Posted on 11/13/2003 12:29:55 PM PST by Pikamax
Al Qaida commander 'anticipates' 100,000 Americans dead in attack
Special to World Tribune.com MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Thursday, November 13, 2003 Al-Qal'a (The Fortress) an Islamist Internet forum, posted the first of a two-part interview with a person who introduced himself as Abu Salma Al-Hijazi, one of the Al Qaida commanders closest to Osama bin Laden.(1) The interview was conducted in Iraq, south of Faluja. The article notes that Al-Hijazi was surrounded by five masked men carrying missiles as well as personal weapons. The following are excerpts from the interview:
In regard to rumors about a large-scale attack against the U.S. during the month of Ramadan, Al-Hijazi said that "a huge and very courageous strike" will take place and that the number of infidels expected to be killed in this attack, according to primary estimates, exceeds 100,000. He added that he "anticipates, but will not swear, that the attack will happen during Ramadan."
He further stated that the attack will be carried out in a way that will "amaze the world and turn Al Qaida into [an organization that] horrifies the world until the law of Allah is implemented, actually implemented, and not just in words, on His land... You wait and see that the balance of power between Al Qaida and its rivals will change, all of a sudden, Allah willing."
Regarding Al Qaida detainees, Al-Hijazi said: "We follow their situation closely... the collaborating governments will pay the price for capturing these heroes who want to revive the glory of their nation and shake off the dust of humiliation and disgrace."
Al-Hijazi added that the "collaborating and treacherous" governments should know that Al Qaida has a long reach and its members enjoy popularity that will not end just because apostate governments detain hundreds of Al Qaida's members. "As soon as the governments detain one of our people, ten like him join us... this is no secret."
Al-Hijazi said that Al Qaida instructed its members not to confront the governments of Islamic countries and clarified that Americans are the main target of the organization, wherever they may be, in order to cause their disintegration and collapse, even if it takes a long time. "We are patient," he added, "our patience will only end with the collapse of America and its agents."
Al-Hijazi also said: "There is no doubt that the demise of America and its collapse will lead to the collapse of these fragile regimes that depend on it... We will not stop until we establish the Islamic Caliphate and until Allah's law is implemented in His land."
When asked about the recent bombing in Riyadh, Al-Hijazi referred to Saudi media reports — which claimed that in the attack Muslim women and children were killed — as "merely media deceit." He added: "This place was under surveillance for many months. Following a thorough investigation, it became perfectly clear to us that the people living there were at least 300 Americans and a large group of Lebanese Christians who had tortured Muslims there, in Lebanon, during the civil war. After consultation, we decided it was appropriate to attack this place and destroy it, including the people who lived there, because it housed Americans and a large majority of Christians holding Lebanese citizenship.
"Since the Saudi government is aware of the sensitivity of this place and that it is a declared target for Al Qaida, it surrounded it with very heavy security. However, we gave our people in Riyadh a green light to destroy it on top of those inside. Allah facilitated breaking into the place and bombing the part in which mostly Americans stayed. As a result, praise Allah, at least 40 Americans were killed, as well as 27 Christians from Lebanon, and a group of citizens who were Muslim; also, at least 70 Americans were injured, as well as more than 30 citizens of other countries, most of them Christians from Lebanon."
According to Al-Hijazi, a Saudi religious scholar who is wanted by Saudi authorities will claim responsibility in a televised communiqué for the bombing "and for other operations to come." He added that the wills of the attackers will be published, apparently, in the month of Shawwal — the month following Ramadan according to the Muslim calendar - when Al Qaida's main website, Al-Nida, is due to be reactivated.
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Bannerman castle? Probably too many Park police actually.
There is a reason!
Didn't forget. They all looked just like the ones who attacked at Pearle Harbor. The error then was extending the "containment" to US citizens. The sins of the past should serve as a guide for what shouldn't be done in the future. Even still, American citizens at large were not restricted.
Always remember that "rights" are not granted by government. The government is restricted from interfering with "rights" by the Constitution. The Constitution does not grant rights to the citizen. It is a big mistake to allow the government to reduce rights: these are not the government's to either give or retract. This is an extremely important facit of Constitutional Principles.
Problems related to security can be handled without restricting the rights of citizens in general. To think otherwise is a mark of the incompetent.
Take them ALL seriously, even the empty threats. Just don't bother quaking in fear every time another threat is made. It isn't worth it. It makes them stronger and those who quake in fear weaker, when we have seen with our own eyes on TV that the terorists quake in fear of the United States' reaction to their attacks on our soil.
President Bush won't challenge them to some stupid duell when they say they're allegedly, possibly coming. He'll do everything in his administration's power to stop them and if failing that, will order them carpet bombed into oblivion. Or nuked, depending on the severity of their attack.
A little difficult since there are huge numbers of non-Muslims either in or around most "concentrations" of Islamics, or downwind of them.
I take it you're in favor of killing hundreds of thousands of Christians, Hindus, etc. then? Par for the course for an armchair war criminal, though.
I don't know. It's something I think about when I watch a race though.
I think, maybe, you are misunderstanding what they are saying.
I think they are telling their followers that these natural disasters are from the hand of Allah. Therefore, bolstering the morale of these 11th century morons.
I doubt there would be more than 150 who would open their mouths!
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