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25.11.03, 17:02
Monday, November 24, Al Qaeda marked Eid al Fitr, the festival closing the
Muslim festival of Ramadan, with a dramatic warning. Counter-terror sources
reports that a message published over al Qaeda’s electronic channels and
websites declared that the countdown has begun for the biggest operation
ever carried out in the United States. “The big blow will fall very shortly.
It will consist of a series of surprise attacks that will cut America off
from communication with its armies in Muslim countries.” The reference is
clearly to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The largest number, around 115,000 soldiers, is present in Iraq.
Muslims living in the United States are urged to “take advantage of the
short time left” to escape the country and harm’s way.
Some of the messages say that a new Osama bin Laden videotape will soon be
out. It will also carry statements by al Qaeda members who executed the last
suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia and adherents who died in clashes with Saudi
security. They will be shown describing how they were prepared for action.
Bin Laden will intersperse these cuts with comments explaining the selection
of Saudi targets.
Counter-terror sources report that some of the new messages are signed by
Abu Assam al Yamani, who also threatens to murder Abdul Rahman Rashid,
editor of the Saudi London-based paper Sharq al Awsat. Al Yamani says the al
Qaeda passed sentence of death against the editor because he not only met
President George W. Bush in the British capital last week but interviewed
him and appeared with the president in a joint photo.
