Terrorist training tape

WorldNet Daily ^ | 9-04-02 | Joseph Farah

[MagnumPi]

Captured video reveals plans for home break-ins, killing police, drive-bys, golf course assassinations

[porte des morts]

While I personally agree with your sentiments.....Your thinking is not in the majority in this country. Hell, its not even in the majority on this forum at times.

Oh yes, the American public would be angry, but they would also be frozen to inaction.

Don't under-estimate the enemy, but also don't over-estimate the vast majority of Americans.

[chance33_98]

I was hoping they were the ones the terrorists would get first ;)

[FreedomFarmer]

...something that would outrage americans....

That's easy.

Pass around a 'training' tape of a mullah teaching the faithful that they are really "Compasionate Conservatives", and should register and vote for Republicans....

Every public and private organization in the country will attack them without mercy.

[chance33_98]

Sounds like a good internet hoax to start, and watch the reaction. Hmmmm maybe we can send a letter saying it is from Osama mentioning that had gore won he would still be in afghanistan and happy, but Bush, being superior to gore, was a worthy enemy. Bet Dan Rather would be a slamming Assmama been laundry the same day.

[harpseal]

Per the Second ammendment all Americans do have the right to keep and bear arms.

Now as to the effectiveness of this strategy it may be quite effective in New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC where the Constitution is routinely trashed by deny the people this right but in the rest of the nation what Al Qaeda operatives might get is a very unpleasent surprise.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[mikhailovich]

I'm trying to picture Nick Price with a 9.

(Not a 9 iron).

[KineticKitty]

My first thought before reading other FReepers comments was;

I shouldn't have a gun in my home for what reason again??!

[M. T. Cicero II]

This is gonna be hell on Arab door-to-door salesmen. "Good afternoon, sir..." balm, blam, blam!

[paulklenk]

This is not breaking news.

[KineticKitty]

Bump

[Eva]

I have no doubt that our murderous Muslim enemies would be dreaming of such attacks, but the fallout against the American Muslims would be horrific. The gov't would lose all control against vigillantism. Every Muslim would become the enemy. Muslims would be prisoners in their own homes. Americans would not even try to live peacefully with their enemies, as the Israelis do.

[meadsjn]

This is not breaking news.

The captured training video has not been shown to the public yet, and may never be. Some of us have the notion that we should be somewhat informed when groups set out to slaughter us (maybe we want to at least look our best).

Will you consider it "breaking news" when the sleeper cells cut loose in the schools, malls, offices, on the highways, etc.? Please let us know when we can start paying attention.

[meadsjn]

P.S. There is plenty of reason to expect it to start within the next seven days, prior to the 9/11 anniversary, or during, or shortly thereafter. Whenever and whatever, each American citizen is on their own with regard to protecting themselves self and their families.

Government is not only not going to be able to help us; they are not even going to let us know what's coming.

If anything is breaking news, this story is.

[mhking]

Full text for posterity (and since it ain't covered under the Post/Newsweek - Tribune exclusions):

New al-Qaida training tape shows another side of terror
Captured video reveals plans for home break-ins, killing police, drive-bys, golf course assassinations

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Posted: September 4, 2002
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Joseph Farah
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com

An al-Qaida training videotape, captured in Afghanistan, shows Osama bin Laden's terrorists are not only planning attacks with weapons of mass destruction but are preparing to kill Americans with drive-by shootings and home break-ins, through ambushes of law-enforcement officers and targeted assassinations on golf courses, WorldNetDaily has learned.

The videotape was produced, U.S. analysts believe, for al-Qaida's internal use and did not appear to be an external propaganda device.

U.S. military intelligence considers the tape much more significant in what it reveals about al-Qaida's modus operandi than the highly publicized video purchased and broadcast last month by CNN. U.S. forces found a cache of 64 al-Qaida tapes while combing caves and hideouts in Afghanistan. Analysts were surprised by some of what they saw in the latest video and believe they employ terrorist tactics and techniques meant for export to America and other nations.

"None of these training scenarios depicts the type of fighting that al-Qaida engages in within Afghanistan," noted one intelligence expert who saw the tape.

The training video shows al-Qaida operatives practicing the following kinds of assaults:

• using pickup trucks with shooters concealed in the bed of the trucks;
• using motorcycles as a shooting platform for drive-bys and assassinations;
• execution of prisoners;
• ambushes of law-enforcement officers;
• residential assassinations;
• assassination on a golf course using a rocket-propelled grenade and rifle fire;
• drive-up kidnapping of target walking on a street;
• use of tunnels, storm drains and sewers for infiltration during urban raids;
• rappelling from rooftops of buildings to make entry on upper floors;
• use of motorcycles for grenade attacks; and
• raids on buildings with large numbers of occupants – perhaps schools or office buildings.

