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Europe
Al-Qaeda video found in apartment rubble
2004-04-09
A videotape found in an apartment where suspected terrorists blew themselves up last weekend gives Spain a deadline to withdraw its troops from Iraq and Afghanistan or face more bloodshed at home, the interior ministry said. In the video, three heavily armed people read a statement in the name of the Al Mufti Brigades and Ansar al-Qaeda giving Spain one week to "leave Muslim lands immediately," authorities said. A copy of the text was sent by the interior ministry to The Associated Press on Thursday. "Should you not do this within the space of a week, starting today, we will continue our Jihad until martyrdom," it added.
Got it a bit early, did they?
"You know that you are not safe, and you know that Bush and his administration will bring only destruction. We will kill you anywhere and in any manner," it read. It was not clear when the video had been filmed or when the deadline would begin. Police said they don't rule out that the video was filmed by some of the suspected terrorists before their collective suicide during a police raid last Saturday. An interior ministry spokesman said the video was found in the rubble of the apartment during recent searches. He added that it was damaged in the explosion and had to be minutely analyzed by police forensic scientists. It has been sent to the National Court as evidence.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#3  Ah, here's another tidbit:
The bombers said they were ready to achieve "martyrdom in the land of Tarek Ben Ziyad" - a reference to the Moorish leader who, early in the eighth century, led an invasion of Spain that heralded the start of seven centuries of Muslim presence in the country.

There's more here than the Spanish government is admitting publicly.
Posted by: Steve   2004-04-09 9:41:06 AM  

#2  Gee, funny you should mention that, VRW. Seems like ther is another part of the tape that is not being widely reported:

"You know about Spain's crusade against Muslims, the expulsion from Al Andalus and the tribunals of the Inquisition, not that long ago," the three men said in the video, vowing a "jihad" or holy war.
The Moors occupied parts of Spain, or Al Andalus, for nearly 800 years before the Catholic monarchs, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, reconquered Granada in 1492. The Christians reneged on a promise to respect Islam and 10 years later gave Muslims the choice of conversion or emigration. Spain now has a Moroccan community of around half a million, many of them illegal immigrants drawn by the hope of work in this prosperous European Union country.
The men in the video identified themselves as members of a group called "The Al Mufti and Ansar al-Qaeda Brigades." They said their aim was to force Spanish troops "to leave the land of the Muslims immediately."

I'm betting that they include Al Andalus as part of the land of the Muslims. I'd like to see the entire transcript of that tape.
Posted by: Steve   2004-04-09 9:35:42 AM  

#1  Hmmmm. Isn't al Andalus considered Muslim land? OK Zappy, get yo' ass out of the Iberian peninsula.
Posted by: VRWconspiracy   2004-04-09 4:54:22 AM  

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