Posted on 06/02/2002 5:01:02 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
CAIRO (Reuters) - The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published Sunday what it said was a statement from an al Qaeda spokesman warning the United States to get ready for another attack.
"What is coming to the Americans will not, by the will of God, be less than what has come," the newspaper quoted al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman bu Ghaith as saying in a statement.
"So beware, America. Get ready. Get prepared. Put on the safety belt," he said in a statement al-Hayat said was published on the www.alneda.com Web site.
The Web site, which has in the past regularly carried news on Afghanistan and statements it said came from Taliban leaders, could not be accessed immediately by Reuters.
The site published a statement in April it said was from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
Bu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti-born cleric who emerged as an al Qaeda spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, said al Qaeda would continue to hit Americans, Jews and their targets, either "individuals or institutions."
He cited what he described as America's anti-Muslim policies in countries such as Somalia, Sudan, Indonesia and the Philippines as a reason for targeting the United States. He also complained Israel had acted against the Palestinians for 50 years with "American blessing."
Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network are blamed for masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 3,000 people.
U.S.-led coalition forces are hunting for the remnants of Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, after launching an offensive in October that ousted the Taliban from power.
Richard W.
Fear is definitely an effective weapon - but they already hit us twice in NYC, a couple of times at military installations and embassys. Why wouldn't they do it again? They are probably more inclined to seek vengence now that we've hit back at them in Afghanistan and other parts of the world, cut off a lot of their funding and backed Israel in its latest fight against the Palestinians.
The idea of a new attack isn't all that frightening. Hell, we've known that it's been coming for quite awhile. People keep forgetting that al-Qaeda is a global organization and while we've taken out their pseudo-state sponsorship, al-Qaeda still has training camps set up in Chechnya, Sudan, Indonesia, and probably Pakistan pumping out more jihadis for bin Laden's shadow army to replace those killed in Afghanistan. From what Mullah Omar's been saying to the Arab press lately, the Taliban's plan for now is to wait until the US and UN peacekeepers leave and then head back into Kabul, content that nobody'll care so long as they keep the hypothetical oil pipelines (a major figment of 9/11 conspiracy theories) in place.
What I'm more concerned about, however, is that Suleiman Abu Ghaith is still alive. This is disconcerting both because of his high visibility (he was the one who came on the air right after 9/11 to say "We advise all Muslims, and those Americans and Britons who oppose US foreign policy, not to fly in airplanes or live in tall buildings") and the $5 million dollar price tag he currently has on his head. What he's saying is nothing new, as the Arab press (and al-Hayat is far more reliable than most of the other Arab newspapers) is generally pretty keen to publish statements from bin Laden, al-Zawahiri, or Mullah Omar. Heck, last Christmas they spent twelve days doing a publicity run for al-Zawahiri's "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner," which is sure to become the jihadi version of the Turner Diaries.
I've done a search of the archives but couldn't find anything.
I have had this same thought, but have been unable to find anything to look at. On another thread awhile back there were photos of the jihadist manuals and some pics of air balloons. One freeper recalled that in that calendar from last year, one picture had air balloons over a pretty desolated city. I remember that as well. I tried to find the calendar from last year, but couldn't.
Um...Maybe somebody we ought to be rounding up?
Radar alert. Isn't this the same guy who has all the interviews on all the islamic sites right now?
Answering my own question here - Interview
I recall seeing all the sites carrying his interview and it brought up a red flag, because so many of them deemed it important enough to have online, but when I read the interviews I was not impressed, so I blew it off.
the folks who dropped the ball on this, klinton fbi, etc, are guilty parties as well, guiltier.
only your own can betray you. the terrorists were acting as we knew they do.
these terrorist turds NEVER could have succeeded without the deadly incompetence and perhaps intent of those charge with our security.
attacks WILL happen again. why? because this nation seemingly intends it to. are they serious? see if they behave seriously, you'll know by their deeds.
do you see border security? do you see internment camps or other measures to find out WHO is here? do you see elimination of the SOURCES of terrorism, expedited elimination based on serious concern?
i am not blaming anyone. that is for everyone to think about. but there ARE those here in the US who seemingly either want this to happen, or are so incompetent or dumb as to be indistinguishable from an ally to the enemies.
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