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Al Qaida threatens invasion of Spain
The Al Qaida terrorist organization has threatened to open yet another front in its war with the West, according to a January 1 video message disseminated by the terrorists' second-in-command Ayman al Zawahiri. Speaking to terrorists living in North Africa, also known as the Magreb, Al Zawahiri said that the reconquest of Spain which was once largely occupied by Muslims will not be accomplished without disinfecting' the Magreb of infidels. These would include, reportedly, both Frenchmen and Spaniards.The video showed graphically the intentions of Al Qaida, led by Osama bin Laden, to take the war to the European Continent as it showed a Muslim wave sweeping over the Iberian Peninsula, which it identified as Al Andalus.' Images of a church in Cordoba, which once served as a mosque, were shown on the video as a goal of the projected Muslim reconquest. Muslim groups in Spain have insisted that the church be reverted to its use as a mosque. Security in Ceuta and Melilla two Spanish cities on the shores of North Africa remains tense. Incidents on their borders are almost a daily occurrence. Al Qaida terrorists are currently holding three Spanish aid workers and are demanding concessions from the Spanish government. The aid workers were captured by terrorists in late November 2009 during a mission in Mauritania. In the 1700s and early 1800s, such abductions and enslavement of Europeans and Americans by Muslim marauders led to military conflict. For example, the hymn of the U.S. Marines enshrines the struggle with the Barbary Pirates that ensued when the price of ransom for captive Americans demanded by the Muslims far exceeded the amount allotted by the U.S. Congress. In that case, a small Swedish fleet, along with Greek and Italian mercenaries, joined the U.S. Navy and Marines to exact a toll on the shores of Tripoli' as remembered in the Marine Hymn. Posted by: tipper 2010-01-03 |
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