Lent]

Seems to be a great interest in severed heads perpetrated by Islamics now. I guess when the Sebs were getting their heads cut off by the Jihadists in Bosnia it wasn't of much  interest. Oh I'm sorry. We were on the Islamics side that time.

7th Bosnian Muslim Brigade, based in Zenica - the international Islamic mercenary force known as the mujahedeen

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7th Bosnian Muslim Brigade, based in Zenica - the international Islamic mercenary force known as the mujahedeen


Alija Izetbegovic with memebrs of 7th Brigade
"... The first and foremost of such conclusions is surely the one on the incompatibility of Islam and non-Islamic systems. There can be no peace or coexistence between the "Islamic faith" and non- Islamic societies and political institutions. ... Islam clearly excludes the right and possibility of activity of any strange ideology on its own turf. Therefore, there is no question of any laicistic principles, and the state should be an expression and should support the moral concepts of the religion. ..." page 22 "The Islamic Declaration" book ("Islamska deklaracija"), written by Mr. Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Muslim leader.

In preparing the ground for the conflicts between Bosnian Cristians (Croats and Serbs) and Bosnian Muslims, residents of different Arab countries who in the B&H had recognized the elements and challenge of ?a holy war? - jihad. Coming from different Arab countries, most of them were from Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Afghanistan, and bringing with them experience from a war from some of the Islamic trouble spots.

Mujahedin, or «holy warriors», is a generic term for Muslim volunteers fighting in the former Yugoslavia. Many Mujahedin originate from Muslim countries outside the former Yugoslavia. It was reported that the Mujahedin began arriving in BiH as early as June 1992. (Tom Post & Joel Brand, «Help from the Holy Warriors», Newsweek, 5 October 1992, at 52). Reports on the number of Mujahedin forces operating in BiH vary, but it is unlikely that the Mujahedin forces have made a significant military contribution to the BiH Government's war effort (Christopher Lockwood, «Muslim Nations Offer Troops», Daily Telegraph, 14 July 1993, at 14. According to Lockwood, Muslim nations depended on Western logistical support to deliver troops to BiH. He concludes that the same logistical troubles which kept the Muslim troops promised in July of 1993 from joining UN forces in the UN declared «safe havens» also limited the number of Muslim volunteers in the BiH armed forces. He states that the number of Mujahedin in BiH never exceeded three or four hundred. See also Mohamed Sid-Ahmad, «Muslim World Between Two Fires», War Report, January 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 63744. However, the Belgrade Daily, Vecernje Novosti, reported that as many as 30,000 Mujahedin were operating in BiH. «Other Reports in Brief: Muslims from Abroad Settling in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgrade Daily Claims», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 19 September 1992. )

The Mujahedin forces came from several Muslim states and many of them were veterans of the Afghan war. (Andrew Hogg, «Arabs Join in Bosnia Battle», Sunday Times, 30 August 1992)

Reports submitted to the Commission of Experts alleged that the Mujahedin have been responsible for the mutilation and killing of civilians, rape, looting, the destruction of property, and the expulsion of non-Muslim populations. The deputy commander of the BiH Army, Colonel Stjepan Siber, has said, «it was a mistake to let them [the Mujahedin] here . . . They commit most of the atrocities and work against the interests of the Muslim people. They have been killing, looting and stealing.» Andrew Hogg, «Terror Trail of the Mujahedin», Sunday Times, 27 June 1993.

Several reports indicate that the Mujahedin were placed under the command of the BiH Army.(See «Some 400 Mujahedin Volunteers Fighting with Bosnian Muslims», Agence France Presse, 22 September 1992; Andrew Hogg, «Arabs Join in Bosnia Battle», Sunday Times, 30 August 1992; see also Charles McLoed, ECMM, «Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica», April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 20178- 20546, at 20207; Croatian Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at 36435; US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648, 62724, 62730, and 62756)

The Mujahedin forces were closely associated with the 5th Corps, the 6th and 7th Zenica Brigades, the 7th Travnik Brigade, and the 45th Muslim Brigade which belongs to the 6th Corps in Konjic of the Army of BiH (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648; see also Croatian Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at 36435; «Continuing Clashes in Northwestern Enclave Reported from Both Sides», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 14 December 1993.)

They also allegedly fought alongside the Muslim Police, the Krajiska Brigade from Travnik, units of Kosovo Muslims, Albanian soldiers, and paramilitary groups such as the «Green Legion» and the «Black Swans».(Charles McLoed, ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica, April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 20178-20546, at 20207; Croatian Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at 36435; US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648, 62724, 62730, and 62756.)

