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| Saudi exile runs urban warfare website in UK |
| 2005-08-14 |
| A PROMINENT London-based Saudi dissident, Muhammed al-Massari, is running a website that features a guide to urban warfare for potential terrorists. In a series of video and audio clips, the Beginnerâs Guide for Mujahed gives detailed advice on physical training, the surveillance of enemy targets and operational tactics. It features footage of an Arab instructor who recommends would-be holy warriors to invest in a knife for self-defence, saying: âOf course, this knife is mainly for stabbing and is not suitable or good for beheadings.â Referring to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaedaâs leader in Iraq whose followers murdered the British hostage Ken Bigley by slitting his throat, the instructor adds: âAs far as beheadings are concerned, we ask our brothers to seek Abu Musabâs advice on this issue as he has more experience in this.â Another section focuses on the use of binoculars and night vision equipment for the surveillance of âhuman enemy or enemy targets or vehiclesâ. The instructor implores Allah to âgrant his mujaheddin victory over . . . the Jews, the Americans and the apostatesâ. An audio segment of the course posted on the websiteâs discussion forum advises that urban warfare is best conducted by several terrorist cells that may share a leader but should remain unknown to each other in case members are captured. One cell should stake out a target, another should acquire military equipment or explosives, and a third should actually mount the attack. Massariâs website, www.tajdeed.net, also hosts a Hollywood-style film presenting a gory âtop 10â of attacks by insurgents on westerners in Iraq and provides helpful tips for fighters trying to gain entry to the country. A fatwa by Massari supporting âmartyrdom operationsâ, which was originally posted on his website in 2002, was still accessible last week. Last November The Sunday Times revealed that footage of a suicide attack on a Black Watch patrol in Iraq had been posted on the tajdeed forum. The story sparked an investigation by anti-terrorist police who seized computer equipment and hard drives in a raid on properties linked to the Saudi dissident. Analysts believe the forum is one of a handful regularly used by jihadis to exchange information and for the recruitment of potential terrorists. âMuhammed al-Massari has been ahead of the curve in what we now call the electronic jihad,â said Rebecca Givner-Forbes, an analyst at the Terrorism Research Center in Virginia, a security consultancy that advises the United States government. âThere are six or seven jihadi websites which are what I call the âin crowdâ sites,â she added. âMassariâs site runs a message board that is definitely on that list.â The 58-year-old Saudi exile, who lives in Wembley, north London, arrived in Britain in 1994 and has continuously campaigned for the replacement of the Saudi royal family by an Islamic regime. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I think I saw this guy awhile back on some news blurb.He operates out of what amounts to a one room tenament. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-08-14 08:36 |
| #2 Do not pass go, do not collect $200.00. Go directly to jail. What a crime that they are only now learning of this activity, or acting on it which is worse. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-14 05:24 |
| #1 Crap! Some of the stuff is identical to al-Qaeda/Taliban material that I downloaded from qoqaz.net, prior to 9-11. I advocate shooting all West based terrorists, terror financiers and accessories on sight. Last I heard, one in sixteen UK Muslims supports the 7-7 massacre. Someone take a frigging hint. Also, I can't post these articles with my piece-of-junk - AKA: Mac - borrowed computer; http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15032453&BRD=2038&PAG=740&dept_id=226956&rfi=6 The Dems are getting good at partisan bi-partisanship. "Political" solution? Just like the "Paris Peace (sic) Talks." http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/236034_mosque.html What! Did a dope-cloud from Alaska drop on Seattle? |
| Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler 2005-08-14 01:01 |