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| 2006-01-25 |
| Al Qaeda and its former protectors — the Taliban — are in the midst of a powerful resurgence, according to accounts by local officials and information contained in new al Qaeda videotapes obtained by ABC News. The new videotapes show open recruitment for the jihad, or holy war, to kill Americans and their allies. The narrator says, "Come join the jihad caravan." "The Taliban resurgence this year has been enormous and quite extraordinary," said Ahmed Rashid, author of the book "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and the Fundamentalism in Central Asia." The tape claims Taliban officials have taken over government functions. There is no date on the tape, but in the last month ABC News reporters have confirmed that Western aid organizations have been forced out, their headquarters burned, schools shut down, teachers and journalists killed, and music banned. The tape shows men described as thieves being dragged through a village behind a truck, and later beheaded. "We're seeing a complete breakdown of law and order," said Rashid. "The army is holed up in its barracks or in its bunkers." A much rosier picture was described at the White House today as President Bush met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, thanking him for all his government is doing. "We're working closely to defeat the terrorists who would like to harm America and harm Pakistan," Bush said during a news conference. But there's no sense of defeat seen in a second tape obtained by ABC News, this one produced by al Qaeda. The tape shows the planning of an attack on a government building across the border in Afghanistan. The commander is identified as one of the four men who last year escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan — and are now back in action. The commander is seen on tape, giving a Powerpoint presentation of how the attack was carried out. It also shows scenes of fighters firing their automatic weapons and of buildings burning. The fighters seen on tape shout "bin Laden forever! Long live al Qaeda!" "It has regrouped, reformed and re-emerged with new vigor," said Akbar Ahmed, professor of Islamic studies at American University, "and this is a very dangerous emergence." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #11 if there ever were a moral justification for a series of dirty, small nuclear weapons...this may be it. It would akin to wrapping a house in plastic and fumigating the place...killing evrything in the house. The islamo-cockroaches and those that support them are subhuman Whoa! My mistake! I thought you were talking about ABC News.. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-25 21:16 |
| #10 Who Steve! Are you the fella that wrote.... Ima shadowed bya Cruise Missiel Cruise Missiel, Cruise Missiel. ? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-25 20:24 |
| #9 I'm sure Cat Stevens would love to write that song. Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the bad things to come And I believe it could be, something bad has begun Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a Jihad Caravan Oh Jihad take this country, come take me home again Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the bad things to come And I believe it could be, something bad has begun Oh Jihad Caravan sounding louder Glide on the caravan Come on now caravan Yes, jihad holy roller Everyone jump upon the Jihad caravan Come on now caravan Get your bombs together, go bring your imam too Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you Now come and join the dead, it's not so far from you And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the caliphate as it is Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a Jihad Caravan Oh jihad take this country, come take me home again |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-01-25 10:46 |
| #8 The narrator says, "Come join the jihad caravan." The Jihad Caravan. I'm sure Cat Stevens would love to write that song. |
| Posted by: BH 2006-01-25 10:01 |
| #7 The commander is identified as one of the four men who last year escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan — and are now back in action. Any movement on the surprise meter? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-01-25 09:46 |
| #6 Sounds like the "Islamic republic of Quam" in Iraq we all no how that one turned out. If you believe this you should believe this:: I just yesterday took control of a small US rural city yesterday we had a bon fire and kegs a tapped in the town square the cops were all order to take the day off and participate. I got pictures and I sware that building in the background is town square. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-01-25 09:42 |
| #5 I think you misspelled "motivates" there, Perfesser. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-25 09:36 |
| #4 Yeah, nothing scares the U.S. military more than well-organized, centrally led, popularly supported terror-supporting regimes. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-01-25 09:24 |
| #3 The Pakis have no F-15 fighters. |
| Posted by: Brett 2006-01-25 07:56 |
| #2 Give Perv more F15s. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-01-25 07:34 |
| #1 if there ever were a moral justification for a series of dirty, small nuclear weapons...this may be it. It would akin to wrapping a house in plastic and fumigating the place...killing evrything in the house. The islamo-cockroaches and those that support them are subhuman. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-01-25 01:45 |