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Al-Qaida calls for jihad terror attacks on oil tankers, total destruction of Israel — and McDonald’s boycott

Oct 20, 2014 2:40 pm By Robert Spencer

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“Al-Qaida Magazine Resurgence Calls for Terrorist Attacks on Oil Tankers and McDonald’s Boycott,” by Umberto Bacchi, International Business Times, October 20, 2014:

Al-Qaida has urged jihadist militants across the world to attack economically sensitive Western targets, such as oil tankers and pipelines, in the first issue of its new English-language online magazine, Resurgence.

In the cover story, titled Besiege Them, the extremist group, once led by Osama bin Laden, lays out its new strategy against the US, Israel and their Western allies.

The article’s author, al-Qaida spokesman Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a US national from California, says mujahideen should aim to “paralyse international trade for the enemy states or at the very east increase its costs, by targeting their cargo ships and merchant marines”.

“Any of their ships are legitimate targets,” the article reads.

Gadahn also urges jihadists to sabotage Western-run oil wells and mines in Muslim countries and “destroying pipelines before oil reaches the coast”.

He also calls for a boycott of American and Jewish businesses as well as of companies he describes as “symbols of the rampant crusaders globalisation” such as Wal-Mart, McDonald’s and Microsoft.

Banks and the financial markets are also listed as enemies of the Islamists that should avoid using them and resort to ancient transaction methods instead, reinstating gold and silver as “standard mediums of exchange”.

The piece also calls for Israel to be “erased from the map”, maintaining a two-state solution is an “unacceptable” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and claims the new attacks are in retaliation against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.

In another article titled On Targeting The Achilles Heel Of Western Economies, the magazine details suggested locations for launching sea raids against oil tankers, such as the Strait of Hormuz linking the Gulf to the Indian Ocean.

“Simultaneous attack on western shipping or western oil tankers… would bring international shipping to a halt and create a crisis in the energy market,” the article reads.

“Western workers working in oil companies in the Muslim world may be targeted,” it adds….

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  1. John C. Barile says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    That Gadahn boy has a good idea there, returning to gold and silver as “standard mediums of exchange.” I’ll be sure to have enough gold dirhams for those demeaning jizya payments, with a little set aside for ransoms and manumission of my captive and enslaved friends and neighbors. /sarc

    • Mr Singh says

      Oct 21, 2014 at 7:36 am

      McDonald’s in Australia only sells halal beef and chicken even they don’t label it halal. It took me like ten emails to get them to finally admit it, and even then they tried to use weasel words to not make it sound bad…

  2. CogitoErgoSum says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    He wants to shut down international shipping? Yes, it might create an energy crisis but it might also create a food crisis as well. How does the Middle East get the wheat, barley, rice, fruit, vegetables and other agricultural commodities which have become necessities for feeding a growing population and keeping people healthy? I would think finding substitutes for oil would be much easier than finding substitutes for food. But okay, why don’t we give it a try and find out?

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 4:03 pm

      And don’t forget who invented the historically significant technique of drip irrigation, which makes agriculture feasible on otherwise worthless desert land. Who *did* come up with that? I’m struggling to remember but as I recall the first letter of that group’s name is J…

    • gp says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 10:15 pm

      Shutting down shipping lanes, really? Germany tried this during WWII with their U Boat Wolf Packs, if anything it hardened the resolve of the British people and further unified nations against a common threat.

      And McDonalds? The only thing muslims may want to boycott is the McRib. Afterall, the dollar menu is great for large families and perfect for jihadis who are on the dole. Just sayin.

    • Kyra says

      Oct 21, 2014 at 9:09 pm

      You got my vote on that.

  3. jOHN SPIELMAN says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    WHAT? McDonald’s Nooooo! I like their Angus beef Burgers!
    Perhaps the brave ISIS are mad that the McDonald’s “Happy Meals” didn’t make them happy!

    • Lex Loathar says

      Oct 21, 2014 at 5:10 pm

      Well, at least they are still buying Swansons’ Hungry Nomad frozen TV dinners.

