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al-Masri/al-Muhajir . . .
international operations chief of al Qaeda-Iraq from 2004 . . .
Zawahiri protege . . .
succeeds Zarqawi and becomes head of al Qaeda-Iraq . . .
issues 15 day deadline from 9/7 - 9/22 . . .
same day as pre-9/11 video with the first al-Masri . . .
this first al-Masri (Atef) was also Zawahiri's protege . . .
al-Masri/Atef was the first al Qaeda operations chief . . .
al-Masri/Atef w/ Atta above Zawahiri's shoulders in 7/27 video . . .
video of al-Masri/Atef and first audio of al-Masri/Muhajir released 9/7 . . .
Ramadan begins 9/23 with "birth" of new moon 9/22. . .
15 days after 9/7 . . .
Zawahiri: days "pregnant" with "new events"/attacks . . .
al-Masri says 1 American to be killed for each Jihadi . . .
Network of al Qaeda-Iraq extends into North America . . .
UBL has Zarqawi prepare attacks inside U.S. in 2005 . . .
al-Masri is international operations chief in 2005 . . .
Bill Gertz claims al Qaeda-Iraq may have nuclear capability . . .

http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-plot20060607.html

Ontario arrests part of probe tracking extremists through web: report

Last Updated: Jun 7 2006 11:00 AM EDT

Arrests made under anti-terrorism legislation in Ontario may be part of a bigger international effort to track Islamic extremists communicating through the internet — a network purportedly tied to al-Qaeda in Iraq.

A report published in the Times of London on Wednesday alleges a chain of links that connect the network to some of the 17 suspects arrested under Canada's Anti-terrorism Act in Toronto, Mississauga and Pickering on the weekend.

FROM JUNE 7, 2006: Suspect in bomb plot was Canadian soldier

FROM JUNE 6, 2006: Suspect accused of wanting to behead PM, laywer claims

A nine-month investigation, code-named "Operation Mazhar," uncovered a web-based network set up by computer experts in the British capital, the Times said.

They were working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born militant who leads the group al-Qaeda in Iraq, the paper said.

Quoting security sources in Britain, the Times said extremist cells in Canada, Britain, the United States, Bosnia and Denmark have been using the internet to plot attacks.

Police and intelligence agents in eight countries worked through a "forest" of e-mails and intercepted telephone calls that led to the arrest of up to 30 men, the paper said.

Most of the suspects never met, but were instead recruited via the internet.

Al-Zarqawi trying to recruit Western converts

The Time's report said al-Zarqawi was trying to recruit Western converts to Islam because they would be able to blend in with European and North American populations more easily than his current group of insurgents.

The first arrests in the operation came in Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2005, with the arrest of an 18-year-old Serb who had converted to Islam. A 20-year-old Dutch-born man, a cache of explosives and a suicide belt were also seized.

Officials say the men were targeting the British Embassy in the capital, Sarajevo.

Within hours of those arrests, British police nabbed three men in London, including a computer expert who had been in touch with the other men.

FBI alleges links between U.S. men and Canadians

The FBI alleges the British cell swapped e-mails with two men in Atlanta, Ga.

Those men, who were arrested in March by FBI agents on terrorism-related charges, are said to have ties with the 17 suspects in Canada.

The 12 men and five youths arrested on June 2-3 in Ontario face charges on terrorism-related activities.

Police allege some of the accused planned to make bombs to attack targets in Ontario. None of the allegations has been proven in court.

The lawyer of one of the suspects said Monday that his client is accused of being part of a plot to storm Parliament, behead the prime minister and attack a number of sites, including the CBC building in Toronto.

INDEPTH: Toronto bomb plot

The lawyer of one of the suspects said Monday that his client is accused of being part of a plot to storm Parliament, behead the prime minister and attack a number of sites, including the CBC building in Toronto.

INDEPTH: Toronto bomb plot

Reminder:

The threat was issued on 9/7 by al-Masri/al-Muhajir.
The end of the specified 15 days is 9/22.

Lunar eclipse on 9/7. Solar eclipse on 9/22. Ramadan on 9/23.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,645199840,00.html

A new al-Qaida leader urges death to Americans

By Liz Sly
Chicago Tribune

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — A man purporting to be al-Qaida's new leader in Iraq made his first appearance on the Internet Thursday, with an audiotape in which he called on Iraq's Sunnis to unite and to each kill an American within the next 15 days . . .

Suicide bombings have become rare since the killing of al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June appeared to weaken the organization. The purported new al-Qaida leader, identifying himself as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, vowed that attacks will increase against U.S. forces and the country's Shiite majority in the weeks ahead.

"I urge you not to throw down your weapon or give yourself or your enemy a rest until each one of you kills at least one American in a period not exceeding 15 days," he said, speaking in Egyptian-accented Arabic.

The U.S. military had named the new leader of al-Qaida as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, a nom-de-guerre identifying the man only as an Egyptian. But it was impossible to tell whether this was the same man. Because no one has previously spoken as al-Qaida's new leader, it was also impossible to verify the man's claim, but the Web site was routinely used by al-Zarqawi to post audio and video messages to his followers .

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2006.html

Two central solar and two lunar eclipses occur in 2006 as follows:

2006 Mar 14: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
2006 Mar 29: Total Solar Eclipse
2006 Sep 07: Partial Lunar Eclipse
2006 Sep 22: Annular Solar Eclipse

http://www.al-qiyamah.org/surah_7-10.htm

Surah 75:7-10

1. I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
2. And I do call to witness the self-reproaching Spirit.
3. Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
4. Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order, the very tip of his fingers.
5. But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
6. He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
7. At length, when the sight is dazed
8. And the moon is buried in darkness
9. And the sun and moon are joined together that Day will Man say;
10. "Where is the refuge?"

http://www.ciu.edu/articles/islamic-eschatology/

(snip)

" . . . Primary Islamic sources reveal that for Muslims the eclipse is yet another sign of impending doom. They are therefore instructed to determine when the eclipse will take place so they might pray throughout its duration as Muhammad did. The Hadith records how the Arabian Prophet himself responded to an eclipse:

‘Amr b. al-‘as reported: When the sun eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), they (the people) were called to congregational prayer. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed two ruku’s in one rak’ah. He then stood and observed two ruku’s in (the second) rak’ah. The sun then became bright, and ‘Ai’isha said: “Never did I observe ruku’ and prostration longer than this (ruku’ and prostration).[27]"

. . . and the old image from around Ramadan 2003 when the first TM thread began with a three-city nuclear threat (NYC/DC/LA).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694213/posts?page=533#533