by frustrated at those of us who still thin » Sat Nov 15, 2003 2:36 am
GLOBAL JIHAD
<br> Al-Qaida: Be ready for attack
<br> killing 100,000
<br> Leader in Iraq warns of \'huge and very
<br> courageous strike\' on U.S.
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<br> Posted: November 13, 2003
<br> 5:00 p.m. Eastern
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<br> © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
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<br> An al-Qaida commander in Iraq close to Osama bin
<br> Laden warns of an imminent massive attack against the
<br> U.S. designed to kill as many as 100,000 people.
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<br> A leader who identifies himself as Abu Salma Al-Hijazi
<br> said in an interview posted on al-Qal\'a – \"The Fortress\"
<br> – an Islamist Internet forum, \"a huge and very
<br> courageous strike\" has been planned, reports the
<br> Washington, D.C.-based Middle East Media Research
<br> Institute, or MEMRI.
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<br> The attack, which he anticipates during the current
<br> month-long Muslim observance of Ramadan, will
<br> \"amaze the world and turn al-Qaida into [an
<br> organization that] horrifies the world until the law of
<br> Allah is implemented, actually implemented, and not just
<br> in words, on his land. …\"
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<br> Al-Hijazi vowed, \"You wait and see that the balance of
<br> power between al-Qaida and its rivals will change, all of
<br> a sudden, Allah willing.\"
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<br> The interview, according to the article, took place in
<br> Iraq, south of Faluja, with five masked men carrying
<br> missiles and personal weapons surrounding al-Hijazi.
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<br> Al-Hijazi said al-Qaida is keeping an eye on detainees
<br> held by coalition forces.
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<br> \"We follow their situation closely. ... The collaborating
<br> governments will pay the price for capturing these
<br> heroes who want to revive the glory of their nation and
<br> shake off the dust of humiliation and disgrace,\" he said.
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<br> He added the \"collaborating and treacherous\"
<br> governments should know al-Qaida has a long reach,
<br> and its members enjoy popularity that will not end just
<br> because apostate governments detain hundreds of
<br> al-Qaida members.
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<br> \"As soon as the governments detain one of our people,
<br> ten like him join us. ... This is no secret,\" he said.
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<br> Al-Hijazi said al-Qaida\'s target is Americans, not the
<br> governments of Islamic nations.
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<br> \"We are patient,\" he said. \"Our patience will only end
<br> with the collapse of America and its agents.\"
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<br> He added: \"There is no doubt that the demise of
<br> America and its collapse will lead to the collapse of
<br> these fragile regimes that depend on it. … We will not
<br> stop until we establish the Islamic caliphate and until
<br> Allah\'s law is implemented in his land.\"
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<br> Al-Hijazi contended reports the recent bombing in
<br> Riyadh killed Muslim women and children were \"merely
<br> media deceit.\"
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<br> He said al-Qaida had watched the compound for many
<br> months and determined its inhabitants were at least 300
<br> Americans and a large group of Lebanese Christians
<br> \"who had tortured Muslims\" in Lebanon during the civil
<br> war.
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<br> \"After consultation, we decided it was appropriate to
<br> attack this place and destroy it, including the people
<br> who lived there, because it housed Americans and a
<br> large majority of Christians holding Lebanese
<br> citizenship,\" he said.
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<br> \"Since the Saudi government is aware of the sensitivity
<br> of this place and that it is a declared target for al-Qaida,
<br> it surrounded it with very heavy security,\" he continued.
<br> \"However, we gave our people in Riyadh a green light
<br> to destroy it on top of those inside.
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<br> \"Allah facilitated breaking into the place and bombing
<br> the part in which mostly Americans stayed,\" al-Hijazi
<br> said. \"As a result, praise Allah, at least 40 Americans
<br> were killed, as well as 27 Christians from Lebanon and
<br> a group of citizens who were Muslim; also, at least 70
<br> Americans were injured, as well as more than 30
<br> citizens of other countries, most of them Christians from
<br> Lebanon.\"
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<br> According to Al-Hijazi, a Saudi religious scholar who is
<br> wanted by Saudi authorities will claim responsibility in a
<br> televised communiqué for the bombing \"and for other
<br> operations to come.\"
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<br> He added the wills of the attackers will be published in
<br> the month of Shawwal – the month following Ramadan
<br> according to the Muslim calendar – when al-Qaida\'s
<br> main website, al-Nida, is due to be reactivated.
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