Al Qaida commander 'anticipates' 100,000 Americans dead in attack

World Tribune.com ^ | 11/13/03 | MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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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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[mhking]

Perhaps now it is time to take these people seriously when they make such kind of threats.

These threats have been coming since 9/11. It's awful damn hard to believe 'em...

[Quix]

Perhaps so . . . or just whenever they think they can succeed or have the best chance of killing the most etc.

[Mossad1967]

Don't forget that OBL and his band of thugs were not taken seriously before 9/11. I for one, take him damn seroius.
I've attended to many funerals for emergency personnel.
I know for a fact that ALL emergency personnel in NYC take him seriously.

[cake_crumb]

"I suggest you toughen your stance against complicit regimes."

He's doing everything possible short of a preemptive nuking. Which we can't do. Retaliatory nuking yes, preemptive no. Unlike the Islamists, the leader of the free world will follow international law.

[jerseygirl]

I read an article today that Hillary has called for patrols of the skies around the nuclear power plants in New York...will try to find it.

[Codie]

God is pissed!

[MissAmericanPie]

Ain't that that the truth if I have ever heard it. Enemies on the outside, and enemies eating us away from within.

[Naspino]

I have to disagree though. Our constitution is great but written in a different time. Eventually the constitution will have to be put aside (for some people) or our nation will defeat itself. Question is should we go out in our glory or lower ourselves to defeat the evil. We lowered our security after raising it post-9/11 cause we don't have the will to live like prisoners. Short of exterminating the threat (thereby killing many innocents and lowering ourselves) what can we do except continue to suffer attacks? Each year that passes they have the opportunity to grab more weapons capable of wider damage. Perfect case is a biological attack with some future airborn virus. No way the constitution can live in its current form. It at least has to be suspended.

[Quix]

I hope so.

But I am skeptical we'll be rid of the PC junk or the liberals until

THE KING OF KINGS RETURNS IN OVERT POWER AND GLORY ESTABLISHING HIS OVERT AND VISIBLE RULE.

[#3Fan]

Could be.

[txdoda]

Nope, Rama-lama-ding-dong ends somewhere around Thanksgiving (Green Bay @ Detroit & Miami @ Dallas). I'm not sure if it's before or after.>>>>>>


LOL.....you must know my hubby.

[Jumper]

Sounds like he means these attacks will be carried out against population centers; these fools are going to attack the only places where their allies the democrats reside in large numbers. Piss off the democrats and Al Qaida will have really erred in their judgment if they think America will. Ever listen to the left in America and they ranting and raving.... Consider what this childish incoherent blood thristy bunch will demand done to those people who belong to the Religion of Peace. Wars are messy things and in every known instance of targeting during the cold war, both military and civilian populations were selected for systemic destruction. I guess once the Arabs and Americans trade a few cities, there won't be many democrats left and there won't be many Arabs except in the deserts.

[Gritty]

Kill 100,000 of us? These dumbells have it all wrong.

Instead, they should just get Dean and the Dems elected in 2004 and take control of Congress and the Senate (well, they already have control of that!). Then we'll just quit the War on Terror, extend the peacepipe, and all sing 'Kumbaya' together.

All they'll then have to do is keep moving their people in here, take over our laws and courts and eventually we will all be worshiping Allah. It's worked everyplace else!

[Quix]

YES.

They get at least fear mileage out of talking about it.

Talking about it and then carrying it out raises their stature in the eyes of teen Moslems astronomically--as well as in the eyes of lots of others.

[js1138]

I don't think they anticipated Afghanistan or Iraq. Nor will they be pleased when the Suez canal is closed. (Remember the Israeli plan for a railroad. That could be up in months.)

[xrp]

No way the constitution can live in its current form. It at least has to be suspended.

You should probably go register http://www.i-hate-freedom.com and setup your own forums there, because you certainly don't belong here.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> If 100,000 Americans are killed, God forbid, I will join thousands of other Americans in making sure the internal threats remaining are deported or eliminated by other means. <<

grim bump

[Toespi]

I just don't consider this credible. Evidently Homeland Security isn't concerned because we are still on yellow. if they thought this had any legs we would be seeing all kinds of unusual activity from the government. Imagine if they knew and didn't raise the threat level and something happened, this administration would be toast.

[Naspino]

A little difficult since there are huge numbers of non-Muslims either in or around most "concentrations" of Islamics, or downwind of them.

I don't see the problem.

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. So ... everyone involved in WWII was a war criminal? They killed innocents -- just less efficiently beause the weapons were not as advanced.

[expatguy]

Im not sure what to say really, I kinda feel sorry for my fellow Americans, who shrug these threats off and who don't understand that these people are not joking. They are serious. Very serious and very determined.

Seriously, What do you say and what do you do when a 5 megaton nuke in detonated in a U-Haul truck in the middle of New York?

Are we gonna once again gonan hunt down those responsible?

Go to war? Against who?