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| Abu Gheith: "The storm of airplanes will not stop" |
| 2001-10-09 |
In al Qaeda's first statement since the September 11 attacks, a spokesman for the terrorist network said "the storm of airplanes will not stop" until the United States ends what he said were attacks on Islam. "There are thousands of young people who look forward to death like the Americans look forward to living," said al Qaeda spokesman Suleiman Abu-Gheith in a videotaped statement broadcast by Qatar-based al Jazeera, the leading Arab news network. He ordered all Muslims to join in a jihad, or holy war, against the United States for airstrikes in Afghanistan in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Abou-Gheith did not claim al Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, but he did praise the hijackers for their "good deeds." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |