Al Qaida commander 'anticipates' 100,000 Americans dead in attack

World Tribune.com ^ | Thursday, November 13, 2003 | MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

[OutSpot]

Al-Qal'a (The Fortress) an Islamist Internet forum, posted the first of a two-part interview with a person who introduced himself as Abu Salma Al-Hijazi, one of the Al Qaida commanders closest to Osama bin Laden.(1) The interview was conducted in Iraq, south of Faluja. The article notes that Al-Hijazi was surrounded by five masked men carrying missiles as well as personal weapons. The following are excerpts from the interview:

In regard to rumors about a large-scale attack against the U.S. during the month of Ramadan, Al-Hijazi said that "a huge and very courageous strike" will take place and that the number of infidels expected to be killed in this attack, according to primary estimates, exceeds 100,000. He added that he "anticipates, but will not swear, that the attack will happen during Ramadan."

He further stated that the attack will be carried out in a way that will "amaze the world and turn Al Qaida into [an organization that] horrifies the world until the law of Allah is implemented, actually implemented, and not just in words, on His land... You wait and see that the balance of power between Al Qaida and its rivals will change, all of a sudden, Allah willing."

Regarding Al Qaida detainees, Al-Hijazi said: "We follow their situation closely... the collaborating governments will pay the price for capturing these heroes who want to revive the glory of their nation and shake off the dust of humiliation and disgrace."

Al-Hijazi added that the "collaborating and treacherous" governments should know that Al Qaida has a long reach and its members enjoy popularity that will not end just because apostate governments detain hundreds of Al Qaida's members. "As soon as the governments detain one of our people, ten like him join us... this is no secret."

Al-Hijazi said that Al Qaida instructed its members not to confront the governments of Islamic countries and clarified that Americans are the main target of the organization, wherever they may be, in order to cause their disintegration and collapse, even if it takes a long time. "We are patient," he added, "our patience will only end with the collapse of America and its agents."

Al-Hijazi also said: "There is no doubt that the demise of America and its collapse will lead to the collapse of these fragile regimes that depend on it... We will not stop until we establish the Islamic Caliphate and until Allah's law is implemented in His land."

When asked about the recent bombing in Riyadh, Al-Hijazi referred to Saudi media reports — which claimed that in the attack Muslim women and children were killed — as "merely media deceit." He added: "This place was under surveillance for many months. Following a thorough investigation, it became perfectly clear to us that the people living there were at least 300 Americans and a large group of Lebanese Christians who had tortured Muslims there, in Lebanon, during the civil war. After consultation, we decided it was appropriate to attack this place and destroy it, including the people who lived there, because it housed Americans and a large majority of Christians holding Lebanese citizenship.

"Since the Saudi government is aware of the sensitivity of this place and that it is a declared target for Al Qaida, it surrounded it with very heavy security. However, we gave our people in Riyadh a green light to destroy it on top of those inside. Allah facilitated breaking into the place and bombing the part in which mostly Americans stayed. As a result, praise Allah, at least 40 Americans were killed, as well as 27 Christians from Lebanon, and a group of citizens who were Muslim; also, at least 70 Americans were injured, as well as more than 30 citizens of other countries, most of them Christians from Lebanon."

According to Al-Hijazi, a Saudi religious scholar who is wanted by Saudi authorities will claim responsibility in a televised communiqué for the bombing "and for other operations to come." He added that the wills of the attackers will be published, apparently, in the month of Shawwal — the month following Ramadan according to the Muslim calendar - when Al Qaida's main website, Al-Nida, is due to be reactivated.

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[BriarBey]

sneaky little bast*rds are really screwing with my daily sense of all is well. I'm really starting to get a little pi**ed. And there is nothin to shoot at. YET

[Mossad1967]

I've got a bad feeling about tomorrow. Halfway between eclipses (11/14).
Alneda site had published about an event taking place between eclipses a while back.

[Mossad1967]

Recent bombings however, have taken place with little notice after threats. Days if not weeks.

[Mossad1967]

Recent bombings however, have taken place with little notice after threats. Days if not weeks.

[Mossad1967]

Recent bombings however, have taken place with little notice after threats. Days if not weeks.

[FairOpinion]

I think there may be something to your notion that the weather may have preempted the attacks.

Maybe "Allah" is trying to send them a message that he is really NOT with the terrorists, as they keep claiming.

You'd think they would get the message.

I am looking for them to gather all in one place to discuss this and have a meteor hit that very spot. ;)

[boris]

"We are patient," he added, "our patience will only end with the collapse of America and its agents."

