Not Again!!
Posted on 09/11/2005 7:20:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
In an apparent Sept. 11 communiqué broadcast on ABC News, an al Qaeda operative threatens new attacks against cities in the US and Australia.
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, God willing. At this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."
In response to the threats against their city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the city's police department released a statement this morning. They admitted to Los Angeles being a target of terrorism, but said there are no known, credible threats against the city and labeled the tape an instrument of al Qaeda propaganda.
"The statement broadcast this morning on Good Morning America should come as no surprise to anyone. The statement was meant to instill fear, and fear is the most important weapon the terrorists possess."
The taped diatribe lasts 11 minutes. Like past tapes, it appears to include the same graphics and production techniques recognized by U.S. officials as part of al Qaeda's standard propaganda production. In this tape, the speaker levels threats against the U.S. and Great Britain.
"Don't believe the lies of the liars at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 10 Downing Street," Gadahn insists. "They have dispatched your sons and daughters to die lonely deaths in the burning deserts of Iraq and the unforgiving mountains of Afghanistan."
Only a few years ago, Adam Gadahn was a southern California teenager with interests in the environment and heavy metal music
His family says he converted to Islam at an Orange County mosque. There, officials say Gadahn came under the influence of militants who took him to Pakistan.
He has since emerged as an al Qaeda propaganda tool. His latest message warns Americans an attack is imminent unless the United States stops its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
American intelligence officials believe the man who appears on the tape to be Adam Gadahn of Orange County, Calif. Last year, Gadahn delivered a similar taped communiqué for al Qaeda. That tape was later deemed authentic.
On the new tape, delivered to ABC News, Gadahn's message contains a very pointed al Qaeda threat against Los Angeles and Melbourne.
"We love peace, but when the enemy violates that peace or prevents us from achieving it, then we love nothing better than the heat of battle, the echo of explosion, and the slitting of the throats of the infidels," the tape says.
As for the rest of the tape, the young man attempts to dispel any rumors or reports of bin Laden being deceased. He closes his tape by invoking the names of the September 11th hijackers.
"Everyone of us is Mohammed Atta," he says.
ABC News' Chris Isham, David Scott, Gretchen Peters, Krista Kjellman, and Avni Patel contributed to this report.
"At this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are Muslims."
Kinda sums it all up nicely right there.
On the flip side, doesn't naming LA give the rest of the country the feeling of being off the hook?
Not Again!!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
So that is Islam, eh? You could've fooled me.
If the terrorists blew up Hollywood...would anyone care?
I can understand how the IslamoRats hate the debauchery of Hollywood but they are about to kill their best allies in this country. LA is safer than Mecca from an attack.
BS!
And the libs say there is no connection between Afghanistan, Iraq and 9/11! Go figure.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Sorry.. Peace, Islam style is bad for my health.
Everyone of us is Mohammed Atta
The moos celebrate our national sorrow on this of all days.
Never forget, never forgive!
Traitor Cindy Sheehan couldn't have said it better herself.
Baghdad Bob Lives!!
Disclaimer - Baghdad Bob is no relation to Tennessee_Bob
An altar to ISLAM will be built in USA....UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Mark of Islam to be permanently etched on Flight 93 Site!!!
So the mark of the Jihadists will forever emblazon our landscape. Is it time to cry for America yet...???????????? This design seems to be a fitting memorial for the Muslims who died aboard Flt 93. The hijackers whose ashes are fused into the shale with those of their victims, of all the shapes, in all of geometry, they pick the symbol of Muslim power, THE CRESCENT!!!
This is like making a holocaust memorial in the shape of a swastika. Absolutely disgusting. I think is a slap in the face of every solider that is fighting terrorism now. And a shameful way to honor those that have died in this fight.
Recognize it for what it is....
A commemoration for those who bravely died in their fight to expand Islam!
Fouad El Bayly, leader of the Islamic Center of Johnstown, said the crescent isn't a holy symbol, but one identified with the lunar Muslim calendar.
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Yeah, no contradictions in that statement whatsoever. Nope, none at all. Sheesh, what a nutcase.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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