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Terror Networks
Terror must be normal part of life: al-Qaeda
2007-09-17
AL-Qaeda called on Islamists to sow terror in the West to create a climate of fear, in a third video marking the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US, which was posted on the internet today. Called "reasons and motives for the attacks on New York and Washington," the video features a montage of images of the burning World Trade Centre towers and scenes from Islamist training camps.

"We must take Islamist terrorism to Western countries so that it becomes a normal part of life like natural disasters," a voiceover says. "In that way, we will have acts of mass extermination in which people will feel that their affluence also brings death... and we will have created a balance of deterrence between us and them," the unidentified voice adds.

The new video also includes clips from old voice recordings of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his Egyptian deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as a short video clip of Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, also known as Sheikh Said, the group's commander in Afghanistan.

Al-Qaeda already released a videotape and an audiotape featuring bin Laden earlier this month to mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3000 people in the US. A third release had been trailed by al-Qaeda's media arm, As-Sahab. In the event the new video was issued in the name of al-Tanzem, prompting suggestions the network has launched a new media arm.
Posted by:Oztralian

#11  You don't tug on Superman's cape.

Islam has been successful because they've flown so low that some blind folks don't see a danger. This guy wants to ensure the Islamic world is recolonized and treated like the violent infants they are.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-09-17 19:30  

#10  #5
your lips to God's ears....
Posted by: JustAboutEnough   2007-09-17 19:27  

#9  Philosophical advice to AQ from "The Hulk". "Don't make us angry, you won't like us when we're angry".
Posted by: DMFD   2007-09-17 18:32  

#8  "We must take Islamist terrorism to Western countries so that it becomes a normal part of life like natural disasters,"

If there is one single thing that will hasten the Muslim holocaust, this is it. Islam needs to make a 180º turn and make it damn soon. All signs indicate it will not and that—even confronted with total destruction—it will absolutely refuse to do so.

We have already seen the folly of liberating Islamic tyrannies only to watch them immediately install shari'a law at the earliest opportunity. A new phase must be entered where we eradicate jihad's prime movers. Once Islam is freed from their influence and reform is still not forthcoming, that will be the signal to begin the wholesale destruction of all Muslim majority nations. The farce is over.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-17 17:49  

#7  Then us doing strikes on terrorists and killing them wherever they live, killing people supporting and financing them and killing anyone who helps them must be a normal part of life as well.

Posted by: DarthVader   2007-09-17 10:13  

#6  "We must take Islamist terrorism to Western countries so that it becomes a normal part of life like natural disasters," a voiceover says. "In that way, we will have acts of mass extermination in which people will feel that their affluence also brings death... and we will have created a balance of deterrence between us and them," the unidentified voice adds.

There will be a mass extermination all right. But the muslims will not emerge on the other side of it. Those "moderates" had better start to speak up soon and do so in defense of Israel, the United States and that handful of other countries where muslims are free to practice their religion in peace. If not, these sanctuaries will be closed to them and they will have to take there chances. I suspect there are quiet millions waiting for the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-09-17 10:09  

#5  If anything, while destroying itself, Islam will destroy PC as well. Let's hope so.

Inshallah!
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-09-17 09:15  

#4  Radicals typically feel more threatened by moderates than by radicals on the other side. However, wouldn't it be hilarious if we could convince radical Muslims that the greatest threat to them comes from old hippy Moonbats?
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-09-17 08:35  

#3  And as more bombs go off in crowded areas, more leftist and innocent bystanders die, resulting in a more conservative approach to Islam. If anything, while destroying itself, Islam will destroy PC as well. Let's hope so.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-09-17 07:41  

#2  The moderates will be the ones with a hole in their forehead? *:-)
Posted by: gorb   2007-09-17 07:13  

#1  This strikes me as unwise. Something like 70% of Germans now believe they are at risk for an Islamist terror attack, almost as high a percentage as Americans, if I recall correctly. Thus far the Islamists (if that's what they now call themselves) have been lucky almost all of their planned attacks have failed; had they succeeded, the atmosphere in Europe would be very different now. As it is, more and more non-Muslims are noticing exactly how unacceptable the Islamist ideas are, and most will not bother to make the differentiation between radicals and moderates that politicians are so fond of.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-17 06:55  

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