  4. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    … symbols of the rampant crusaders globalisation…

    It’s always tough to identify hypocrisy among the Jihadis, but isn’t the very cause of turncoat Adam Yahiye Gadahn *Islamic* globalization? Or, maybe al Qaeda isn’t for the New Caliphate, while the New Caliphate is for the New Caliphate, and have naked global ambitions for the New Caliphate.

    ***

    If they succeed in crippling Western industrial economies, who’s gonna feed the Moslems? They ain’t too good at putting food on the table. The words “Moslem” and “aid” are put into the same sentence everywhere ya turn.

  5. Henry says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    As we have a President who doesn’t think it’s his job to defend American citizens, doesn’t support Israel, and won’t tell the truth about Islam and Jihad, I’d say we’re probably in for a rough time ahead.

  6. twostellas says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    Bwhahahaha, McDonald’s ?? Really? Man, oh man, between ISIS and the democrats lately the smell of desperation is mighty strong. Losers!

  7. tpellow says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    “The Islamic State vs. al Qaeda.
    Who’s winning the war to become the jihadi superpower?

    (Sept, 2014.)

    http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/02/islamic_state_vs_al_qaeda_next_jihadi_super_power

    • Oliver says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 6:52 pm

      IF they could kill each other– with heavy casualties ( fatal casualties, to be sure) on both sides.

      That would be good. No, make that, great.

  8. tpellow says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    Above ‘Foreign Policy’ article has restricted access.

    • UnEasyOne says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 5:14 pm

      How about summing it up for us? I’d personally appreciate it.

  9. UnEasyOne says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    He has the right idea, but WE should be doing it!

    With the sun, wind, tidal, geothermal and other resources we can become entirely independent of the Middle Eastern oil that is enslaving us within ten years. We can collapse the price of oil and stop paying out lifeblood to our enemies. And we can stop wasting so much blood and treasure on a bunch of goatherds.

    • Oliver says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 11:02 pm

      Un, the US has oil reserves larger then the Saudis.

      However, some is in Alaska, in a forsaken region, and another healthy portion is in Montana and that area, and then there is the Utah tar pits (I think that is the correct term) that (in Canada) is converted to/contains oil.

      And the eco freaks, EPA, Sierra Club, etc keep us from using more of this.

      North Dakota is an exception– they are producing oil and have a booming economy.

  10. chris says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    Hopefully the price of oil will be $1 a barrel in a couple of years so we can move on and up. Anyway what’s with the mcd’s stuff & islam? I saw a few muslims on facebook posting this snopes article from July, talking about human dna in the food. I actually forwarded it on to the authorities, UK FSA, H&S, copied the Daily Mail in. No answer at all, to be expected as it’s an obvious hoax as I explained in the email, it’s still grounds for legal action imo, but it’s understandable that it would be dismissed.

    http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/humanmeat.asp

  11. jewdog says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    He’s calling for the sabotage of Mideast oil, which is cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. That guy’s a dunce.

    • Oliver says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 6:57 pm

      He is from ( and probably still in) califorrnia.

      Probably living on welfare, in a $500,000 home; and a Muslim entertainment center.

      ( 2 sheep tethered to a post).

      But, the first part- from California, to me, explains a great deal.

      he is weird, wacked out and possibly on a trip ( with the hallucogens— and if so, perhaps he will imitate Superman and try to fly out of his 2nd story window).

  12. Wellington says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    And, once again, courtesy of ignormuses (e.g., the Western media) and deceivers (e.g., CAIR), these threats by al-Qaida have nothing to do with the noble, tolerant, wonderful religion of Islam. Ditto for threats by Boko Haram, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, the Muslim Brotherhood (“we seek the destruction of Western Civilization from within”), ISIS, et al.

    Yes, all these groups misunderstand the great and enlightened religion which is Islam. Hey, who could doubt it since John Kerry says so and let’s not forget as well, a la Barack Obama at the UN, that the future should not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. And then too, David Cameron has done some heavy lifting for the kissy-face, huggy-bear religion which is Islam. Can’t leave him out, now can we?

    Sick of this rot. Everyone of sense and knowledge should be. Clowns like Obama, Cameron and Kerry are currently leading the West and Islam is EXACTLY the totalitarian ideology Bertrand Russell described it as in his The Practice And Theory Of Bolshevism, which was published almost a century ago. Oh yeah, a perfect storm for malevolence and repression to succeed.

