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Osama issues new call to arms
The Observer ^ | November 24, 2002 | Jason Burke

Posted on 11/24/2002 12:42:46 AM PST by MadIvan

A chilling new message from Osama bin Laden is being circulated among British Islamic extremists, calling for attacks on civilians and describing the 'Islamic nation' as 'eager for martyrdom'.

Details of the 4,000-word letter from the terrorist leader emerged as the British Government issued its strongest warning yet last night that attacks by bin Laden's al-Qaeda organisation on the UK are 'inevitable'.

Foreign Office Minister Mike O'Brien said: 'We face an enemy who will attack us in Britain as well as overseas... British workers in New York or tourists in Bali or residents of London or Birmingham.' O'Brien said there was a threat of 'well planned attacks' on 'British national institutions, commercial and financial infrastructure and on many aspects of our everyday life'.

Security authorities in Europe and America are concerned al-Qaeda is planning a major strike. Two weeks ago bin Laden issued a message on an audio cassette, proving he was alive and raising fears it presaged new attacks.

Britain, with its close support for America in the war on terror and Iraq, is a prime target and analysts believe any military action against Saddam Hussein would provoke a spate of revenge attacks by Islamic militants. Sources described the mood in Whitehall and at Scotland Yard as 'jumpy'.

The translated letter was originally posted in Arabic on a Saudi Arabian website previously used by al-Qaeda to disseminate messages. Within the last two weeks British Islamists have translated the letter, the most comprehensive explanation of bin Laden's ideology to be issued for several years, and posted it on English-language websites run from the UK.

The letter was sent to hundreds of subscribers to an email list run by Mohammed al-Massari, the UK-based Saudi Arabian dissident whose Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights has opposed the al-Saud regime for more than a decade. Yesterday al-Massari denied he supported terrorism in any way. Al-Massari has recently been granted permanent residence in Britain, a move which angered foreign governments who claim that the UK is still a haven for extremists.

Al-Massari's email and bin Laden's letter show ideological similarities. Both stress that the 'holy war' is defensive.

Bin laden issues a direct threat to the West: 'Anyone who tries to destroy our villages and cities, then we are going to destroy their villages and cities. Anyone who steals our fortunes, then we must destroy their economy. Anyone who kills our civilians, then we are going to kill their civilians.'

Most of his letter comprises a lengthy list of grievances against the West. The fugitive terrorist, who is believed to be hiding in the border regions between eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan, mounts a sustained attack on the 'immorality' of Western society.

The letter has been posted on a number of Islamist websites. One carried bomb-making information. Another offered a link to a site with information on chemical and biological weapons.

Although there is no way to confirm the authenticity of the letter beyond all doubt, senior Arab journalists in the Middle Eastern media believe the letter is from bin Laden. 'It is an extraordinary glimpse into his mind,' one told The Observer.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; islamicviolence; jihadinamerica; london; osama; talibanlist; terror
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"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!" - Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940

Doing the right thing has consequences. I hope Blair will ditch this PC nonsense and nail the blighters before they do anything.

Regards, Ivan

1 posted on 11/24/2002 12:42:47 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: Toirdhealbheach Beucail; TopQuark; TexKat; Iowa Granny; vbmoneyspender; America's Resolve; ...
Bump!
2 posted on 11/24/2002 12:43:17 AM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Its all about the West. Whatever did we do to them? We should have wiped out Islam when we ruled that backward and savage part of the planet but we didn't. And now we get punished on account of our humanity. For the Religion Of Peace, no past grievance is apparently too remote or too insignificant not to be used as a justification to wage a jihad to bring the West to its knees.
3 posted on 11/24/2002 12:46:23 AM PST by goldstategop
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To: MadIvan
bump
4 posted on 11/24/2002 12:48:10 AM PST by bluefish
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To: MSCASEY
later
5 posted on 11/24/2002 12:48:20 AM PST by MSCASEY
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To: MadIvan
GOOGLE Search Term: "Mohammed al-Massari"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Mohammed+al-Massari%22&btnG=Google+Search

stepping back in time...caller2.com - CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES: "SECRET PHONE SYSTEM OPERATED BY AN AL-QAEDA CELL OUT OF DENVER" by Lou Kilzer, Scripps Howard News Service (November 12, 2001)
http://www.caller2.com/2001/november/12/today/national/17576.html

6 posted on 11/24/2002 12:50:57 AM PST by Cindy
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To: goldstategop
Well said, the sooner the west gets serious about this the better and I mean SERIOUS. Radical Islam is no better than Nazism or Communism except they veil their intent in the cloak of religion. Moslems in the west need to declare their allegiance to our nations and line up to fight this or they will be no better than the nazi sympathisers, collaborators or fifth columnists of earlier times. We need to destroy this evil, the only way we know how, appeasement is NOT an option.
7 posted on 11/24/2002 12:54:09 AM PST by MrDaddyLongLegs
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To: goldstategop; MadIvan
Check out this web site, very informative:
http://www.stopislam.com/
8 posted on 11/24/2002 1:02:21 AM PST by FBD
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To: MadIvan
Nice job on this Ivan. This takes the threats to Salmon Rushdie to a whole new level.

Instead of one single man who purportedly insulted the Islamic faith, we now have a no holds barred, total declaration of violence against everyone who is not of the faith.

The aftermath of this can only be the end of a now decadent religious philosphy. or at least Islam's last gasp, as it enters the abyss and lands in the ashcan of history.

9 posted on 11/24/2002 1:09:56 AM PST by Cold Heat
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To: MadIvan
I hope Blair will ditch this PC nonsense and nail the blighters before they do anything.

