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| Al-Qaeda to be Black Septembered? |
| 2004-10-10 |
| THE ISRAELI government has ordered Mossad, the foreign intelligence service, to make the hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorists its main priority after last week's Red Sea attacks that killed at least 33 people, most of them Israeli tourists. As rescuers pulled more bodies from the wreckage of the hotel, Dan Arditi, Israel's counterterrorism chief, urged tourists still in Egypt to come home, warning that the attacks on Thursday "don't lessen, even in the slightest, the risk that this will happen again". The order to Mossad to turn its attention from Palestinian groups to Al-Qaeda was given by Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, after Israeli intelligence sources said the size of the blasts suggested they were the work of Osama Bin Laden's network rather than Palestinian suicide bombers. Confirmation may be provided by fingerprints taken from bomb fragments and DNA obtained from the remains of the suspected bombers. Arditi had urged Israelis on September 9 to avoid the area because of indications of an imminent terrorist attack. His warning appeared on the front pages of the country's main newspapers on the eve of the Jewish new year. "This time Al-Qaeda hit our back yard," said a security source. "If we don't focus on them, next time it will be Tel Aviv. After four years of intifada we've succeeded in containing the Palestinian terror, but now we're facing a much more ruthless enemy we can't ignore any more." It is not the first time Al-Qaeda has gone after an Israeli target, or that Sharon's government has vowed to take it on. The group claimed responsibility for the car bombing in November 2002 of an Israeli-owned hotel in the Kenyan port of Mombasa that killed 14 people, including three Israelis. After that attack Sharon summoned Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad, and ordered agents living undercover in Saudi Arabia and Yemen to hunt down those responsible. Almost two years later the perpetrators remain at large — a reflection, according to the security source, of the agency's concentration on combating Palestinian operations. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 Charles,I think it will be other way around.If the Israelis are serious I would expect Guantanamo to be hosting "guest" interrogators soon.It would be one of those classic good news/bad news deals.Good news is Israelis might be willing to send people into Syria,Iran,etc to kill Al-Q leaders.Bad news it will feed European belief WOT is all about Israel. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-10-11 12:48:23 AM |
| #8 Israeli's going after Black September thugs worked. No recidivism by terrorists--no tendencies to do further harm. Works for me. |
| Posted by: John Q (Citizen) aka John QC aka JQC 2004-10-10 7:49:32 PM |
| #7 after last weekâs Red Sea attacks that killed at least 33 people, most of them Israeli tourists. According to Jpost At least 14 Russians, 13 Israelis, 6 Egyptians, and 2 Italians were among the dead. |
| Posted by: Cynic 2004-10-10 4:16:58 PM |
| #6 Finally! Bush may be tied up in politics and requiered Alliances, but Isreal isn't. I wonder if Mossad will be working to give info to Delta Force and SAS in Iraq? |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-10-10 2:19:42 PM |
| #5 We need to ask The Mossad about this. S'all right dere? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-10-10 1:59:19 PM |
| #4 Hi Boris! |
| Posted by: Fly Ash Liberation Army 2004-10-10 11:40:05 AM |
| #3 Have at it, Israel. And if you can make it look like they killed each other, so much the better. But, however and wherever you do it, TAKE THEM OUT! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-10 10:20:44 AM |
| #2 âTo hit an Al-Qaeda leader either in Saudi Arabia, Europe, or even Tehran is less difficult than to act in Damascus,â Heh!, and we know they've taken people out in Damascus... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-10-10 9:36:02 AM |
| #1 THE ISRAELI government has ordered Mossad , the foreign intelligence service, to make the hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorists its main priority after last weekâs Red Sea attacks that killed at least 33 people, most of them Israeli tourists Al Qaeda's done f*cked up. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near an Al Qaeda guy when MOSSAD gets them in their sights. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-10-10 9:22:37 AM |