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| al-Qaida Group Warns Italy on Iraq | |
| 2004-08-01 | |
| Again? How many times a week do they do this? An al-Qaida-linked group gave Italy another 15 days to withdraw its troops from Iraq before sending "waves of earthquakes to erase your country," according to a statement sent to an Arabic newspaper Sunday. It was the fourth threat in two weeks against the key American ally. The statement, signed by the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades and sent to the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, followed the expiration of a three-month truce purportedly made in April by Osama bin Laden to European states. "The language of blood is on its way to you. We mobilize all our cells in Rome and all other Italian cities. We give (Premier Silvio) Berlusconi 15 days to pull out from Iraq and after that the blood of all Italians everywhere will be free for us," said the statement, faxed to The Associated Press by the newspaper. "We will send waves of earthquakes to erase your country completely and will burn everything," it said.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I retract South Georgia as a candidate. I will go for an active volcano island, too. Fire and brimstone, and ash, lots of volcanic ash. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-01 4:48:04 PM |
| #6 Not South Georgia, it the last home of Shackelton and must not be distubred. The Russ are good at this sort of thing, how about Nooya Vaawaaayoutthere? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-01 4:07:56 PM |
| #5 Methinks an active volcano would do just as nice. Active volcanoes are good. Pencil me in on your petition. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-01 2:46:48 PM |
| #4 Errr, we've been to war over South Georgia. Although in this case, I'd be willing to make an exception! Zenster, nice idea, but I'd rather not pollute space with their remains. Methinks an active volcano would do just as nice. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-08-01 2:08:29 PM |
| #3 I think if I was Berlusconi I'd start rounding up turbans and shipping them someplace else. My vote is for the hard vacuum of deep space. Plenty of room for all the jihadis up there. They can manufacture their own spacesuits with all those supposedly superior Islamic methods. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-01 1:53:20 PM |
| #2 Well, you have the problem of being (1) reactive or (2) preemptive. If you want to win, do not pick No. 1. Fred, I would not pollute Antarctica with turbans. Maybe South Georgia Island would work. They could learn to eat penguins. Or maybe gulls would like them in the Atlantic between Italy and South Georgia. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-08-01 1:48:50 PM |
| #1 Does it really take fifteen days to get all the explosives out of the trunk of the Fiat and into the trunk of MB. "Omar, we've tried. The Fiat wont start." "Again Abu? I told you, you must use the Mercedes! You cannot do jihad on the cheap my brother!" |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-01 1:31:14 PM |