Al Qaeda preparing followers for a long fight

An Al Qaeda survival kit, available to the media in the United States and obtained also by Dawn, reveals how Osama bin Laden's network and its supporters among the Taliban and other similar groups are preparing to survive the US-led "war against terrorism".

The kit has been printed in several languages and is being distributed secretly among Al Qaeda followers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The instructions aim to prepare the Taliban and Al Qaeda workers and their sympathizers to survive on their own and also on how to communicate with their central leaders without exposing them.

The contents show the groups are well aware of the changes brought about by the "war on terrorism" and realise they can no longer work openly. That's why they seem to be preparing for a long, clandestine war with the United States and its allies.

Decentralization and secrecy are the two key elements of their new strategy, which they hope to prolong also by exploiting religious sentiments of the people they live with.

The point the survival kit emphasizes repeatedly is the need for the Taliban and Al Qaeda workers to "merge with the masses" and thus "become indistinguishable" from the rest of the people.

The copy obtained by Dawn comes complete with the pictures of 18 Al Qaeda leaders who are on the FBI's most-wanted list. The first picture is that of the network's leader Osama bin Laden, followed by his deputy Aiman al Zawahiri and other top operatives. A caption above the pictures declares: "These are Mujahideen, not dangerous religious terrorists".

Al Qaeda preparing followers for a long fight

George Bush told us the same thing...well at least those of us who watched that speech. If you'll recall,ABC/NBC/CBS, etc didn't show it.

I guess people couldn't miss who got kicked off of Survivor.

2 posted on 10/12/2004 5:09:18 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)

3 posted on 10/12/2004 5:11:59 AM PDT by nuconvert (Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don't have film.)

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