Hmmm. I can think of a couple others. The Grand Mosque and Qaaba in Mecca, and the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...
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Posted on 02/01/2002 11:24:52 PM PST by STARWISE
Al-Qaida's Terror Manual Foretells Attacks on Nuclear Plants, Skyscrapers, Football Stadiums
By Hamza Hendawi Associated Press Writer
Published: Feb 2, 2002
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The instructions are simple but chilling: Attack sites with "high human intensity" like skyscrapers, nuclear plants and football stadiums. Pick targets of "sentimental value" like the Statue of Liberty, Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower.
That's some of the advice contained in an al-Qaida training manual aimed at teaching Osama bin Laden's followers the best ways to kill thousands of people and spread fear in the United States and Europe.
The 11-volume "Manual of Afghan Jihad" also suggests attacks on Jewish organizations and large gatherings of Jews to cause as many deaths as possible, as well as the assassination of prominent figures in Arab nations.
The FBI has "moved heaven and Earth" to intensify security for Sunday's Super Bowl game in New Orleans and next month's Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, director Robert Mueller said.
The nation should remain on a "very high state of alert ... for some time," Mueller said, adding that there could be al-Qaida operatives hidden in the United States. "Do I know for sure? I believe there are, but I cannot say for sure," he said Thursday.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials have repeated calls for vigilance in recent days, warning that large terror attacks could still take place. Documents found in Afghanistan have included diagrams of American nuclear power plants, intelligence officials have said.
The two-page chapter on foreign operations was found as The Associated Press conducted an exhaustive translation of the 5,000-page manual.
The manual was produced in Arabic by al-Qaida's training department before the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States. It was obtained by AP from a former Afghan resistance fighter, who got it from a disaffected al-Qaida member in Afghanistan.
"There must be plans in place for hitting buildings with high human intensity like skyscrapers, ports, airports, nuclear power plants and places where large numbers of people gather like football grounds," the chapter said. It also recommended major public gatherings such as Christmas celebrations.
The manual said special units should work in areas with large Jewish communities. "In every country, we should hit their organizations, institutions, clubs and hospitals," it reads. "The targets must be identified, carefully chosen and include their largest gatherings so that any strike should cause thousands of deaths."
"As for Arab nations, operations should expand to include the assassination of influential and effective personalities," it said.
Bin Laden, a Saudi exile, opposes Saudi Arabia's rulers for allowing U.S. troops to be based in the country. Also, Egyptian Islamic militants who are now part of al-Qaida have killed or tried to kill several politicians and intellectuals in Egypt in their lengthy campaign to overthrow that country's government.
The chapter, entitled "External Pressure," reads like a blueprint for the Sept. 11 attacks, in which four hijacked airliners crashed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
U.S. officials believe the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania was to have struck a target in Washington, D.C., but crashed after passengers and crew members fought the hijackers.
"The strikes must be strong and have a wide impact on the population of that nation," the essay said. "Four targets must be simultaneously hit in any of those nations so that the government there knows that we are serious."
The chapter did not elaborate on ways to attack the targets, nor did it give any indication that specific operations were in the works.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week alerted nuclear power plants that terrorists may be planning an attack on a reactor using a hijacked airliner. The alert said an al-Qaida operative claimed "the attack was already planned." However, an FBI official said Thursday that the information, after being evaluated, was deemed not credible.
The Manual of Afghan Jihad was dedicated to bin Laden and Abdullah Azzam, a prominent Palestinian killed during the 1979-89 Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The writing style strongly suggests that it was written by an Egyptian.
Several members of bin Laden's inner circle in al-Qaida are known to be Egyptians. The 19 known hijackers on Sept. 11 were believed to have been led by an Egyptian, Mohammed Atta.
In other chapters, the manual offers advice on how to raise funds for covert operations through extortion, blackmail and kidnappings for ransom.
To cover the high cost of maintaining a cell, it advises creating a business to generate a regular income. Members of a cell in a country where an attack is planned shouldn't exceed seven and mustn't know each other. Only the leader of the operation should know them, it says.
Another chapter details the punishment reserved for members found to have betrayed colleagues to authorities or stolen money from the group.
"A senior member who betrays his brothers to the regime where they live should be punished in such a way that he would desire death for the rest of his days," says the manual. "But if a brother is killed as a result of his betrayal, then he must be killed to make an example of him."
60,000 men on expired visas from moslem arab countries in the USA alone.
That's a lot of potential cells, not counting "legit" students, immigrants, Johnny Walkers etc.
this little hind/site of the immigration dept. will come back to bite us in the rear for sure. finding them & getting them deported should be HIGH priority!! what the hell are they waiting for???
But Hewitt will not encourage the fedgov to even lift a finger in rooting out the illegal aliens in our midst already.
Millions like Hewitt would prefer to put ALL Americans under a Super Big Brother watch list "threat analysis quotient" system rather than just rounding up and throwing out the illegal Mohammed Attas.
Hmmm. I can think of a couple others. The Grand Mosque and Qaaba in Mecca, and the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...
60,000 men on expired visas from moslem arab countries in the USA alone.
That's a lot of potential cells, not counting "legit" students, immigrants, Johnny Walkers etc.
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Really it's a damn crime against the people of the United Starts that expired visa people have been treated as a joke here for years. With a wink and a nod. The INS did jack***t about tracking them, much less expelling these criminals. Especially under traitor42xClinton. 40% of all illegal immigrants came in here legally and are now "out of status" meaning their visa expired. They can spin their line of BS any which way they want but in 99% of the cases they came here INTENDING to overstay and stay here permanently. Muslims included.
Hmmm. I can think of a couple others. The Grand Mosque and Qaaba in Mecca, and the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem...
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Rock the Casbah! And then some!
Read in the U-T, that the membership of that one mosque on Saranac Street is 100,000 plus. A mosque in El Cajon (built with Saudi money of course) claims a membership of 30,000. I remember when the total population of El Cajon was 25,000.
The only way to protect enough of our infrastructure is to call out the militia in every city and town. Of course that iis not an option per the liberals and their media. A couple hundred thousand dead Americans may, however, change this fact.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
This means that the feds can create honey-pot jihadist program and use them to go trolling for orcs and goblins.
I've been worrying about an attack on the Super Bowl since shortly after September 11. Seems a very logical target for a terrorist organization. It is both highly populated and of sentimental value.
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