The source seems a bit dubious, but just thought i’d throw this out there,
Western-made terrorists motivated by Marxist, anarchist and neo-Nazi ideology are forming alliances with jihadists and are planning copycat-style attacks and others utilizing funding from Islamists, according to intelligence sources, reports Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. While old-line non-Muslim terrorists seem to have been in hibernation, since Sept. 11, 2001, they are waking up to the need to act and the availability of funds from al-Qaida and other similar jihadist groups.
| Ahah. There's money in it again. When the Soviets went under, so did the financing for Red Brigades and such... |
Such groups dominated the terror scene in the 1960s and 1970s. The U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the resistance to globalization, xenophobic tendencies and anti-Semitism have all combined to pour oil on old flames, encouraging new alliances as a result.
| But nothing would happen if the money wasn't flowing again... |
Experts attempting to draft the profile of non-Islamic terrorism in the 21st century are turning their interest toward militant Muslims’ efforts to recruit terror contractors and to use the services of European terrorists and anarchists.
Of course in the 60’s and 70’s, leftist terrorists had the support of the Eastern bloc available to them, from which they got money, weapons, training and safe houses.
Jihad organizers are acquainted with the sleeper terror groups of Europe and North America, and they know these groups are in dire need of funds. These "underground" groups need to travel and change their identities frequently. Sleeper terror groups are careful not to deal directly with money laundering, drug dealing or organized crime. This is due in part to ideological beliefs, but more because of the need to keep a low profile, away from the eyes of law enforcement agencies.
| It's entirely to stay "white." If there was no danger of going on a list, they'd be in it with both feet. |
Interrogation of non-Muslim terrorists apprehended during the last two years in Europe and Asia, reveals a desire to become copy-cats of the Islamic jihad and a growing need to be placed once again on the international scene.
| It takes a certain amount of ego to aspire to being an International Man of Mystery™. |
Intelligence agencies are beginning to dust files of old-style terror organizations, which some agencies now describe as the "Red Jihad."
There does seem to be a lot of rhetorical support for Islamists from some neo-Nazis, anarchists and other dregs, mostly from a shared hatred of western civilisation.
Al-Qaida, Jemaah Islamiah and Wahabbi groups see nothing wrong in using non-Muslims to further their cause.
| It's like using a wrench to tighten a nut... Or maybe that should be vice versa? Anyway, the tool can be disposed of later. |
As the origin of most anti-terror activities focuses mainly on the Middle East and Asia, it is clear a western terrorist could be more successful in penetrating a number of security and defense circles. In cases of a precision attack against individuals or institutions, European or American Caucasian terrorists will be more successful in disappearing from the radar screen.
Over the years, scores of Europeans, Americans and Asians, have been trained in Arab terror bases in Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Iraq. A number of those were later involved in attacks on international air traveling, including airports.
| I suspect there are many more, waiting for a sign that the Islamists are going to be the winning team... |
Western intelligence services have identified a number of warning signs as they emerged following 9/11: The arrest and trial in Greece of 15 Marxists of the N-17 terror group. Expectations that a wave of arrests finished the group were premature. Lately Greece is once again the stage for renewed, low-intensity terrorist and anarchist activities, aimed mainly against U.S. and British targets. This may escalate towards the 2004 Olympic Games.
The re-surfacing of German and other west European sympathizers of ultra-left terror groups and their cooperation with Marxists of a specific ethnic background, such as the Kurds.
Germany is also involved in combating hate terror, specifically by armed neo-Nazi groups and nationalists.
Activity of left-wing terrorism is reported increasing in Turkey. Such terrorists pose a danger not only to Turkey, but also on a regional scale. This includes cooperation with Marxist Kurds and Arabs.
Reports are filtering out of Egypt about left-wing terrorism. These days a member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Socialist Group is facing a Cairo military court as three of his comrades are tried in absence.
The arrest of members of the Spanish First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group, or GRAPO, who were involved in two bank and armored car robberies, is another indication this group is in need of funds as part of an attempt to re-surface or to lease their services to whoever will pay, as long as the target is in the western industrialized world. An Oregon based on-line paper, the Portland Independent Media Center, carried a headline on Dec. 1 calling readers "to send support letters for comrades facing trial in Egypt." The drive is supported by the Socialist Arab Coalition in North America. On the day Saddam Hussein was captured the organization flashed an Iraqi Baath flag saying: "Resistance will continue until victory!"
| What happened to "Victory or death"? I think those were the actual choices... |
Articles and pictures do not disguise the potential of such support. Together with slogans such as: "Long live the resistance, no turning back," and "Death to the imperialists, death to the collaborators," the site includes pictures of heavily armed comrades, their faces covered with Arab kefiyah headdresses, and stories such as "the tactics of resistance." |