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| al Garbuzi professes his innocence |
| 2005-07-11 |
| A MOROCCAN asylum seeker living in London and said to be a leading suspect in the manhunt for the terrorists behind last week's atrocities yesterday broke cover to insist he was innocent. Mohammed al Garbuzi, 50, reputedly head of the Group of Islamic Combatants of Morocco (GICM), which was linked to the terror attacks in Madrid in 2004 and Casablanca in 2003, declared: "I am not hiding and I am not a terrorist." Al Garbuzi, a radical Muslim cleric, is said to have been living with his family in Britain since the 1970s, having been granted indefinite leave to remain here. Speaking from London, he told the Arab al Jazeera TV channel that suggestions he was behind last Thursday's atrocities were After his name appeared in several newspapers at the weekend, he told the Qatar-based network: "They have made up this story." He accused someone at the Moroccan embassy in London, whom he refused to name, of being behind the allegation that he had links to terrorist groups. Two years ago in Morocco, al Garbuzi was convicted in his absence and sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with the 2003 Casablanca bombings, in which 33 bystanders and 12 suicide bombers died. French officials consider him to be the founder and principal recruiter of the GICM. Following the Casablanca attacks, senior Moroccan diplomats called for Britain to explain why al Garbuzi was never arrested, despite warnings that he posed a threat. In the al Jazeera footage, al Garbuzi is heard speaking while his bearded face is barely visible through a celluloid shadow the television network used to shield his face. He said he did not want to be shown in order to avoid public harassment after his picture was published in Saturday's papers. The al Jazeera reporter who interviewed him confirmed it was al Garbuzi by checking his passport. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #3 Perhaps it would be time for Muslims to take a bit collateral damage for say, Sudan, Armenia, the Pontus Greeks, the atrocities in India and, since the Saudis speak of the "tragedy of Al Andalus" gat a payback for the people who were killed and enslaved in Spain. And of course let's not forget about the atrocities perpetrated by Al Quaida and similar islamo-panarabist organizations against other Muslims in Afgahanistan and Algeria or by Arabs against Kurds. They could also get some pack time. |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-07-11 12:46 |
| #2 ES - I don't buy your 100,000 figure, nor do I buy the response. Focus. Let's do it right, checking off the boxes for all to see. Externally... Give The Bush Doctrine a chance, per Dave D's comment from yesterday. It may not work due to the interference and subversion from terrified Muzzy dictators, thugs, Royals, and Mullahs, but as Dave said, we've got to give it a shot. It's the right thing to do. If it fails, it will clarify the situation for the denser folks - and the next step will be obvious to even more of us. Keep plugging away in Iraq - replace wankers who are place-holding (Gen Webster?) with gung-ho ass-kickers. Keep operational initiative alive - and in the hands of the guys at the pointed end. They know their business and what's what on the ground. Keep working with the Iraqi forces. I'll bet my retirement account that they aren't interested in being "trained" by the Iranians - only fuckwits in the new schizophrenic Govt could be that foolish. Dramatically loosen the ROE in Afghanistan - it doesn't fit reality. We can debate Pervy, but he's just a wart on the end of the PakiWaki nose. The ISI is who we're fighting. I believe there are far better ways to deal with them than currently being employed. None of our folks, and that includes the NATO guys who are on the ground there, deserve to have their hands tied. Period. Fix it - it's broken, now. Do what we can to get coordinated with the Persians who are fed up with the Mad Mullahs. Prep for the eventualities. We've been here many times, so I won't repeat. Bitch-slap Syria hard and on several fronts at once - that little shithole is working against us in every way possible. Payback across the board. It will make things easier in Iraq, too, of course. Stop the outflow of tech from NorKieLand - bottle Lil Kimmie up in his shithole and make him suffer. Put this turd back on China's plate and keep it there. Fire half of the State Dept, if necessary. Speaking of State dicks, keep knocking the State Dept skids out from under the Saoodis. Their game stinks and it's past time to end the sham. If you think they're up to x amount of "no good" - you can bet your bottom dollar it's at least 10x. They never stop scheming and they have been at war with the US since 1973. Don't underestimate their capacity for subversion (State, UN, etc), their capacity for interference (Wahhabi activity world-wide), or their capacity for duplicity -- they make Chirac and de Villepin look like children in the back-stabbing department. Time to cut more of the Bush is on the right track across the board. He's not satisfying the fools who expect their personal view to be instant national policy, but so what? They know dick, relative to what he does, so I'll trust him and his team. They've certainly done a LOT of things right in 4.5 yrs. The detractors? Lol. Dick. Internally... First, throw out the hate mongerers - and those infected by them: monitor the moskkks and publications and toss the shitheads. Keep stopping the known foreign shitheads from getting in to preach and subvert the fools who'll listen. Fuck 'em, they have no "right" to come here. Fight the good fight on immigration - it's long overdue and a huge failure of political will - a major flaw in the overall strategy to defend America. Use the bully pulpit better - let the wishy-washy know what's going on - and as much of "why" as you can safely divulge. Time to make some domestic shit happen - and you'll need the support of all of the non-Moonbats. Oh, and NUKE the Dhimmidonks. That will restore to the people of the country the legislative direction they voted for. My $0.02 from the cheap seats. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-11 09:05 |
| #1 In the aftermath of 9/11, we invaded afghanistan and iraq and killed over 100,000 muslims. Maybe it is time for England to reap a little collateral damage. I say, for every citizen they kill, we kill a thousand muslim subhumans. Now that is something they can understand, undeniable force. |
| Posted by: Ebbomoger Shaving6065 2005-07-11 07:54 |