Bin Laden biographer headlines terrorism confab

WorldNetDaily ^ | Oct. 7, 2006 | WorldNetDaily

[Interesting Times]

Pakistani journalist who warns of major attack coming to U.S.

Hamid Mir interviewing Osama bin Laden

The only journalist to have interviewed al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri since the 9/11 attacks is coming to the U.S. to address a conference.

Hamid Mir, WND reported, recently warned that the new al-Qaida field commander in Afghanistan is calling for Muslims to leave the U.S. in anticipation of a major terror attack to rival Sept. 11.

Mir, based in Pakistan, says the attack is being coordinated by Adnan el-Shukrijumah, a trained nuclear technician and accomplished pilot who has been singled out by bin Laden and Zawahiri to serve as the field commander for the next terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

The symposium, Nov. 11 in Las Vegas, is presented by America's Truth Forum, a grassroots, non-partisan, educational group which says the conference is open to the public, but tickets require advance purchase due to security protocol.

Titled "Understanding the Threat of Radical Islamist Terrorism," the event's speakers will include:

Wafa Sultan

• Wafa Sultan: A secular Syrian-American psychiatrist who lives in Los Angeles, Sultan has become notable since the September 11, 2001 attacks for her participation in Middle East political debates, with Arabic essays that circulated widely and some television appearances on Al-Jazeera and CNN. Her thesis, described as witnessing "a battle between modernity and barbarism which Islam will lose," has brought her telephone threats, but also praise from reformers. Her comments, especially a pointed criticism that "no Jew has blown himself up in a German restaurant," brought her an invitation to Tel Aviv by the American Jewish Congress.

• Harvey Kushner: Noted author, lecturer, professor and internationally recognized authority on terrorism who has advised and provided training to numerous government agencies, including the FBI, FAA, INS, and U.S. Customs.

• Robert Spencer: Director of Jihad Watch and author of critically acclaimed books on Islam, including "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)."

• Walid Shoebat: As a former member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Shoebat participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel and later was imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel. He has since become an advocate for his former enemy.

• Bruce Tefft: A 21-year veteran of the CIA, including 17 years abroad, and founding member of the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center in 1985. He has accumulated more than 30 years experience in foreign affairs, intelligence, security operations and counter-terrorism.

• Paul Williams: Journalist and author of "Dunces of Doomsday," "Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse," and "Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11: What the Media and the Government Haven't Told You." He has served as a consultant for the FBI as well as an adjunct professor of humanities at the University of Scranton.

Former CIA chief James Woolsey has been invited but is unconfirmed.

Mir, Osama bin Laden's officially sanctioned biographer, is the founding editor of Daily Ausaf Islamabad and Islamabad bureau chief for GEO-TV.

The promoters of the event say Mir comes with "first-hand knowledge, gained through his interviews with the world's most wanted terrorist, of al Qaida's nuclear capability, an in-depth knowledge of al Qaida and Taliban operations in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, evidence of Iranian support – both financial and strategic – for the Taliban and al-Qaida and an intimate knowledge of the ideology that fuels the mind of Osama bin Laden."

Mir was captured and released by Hezbollah during the recent 34-day war in Lebanon.

The symposium also will feature a reception Friday evening, Nov. 10, offering a chance to interact with the guests.

Topics to be discussed include:

• The mindset of Islamic terrorism from a reformed PLO terrorist

• Al Qaida's plans for future attacks against Americans on U.S. soil, including an "American Hiroshima."

• "Dhimmitude" and the uniquely Islamic institution of jihad

• Terrorist recruitment in the United States.

• Terrorist indoctrination on the campuses of U.S. universities

• Understanding the threat posed

• Effective counter-terrorism

• The threat posed to world peace and national security by the ideology of radical Islam

• The West's misidentification of the challenges faced from the global jihad

• A critique of the government's performance on its prosecution of the war on terror

• A first hand account of a slaughter committed against innocents.

[Interesting Times]

More on the forthcoming symposium in Las Vegas, "Understanding the Threat of Radical Islamist Terrorism."

[Interesting Times]

Know your enemy ping...

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Just mythoughts]

There are so many faces of the enemy it is difficult some days to prioritize.

[devolve]

[potlatch]

Wow, fancy posting devolve!

[potlatch]

Thanks for the ping I.T.

[G Larry]

HA!!!!

By November 11th they'll have to rewrite the agenda!

Does anybody really believe that the recent foiled attempt to down those Europe to U.S. airliners, is the only active terror plan against the U.S.?

Pray mightily!

[Excellence]

Need to be there bump.

[devolve]

Praise the Lord and load your ammunition



He said to them,

"But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag;
and if you don't have a sword sell your cloak and buy one."

[devolve]

[potlatch]

Bump!

[oldstyle81]

Hamid Mir has a good level of credibility with his information however the people he is getting the information from might not be. When he says he didnt believe that Al qaida would attack america i have to question his thinking because they tried in 93 and were going after American targets all around the world, it wasant surprising at all that they would again try to hit us. it very well could be al qaida feeding propaganda. i hope its just that. Now i know they are planning more attacks but part of terror is threating it and making people change their ways.


I like the people they have there however the more i read of Paul Williams and him constantly changing his timing when attacks dont happen (2004, Hiroshima 60th anniversay in 2005, ramadan in 2005 and this year the rest of 2005). he sounds like a alarmist along with his friends at WND. His stories of the possible attacks change a lot also, cities get added, get taken off durning different interviews. he also claimed to know where jafar the pilot is hiding yet a couple of days later they redid the press release saying we might know. he dosent sound credible at all and you dont gain credibilty when saying a video is about to be released since something like 50+ have come out so far this year, thats almost once a week. its like saying its going to rain tomorrow everyday and eventually you will be right. it also dosent hurt when al qaida media sector goes out and says its about to release a video days before either

[zot]

Thanks for posting this. Yes, we do need to know our enemy.

[bitt]

gulp.........who's going and will report?

[Excellence]

$150 plus hotel and transportation is a bit much. But perhaps we could pitch in to send JimRob, and he could write a report?

[EastCobbRules]

Does anyone else think this is a bit ironic?

"Hamid Mir, WND reported, recently warned that the new al-Qaida field commander in Afghanistan is calling for Muslims to leave the U.S. in anticipation of a major terror attack to rival Sept. 11"

One of main folks warning Muslims to leave the US is coming to the US.

Must be the lure of Vegas...

[oldstyle81]

good point, i dont know how to take this since Joseph Farah and Paul Williams, both well known sensationalists are involved in it.