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| Online threat calls for decapitation of Western leaders |
| 2005-11-25 |
| A message menacing Western leaders including Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlsuconi appeared on an Islamist website on Thursday. The message - whose authenticity has yet to be verified - threatens to "decapitate" US president George W. Bush, Britain's prime minister Tony Blair, Berlusconi, Japan's prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Australian premier John Howard. A section of the message - which reveals a good knowledge of Italian affairs on the part of its author- attacks Berlusconi, announcing: "the plan for his abduction has been laid - it only needs the go-ahead to be given." "Our appointment will be in April," the message reads. Italy is due to hold a general election on 9 April. The message criticises Italian foreign policy and its continuing presence of Italian troops in Iraq, saying this has put Italy "on top of a volcano - for a mere 2,900 soldiers." It praises opposition leader Romano Prodi for announcing he will withdraw Italy's troops, and threatens "attacks on the streets of Rome, if candidates run the election who support war". It describes as a "martyr" the mayor of a town near Naples who named one of its streets after former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat instead of "The martyrs of Nasiriya" to commemorate the Italian soldiers killed at the military barracks in the Iraqi town in a November 2003 in a suicide bombing. As in an earlier message threatening Italy, the message is signed by 'Rakan Ben Williams' - or 'bin Wilyamz', as it is written in Arabic - and by the purported al-Qaeda mouthpiece, the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF). After the Amman suicide bombings in three hotels this month, GIMF published a letter signed by the same author, titled 'The next al-Qaeda soldier' warning of "white" converts to Islam who were preparaning for upcoming attacks in Europe and the US. GIMF has also posted webcasts of the so-called 'Al-Qaeda TV' to several Islamist sites in recent weeks. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 Sheehan Commie Airborne Army Dang, Joe, you made me fall off my chair with that one. ROFL! |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-11-25 22:05 |
| #6 TO be safe, vote for Mother Hillary for POTUS and the Sheehan Commie Airborne Army. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-11-25 21:26 |
| #5 "Bring out the GIMF" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-25 10:57 |
| #4 Online threat calls for decapitation of Western leaders Dayum, they're onto us, .com. Time to go all pre-emptive like on them. "Have you or have you not ever thought about blowing up your local Starbucks?!!" "O.K., yes I admit it!!" [Graham Chapman] I mean, who can honestly say that at one time or another in their lives they haven't felt like setting fire to some great public building? I know I have! [/GC] |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-25 10:46 |
| #3 In relasted news the UN has demanded that no Korans be looked at with stern glances and that any captured Al-Q leaders be immediately released and apologized to. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-11-25 10:46 |
| #2 The islamo-fascist is criminally insane, a mortal threat to the Western world and should be treated as such. The Western world needs to bring back the Devil's Island concept for those islamo-fascist that are convicted but aren't executed. Maybe open it in the Antarctic. If they escape..so what. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-11-25 09:26 |
| #1 I never hear them threatening South Korea...whazza matter Zark? You scared of the Koweeuns? White converts to Islam could be tricky. It would be McCarthyism all over again. "Have you or have you not ever thought about blowing up your local Starbucks?!!" "O.K., yes I admit it!!" |
| Posted by: shellback 2005-11-25 05:17 |