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| Bin Laden’s Iraq attacks backfiring |
| 2004-01-22 |
| New York Post EFL The large number of Muslim deaths caused by al Qaeda terrorist attacks in Iraq has created p.r. problems for Osama bin Laden, who now appears to be having second thoughts about his holy war against coalition forces there, The Post has learned. New articles in al Qaeda’s biweekly Internet magazine Sawt al-Jihad, or "Voice of Jihad," are urging al Qaeda supporters to stay out of Baghdad and concentrate on hitting U.S. military targets in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, according to terrorist expert Rita Katz, whose SITE Institute monitors al Qaeda propaganda on the Internet. "My instructions to the people of the peninsula [Saudi Arabia], young as old, men as women, is to fight Americans in their homes and the people of Yemen should fight the Americans in their bases, battleships and their consulates," wrote an al Qaeda propagandist named Muhammad bin al-Salim in an article titled "Do Not Go To Iraq." Katz and government counter-terror experts believe al Qaeda’s campaign inside Iraq has backfired politically on bin Laden and there is growing evidence that the fanatic legion of "foreign fighters" may no longer be welcome in most quarters of Iraq. The Brothers Judd (from whence the link came) headlined this item: THEY CAME, THEY BLEW THEMSELVES UP, THEY LOST. Couldn’t have said it better myself. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 "My instructions to the people of the peninsula [Saudi Arabia], young as old, men as women, is to fight Americans in their homes and the people of Yemen should fight the Americans in their bases, battleships and their consulates," wrote an al Qaeda propagandist named Muhammad bin al-Salim in an article titled "Do Not Go To Iraq. Go ahead boys, approach our bases and battleships. If y'all are lookin' to commit suicide, I can't think of a better way to do it. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-22 1:30:23 PM |
| #2 While OBL still sells a lot of T-shirts, you might wonder just how much credibility he or his remains have at this point. E.g, if Boy Assad has a Ouija board I wonder what he's telling OBL about the 911 attacks. "Yo, Osama! Bashir here. Remember about people backing the strong horse and all that? Well, I'm looking down the barrel of an Abrams tank right now, and I gotta tell you it looks pretty strong to me. Next time, we send the Murcans a strong note of protest, okay?" |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-1-22 11:36:56 AM |
#1 Bin Laden’s Iraq attacks backfiringShhhhh, don't tell them. Oops, you mean they figured it out for themselves? Darn. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-1-22 10:48:55 AM |