Posted on 05/15/2007 8:39:30 PM PDT by Jacob Kell
BETHLEHEM – Al-Qaida training videos and literature were recently distributed to Palestinians in Bethlehem, according to local sources speaking to WND.
The information prompted some leaders there to express deep concern about the growing trend of what they said was Islamic extremism and Christian intimidation in one of the holiest cities for Christianity.
According to local sources, the al-Qaida materials were mass produced and were provided to young Muslim men in Bethlehem. The sources didn't know where the materials originated. Among the materials distributed was an al-Qaida video – screened by WND – in which the global jihad group teaches the viewer how to behead "infidels" and kidnap civilians and soldiers.
Palestinian security officials in Bethlehem said some al-Qaida-like materials were recently confiscated from local Palestinians, but they fiercely denied the presence of al-Qaida in Bethlehem.
"This is the kind of stuff we see all the time in the Middle East. It's run-of-the-mill al-Qaida material downloaded from the Internet and given out by some civilian sympathizers," said a Palestinian security official. "It's not a big deal."
"There is absolutely no al-Qaida anywhere in Bethlehem," the official said.
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Uh-hu, if you say so. Only will you still be saying that when they shoot you for not being Islamic enough?
This is a WND article. You should attribute correctly.
This is appalling if true. Proof that radical Islam has to be defeated now before it grows any stronger.
The story does tribute the source, however.
Accidents happen.
Reminded me of Huckabee tonight in regard to the cost of the war in Iraq. By "listening to civilians", the media experts (I added that one), "the Defense Dept".. and not listening to "the Boots and Generals on the ground":
"It takes more money to do it over, then to do it right".
>”There is absolutely no al-Qaida anywhere in >Bethlehem,” the official said.
You don’t al-Qaida to wipe out Christians, the local Moslems are doing a great job all on their own. Bethlehem went from a large majority Catholic town to a small harassed community. And when the Arabs took over the Church of the Nativity, shooting, urinating, defacing the basilica, nothing was done to punish the terrorists (sorry,activists according to CNN).
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