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| Al-Qaeda's Islamic Army was planned to be 12,000 strong |
| 2005-12-14 |
| Men who said they were former al-Qaida members said on Saudi television the network planned to set up a 12,000-strong Islamic army to oust "infidel" regimes. The men who appeared on Saudi television Tuesday night confessed that their leaders assured them that "an army of 12,000 diehard Muslim believers could not be defeated." They said they had been misled by al-Qaida preachers who recruited them by exploiting their religious zeal and then dispatched them to Afghanistan through various countries in order to conceal their destination. They said they were placed in military camps where hundreds of young Muslims were being trained in the use of arms and fighting techniques. Training lasted between two weeks and six months, depending on each person's capacities. "The military camps were divided as there was a camp for Libyans and Egyptians and other camps for other nationalities," they said. They noted the special camp of al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden hosted only a few elite groups. They said al-Qaida coordinators - who lived in a variety of Arab and Islamic countries - had the mission of arranging the travel of recruits to Pakistan where other network members coordinated their travel to Afghanistan. "The military camps in Afghanistan were fertile grounds for mobilizing the zealous Muslim youth and mounting them against their governments and regimes," they added. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 Were they planning to carry the Ark of the Covenant before their marauding horde? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-14 21:31 |
| #4 an army of 12,000 diehard Muslim believers could not be defeated. Like an army of 20,000 was? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-12-14 19:39 |
| #3 And how many died on the Shomali plain, obliterated by 2000 pound bombs from B-52s ? |
| Posted by: john 2005-12-14 17:54 |
| #2 And where has much of that vaunted "12,00" man fighting force been spent in vain? If you said Iraq, you're right! But remember, according to the Libs, Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror. |
| Posted by: The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-12-14 17:51 |
| #1 "... an army of 12,000 diehard Muslim believers could not be defeated." Tell it to the |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-12-14 17:43 |