This is the Jihad Unspun statement, to go with the article that was written by Laura Mansfield about the planned or stated plan for a Ramadan attack, by jihadii's.
It almost sounds as tho, they are reminding the terrorists that an attack was planned.
granny
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http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=104961&list=/home.php
ANONYMOUS: Planning The Great Ramadan Offensive 2005
Oct 22, 2005
By "Ossama1", Firdaws
As far back as May 2005, there were rumblings from intelligence apparatus, media “leaks” and of course
the White House that the "Great Ramadan Offensive 2005" was in the works, a battle to end all battles
between the forces of good and evil. Or, at least that was how it was billed at the time.
In early August, 2005, a post was made to the Arabic Mujahideen forum Firdaws by a person using the
name "Ossama1". Written in perfect English, "Ossama1" details the planning of the battle that was to
restore Muslim honor. But with ten days left until Ramadan ends, has the plan been abandoned or was
there actually a plan to begin with? Here is the original post as published by lauramansfeld.com. You
decide.
We remind our viewers that the opinions and points of view expressed in this article are those of the
author and shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of Jihad Unspun, the publisher,
editor, writers, contributors or staff.
Planning The Great Ramadan Offensive
“Planning the "Great Ramadan Offensive" by late August 2005, the Islamist-jihadist movement was
increasingly consumed by great anticipation for a dramatic breakout: a "Great Ramadan Offensive" led by
both Osama bin Laden and Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, in person and from Iraq. This offensive, several
Islamist-jihadist leaders and commanders were convinced, would overshadow the dramatic impact of the
September 11, 2001, spectacular strikes.
Jihad leaders were convinced that the Great Ramadan Offensive would include a "fateful confrontation"
with the US and Israeli forces in the Middle East, as well as a series of unprecedented spectacular strikes
in Western Europe, Russia, and, perhaps, even the United States. Throughout the Muslim world,
widespread anticipation for the Great Ramadan Offensive has been reinforced by a series of virtually
simultaneous communiques starting around August 24, 2005. This was the first time so many significant
doctrinal-theological statements had been issued at the same time, reinforcing the belief in a forthcoming
well-coordinated global onslaught.
First came the report of a new recorded message by Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi. Apparently made on August
21, 2005, the existence of the message was announced around August 24, 2005. The report that
emerged included the key passage from Zarqawi's message about the next phase of the jihad. "What
happened in Andalusia [Spain], London, the Jordanian Al-Aqabah, and other places and what is going to
happen, with the consent of God Almighty, is accomplished by our devoted mujahedin," Zarqawi
explained. "The mujahedin in Iraq have, praise be to God, moved the battle from the ground [in Iraq] to
the land of the cross." Zarqawi stressed that "jihadist units had been founded in all of Western Europe,
to defend the powerless within the nation. "For the crimes the Crusaders have committed against the
Muslims, they will reap in their own homes [countries], God willing."
The entire post would not fit therefore, it is continued at the link.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.221749664&par=0
Alert for: jihadi threats
EGYPT: WEB VIDEO INCITES ATTACKS AGAINST CHRISTIANS
AKI - Rome,Italy
... this religious flash-point did not escape the notice of the jihadi groups linked ...
However the group goes on to make further threats, adding: "Any Christian from ...
Upcoming Significant Events:
October 22, (year unknown) - New Zealand
Labor Day
No information provided.
October 23, 1983 - Lebanon
U.S. Marines Killed In Beirut
Islamic Jihad bombings in Beirut killed 254 U.S. marines and 58 French paratroopers.
October 24, 1956 - Egypt
Popular Resistance Day
No information provided.
October 24, 1964 - Zambia
Independence Day
No information provided.
October 24, 1975 - France
Turkish Ambassador Killed
The Turkish ambassador and his driver were shot and killed in Paris by members of the
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).
October 24, 1975 - Turkey
Ambassador To France Killed
The Turkish ambassador to France and his driver were shot and killed in Paris by
members of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).
October 24, 1984 - Syria
Relations with the U.K. Broken
No information provided.
October 25, 1955 - Austria
Revolution Day
Celebrates the return of Soviet-administered properties under the Austrian State Treaty.