    Islam is wicked and the current crop of Western elites in the political realm, the media and academia are fools (and they’re well educated fools who are invariably the most destructive sub-group of fools). Not a good combination if one prizes things like liberty, equality under the law, women’s rights and, last but not necessarily the least, the truth. Fluid times, no doubt.

    • gp says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 10:42 pm

      The term “Religion of Peace” is nothing more than hopeful rhetoric, perhaps with some power of suggestion for moderate muslims for good measure.

      Read a warning from a former muslim, This nails it!

      We will fight the infidel to the death!

      -Meanwhile American laws will protect us
      -Democrats and leftists will support us
      -N.G.O.s will legitimize us
      -CAIR will incubate us
      -The ACLU will empower us
      -Western Universities will educate us
      -Mosques will shelter us
      -OPEC will finance us
      -Hollywood will love us
      -And the UN will cover our asses

      http://www.siotw.org/news_english.item.777/a-warning-from-a-former-muslim.html

  13. Elise says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    I hope they boycott McDonald’s because I can’t wait for the McRib pork sandwich and bacon on my burger.

    • Jerry says

      Oct 20, 2014 at 11:44 pm

      I am already boycotting McDonald’s, because last time I checked, in some parts of the world you cannot get the McRib pork sandwich and bacon on the burger because they have gone Halal already.

  14. Wtf? says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 7:38 pm

    If all Muslims boycott Microsoft does that mean they will all go to Apple? Does this moron not realise that most of the computing frameworks on the planet use Microsoft. Does this moron not realise that he will no longer be able to communicate with his fellow rag-heads? On currency I agree. Let them go back to their magic cave days with open sesame etc. cut them entirely out of the world system in every way and form. If they want to live in the 7th Century let them. Somehow I don’t think many of the hypocritical rag-heads will be lining up for dirt floors and goat meat every night of the week.
    This is typical of both AlQeda and IS losing considerable ground and being desperate enough to try to motivate others to do their bidding. The well of willing rag-heads is drying up and they are in trouble.
    Bring on solar cars and any other form of substitute power to dry these guys economically back to the tent days.

  15. EyeSurgeon says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 8:25 pm

    I don’t eat at McDonalds. Haven’t eaten there in years.

    Tonight I had a Big Mac meal, and an apple pie, just because.

  16. steakman says

    Oct 20, 2014 at 10:34 pm

    Seems toe that with fricking in the US and Oil Sands up here, we are more than self sufficient in petroleum products…as for industrial wind/solar…they run on subsidies – nothing else; IE our tax dollars.

    I’m all for cutting off the ME, to do so and be able to generate base load power…the only answer is Nuclear. having said that, the research should look at Thorium based nuke energy. In my opinion, that has the potential to not only provide all of our normal electrical needs, but also for the millions of electric cars that will one day be the mainstream. Save the oil for airplanes and ships.

    And to hell with the middle east…

  17. pumbar says

    Oct 21, 2014 at 12:20 am

    If McDonalds created a halal chicken McJihad burger that’d really annoy them. possibly with a large “sheikh” as an extra.

  18. Keith says

    Oct 21, 2014 at 6:45 am

    That should bring the price of McDonalds down as there is no longer any need to pay for Halal meat for their burgers and chicken sandwiches.

    May be they could boycott KFC Burger King and Subway too.

  19. R Davis says

    Oct 21, 2014 at 6:50 am

    McDonald’s does not make its money from selling cheap food .
    If McDonald’s relied on its food products to survive they would have closed their door at the very beginning.
    McDonald’s is … REAL ESTATE / PROPERTY INVESTMENT.
    McDonald’s buys property – PRIME REAL ESTATE – just look at some of the locations of the McDonald’s restaurants – millions of dollars worth of real estate.
    Down Town New York – how do you think they pay the mortgage on that piece of expensive land … certainly not by selling cheap, hamburgers.
    There are laws in many nations that do not allow foreign real estate investors to buy in.
    A way around those laws is to open a business.
    The business does not have to make any money – in fact it can run at a loss – it is the land / real estate / property that will earn for you.
    A very clever trick.

