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Al-Qaeda planning US 'death blow'
Australia News ^
| Oct. 31, 2003
| Dubai correspondent -Agence France-Presse
Posted on 10/30/2003 11:17:40 AM PST by FairOpinion
OSAMA bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network is planning a "death blow" against Americans during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a Saudi magazine reports in its issue due out today.
"Al-Qaeda is going to carry out a death blow against Americans during the month of Ramadan," Al-Majallah said, quoting an e-mail sent by Abu Mohammed al-Ablaj, identified as a senior member of al-Qaeda.
Ablaj, who regularly communicates with the London-based weekly via e-mail, did not specify if the threatened strike will be carried out in the United States or against American interests abroad.
"Muslims have the right to draw the blood of Americans, civilian or military, everywhere in the world," Ablaj said.
He did not dismiss the possibility of a "painful" strike in Iraq, which is currently under a US-led occupation following the overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein.
"Bin Laden has ordered his supporters to carry out a guerrilla war against Arab and Muslim countries where there is an American military and commercial presence," Ablaj said.
"The guerrilla war decided by bin Laden and his assistants won't be limited to martyr (suicide) operations mentioned in his last two messages. This (war) will be carried out by other means and (using) different types of weapons," he added.
In a message purported to be from bin Laden and aired on October 18 by Qatar's Al-Jazeera television station, the terror chief threatened to send suicide bombers to the United States and attack any forces joining the US-led coalition in Iraq.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: petercooper
They talk and talk. Every few days its death to America. If they had the power, they would have used it by now. Just think of how easy it would be for terrorist to act in the old USA? You don't even need an airplane to cause mass death--a few cans of gas could do great damage if people doing it don't mind losing their lives. The fact that we have not been attacked in the USA itself means the terorists don't have the punch--It was all used up in 9-11. Not to say that an embasy or a camp in Iraq might be targeted at some point, but--I do not believe they can repete what happened in New York.
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posted on
10/30/2003 3:20:50 PM PST
by
Hollywoodghost
(Let he who would be free strike the first blow)
To: boxerblues
Yup. I'm so skeert.
282
posted on
10/30/2003 3:33:54 PM PST
by
Jaded
(Personally, I think we should bring back flogging and burning at the stake.)
To: M. Peach
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posted on
10/30/2003 3:36:42 PM PST
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray.)
To: StolarStorm
Every towelhead will be a target
They are easy to spot
They are easy to find
To: FairOpinion
"Muslims have the right to draw the blood of Americans, civilian or military, everywhere in the world," Ablaj said.
Muslims world wide should either take this guy out, or be prepared.
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posted on
10/30/2003 3:40:16 PM PST
by
MonroeDNA
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To: spodefly
EgyptAir pilot that intentionally augered his plane into the ocean off the coast of the US Boy, in hindsight, that one sure seemed like an attempted jihad mission. Pilot screamed allah akbar and then backed out. Wonder what building he was targeting. Of course, we'll never hear anything else about it.
To: BlueLancer
Ghod I love that!
Even better with pictures!
To: StriperSniper
Tac nuke, 50K feet over each major Arab City. . .they get the message, EMP fries electronics, not quite high enough to zap satellites.
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posted on
10/30/2003 4:02:08 PM PST
by
Salgak
(don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
To: mhking
No... Glass Pines are those little end table decorations at everyones Grand Parents house.
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posted on
10/30/2003 4:03:59 PM PST
by
JSteff
To: cinFLA
Take it easy. We have taken out Afganistan and Iraq. Two years; two countries.A country a year, that's all we ask...
To: FairOpinion
woof woof woof
To: freeperfromnj
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posted on
10/30/2003 4:41:38 PM PST
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politcially correct poor people.)
To: freeperfromnj
Four years ago today the words still haunt:
"I rely on allah"
"I have made my decision, I put my fate in God's hands."
islam/muslims + aircraft = mass death.
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posted on
10/30/2003 4:49:30 PM PST
by
tubavil
To: StolarStorm
Wishful thinking.
To: TonyRo76
How about we start that Crusade with a march, burning Arab Flags, holding the most vile signs against Islam and Muslims, threatening to kill them all unless they get out of this country. (mock them with pork chops signs)
Next we could go into their neighborhoods and blow them up in their restaurants, and their buses and schools.
And best of all we could vandalize their mosques.
Can you imagine what the world would say, if we behaved like them, if only for a day?
To: FairOpinion
Someone call the nine little dwarfs and ask them what should we do!!
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posted on
10/30/2003 5:13:29 PM PST
by
sarge4
To: sarge4
"Someone call the nine little dwarfs and ask them what should we do!! "
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They would probably want to send fruit baskets to Osama and ask him, what he would like us to do, to avoid being attacked. Maybe they would offer to turn the White House into a Mosque.
To: boxerblues
The US doesn't have the guts to blow the whole Middle East to pieces.
To: StolarStorm
Sadly to say, I think you may be right. The U.S. has
actually shown amazing restraint, like the giant swatting
at a swarm of flies. I am surprised that such an esteemed
"religion" could be so violent.
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posted on
10/30/2003 5:23:22 PM PST
by
Twinkie
To: evets
huh? deaf blow?Deaf ? Of course, he had her by the ears, she couldn't hear a thing....
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10/30/2003 5:51:16 PM PST
by
csvset
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