All occupation forces were withdrawn and Austria became free and independent.
October 25, 1983 - Grenada
U.S. Invasion of Grenada
With the breakdown of law and order following the arrest and subsequent murder of
prime minister Maurice Bishop, Grenada's governor general and the Organization of
Eastern Caribbean States asked the U.S. for assistance. The U.S. sent a military force to
the island to restore order and evacuate endangered American citizens.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_chavez_us;_ylt=AoLy6yrvl.Ly9LGyiGCS2y1vaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Chavez Warns if U.S. Invades, Oil Goes Up
Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 at 6:15am
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government
is preparing for a possible U.S. invasion and he warned that such
"aggression" would send gasoline in the United States prices soaring
higher. The U.S. government repeated that it is not planning any such
thing. Chavez, a vocal critic of "imperialism" and the Bush
administration, said he was not against the American people — just
the current government. "We are sure that it will be very difficult for
the United States to attack Venezuela," Chavez said. He said his
country has eight oil refineries and 14,000 gasoline stations in the
United States.
Full Story at link.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4360106.stm
Russian army cleared over Beslan
Posted on Friday, October 21, 2005 at 6:19am
Russian forces who used flame-throwers during the Beslan school
siege last year will not face charges, a top Russian prosecutor has
said. Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov was sent to the
southern region by President Vladimir Putin last month to investigate
the tragedy. Some of the victims' relatives say most died because of
the firepower used in the Russian assault on the school.
Full Story at link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507328/posts
FDNY chief: We're training for nukes
NY Daily News ^ | 10/22/05 | RICH SCHAPIRO
Posted on 10/22/2005 10:33:39 AM PDT by jimbo123
Terrorists attacking New York City with a crude nuclear weapon or a
dirty bomb are among the main threats the FDNY is preparing for, the
department's top disaster planner said yesterday.
Chief Joseph Pfeifer told a panel of security experts the FDNY is
rapidly transforming itself into a terrorism-ready force that is
equipped to respond to such potentially catastrophic attacks.
"It's the training we do that'll make the difference between who gets
saved and who doesn't get saved," Pfeifer said at the Council on
Foreign Relations on E.68thSt.
(continued)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507296/posts
U.S.: Zarqawi's Connections Grow Globally
AP ^ | October 22 2005 | KATHERINE SHRADER
Posted on 10/22/2005 9:47:24 AM PDT by jmc1969
U.S. intelligence officials say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has expanded his
terrorism campaign in Iraq to extremists in two dozen terror groups
scattered across almost 40 countries, creating a network that rivals
Osama bin Laden's.
In figures not made public before, counterterrorism officials say that
Zarqawi's network of contacts has grown dramatically since the
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and now includes associates in nearly
40 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe.
Those Muslim extremists are members of at least 24 groups, from
Hezbollah in Lebanon to much smaller organizations in Indonesia.
Al-Zarqawi is now seen as the top general who is putting in place
al-Qaida's long campaign to establish an Islamic society throughout
the Middle East, with Iraq at its heart.
(continued at link)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507099/posts
Pakistani jihadis adopting earthquake orphans
Rediff/India Defence/Additional Sources ^
Posted on 10/21/2005 9:22:02 PM PDT by Dyaus Pitar
The Muttehida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of six pro-Taliban
religious parties, has given a countrywide call through mosque
loudspeakers, banners and pamphlets for pure muslims to adopt
children orphaned in the October 8 earthquake.
'We have come to know that the [Pervez] Musharraf regime has
decided to hand over the orphans and unaccompanied children to
Christian missionaries and the Aga Khan Development Network
(AKDN),' said Naimatullah Khan, the former mayor of Karachi.
AKDN, which plays a key role in primary/secondary level education in
Pakistan, has been given the task of revamping the curriculum, and
the jihadis are venomous about it.
They accuse it of promoting secularism and eliminating jihad through
the new curriculum expected to be implemented soon.
(Excerpt) Read more at india-defence.com ...
AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS INFILTRATE THE
CARIBBEAN
Terrorism Monitor Journal ^ | october 21, 2005 | Chris Zambelis
Posted on 10/22/2005 10:23:13 AM PDT by ArkansasConcervative
Al-Qaeda’s Inroads into the Caribbean
(continued at link)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507322/posts#comment
By Chris Zambelis
Security threats emanating from the Caribbean Basin typically revolve
around its position as a key trans-shipment point for South American
narcotics to the United States and Europe, as well as illegal
immigration, money laundering, and other forms of banking and
document fraud. Indeed, organized criminal networks from as far
away as Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia, in addition to
U.S. and South American organizations, have a formidable presence in
the region.
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, however, many observers
began to look at the region’s potential as a base of operations for
radical Islamist terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda to stage
attacks against the U.S. and its interests in the Western Hemisphere.
Upon cursory examination, the region’s geographic proximity to the
U.S., porous borders, widespread poverty and endemic corruption,
energy reserves, not to mention the tens of thousands of Americans
and Europeans who vacation there at any given time of the year,
make it an attractive target.
The potential threat of al-Qaeda using the Caribbean Basin as a base
of operations came to the fore when allegations circulated that Adnan
G. El-Shukrijumah, a known al-Qaeda operative, was reportedly
spotted in Honduras in June 2004. Despite a lack of hard evidence,
U.S. and regional security officials believe that Shukrijumah’s alleged
presence in the region stemmed from an al-Qaeda plot to link up with
Central American gangs such as Mara Salvatrucha (MS) and Mara 18th
Street (M18). U.S. Panamanian officials reported that Shukrijumah
was in Panama as early as April 2001, possibly surveying high-value
targets such as the Panama Canal, after which it is alleged he visited
several neighboring countries [1]. Trinidadian sources go a step
further and tie Shukrijumah to the Darul Uloom, an Islamic institute in
Trinidad, and claim he may have infiltrated Central America via
Trinidad and Tobago with a Trinidadian, Guyanese, or Canadian
passport [2].
This December 2001 report on Terrorist ships, reminds me that I have not found anything on the al Qaeda navy in a long time.......granny
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Hunt for 20 terror
ships
The Armada of Terror
War on Terrorism: Observer
special
Martin Bright, Paul Harrisand and
Nick Paton Walsh
Sunday December 23, 2001
The Observer
British and American intelligence
services are hunting the world for at
least 20 ships thought to make up a
terrorist fleet linked to Osama bin
Laden's al-Qaeda group, The Observer
can reveal.
Security and shipping sources said
British, US and European intelligence
services have been desperately searching
for bin Laden's 'phantom fleet' amid
fears the vessels could be carrying
poisons, explosives or weapons.
The ships were identified at least three
months ago as a result of a joint
intelligence operation thought to be led
by the Norwegian security service and
America's CIA with the help of
international shipping registries.
The search has been hampered by the
controversial 'flags of convenience'
system, under which many ships are
registered as Panamanian, Liberian or
Cypriot to avoid stringent checks on their
crews and cargoes.
News of the hunt broke as British
anti-terrorist officers continue to search
the London-bound MV Nisha, seized off
the south coast of England on Friday in a
dramatic raid by Royal Navy units,
including the Special Boat Service
(SBS). The ship, which lay off Sandown
Bay in the Isle of Wight last night, was
flying the flag of St Vincent and the
Grenadines, in the West Indies. The tiny
Caribbean nation has a population of just
111,000, but 1,336 vessels fly its flag.
The boat was initially thought to be the
first of the 20 ships to be boarded. No
explosives or ammunition had been
found by last night. The vessel was
carrying raw sugar to a Tate and Lyle
refinery on the Thames when an
intelligence tip-off warned British
authorities that it could be carrying
'terrorist material'.
Whitehall sources moved to play down
links between the Nisha and the
worldwide search for the other ships,
saying the boarding was a 'belt-and
braces job' at a time of high alert.
The dawn raid on the ship by the SBS
and the Metropolitan Police Special
Branch came after the tip off from a
foreign intelligence service that a ship
like the Nisha, carrying explosives, was
due to dock in London.
Shipping experts have expressed fears
about the vulnerability of targets in the
City of London to attack from the river.
The Nisha would have passed Canary
Wharf, the capital's highest building.
Shipping unions last night said the
system of controls for the international
merchant shipping fleet was ripe for
abuse by terrorists.