    • Jax Tolmen says

      Oct 21, 2014 at 7:14 am

      As someone previously privy to the financials behind McDonald’s “restaurants” I can say you are partially correct.
      The majority of McDonald’s profit does not come from the burgers, but from everything else they sell – particularly the drinks and fries.
      McDonald’s is one of the world’s largest single land owning entities (last time I checked it was the largest) – but as a rule, the company does not purchase land for the purpose of then selling it. They purchase prime real estate to put their stores in the best possible place to generate a long term profit. A successful store can make back its entire initial investment in under two years. Considering a mid range can generate in excess of $100,000 net revenue in a WEEK

  20. Judi says

    Oct 21, 2014 at 8:00 am

    Folks – let’s face it – we are at war!

  21. Mark says

    Oct 21, 2014 at 11:59 am

    Adam Gahdan aka Adam Pearlman. Is an ADL agent. He is a rabid Zionist born to jewish parents in California.
    Most if not all of these “scary” “Moslems” are invented, paid and published by Mossad and Zionist agencies.
    Just as the terrorist state called IsRaEl is funding and supporting IS (ISIL) from the Golan Heights (Haartz/JPost).
    This Pearlman character was outed in 2003-4. Duh!

  22. Rick Miracle says

    Oct 21, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    WOW ! These descriptions of Al Quida threat sound just like the New World Order’s action’s against WE THE PEOPLE in the USA and the World ! HUH?
    ———————————————
    They are undermining the USA economy, they are sky spraying us with chemicals every day! They are promoting satanic propaganda 24/7 in the USA , spending billions of homosexuality promotions and trying to eliminate Jesus and God from the good people of the world.
    —————————————-
    Was it NOT, the CIA that created the Al Quida group!
    Is it not the Zionist game plan to deceive, lie and steal everything from everyone they can who in not Jewish? Is this not true! Does it say that in their plan book, The Protocols if Zion! Didn’t the Rothschild’s make a deal with the UK, (England) called the Balfour Agreement, they financed the UK in the Germany WW1 war & they got the Palestine’s land! YIP! The truth hurts!
    ——————————————
    Funny thing, you can talk about Christians, hate the Muslims, talk about black people, Chinese, Japanese, gay people, short people, even Mexicans! BUT, you can talk about Jewish people in some countries ! That’s weird? WHY ?
    They do control much of the world , don’t they ? Or can you talk about that?
    —————————————-
    It’s not all Jewish folks , it’s the Zionist ones who worship Lucifer and practice the cabalah , magic & occultism ! They control Hollywood and even brag about it in some books! BUT, keep it quiet, YOU can talk about it! Is can be true they have the Protocols of Zion and are eliminating the Pal’s from their land, BUT YOU can’t talk about it ! We are supposed to ignore the elephant in the room !
    ————————————-
    Wasn’t it Israel folks who controlled the security of US airports during 911 ?
    Didn’t some Israel folks get arrested for videoing 911 and partying on roof top while the USA was being attacked ? Didn’t Israel Prime minister Sharon say to his congress, don’t worry about the USA, we control the USA!
    ===================
    I could go on here for weeks with more evidence ! BUT, we can’t talk about that!
    If Israel controls the USA, hence the CIA, and they created the Al Quida groups and most likely ISIS, and other paid to kill fighters with mask on their heads,
    and they control your newspapers & media & send their military folks to the USA to train your local cops to be swat combat troopers, then we can expect all the new in the press and media to be lies!
    ——————————–
    rick miracle, the truth seeker

    • don vito says

      Oct 22, 2014 at 3:20 am

      BBBBBBBBBBBWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Stop it man.HHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaa you’re hhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa………..hhhmmmm…..BBBBBBBBBWWWWWHHHHHHhhhhaaaaaa……..haha, you’re killing me! BBBBBBBHHHHHHHWWWWWAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa. Seriously, No Soup For You! LOLOLOLOLlolol.

  23. Sam Bacile says

    Oct 22, 2014 at 7:36 am

    I didn’t see where that punk kid from California soured on McDonalds. Maybe Mommy just wouldn’t take him anywhere else. Life is tough in Southern California.

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