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| Terror Networks |
| More threats from bin Laden mouthpieces... |
| 2002-07-10 |
| A recording posted on an Islamist Web site claims to be from Abu-Leith al-Libi -- the same name as a man who was once al Qaeda's spokesman, but who has not been heard from since before the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The speaker claims bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mullah Mohammed Omar and Sulaiman abu Ghaith are alive and in good health, and said that the organization has regrouped and will expand its war to include assassinations and attacks on "the enemy's weak infrastructure." My guess would be that it's regrouped — outside Pakland at least — into itty-bitty one- and two-man "cells." Any idiot can plan and execute assassinations and "attacks on the infrastructure." All it takes is a gun or a grenade and the willingness to blow pizza parlors and the occasional bridge. What they're promising is not only mindless violence, but pointless violence that'll give them no military advantage and will make the civilized world stop being civilized enough to hunt them down and kill them like dogs. I guess that since they're all ready being hunted, they figure "what've we got to lose?" Late last month, an audiotape from Abu Ghaith hinted at the release of a new bin Laden videotape, saying he "will soon appear on television screens." So far he hasn't shown... But in that audiotape, which was played on the Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV network, Abu Ghaith never mentions a date for the bin Laden tape's release. In a reference to possible future attacks by al Qaeda on U.S. targets, it said that "Americans should fasten their safety belts." Abu Gheith has warned of the death of up to 4 million Americans, including 1 million children, through the use of chemical and biological weapons. If that were to occur, you can say goodbye to political correctitude — and also to a large proportion of the Islamic world. I'm sure we'll feel really bad about it afterward... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |