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| Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles | |
| 2003-11-04 | |
| From DEBKA... A new message was posted in the last few hours by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of major al Qaeda attacks in those cities. This is revealed by DEBKAfile. The message accuses the United States of predetermining its end (doom) by its policies. âThe Jews rule the Pentagon by remote control and (are the cause) of Muslims being killed in every corner of the world. The United States should therefore expect more blows.â The message is signed on behalf of the al Bayan (The Threat) movement by âyour warrior brother, Abul Hassan al Khadramiâ. Our Muslim expert identifies the name of the signatory as belonging to a Yemeni from Hadhrameuth, the Bin Ladensâ place of origin where Osama enjoys substantial tribal support. DEBKAfileâs counter-terror sources stress that warnings appearing on these forums are taken both very seriously and with caution by the intelligence services keeping track of the terrorist networkâs electronic traffic. Last November, Jeddah-based fundamentalist forums addressed a message to an Al Qaeda member, saying whoever understands — understands; whoever knows, knows, but we are marching towards an operation that will take us to Paradise. Three days later, the Mombasa Paradise hotel was blown up killing 12 Kenyans and 3 Israelis and a failed shoulder-launched Strela anti-air missile missed an Israeli airliner at Mombasa airport.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 Wait - I thought this was the "religion of peace". Will they be bombing us with flowers and love-ins? why would al-queda warn anyone of anything? this is to scare the muslim populations of those cities and show that they are still alive. Its the "boogey man" version of terror. I grew up in LA, Im not the al-queda idiots realize people in LA shoot will at each other just because someone cuts them off on the freeway. Ever been in LA at new years eve? Theres more airborne lead from people firing guns into the air than there was in berlin in 1945. |
| Posted by: frank martin 2003-11-4 7:08:53 PM |
| #6 The only reason this should get any attention is that it was posted in a location that had foreknowledge of hte Kenya attack. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-4 1:27:30 PM |
| #5 First, Al Queda has never warned Muslims before any real attack in the past. Second, Al Queda has continually sent out false threats trying to scare the weakkneed folks in the west because they are unable to mount a real attack in the West. You do the math, I'm not particularly worried because a few Islamic teens posted threats on a Yahoo message board. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-11-4 12:39:13 PM |
| #4 well kriskarma i live in LA and if you came to my to my home with bad intent i would shoot you with no hesitation. and by the way the majority of my niegbors are also armed. |
| Posted by: Dan 2003-11-4 11:29:22 AM |
| #3 Threaten Berkeley. Please. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-11-4 10:35:23 AM |
| #2 "All of these places lack an armed populace and are especially vulnerable." Good point.I will never live any place that tell's me I can't defend myself. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2003-11-4 7:27:35 AM |
| #1 Of course they will attack these cities! All of these places lack an armed populace and are especially vulnerable. |
| Posted by: chriskarma 2003-11-4 3:26:47 AM |