I fear the West need take a few serious hits first.
10 posted on 11/24/2002 1:11:28 AM PST by polemikos
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To: polemikos
God Bless the Brits: we beat 'em in two wars and bailed them out of two as well...but they are our cousins and need our support.
11 posted on 11/24/2002 1:28:56 AM PST by Nick Thimmesch
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To: goldstategop
Whatever did we do to them?

Anyone who steals our fortunes, then we must destroy their economy.

Damn, that'll teach us to buy their oil! Can anybody name any other business where the buyer is the bad guy?
12 posted on 11/24/2002 1:50:31 AM PST by CruisinAround
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To: MrDaddyLongLegs
"Radical Islam is no better than Nazism or Communism except they veil their intent in the cloak of religion."

Bush spoke directly to this fact, before the joint congressional session, 20 Sep. 2001.

The issue is defining the line between all of Islam, versus "radical islam."

At this point, I believe Mr. Putin has made the clearest remarks, on the topic. It is ironic that our former arch enemy, may become our close partner--in this war I truly hope we are together.

Sadly, I must say that some awful attacks in Europe would serve the overall war, since they need some reality-based experiences. They may feel they are imune, but I doubt they are.

As to the "line" mentioned above, I say "trust but verify." I believe we have a few (thousand?) dangerous muslims, sleeping in our midst.
13 posted on 11/24/2002 1:59:43 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: MadIvan
Thanks Ivan
I've saved that picture of Churchill.
-Anatol
14 posted on 11/24/2002 2:25:35 AM PST by anatolfz
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To: MadIvan; Alamo-Girl; onyx; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; dixiechick2000; SusanUSA; ...
Osama issues new call to arms

Excerpt:

Security authorities in Europe and America are concerned al-Qaeda is planning a major strike. Two weeks ago bin Laden issued a message on an audio cassette, proving he was alive and raising fears it presaged new attacks.

Britain, with its close support for America in the war on terror and Iraq, is a prime target and analysts believe any military action against Saddam Hussein would provoke a spate of revenge attacks by Islamic militants. Sources described the mood in Whitehall and at Scotland Yard as 'jumpy'.

The translated letter was originally posted in Arabic on a Saudi Arabian website previously used by al-Qaeda to disseminate messages. Within the last two weeks British Islamists have translated the letter, the most comprehensive explanation of bin Laden's ideology to be issued for several years, and posted it on English-language websites run from the UK.


Churchill Speech – Finest Hour



Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

15 posted on 11/24/2002 4:01:51 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: MadIvan
Just finished Wm. Manchester's book The Last Lion on the years preceding Mr. Churchill's becoming Prime Minister. The parallels were more astounding than the rhetoric we generally hear in the media and from our politicians, although I think Bush and Blair completely understand the seriousness of the problem.
16 posted on 11/24/2002 4:22:44 AM PST by Peach
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To: MadIvan
eat my ass osama

buy CITGO,AND HESS!

17 posted on 11/24/2002 4:25:20 AM PST by RIGHT IN SEATTLE
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To: All
An Open Letter to Osama Bin Laden

Dear Idiot:

I read about your letter in the Observer. I have to ask, what is it that you have between your ears, camel excrement?

Your lads have done nothing but succeed in angering America with the World Trade Centre attack, angering Australia with the Bali attack, angering Israel with repeated provocations, and now you're angering Britain. What is your problem, is kidney disease not dispatching you to Hell quickly enough? Do just hate your friends and want them to end up carved up like a Christmas goose by the SAS and Gurkhas?

If you are serious and you are hoping to threaten and cow us into bending to your goat buggering excuse for a religion, I have to say now, you are doomed to fail. If you had read your history other than that useful emergency toilet paper substitute, the Koran, you would realise that threatening the British has precisely the opposite effect of cowing us. Ask the French knights that were slain at Agincourt. Ask Napoleon. Ask Hitler. Oh sorry, you can't ask them - just like you will be shortly, they are dead.

We are coming for you, pig shite. The SAS are creeping like shadows across the desert. Delta Force is sharpening their knives. The Australian SAS is ready to hang you from the nearest coolabah tree and go Waltzing Matilda. The Gurkhas want to collect your henchmen's heads to put over the mantlepiece back at HQ. Hopefully one of these groups will find you, tear out that charcoal briquette you call a heart, tear off your worm-riddled head and use the stump of your neck as a urinal while singing patriotic anthems.

And when you are dead, the world will be a better place. And when your rancid excuse of a faith is defeated, the mosques blown up, every last practitioner of clitorectomies shot in the head, and every last burqua burned, humanity will have achieved another victory for freedom.

Till then, quake in fear. Death and hell are coming.

Yours sincerely,

Mad Ivan
London, England

18 posted on 11/24/2002 4:37:27 AM PST by MadIvan
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And when your rancid excuse of a faith is defeated, the mosques blown up, every last practitioner of clitorectomies shot in the head, and every last burqua burned, humanity will have achieved another victory for freedom

Till then, quake in fear. Death and hell are coming. .

So, Osama has thrown down the gauntlet, eh? Well here it comes pig boy, Islam, if it survives, will never forget the doom and destruction that you, and the radical Wahabi followers have brought upon it.

What do you think is gonna happen when the whole friggin' world decides to go after you, members of the faith, the mosques, your weak and vulnerable economies?

19 posted on 11/24/2002 5:05:38 AM PST by BOBTHENAILER
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To: RIGHT IN SEATTLE
I understand that SUNOCO is a non-Middle Eastern product. Didn't know about Citgo and Hess, thanks for the info.
20 posted on 11/24/2002 5:16:34 AM PST by Victor
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