Reports also indicate that the Mujahedin had the support of President Izetbegovic and his government. *57 This was demonstrated in the Bihac pocket, where the Mujahedin joined BiH forces loyal to Izetbegovic. Together, these forces battled separatist forces who entered into a separate peace treaty with Bosnian Serbs («Continuing Clashes in Northwestern Enclave Reported form Both Sides», BBC, Summary of World Broadcasts, 14 December 1993)

In Zenica, between 31 August and 2 September 1992, 250 Mujahedin troops allegedly come to BiH from Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain and Iran. These troops worked alongside the Green Legion and HOS paramilitary groups stationed in Zenica. The Mujahedin allegedly also operated a camp at Arnauti.(Charles McLeod, ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Buscovaca and Zenica, April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29043-29131, at 29064; Biljaja Plavsic, Republic of Serbia Presidency, To Serbs All Over the World, 30 September 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 48072- 48093, at 48081)

It was reported that a unit of the Mujahedin, called the «Guerilla», participated in the 16 April 1993 attack on Vitez and attempted to exchange 10 HVO hostages for foreign prisoners held in HVO prisons. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62629; see also Charles McLeod, ECMM, Report on Inter-Ethnic Violence in Vitez, Busovaca and Zenica, April 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 29043-29131, at 29072 (attack on Vitez).

The Croatian Ministry of Defence is reported to have provided information about an event occurring in June 1993 -- a joint BiH/Mujahedin unit reportedly attacked Travnik, allegedly forcing 4,000 Croatian civilians and military personnel out of the town. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62650. Media reports however claim that Croats left Travnik voluntarily. The incident was investigated by an organization, which reported that the forceful eviction did not take place)

The Mujahedin allegedly fought alongside the 6th Muslim Brigade from Zenica and the Krajiska Brigade from Travnik. Witnesses stated that they saw Mujahedin operating in small patrols ahead of the approaching BiH troops.

According to HVO intelligence, Mujahedin forces arrived in Travnik sometime before June 1993 and came from Algeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. The Mujahedin trained at a camp at Mehurici, where they were allegedly financed and equipped by a man named Abdulah, the owner of the «Palma» video store in Travnik. Once in town, the Mujahedin were linked to the Seventh Brigade of the BiH Army, and were reportedly assembled into units of 10 to 15 men, and moved about on regular patrols. The Mujahedin created tension in Travnik in the days prior to the attack on 3 June. One witness stated that the Mujahedin directed their actions towards the HVO personnel in town. They allegedly demonstrated, shouted slogans and fired their rifles in the air.

Mujahedin allegedly participated in the attack on Maljine in Novi Travnik on 8 June 1993, killing 20 to 30 HVO members and transporting Croatian women and children to the training centre at Mehurici.(Croatian Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 1, 9 August 1993)

In Konjic, the Mujahedin were part of a 100 member force stationed at Liscioi and led by Haso Hakalovic. The unit was assembled in February 1993 and included some Kosovo Muslims and members of the Black Swans from the Igman mountain region. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62756)

Allegedly, Mujahedin troops killed and expelled villagers, and looted and burned homes, when they moved against the Jablanica- Konjic area. The Mujahedin troops and members of the Black Swans reportedly conducted occasional raids without members of BiH forces. (at IHRLI Doc. No. 62752 and 62756. The village of Vrci was attacked on 25 May, and the village of Radesine was attacked on 10 June. See also Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Fifth Periodic Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia, U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1994/47, 17 November 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 52399-52435, at 52405 (alleging that the Mujahedin were involved in attacks at Kopjari on 21 October, Doljani on 27 and 28 June, and Maljane on 8 June). UN Special Rapporteur Mazowiecki claims that corpses of Mujahedin victims displayed evidence of protracted cruelty and mutilation. )

Reportedly, the Mujahedin volunteers arrived in Konjic in small groups. It was reported that they were from Afghanistan and that they claimed to be students. They were allegedly armed with Hekleri automatic weapons and former JNA equipment. Some Mujahedin were reportedly former students with no military experience.

Mujahedin forces were present in Mostar since early June 1993. They were reportedly stationed in the Santica neighbourhood on the Muslim/HVO front, where they manned bunkers, usually in groups of six or seven, armed with 7.62 millimetre semi-automatic weapons, machine-guns, and Zolja anti-tank weapons. They were billeted in a building they shared with the Muslim military police on the east bank of the Neretva River. The Mujahedin forces apparently left Mostar on 15 August. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62742 and 62677. For more details on the location of the Neretva living quarters, see Id. at 62739)

FRY reported that the Mujahedin began operations near Teslic in July and August of 1992. Troops from Saudi Arabia allegedly killed three Serbian Territorial Defence members and placed the victims' severed heads on poles near the «Tesanj turret». (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Second Report Submitted to the Commission of Experts, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 28401-29019, at 28533)

Beheadings of Serbs by Mujahedin forces have also been reported in other areas.

