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| Osama bin Laden to Join Zarq in Iraq |
| 2005-08-08 |
| Per Debka -- cynical reading required Should the Sheik jump out of the bat cave, the weather is fine in Iraq. Coded electronic signals bandied in recent days among al Qaeda Middle Eastern elements across secret Internet sites all carry the same message: the supreme leader, Osama bin Laden, has come out of hiding in Afghanistan and set out, or is about to set out, for Iraq. This is the sense gained from this correspondence by DEBKAfileâs exclusive counter-terror sources. Some of the signals schedule his date of arrival as the second half of September when Ramadan is estimated to begin. His arrival in Iraq is planned to signal the launching of the biggest offensive his organization has ever launched against the US army. If these signals are a true representation of bin Ladenâs plans and not a red herring, what is planned is a dramatic landmark battle in the global war on terror and the Iraqi conflict. The signals cap a secret exchange of messages in recent weeks in which al Qaedaâs Iraq commander Abu Musab al âZarqawi attempted to persuade bin Laden to leave Afghanistan and take command of the Ramadan offensive in Iraq. Zarqawi argued the importance of his transferring from Afghanistan to Iraq on two grounds: to boost al Qaedaâs standing as it embarks on an âoffensive whose scale and importance rival the September 2001 operation.â and in the interests of his own personal safety. Zarqawi stressed, according to our sources, that bin Laden will be safer in Iraq than in Afghanistan â an indication of Jordanian terroristâs inflated self-confidence. DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weeklyâs experts have authenticated the messages as emanating from Zarqawi. Their secret contents have begun to leak out and set up a huge flap in al Qaeda networks, cells and affiliates in many countries and talk of âa new jihad to honor the leader.â If bin Laden was indeed swayed by Zarqawi and aims to reach Iraq by mid-September, he has little time to lose and must already have set out on his winding secret journey, or be about to depart. One of his options would be the long way round through Pakistani and Iranian Baluchistan and across the border into Iraq. But there is an alternative route from Pakistan which he might find easier. DEBKAfileâs counter-terror sources revealed last May that al Qaeda had established a new marine base in the remote Gawatar Bay, a Persian Gulf inlet down the middle of which runs the Pakistani-Iranian border. Al Qaeda operatives are known to be active on both shores â on the Pakistani side, they use as sanctuaries the Baluchi villages strung along the River Dasht which empties into the divided bay; on the Iranian side, the move around the Baluchi port of Chah-Bahar (Bandar Beheshti). From both these places, al Qaeda has for months been running a sea corridor of smugglersâ vessels into the southern Iraqi port of Basra. There, they clandestinely drop arms and fighters and collect injured men on the return trip for treatment in Pakistan. Al Qaedaâs marine traffic from Baluchistan was first revealed by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 211 on June 24. The al Qaeda leader may choose to enter Iraq by sea rather than take the long, overland route, in which case his people will have arrived at Gawatar Bay and making preparations for his journey. He would have reason to believe it is safer. Intelligence of al Qaedaâs Baluchi sea smugglers has reached the American and British naval forces operating in the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf, the Shatt al Arb, Basra and the southern Iraqi oil terminals. Yet neither has been able to put a stop to the traffic. Bin Laden has proved himself an undercover escape artist par excellence. In the five years since he escaped the Bora Bora siege, he and his party, including his close tribe, have managed to flit from place to place undetected - even when his pursuers were close and watching out for him. If he does indeed make it to Iraq, the public airing of his presence in the Land of the Two Rivers, would have a radical impact on the nature of the Iraq conflict. No longer a mere guerrilla campaign, it would escalate to a full-scale fight to the finish against al Qaeda in Iraq, analogous to the all-out hostilities in Afghanistan. Bin Ladenâs organization has begun referring to the Iraq conflict in these ultimate terms. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #19 If that secret Presidential Directive is to be taken seriously, OBL will be brought to justice "Dead or Alive" in any attempt to affect his status quo! The moment proof of life is given by the CIA, their duty will be to neutralize this menace to our society whether it takes out 10 of his troops or 10,000 people shielding him. In any event, save his body or teeth for presentation to "W", on that silver platter!! |
| Posted by: smn 2005-08-08 23:40 |
| #18 Is Debka suggesting that the start of Ramadan is not known at this time? As I recall, the official start of Ramadan depends not on calendar calculations, but the actual spotting of the moonrise. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-08 21:37 |