We are impatient and that means:

--Boris

[FairOpinion]

Col. Lunev is right:

"Lunev then gave advice that has now been heeded by the Bush administration: "My suggestion is that the U.S. must warn rogue states, i.e., Iraq, Iran, Syria and Libya, that if these groups use a weapon of mass destruction on an American city, the U.S. military will not do any investigations, there will be no delay – the U.S. will use similar weapons on their population centers and military targets.

The recent "leak" of a classified Pentagon report that the U.S. military recently has drawn up plans to use nuclear weapons against seven nations was no accident.
The Pentagon report identifies China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria as nuclear targets, and directs military planners to begin preparing nuclear strike plans in case of a nuclear, biological or chemical weapons attack on the U.S. or "in the event of surprising military developments."

U.S. officials were quick to confirm the report, which no doubt sent a serious signal to rogue states about what will happen if the U.S. is hit with a nuclear device. "

It's a good article. Here is the rest:

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/3/10/111302.shtml

[Brooklyn_Park_MD]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1018252/posts

Please click on this website.

[FairOpinion]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1018252/posts


Thanks. I seem to have missed your original post. Very interesting. I didn't realize that double eclipse is quite this rare.

"Terror that will occur at a time of a double eclipse during the Moslem month of Ramadan. The last time that happened was in 1786, it’s happening in this month of Ramadan, and it will not happen again for another 152 years. So this is the only one that will be seen in our lifetime. "

I can see how it would be very important to the Muslim terrorists to succeed in a major attack during this time.

Naturally, I hope they won't.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Oooohhhh, spoil sport. Only a joke? Damn. Was already composing my list (just the evil democraps; aclu; etc.). He he....

[Nebr FAL owner]

Sounds like a plan to me . And a pretty good one at that.

[Kyrie]

Oooohhhh, spoil sport. Only a joke? Damn. Was already composing my list (just the evil democraps; aclu; etc.). He he....

Just 'cause it's only a joke doesn't mean you can't dream...

Did your list get anywhere close to 100,000?

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Oh, I think I surpassed that number and I was just beginning... I meant the entire lot of evil demodips across America (i.e., the dems who know better and are still evil, not the regular folk who think they are dems who are really are being deceived by them); every supporter of the aclu; etc. That alone is 1000,000+

[Chu Gary]

"The closer Arabs get to defeat the more they talk like victors.

.. You wait and see that the balance of power between Al Qaida and its rivals will change, all of a sudden, Allah willing."

You mean that YOUR boot will then be up our a$$?"

Holy moly, this surely does sound like the DimokRATS and especially, Bawney Fwank.

[dangus]

I'm not hoping that Zeta-Jones goes to his bed tonight! It's bad enough she's hooked up with that bastardly old geezer...

[bonesmccoy]

having a gun won't help against a WMD.

Having clean water, electrical power, and food is a better priority (unless you have 12 g. and can bag your food)

[bonesmccoy]

Uhm... two thoughts

1. Don't we have about 100,000 men deployed in Iraq?

May be this AQ mouthpiece is talking about our military in Iraq?

2. 100,000+ people died in the nuclear blasts at Hiroshima.

http://www.airpowermuseum.org/trafter.html

____________________
Hiroshima: August 6, 1945, the uranium bomb, Little Boy, exploded at 8:16 a.m. Hiroshima time, 43 seconds after it left the B-29 Enola Gay, almost 2,000 feet above the ground. It had a yield equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT. Everything within four square miles was destroyed.


Instantly Killed:
70,000
Instantly Injured:
70,000
December 1945 total death toll:
140,000
1950 total death toll:
200,000
Nagasaki: August 9, 1945, the plutonium bomb, Fat Man, exploded 1,650 feet above Nagasaki at 11:01 a.m after it left the B-29 Bockscar. It had a force of 21,000 tons of TNT. Everything within three square miles was destroyed.


Instantly Killed:
40,000
Instantly Injured:
60,000
January 1946 total death toll:
70,000
1950 total death toll:
140,000
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused just a fraction of the casualties of WW II. The March 1945 fire bomb raid on Tokyo killed nearly 100,000 people and injured over 1,000,000, and the May 1945 fire bomb raid killed another 83,000. The total death toll of World War II for both Allied and Axis nations is estimated to exceed 55 million, more than half civilian.

Note: These are the official statistics quoted in a 1994 U.S. Department of Energy document. Other organizations have conducted continuous studies of their own, and continue to debate the statistics.

[bonesmccoy]

holy moly! How did I miss that VP Cheney quote?

The man doesn't say that without reason.

That's rather troubling!