The Mujahedin were also alleged to be part of the forces that invaded the village of Trusina near Foca on 15 April 1993. According to the report, attackers wore white ribbons on their arms and fought beside Albanian Muslim troops. Twenty-two civilians reportedly died in the attack. (US Department of State, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 62612-62877, at 62648; Croatian Information Centre, Weekly Bulletin, No. 9, 4 October 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 36434-36438, at 36435)

The Mujahedin allegedly performed crude circumcisions upon Serbian police forces, who were later treated by an American surgeon at the Kosevo hospital in Sarajevo. (Letter dated 7 December 1992 from the Deputy Representative of the US to U.N. Secretary-General, U.N. Doc. S/24918, 8 December 1992, IHRLI Doc. No. 3160-3177, at 3173; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Second Report Submitted to the Commission of Experts, 1993, IHRLI Doc. No. 28401-29019, at 28566)



This photograph was seized from Saudi Arabian fighters captured in Crni Vrh near Teslic, Bosnia. A Muslim solder displays the severed head of Blagoje Blagojevic, a Serb from the village of Jasenovo near Teslic.


The severed heads of three Serbs (identified as Blagoje Blagojevic, Nenad Petkovic, and Brana Djuric) beheaded by Muslim fighters. This picture was seized from Saudi Arabian solders captured near Teslic in Bosnia.



7th Brigade, loyal Islamic force
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/timbeat4.htm

Director of the U.S. Congress' Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional warfare: "Some Call It Peace"
http://members.tripod.com/Balkania/resources/geostrategy/bodansky_peace/bp_part1.html

7th Muslim "Liberation" Brigade
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Washington Post - Iranians Form Terror Force in Bosnia
http://impact.users.netlink.co.uk/namir/sreport.htm

Bosnia losing the pluralistic character
http://www.bosnet.org/archive/bosnet.w3archive/9501/msg00252.html


No future for Muslims in Europe unless they have a state of their own
http://www.amber.ucsf.edu/homes/ross/public_html/bosnia_/mus.txt

US Senate Document; Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into Militant Islamic Base
http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/releases/1997/iran.htm

A BOSNIAN VILLAGE'S TERRORIST
http://www.mfa.gov.yu/Aktuelno/BIVSE/BiH/wpost11032000_e.html


The Second Coming of Alija Izetbegovic
http://www.balkanpeace.org/our/our05.shtml

Selling the Bosnian Myth to America: Part I-Buyer Beware
http://reagan.com/HotTopics.main/HotMike/document-12.11.2000.3.html


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http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/nt/0204yugfff.html

Similarity - The 13th Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS Handschar
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[arthurus]

It would seem that we were on the wrong side in Bosnia. In retrospect, however, if the US gets serious about defending itself against the resurgence of Mohamedenism, then perhaps it is a good thing politically that we sided with Moslems in that fight. It shows we choose our fights for reasons other than religion.

I use the term "Mohamedenism" because that better describes the phenomenon than does "Islam" or "Moslems". The Islamicists imitate the methods and tactics of the historical Mohamed. The Koran can be analyzed to death and most anything can be found in that largely disconnected fount of "wisdom," but Mohamed acted concretely and barbarically. Even in terms of his own culture. His actions were those of a megalomaniac barbarian chieftain with charisma. The Islamicists have absorbed Mohamed and are not so careful with the spiritual side of that religion.

[gg188]

It just proves to me that these people are animals, and should be treated as. If a dog is rabid you put it down, same thing, these animals are rabid, and they need to be put down. A bullet between the eyes is the MOST humane way in which to dispatch them. Or a daisy cutter, whichever is easier at the time...

We just need more people on FR (should be everyone on FR)and in America to realize this.

And it would be good if U.S. agents conducted sting operations in the USA and around the world, luring islams with a film like this. Only the film I'd like to see would end in the permanent disapperance of all of the mohammedans who fell for the sting and showed up.

[Lent]

. In retrospect, however, if the US gets serious about defending itself against the resurgence of Mohamedenism, then perhaps it is a good thing politically that we sided with Moslems in that fight. It shows we choose our fights for reasons other than religion.

There was no moral, legal, or political reasons to support the break-up of a sovereign European country and recognize and help create a Musli state in the heart of Europe. Of course, the Rapist was in charge what can be expected.

[gg188]

You are correct: It would be more accurate to call islam and moslems "mohammedans."