In order to target the West more efficiently.
"Al-Qaeda seeks to expand its operations," by Stephen Fidler and Roula Khalaf in the Financial Times, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
Al-Qaeda is reaching out from its base in Pakistan to turn militant Islamist groups in the Middle East and Africa into franchises charged with intensifying attacks on western targets, according to European officials and terrorism specialists.The development could see radical groups use al-Qaeda expertise to switch their attention from local targets to western interests in their countries and abroad. “For al-Qaeda, this is a force multiplier,” said a British official who follows terrorism.
One of the first signs of the development was an announcement on September 11 last year by Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s number two, of a “merger” between al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and Algeria’s Salafist Group for Call and Combat, known by its French initials, GSPC.
Western officials expect to see a similar merger between al-Qaeda and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a mainly exiled organisation devoted until now to the overthrow of Muammer Gadaffi, the Libyan leader.
They say there are signs that similar moves are under way in Lebanon, Syria and East Africa and that there is an effort to unite militant groups across north Africa.
The Algerian “merger” was followed by a series of attacks, culminating in two suicide bombings last week that killed 33 and wounded 220. It is too early to say whether last week’s attacks were influenced by al-Qaeda central, officials said. The targeting – including of the prime minister’s residence – was ambitious but traditional for the GSPC, analysts said. However, before these latest attacks, Algeria had suffered only one suicide bomb.
Ultimately, these Islamic jihadists are their own worse enemies.
Terror might work for a time, but ultimately,
people don't like to be blown up.
It is not a good way to make friends and is nowhere to be seen in "How to Win Friends and Influence People".
http://www.westegg.com/unmaintained/carnegie/win-friends.html
In the end people will fight back.
Truth is recognized deep inside every one of us.
The truth of the beauty of God, reflected in his creation, in everything around us.
God is love.
Hatred is a lie, fathered by Satan.
A lot of people, especially the relatives of those being blown up by these idiots, will be highly motivated to see the perpetrators of these atrocities dead.
(Franchise Papers)
The AL-QAEDA Brand? Is it for you?
Here are the advantages for going with a genuine Al-Qaeda Franchise:
1) You "hit the ground running" with our guaranteed methods for "terrorizing the infidels" (Koranically-based and time-tested).
2) Our global network of Jihadi websites, video and CD production facilities (based in consumer-friendly Pakistan) are more than adequate to get out the "word" (or latest beheading tape) to the Ummah.
3) Our founder, Osama, only demands 30% royalties for use of his name, image and utterances
Consider it today!
(Cheaper than McInfidels!)
This is the manifestation of policy which has been advocated on this site in Iraq is a tar baby and America must pull out.
bin Laden stated all of this in his plans. Draw America in. Make America leave and then expand the war back into the host nations of the west.
With Iraq being wound down now according to public demand, all of these terrorists are staying home. That means not just cells in the Middle East, but a hundred such cells sprouting up.
It will mean more Cho's acting out alone in choosing the winning Muslim side to punish Americans.
This is the policy which people have advocated and the results which will follow. bin Laden fully intends to bring the Jihad inside America.
His stated plan is to murder tens of millions of Americans, (a majority of children for tit for tat Muslim children he states were killed) and to do it with nuclear bombs in several United States cities at once with enough in reserve to keep the torture alive and brutal.
Since this policy was advocated here and by Democrats not to follow Bush policy in keeping the war in Iraq where it was manageable, there are a few points which are going to come to fact.
Oil supply will be cut off to the extent it will be rationed.
Once a nuclear bomb or bombs go off international trade will stop. That means a worldwide depression and Americans finding out what really hard times are going to be.
The dollar will not be the oil dollar of exchange, so our debt will implode and no one will fund it for us.
and a final future, what do you think millions of people will do in large cities????? They will flee to rural states where most of the people posting live.
Just consider 1 million New Jersey, Boston and Maryland people invading your state. The resources in water, grocery stores and supply will break in 3 days.
This is going to happen across the entire United States and what went on in minature from Katrina and the thugs of New Orleans raping, murdering and crime will be showing up in mass as thugs just take what you have.
This is why the Bush policy was correct and why I deemed Iraq worth all effort, because I examined the outcome. I have not even touched on the worst of it in America at this point will have Russian and Mexican immigrant gangs exploding in anarchy which will open the door for the real Russian to move on Europe and once they are dispatched to strangle America off as a people as the Putin Bolshevik Manifesto mandates.
The Islamocommunists are the proxy of Russia and China. They implemented all of this in doctrine and Americans in the majority are reacting just like a Tavistock plan. We are all about to suffer now and those arrogant souls who brought this on all of us who have ignored the warnings posted here will probably blame Bush, but this is policy set by the majority of Americans.
This is the third story already this week of expanded terror operations outside of Iraq as was predicted would happen weeks ago.
It is coming now and will not stop just like there was no stopping 9 11. God help His children.
This is old news.
Many groups in the US are paying their "franchise fees" by criminal enterprises as we see by what little the news admits to.
It's also arranged in a heirarchical command structure much the same way one would see in a multi-level marketing scheme (as if any of them aren't)...only they're not called levels...they're called multi-level proxies.
Like I said...old news.
Is this anything like opening a Mac Donalds?
Sort of...except at McDonalds, the burgers and fries don't blow up the customer with a suicide bomb against their will because they won't bow before the almighty ronald mcdonald.