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| UK al Qaeda attack ’inevitable’ |
| 2002-11-21 |
| A radical London-based Muslim cleric who supports al Qaeda warned that the group would probably stage a major attack against the United States and Britain if they launch a war on Iraq. Remind me again why this guy is not in jail. "If Britain and the United States attack Iraq they will suffer heavy casualties back home," said Syrian-born Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, leader of the radical al Muhajiroun group. "If they fire their missiles on Iraq an attack against Britain is inevitable," he told Reuters on Thursday. Bakri said a recent warning by British Prime Minister Tony Blair that the threat of terror attacks on Britain was "real" and that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda could target the country should be taken very seriously. "Blair correctly warned the British. Never before has there been such Muslim rage against the United States and Britain. It is not al Qaeda's style to carry out small attacks. They always select a powerful attack," he said. "Al Qaeda proved its abilities on September 11. They will do something big." They'll try. Bakri said it would not be difficult for al Qaeda to operate in Britain because it has been actively recruiting supporters by sending agents to mosques and urging holy war through audio tapes and Internet sites. He said al Qaeda wanted to enlist both ideological supporters and "freelancers" who it can inspire to carry out attacks against Western targets. "What they are trying to do is recruit supporters and influence groups to take up their cause and imitate their actions," he said. "The idea is that these groups become freelancers who decide on their own to join the al Qaeda phenomenon and carry out their own attacks modelled on al Qaeda." "Freelancers" means they can deny all responsibility when there is a attack. I'm thinking that MI6 has this guy under constant surveilance 24/7. Otherwise he'd be in the jug by now. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 "Remind me again why this guy is not in jail." Exactly. I mean, Jesus Christ, they just bagged this reporter in Britain for "hate speech"; I'd love to know what the difference is, freakin' hypocrites. |
| Posted by: Raj 2002-11-21 20:39:33 |