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| Al-Ablaj sez he’s gonna break America’s back | |
| 2003-12-27 | |
| Update on yesterday’s piece ... A London-based Arab magazine said yesterday that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has vowed to launch a "back-breaking attack" on the United States by February, confirming an earlier message by the militant network. The weekly Al-Majalla said it received an e-mail from Abu Mohammed Al Ablaj, a little known Al Qaeda member, saying Bin Laden would release a video tape in which he affirms his group’s determination to fight the US. "A messenger of Bin Laden informed him (Ablaj) that the Al Qaeda leader will appear on a televised tape after the execution of an operation which Bin Laden described as back-breaking and which would change the order of things," Al Majalla said. "They (Americans) should prepare ... their coffins, hospitals and graves. The coming days will be full of surprises and great events which will make them a historic example." In the e-mail, which could not be immediately authenticated, Ablaj echoed his previous statement carried by Al-Majalla in November saying the attack would take place before a Muslim feast early next year. Most al-Qaeda threats are a fair deal of bluster, but al-Ablaj’s have this nasty way of coming true in the case of both Riyadh bombing and then the Istanbooms. He’s definitely worth keeping an eye on even after he’s toes up given the jihadi penchant for having multiple lives.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 i won't hold my breath: Binny is dead somewhere in Tora Bora. They threaten repeatedly now but can't operationally hit the west on home soil. Yawn . Thankyou, come again. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-12-27 11:37:57 PM |
| #6 Well, perhaps we've reached the point where we'll have to have a war of cultures; or one side will have to join the other. Maybe it's time we got this over with. OTOH, it's not like I'd miss conservative Islam all that much. -- Well put. |
| Posted by: Les Nessman 2003-12-27 2:26:49 PM |
| #5 Just a thought : remember quite some time ago, the declaration that OBL wanted to "martyr himself in the belly of the eagle" (or something like that, funny how I can't keep a straight view of the WOT, but remember crap like this)? If a large attack on US soil in is the pipe, and unfortunately it may quite be, OBL followers might capitalize on its propaganda value by insisting that he's been part of it, especially if he's actually been rotting since Tora Bora. No recoverable body, a glorious death, and an enhanced stature for the organization. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-27 12:58:58 PM |
| #4 LOL! Course an Arabic ouija board goes cross-wind so the energy level required is extra-big(n+3/U), my understanding is that a good slate base does help, but I don't know quantum arabic, so it's hard to say. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-27 12:00:52 PM |
| #3 In related news the NSA is having great difficulty intercepting communications between Al Qaeda operatives and Bin Laden - they've yet to figure out how to put a tap on a ouija board. |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2003-12-27 11:28:36 AM |
| #2 I really, really don't want the current conflict to turn into a true war of cultures. On the other hand, it's not like I'd miss conservative Islam all that much. |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2003-12-27 9:53:00 AM |
| #1 If their luck is really, really, really bad they'll manage to score a major attack within the U.S. in an election year. A rogue sleeper cell of Luckies. No longer trusted! Call you local FBI if you have any suspicions. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-12-27 1:15:45 AM |