'We warned about this right after the 11
September attacks. There is a complete
lack of regulation in the industry.
Perhaps now people will start to listen to
us,' said David Cockcroft, general
secretary of the International Transport
Workers Federation.
Andrew Linington of the British National
Union of Marine Aviation and Shipping
Transport Officers called on the
Government to tighten the UK port
regulations.
On almost every level, the system is
open to abuse,' he said. US ports now
demanded 96 hours notice before any
ship docks and a full list of crew in
advance. Britain should do the same, he
said.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:y6doZZUUxEIJ:observer.guardian.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,624259,00.html+Special+Branch+in+Terrorist+Hunt&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet
Found in this search:
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Special%20Branch%20in%20Terrorist%20Hunt
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:slvg4AyRmP0J:www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/print%3Fid%3D35609423+Muslimeen+Leaders+Million-Dollar+Properties&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet
Muslimeen soldiers run EMA off Valencia quarry
An investigation by CAMINI MARAJH
Sunday, August 29th 2004
Energy Minister Eric Williams (left), the man who says that Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr has a legitimate licence to mine State quarrying
lands, on a walkabout with Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Mark Guerra (middle), slain gangland boss and a key
Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr-the man identified by Energy Minister Eric Williams
as the principal behind the defunct Dar-ul-Islam-is using an expired lease with a 26-year-old
debt to the State to stake a multi-million-dollar mining claim to State lands in Valencia.
And, he's getting away with it.
Sunday Express investigations have found that the one-year lease from more than 20 years
ago on which Bakr has relied to make his claim-and which Williams insists is a "legitimate
licence" to mine State lands inside of Tattoo Trace in Valencia-is in arrears to the tune of
$30,000.
The outstanding royalties owed to the State date back more than 20 years, according to
sources, and do not include accrued interest.
Williams has refused to discuss the details of Bakr's land mining arrangement with the ruling
PNM Government, save to say that the former coup leader has a "legitimate licence" to mine
State lands in Valencia. That the licence in question has long been expired or was issued to a
religious organisation that is now defunct, appear to be of little interest to the Manning
administration, which, on the evidence assembled so far, seems to have facilitated the
Muslimeen's renegade quarrying operations in the Valencia, Toco area.
Sunday Express investigations found that Muslimeen soldiers have used the Dar ul Islam
agreement as a cover to launch wildcat quarrying operations in lucrative State-owned
reserves since December 2002, extracting State property, namely sand and gravel, and selling
it back to Government-run agencies, including the regional corporations and the
Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) for millions of dollars.
Sources, speaking on condition of strict anonymity, report the Muslimeen's use of strong-arm
tactics in appropriating excavators and tractors from equipment operators for their own use.
Muslimeen soldiers have reportedly used threats, backed by the presence of gun-toting men,
to run off legitimate quarry operators, farmers and even Government officials from what MP for
the area, Roger Boynes, described as "the Wild, Wild West".
(continued at link)
I was sure this would have gold, oil and diamonds, but it does not, appears that if you are mean enough, there is a profit in gravel too.)
From:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=Muslimeen+Leaders+Million-Dollar+Properties&spell=1
http://www.caribvoice.org/Features/t%26tkidnappings.html
Island's
Abduction
Rate is
second in the
world
By Carol Williams
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 13, 2005: For as long
as pastel rum drinks and hedonistic pre-Lenten celebrations have been
in fashion, fun-seekers have flocked to this tropical duet of lush islands
to sunbathe, sway to calypso and savor the exotic flavors of its
multicultural cuisine. But an ugly social ill threatens the perpetual party
atmosphere: kidnapping, a crime so epidemic that Trinidad ranks second
in the world behind Colombia for its rate of abductions.
Muslimeen Leaders articles from the 1990's or sort by date to have 2005 first.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Muslimeen+Leaders+&qt_s=Search
Web links:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Muslimeen+Leaders+&qt_s=Search&sa=N&tab=gw
October 22, 2005 Anti-Terrorism News
(UK) Three Terror Arrests
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1199932,00.html
Three men have been arrested in connection with investigations into
international terrorism, Scotland Yard said. The trio, aged in their early
twenties, were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or
instigation of acts of terrorism.
8 Police, 4 Taliban Killed in Afghanistan
http://interestalert.com/story/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/10220000aaa02d6e.ap&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World%20News
(DC) Police free men held in car bomb threat
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20051021-104816-7445r.htm
(NYC) FDNY chief: We're training for nukes
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/358074p-305104c.html
Terrorists attacking New York City with a crude nuclear weapon or a
dirty bomb are among the main threats the FDNY is preparing for, the
department's top disaster planner said yesterday.
(Japan) Iraq Cleric warns GSDF of suicide bombers
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=352894
A Shiite cleric affiliated with anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr warned
Japanese troops stationed in Samawah, southern Iraq, of a suicide
bombing in a sermon during Friday prayers.
(UK) Judges grant bail to Algerian terrorist suspects
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1835822,00.html
(Egypt) Christian DVD sparks Muslim riot
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/21/egypt.church.riot.ap/index.html
Canadians join insurgency (Iraq)
http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2005/10/21/pf-1271960.html
(Spain) Islamic videos found in false ceiling in Navarra restaurant
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_243.shtml
(DC) Package Detonated in Car After Two Men Make Threats Outside
Capitol
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173019,00.html
Baghdad Raids Helped Preempt Referendum-Day Attacks
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051021_3118.html
DOD press release
Terrorist Safe House Destroyed; Police Station Attack Thwarted
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051021_3123.html
Indonesia seizes explosives haul
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4364538.stm
Indonesian police say they have seized a large quantity of explosives
and bomb making material being smuggled from Malaysia.
Ohio Terrorism Suspect Facing Possible Deportation (to Yemen)
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/5145491/detail.html
Ashraf al-Jailani Jailed For 3 Years For Suspected Al-Qaida Links
5 Iraqis, 5 American soldiers killed, secretary of journalists' Union
killed
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/051021/2005102106.html
Shopkeeper denies involvement in plot
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/bal-md.koko21oct21,0,6765419.story?coll=sfla-newsnation-front
Owner of Baltimore convenience store said yesterday he knows of no
plots to blow up Baltimore tunnel and criticized federal authorities
Homeland Security sending liaison to New York
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/21/terror.agencies.ap/index.html
OFF-TOPIC:
Chuck tells us about "Barney the Bandit..."
As a former 911 operator, my duty was to send rapid response to
any situation that might arise. Whether the response required
Police, Fire, or Rescue assistance, it was my duty to calm the caller
and be sure they were safe until help arrived.
One fairly quiet fall evening, I received a call from a woman who
was terrified. She was screaming hysterically into the phone. Try as
I might, I found it was very difficult to get her to calm down and tell
me what the problem was. She was crying and screaming “He’s
trying to get in!” Try as I might, I was only able to get that
information from her and could not calm her down. Time is always
against us in matters such as these. Seconds are crucial. Under the
belief that she was the victim of a home invasion, I advised two
patrol units in the area. Within thirty seconds, both officers were in
the same block as the residence and responded on foot to the
residence in the hopes of apprehending the suspect. They
approached the residence and began a methodical search of the
surrounding yard. At the same time, the woman on the phone with
me screamed “He’s in! He’s in!” and the phone line went dead. I
radioed the officers who then made a forcible entry to the home
through the front door. The next few minutes were very tense in
our dispatch center. No one spoke and all the radio traffic was
quiet as every officer, paramedic and fireman listened to hear what
was happening next. After a few moments, I called out to my
officers to see if they were ok. There was no response. A couple of
seconds later, their supervisor called that he was on the scene and
approaching the residence. More tense moments went by. Suddenly,
the supervisor called stating they had the suspect in custody and
were coming back to the station. We all wanted to see who this big
terrible person was so when the officers arrived we were rather
surprised to see that instead of a person, they had a box. Inside the
box was a very small frightened hamster. He had chewed through
the floor board of her home in search of food and warmth. Of
course, being the dispatcher who handled the call, the hamster was
remanded to my custody to be rehabilitated from his criminal ways.
We named him Barney and he stayed with us in the dispatch center
for several years. Although many years have passed since then, I’ll
never forget the night that Barney the Bandit Hamster terrorized
our county with his crime spree.
That's just hilarious - thanks Chuck!
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