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Shadowy group claims new attack
Reuters / Yahoo ^ | July 22, 2005 | Staff

Posted on 07/22/2005 7:45:53 AM PDT by MadIvan

DUBAI (Reuters) - A group claiming links to al Qaeda said on Friday it was behind the latest attack on London, warning it would not halt its strikes until foreign forces quit Iraq, according to an Internet statement.

"Our attack in the heart of the infidel British capital is nothing but a message to all European governments that we will not rest until all the infidel troops leave Iraq," said the statement by the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades dated July 22.

"This is a warning to all those who follow the policies of the president of infidel America," it added, referring to U.S. President George W. Bush.

Friday's statement, like the previous claim from the group, did not appear on major al Qaeda Web sites. U.S. officials say the Abu Hafs al-Masri's links to al Qaeda are not clear.

The group has claimed many attacks in Europe in the past, including the 2004 Madrid train bombings. These claims have been discredited by security experts.

The same group claimed responsibility for the four bomb attacks in London two weeks ago which killed 56 people. British police on Friday were hunting down four bombers who struck at London's transport network in an apparently failed bid to repeat these attacks.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abuhafsalmasri; alqaeda; alqaedauk; attack; london; londonattacked
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Tossers.

Regards, Ivan


1 posted on 07/22/2005 7:45:54 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: Semper911; lutz; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; pax_et_bonum; Alkhin; ..

Ping!


2 posted on 07/22/2005 7:46:21 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan
DUBAI (Reuters) - A group claiming links to al Qaeda said on Friday it was behind the latest attack on London, warning it would not halt its strikes until foreign forces quit Iraq, according to an Internet statement

If it had been me, and I'd bungled the explosives mixture and ended up getting my bombers arrested and shot to death, I'd keep quiet about it.

Now we know who to laugh at!

3 posted on 07/22/2005 7:47:08 AM PDT by SittinYonder (America is the Last Beach)
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To: MadIvan
A group claiming links to al Qaeda

Democrat Underground? Move On? ANSWER?
4 posted on 07/22/2005 7:48:19 AM PDT by mnehring (Fourth Estate, Fifth Column Dis-Infomers)
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To: MadIvan
"This is a warning to all those who follow the policies of the president of infidel America"

This is getting old REAL quick.
5 posted on 07/22/2005 7:48:49 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: MadIvan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1448319/posts

Check this out.


6 posted on 07/22/2005 7:49:15 AM PDT by GVnana
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To: mnehrling

Considering the mixture of viciousness and incompetence, any one of those three works.

Regards, Ivan


7 posted on 07/22/2005 7:49:27 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: Dallas59

Yeah its getting old real quick.

Time to destroy some Moos limbs.


8 posted on 07/22/2005 7:49:57 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: SittinYonder

Now, now...they're allowed to lie. The truth is: They failed miserably yesterday. We know they're all terrorists. We really don't need a note clarifying it.


9 posted on 07/22/2005 7:50:05 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: MadIvan; GVgirl

Thanks.


10 posted on 07/22/2005 7:55:54 AM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: MadIvan

I really don't care what 'group' claimed responsibility (although I'm sure the Intel types and Counter-Terror orgs need to know). To me it is only another instance of Islamo-terrorism, and we know where we should be looking: places like the Flensbury mosque and other Islamic centers around the country.

Prayers for you and yours Ivan.


11 posted on 07/22/2005 7:57:28 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

There is a limit to our tolerance. It is rapidly being reached - we are not going to tolerate London being turned into a war zone.

Regards, Ivan


12 posted on 07/22/2005 7:59:56 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan

Ya know, I'm thinking colonialism got a bad rap.


13 posted on 07/22/2005 8:05:27 AM PDT by papertyger (Power concedes nothing without a demand. – Frederick Douglass)
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To: MadIvan
My concern is that the claim is being dismissed because they used the wrong date.

Seems to me that would be quite a dangerous assumption.

14 posted on 07/22/2005 8:06:49 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: papertyger

That thought has occasionally come to me.


15 posted on 07/22/2005 8:07:49 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: OldFriend

I don't care - even if they aren't the ones responsible, they ought to die for being proud of it.

Regards, Ivan


16 posted on 07/22/2005 8:08:12 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan

This all must be really exciting to the IRA. I hope they don't try to out do them. I am shocked that they hit the same place twice. I reasoned they were taking a western tour. I was wrong. Still I find it very very odd that they haven't hit soft targets here in the states since 911.
They are certainly capable and unafraid to do it. Brace yourselves, it is only a matter of time.
I am one who believes in non-intervention, but if we pulled out of Iraq now it would convince them they can control our foreign policy via terror. If I were in charge, I'd say for every person they kill, we will stay one week longer.


17 posted on 07/22/2005 8:18:19 AM PDT by followerofchrist
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To: followerofchrist

I suggest we cut off a Gitmo prisoner's head for every incident. Then bury the corpses in pig fat. Film it and broadcast it on the Internet.

Regards, Ivan


18 posted on 07/22/2005 8:19:58 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan

What ARE "major Al-Qaeda websites" anyway?


19 posted on 07/22/2005 8:21:07 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: MadIvan
A group claiming links to al Qaeda said on Friday it was behind the latest attack on London,

So they're proud of that Cluster F*** eh?

20 posted on 07/22/2005 8:26:45 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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