"Terror Attack Against the U.S. with 100,000 Deaths is Imminent"

From MEMRI: "Al-Qal'a (The Fortress) an Islamist Internet forum, posted the first of a two-part interview with a person who introduced himself as Abu Salma Al-Hijazi, one of the Al-Qa'ida commanders closest to Osama bin Laden. The interview was conducted in Iraq, south of Faluja. The article notes that Al-Hijazi was surrounded by five masked men carrying missiles as well as personal weapons."

Al-Hijazi says: "In regard to rumors about a large-scale attack against the U.S. during the month of Ramadan, Al-Hijazi said that 'a huge and very courageous strike' will take place and that the number of infidels expected to be killed in this attack, according to primary estimates, exceeds 100,000. He added that he 'anticipates, but will not swear, that the attack will happen during Ramadan.' He further stated that the attack will be carried out in a way that will 'amaze the world and turn Al-Qai'da into [an organization that] horrifies the world until the law of Allah is implemented, actually implemented, and not just in words, on His land... You wait and see that the balance of power between Al-Qai'da and its rivals will change, all of a sudden, Allah willing.'"

Note again the goal: to establish the law of Allah — the Sharia, administered by a government led by the restored caliph. "There is no doubt that the demise of America and its collapse will lead to the collapse of these fragile regimes that depend on it... We will not stop until we establish the Islamic Caliphate and until Allah's law is implemented in His land."

About the Riyadh bombing: "Allah facilitated breaking into the place and bombing the part in which mostly Americans stayed. As a result, praise Allah, at least 40 Americans were killed, as well as 27 Christians from Lebanon, and a group of citizens who were Muslim; also, at least 70 Americans were injured, as well as more than 30 citizens of other countries, most of them Christians from Lebanon."

This is a man who rejoices and praises his god for the murder of innocents. I trust that we will soon see a flood of statements from CAIR and other American Muslim advocacy groups dissociating their view of Allah from Al-Hijazi's. (Thanks to Kat.)

Meanwhile, what is being done to meet this threat? "A United Nations diplomat has slammed U.N. sanctions against al Qaeda and the ousted Taliban as inadequate, blaming member countries for failing to cooperate. Less than half of all member states were supplying the required information on al Qaeda and related terror-linked data to a special U.N. committee, said Heraldo Munoz, the Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations and the chairman of an al Qaeada sanctions committee." So says CNN. (Thanks to Free Speech.)

Posted by Robert at November 13, 2003 6:13 PM
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