Monday, November 17, 2008

Al Qaeda says order given for US attack "far bigger than 9/11"

DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report that US president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of state in Washington for the G20 conference over the weekend were briefed about a probable early al Qaeda attack.


Obama and his team have been advised that a new al Qaeda strike is highly probable in the United States or against a key US target in Europe, North Africa or the Middle East.


DEBKA-Net-Weekly 372 of Nov. 14 disclosed that al Qaeda's Yemen base, a reliable barometer for Osama bin Laden's schemes, issued a Directive to All Fighters in Arabia on Nov. 9 presaging major operation in the United States that will "change the political and economic world" and be "far bigger than 9/11."

The notice said "the operation is very near" and "precise instructions were in the hands of "the fighters, who are already on their way to America" armed with bin Laden's orders. The pretext offered for the attack is the rejection by the US and Europe of al Qaeda's four-year old truce offer whose original pre-condition was the withdrawal of their armies from Iraq andAfghanistan.


The day after the new president's election, al Qaeda issued a little-noticed statement declaring Barack Obama a murtad, i.e. an apostate whose betrayal of Islam is judged the most heinous. Believers have the duty to execute a murtad unlike other non-believers whose death sentence is optional.


Thursday night, Nov. 14, Central Intelligence Director Gen. Michael Hayden said: "Al Qaeda, operating from its safe haven in Pakistan's tribal areas, remains the most clear and present danger to the United States." He was addressing a Washington think-tank.


"Today, virtually every major terrorist threat that my agency is aware of has threads back to the tribal areas. Whether it is command and control, training, direction, money, capabilities, there is a connection to the FATA (Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.)"


Hayden also mentioned Yemen and Somalia as important al Qaeda theaters of operation.


In private, most heads of the intelligence agencies fighting al Qaeda admit that an attack on the United States or major American interest outside is only a matter of time.



9 comments:

Anonymous said...

AQ are constantly trying to commit attacks against the West. Remember the attempt to blow up 7-8 airliners over the Atlantic?

midnight rider said...

Given AQ's history I wouldn't take this too lightly (since Clinton's first election there have been AQ attacks shortly after a new POTUS is sworn in, starting with the first Towers attack). The transition period, as we've been told, is the most dangerous. Still, it is hard to tell when they're blowing smoke. As always, very little to go on. Prepare for the worst, pray for the best. To live in peace prepare for war. STAY VIGILANT.

Anonymous said...

Northeast Intelligence Network reports that the M15 has spotted AQ buying up ambulances and even fire engines on eBay. If OBL is serious this time it could be an attempt to pull off the "American Hiroshima". Let us hope our people know more about what they've been up to in this country than they've let on.

Anonymous said...

Woo-hoo! They gave Obambi the Murtad rating! I don't suppose any of the MSM outlets have mentioned that little detail. Come to think of it, I haven't seen or heard anything about this on "the news" to speak of. Back in the day, when the Soviets would threaten to dump the Tsar Bomba on us we'd at least get a couple air raid drills at school and a warning to stock up the shelter. Of course, now every Al Qaeda threat is treated as another attempt by BushHitler to justify his upcoming coup and seizure of power yada yada...

The Brits' concern, btw, is that AQ is buying those ambulances to hide bombs in. They've gone so far as to as eBay to suspend listing the stuff.

If anyone finds out that Boston is still on the American Hiroshima list, could you give me a heads up?

Michael Travis said...

Boston remains on the list.

They don't need ambulances...I am sorry to say that Hagmann's heart condition has accelerated his dementia.

Think freighters. Iran has demonstrated their capability to launch Scud missiles from freighters on the Caspian Sea.

I hope the prevailing winds won't send the fallout to Billerica.

Peace.

Mother Effingby said...

Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State should prove quite interesting, indeed. We are in for some interesting times. My brother says, the first state to secede from the Union, he's moving there. If I were a gambler, I don't know if I would make money or lose it with all the wild predictions coming from the right side.

Anonymous said...

I wish AQ the best of luck in assassinating Buraq Hussein Obama for being a murtad. That will be the point of no return at which we name the enemy and take off the gloves to fight the real war. Looking forward to it.

Pastorius said...

How's that for finding a silver lining in any cloud, huh?

Anonymous said...

They would probably find a way to blame it on Bush.

Michael, are you really in Billerica? That makes us at least two awake people in Massachusetts, one on each side of Rte. 128. Btw, what is the deal with the halal market on 3A?

Apparently the Brits were concerned that the AQs would use the eBay'd emergency vehicles as car bombs. I agree about the freighters. A year or two ago someone came up with a scenario where a half dozen or so small vessels cross the Atlantic and Pacific, lauch missles, scuttle the boats, rubber-launch it off to waiting freighters and morph into crew via prepackaged false ID documents. However, the impression I get from Williams and others is that OBL's plan involves material that has already been smuggled into this country.

Haven't seen really anything on this new AQ plot in the MSM. But apparently Obambi said on "60 Minutes" last night that stamping out al Qaeda and capturing or killing OBL are "top priority" and he is focusing on getting his "national security team" in place because terrorists are apt to strike during transitions.

So now that the Osamassiah and the Obamassiah have spit in each other's eye, I suppose we just wait to see who throws the first punch.