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| Terror Networks |
| alneda.com snarls, evaporates... |
| 2002-12-10 |
| A Web site considered al Qaeda's has posted new threats against the West, promising to bring "destruction" to Americans and other Westerners if they don't learn the "lesson" of recent al Qaeda attacks, including the attacks on an Israeli-owned hotel and charter plane in Kenya last Thursday. But the new threats are not specific, either in terms of a target or a time frame. So why bother reporting the specifics? What's the significance? It must be... The new message was posted on the Web site run by the Centre for Islamic Studies and Research, also known as Alneda, which has carried communiqués from al Qaeda in the past, as well as the group's claims of credit for various terrorist attacks. It doesn't matter what they say, specifically; what matters is that they said something. Probably there's a codeword buried in the blurb. It could equate to "attack Chicago," or "stand down for three months," or "Ayman's will be in Faisalabad on December 31st." But soon after CNN reported on it, the site was taken down, with the message "Suspended Account" appearing on the screen. In the past, the Web site will post messages, only to be shut down soon afterward. The site will then reemerge elsewhere on the Web, usually within days. They burn an appearance to get a message out, then throw the hosting service away... Before the site was taken down, experts and intelligence sources said they considered the site to be al Qaeda's Web site, something the terror group has acknowledged. That's a good reason to consider it their site, if they say it is... "After the two attacks in Kenya and Makalla [Yemen], has the world Crusader alliance learned the lessons of the mujahedeen?" one article asked. Yes, we have, thank you. That's why we're trying to hunt them down and kill them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |