Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles - Daily Terror Threat

Debka ^ | 11-3-2003 | Staff

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Monday, November 3, 2003

A new message was posted in the last few hours by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of major al Qaeda attacks in those cities. This is revealed by DEBKAfile.

The message accuses the United States of predetermining its end (doom) by its policies. ?The Jews rule the Pentagon by remote control and (are the cause) of Muslims being killed in every corner of the world. The United States should therefore expect more blows.?

The message is signed on behalf of the al Bayan (The Threat) movement by ?your warrior brother, Abul Hassan al Khadrami?.

Our Muslim expert identifies the name of the signatory as belonging to a Yemeni from Hadhrameuth, the Bin Ladens? place of origin where Osama enjoys substantial tribal support.

DEBKAfile?s counter-terror sources stress that warnings appearing on these forums are taken both very seriously and with caution by the intelligence services keeping track of the terrorist network?s electronic traffic.

Last November, Jeddah-based fundamentalist forums addressed a message to an Al Qaeda member, saying whoever understands ? understands; whoever knows, knows, but we are marching towards an operation that will take us to Paradise. Three days later, the Mombasa Paradise hotel was blown up killing 12 Kenyans and 3 Israelis and a failed shoulder-launched Strela anti-air missile missed an Israeli airliner at Mombasa airport.

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[WestCoastGal]

Wow, thanks for that summary. Good job on trying to keep this all straight, there is so much posted it's almost impossible to keep up with.

[StillProud2BeFree]

The Egyptian government isn't going to release ANYTHING that is going to remotely make them look bad. Ain't gonna happen. Go to www.metimes.com and take a look at the censorship policy the government has for them.

According to the Middle East Times, an English language newspaper distributed in Egypt:

Reasons for censorship:

We are generally not allowed to do the following things:

Report on human rights abuses

Criticize the military

Point out the ill-treatment of Egyptians in "friendly" Arab countries, especially in Saudi Arabia.

Discuss modern, unorthodox interpretations of Islam.

Report on discrimination against Coptic Christians.

However, the censor is very arbitrary -- sometimes these things go through, sometimes they don't.

[LayoutGuru2]

FBI,CIA,DEA,ATF,NSA,TSA

Thanks!

In other news, good to see that Internet Haganah is going to be staying up (for now).

[angkor]

Oakridge, TN - Jihad assault team(s) to penetrate security and build a bomb on site, National Lab.

Ha. That's a good one. "Penetrate security" at ORNL. Right.

"Build a bomb on site". Yeah. Unh-huh. Go for it!

[Revel]

Yeah. Us freepers are a little too smart to fall for that lie.
Damaged from crashing into the Ocean. Well I guess we have proof that missile hit the black box before the crash. (sarcasm/off)

[WestCoastGal]

Hi Mama Ruth: I for one am not surprised that they have decided they can't get any data from that black box. The Egypt Air incident in 1999 didn't go much better.

{{hugs}}Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Thanks for all the great input you've given us. Keep up the good work!!

[Oorang]

I caught that one too. It was good for a laugh!

[nwctwx]

There was always speculation that Al-Jazeera had a tape of UBL praising the attacks prior to 9/11 to be released right after the attack. Al-Jazeera has always responded that they received his first tape hours after the attack on America. When you consider the very real possibility that they had a tape prior to any attack, you really wonder what could be on the rest of the tape/s in their possession.

[angkor]

We are generally not allowed to do the following things:

True, but you have to consider what mitigates these threats: Money. Moola. Do$$ars.

I spent time in Cambodia, the journalists and English-language pubs there had ongoing scrapes with the gov, but the gov (apparently) realized that taking the localized critiques - who reads "Cambodia Daily" or ""Phnom Penh Post" - was preferable to losing aid $$$$ by retaliating against them.

[angkor]

what could be on the rest of the tape/s in their possession.

If the USG doesn't yet have one or more likely several AJ staffers on the payroll, I would be utterly shocked beyond belief.

There are lots of smart people working in the USG. They think what we think.

[StillProud2BeFree]

Absolutely - in terms of Egyptian media you'd be surprised what can be published if you know the right person, or can pay off the right person. You basically glide beneath the radar, so to speak . But there are certain things you can't publish because if you alienate the wrong group of people, you all of a sudden start pinging on the radar screen, and you get shut down.

[Domestic Church]

"If the USG doesn't yet have one or more likely several AJ staffers on the payroll, I would be utterly shocked beyond belief."

If they couldn't milk it they'd have shut it down by now.

[LayoutGuru2]

Yes, I am sure they were careful to open it very gently.

Seriously, here is a link to "How Black Boxes Work".

[Letitring]

Can you post that photo here? What is that thing in the middle.

[riri]

Please feel free to make additions/corrections as you see the need

Excellent synopsis. Thank you very much.

[riri]

What is that thing in the middle

Yeah, what is that thing? It looks like a petrified tv dinner. LOL

[Cindy]

May the best team win Liz!

[Letitring]

LOL. I see the standard OBL, of course, and the mushroom cloud they seem so fond of, can't make out the rest of it though. :)