Analysts point out that all scenarios involving prisoners and hostages ended in execution. None included plans for negotiated settlements for escape by terrorists.

"They plan to kill the prisoners and die in place," explained one analyst.

The "perfect day" as seen by al-Qaida would combine attacks designed to produce a maximum number of casualties with attacks that would give them the opportunity to get "face time" on the news channels to deliver their rhetoric, explained one expert who viewed the video.

"The major take-home lesson here is that although the enemy is known to be seeking the ability and opportunity to use weapons of mass destruction and of an unconventional nature, such as hijacked airliners, they are also spending a lot of time training to carry out attacks the old-fashioned way – attacks executed by small groups of dedicated personnel equipped with little more than small arms," explained one analyst.

Hostages, prisoners and anyone else identified as a target or problem by al-Qaida terrorist operatives will be killed, say those who viewed the tape. There is no point in complying with orders, they say. Those who do not resist ultimately will be rewarded with ritual execution in front of television cameras, according to the tactics and techniques captured on this video.

In one scenario on the video, terrorists pretend to be stranded on a six-lane highway, their vehicle disabled. When a police officer stops to assist, the driver blows his horn. Another occupant of the vehicle opens fire on the police officer with a rifle. In other scenarios, shooters were concealed in the trunk of the car. When the terrorists were picked up by accomplices in a getaway car, the original vehicle was blown up, apparently to destroy evidence.

In another scenario, an innocuous-looking terrorist knocks on the door of a residence, standing in view of the resident and answering questions through a closed door. When the resident opens the door, the terrorist immediately draws his weapon and fires, emptying his weapon into the victim.

In the golf course assassination, the target was on the green, near the hole. A rocket-propelled grenade is fired at a vehicle adjacent to the green, perhaps a security detail. Then the target of the assassination is killed with rifle fire.

When asked if these techniques are intended for use in the U.S., one military intelligence operative said without hesitation, "Yes."

Joseph Farah is editor and chief executive officer of WorldNetDaily.com.

[mhking]

 

• using pickup trucks with shooters concealed in the bed of the trucks;
• using motorcycles as a shooting platform for drive-bys and assassinations;
• execution of prisoners;
• ambushes of law-enforcement officers;
• residential assassinations;
• assassination on a golf course using a rocket-propelled grenade and rifle fire;
• drive-up kidnapping of target walking on a street;
• use of tunnels, storm drains and sewers for infiltration during urban raids;
• rappelling from rooftops of buildings to make entry on upper floors;
• use of motorcycles for grenade attacks; and
• raids on buildings with large numbers of occupants – perhaps schools or office buildings.

Sounds like they've been training in South Central Los Angeles...

[MagnumPi]

WELL SAID ! The MAIN constitutional duty of our government is to defend the US from foreign enemies and clearly with this enemy and their plans a national CCW for all non-felons should be simple and easy to get and also why are we not having serious civil defense classes against an almost certain nuclear chemical or biological attack ? The threat today is more serious than at anytime since WW2 except maybe the Cuban Missile Crisis yet our public and gov't think everything is back to normal...... keep the sheep calm and the $$$ flowing is all that matters and we WILL get a MAJOR WMD its not if anymore-- just when.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for this post.

A suggestion to all goat humping al Qaeda thugs, al fuqra thugs and of course Black Muslims, if you do attack homes and businesses.

You had best attack the Goron Inner cities where guns are outlawed.

You attack in the other areas, we will shoot to kill. Being craven cowards, you will understand this clear warning.

[MagnumPi]

The problem with this is they are clearly willing to die...like the article says the training tapes make clear they do not plan on surviving-- the best hope would be to minimize our casualties and develope the car mentality as I call it.... 30,000 people die in cars each year -yet we drive each day without fear-- so shall we not cower in our homes in fear of hankyheads !

[Grampa Dave]

They still prefer to do their attacks or suicide bombing without being shot by an infidel.

Being killed by an infidel is something they don't want to do!

[Almondjoy]

I'm surprised they haven't already been putting sticks of dynamite or plain old using an axe to knock down utility poles in the countryside.. it's little things like that on a constant basis with no way to see it coming that will scare the hell out of this country but I have a feeling they are laying low in anticipation of something big to come.. the focus to switch... maybe they are waiting for the Iraq war to start. Who knows.. but the little tit for tat thing to keep the FBI looking for a few dozen or hundred guys killing people on golf courses is going to pave the way for a team of 5 to do something very big and very bad somewhere.