| #17 "Some of the signals schedule his date of arrival as the second half of September when Ramadan is estimated to begin." Is Debka suggesting that the start of Ramadan is not known at this time? I don't know if that's the case, but if true, it's just another example of how f*cked up a religion Islam is. "In the five years since he escaped the Bora Bora siege, he and his party, including his close tribe, have managed to flit from place to place undetected - even when his pursuers were close and watching out for him." So Binny fled Tora Bora a year before 9/11/01, returned after 9/11/01, and fled again in December 2001? Can these guys even construct a timeline? Debka has some of the most creative writers out there, but I don't trust their "intelligence sources." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2005-08-08 21:22 |
| #16 Maybe he's in bad health, and can't make the trip to America, to martyr himself "in the belly of the beast". Or perhaps, Iraq is the beast. Who knows, It's whatever these guys feel at the time. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-08-08 20:47 |
| #15 And I just saw Elvis. Honestly, he was working at a fast food joint! |
| Posted by: john 2005-08-08 19:31 |
| #14 All the salt in the Dead Sea couldn't flavor this dish. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-08 19:02 |
| #13 #9 Actually it is a good meme to push even if it is false. Goad the man to come out and mention if he doesn't he is a coward... My friend, hasn't he already shown that he is a coward ? |
| Posted by: Marine Dad 2005-08-08 18:19 |
| #12 Marine Dad: I will take this alert (gasp) under advisement. Captain America P.S. Please have Debka notify Wonder Woman for us. I seem to have misplaced her number on my magic cell phone. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-08 17:53 |
| #11 BH, LMAO. Highly plausible. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-08-08 17:45 |
| #10 seeing as how they are both dead... |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-08-08 17:45 |
| #9 Actually it is a good meme to push even if it is false. Goad the man to come out and mention if he doesn't he is a coward... To the muslim masses the message would be "Do you want a coward for your Caliph? That's what he is if he doesn't help Zarkboy in person." |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-08-08 17:44 |
| #8 If he does go to Iraq for a final battle... Binny always does a decapitation attack before his main attack so that disarray is the highest. (Think Massod before 9-11 and other attacks) Watch should not be dropped. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-08-08 17:41 |
| #7 "DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weeklyâs experts have authenticated the messages as emanating from Zarqawi." Damn,those guys are good! I bet they've been using their trusty ole Crackerjack de-coder rings. Perhaps the Pentagon should immediately notify Captain America and Wonder Woman to be on high alert. |
| Posted by: Marine Dad 2005-08-08 17:41 |
| #6 The signals cap a secret exchange of messages in recent weeks in which al Qaedaâs Iraq commander Abu Musab al âZarqawi attempted to persuade bin Laden to leave Afghanistan and take command of the Ramadan offensive in Iraq. OBL: WTF are you doing in Iraq? My grandmother could kill more infidels than you. Zarq: Yeah? Why don't you come out here and try it yourself if you think it's so easy. OBL: Okay then, maybe I will. I got skills. Zarq: Alright then do it. OBL: Okay, I will. Zarq: Okay then. *pause* OBL: 'cause I would, y'know, if you losers had a dialysis machine. Zarq: F*cking pussy, always making excuses. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-08-08 17:38 |
| #5 Yeah, let's see. They haven't been able to find him for 4 years in the place he's at, so let's head down to Iraq where half the US military is and, if they even think he's in one particular place, they can flatten it with everything short of nukes. No sale... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-08 17:31 |
| #4 We should be so lucky as to have Binny and all his merry men go to western Iraq and spell out "Warthogs Suck!" in mass formation. |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-08-08 17:29 |
| #3 Coded electronic signals bandied in recent days among al Qaeda Middle Eastern elements across secret Internet sites all carry the same message: the supreme leader, Osama bin Laden, has come out of hiding in Afghanistan and set out, or is about to set out, for Iraq. This is the sense gained from this correspondence by DEBKAfileâs exclusive counter-terror sources. Man, I think the author's tinfoil hat slipped off when he wrote that. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-08-08 17:27 |
| #2 So the king is moving behind his screen of knights on the chess board? The game becomes interesting.. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-08-08 17:25 |
| #1 In the five years since he escaped the Bora Bora siege, he and his party, including his close tribe, have managed to flit from place to place undetected - even when his pursuers were close and watching out for him. Jeeze Louise! No wonder we could not find Binny. He was recouperating on the beach at Bora Bora. Now the story can be told. Ima thinkn tht ths stry iz ovah duh top, ifn ya no watta Imeen. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-08-08 17:16 |