atw: Re: FW: Publishers Face Prison For Editing Articles from Iran, Iraq, Sudan,Libya or Cuba

  • From: "George Mena" <George.Mena@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:44:41 -0800

I don't think we'll see *that* up here -- we're still after bin Laden, =
along with Pakistan, which has been rather helpful -- but I am more than =
willing to say that includng copy editing as a service to countries =
decidedly hostile to the USA is a bit much.

And there's always the reality that a Castro and a Khameini won't live =
forever. In the meantime, though, there's at least one report from =
http://www.debka.com that says al-Qaeda is building a European-based =
army of terrorists.

Here's the first few lead graphs from and link to that story, which was =
posted on 25 February 2004: http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=3D794

First graph:
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Warnings of al Qaeda's continuing threat came Tuesday, February 24, from =
Washington and London as well as one of its top leaders. Addressing the =
Senate intelligence committee, CIA director George Tenet spoke of the =
spread of al Qaeda's radical agenda to local groups who now threaten the =
United States and are capable of 9/11 scale attacks.=20

Fifth graph:
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Even more disquietingly, al Qaeda is discovered to be recruiting =
manpower in Europe at a brisk pace in a push into the continent =
personally advocated by Osama bin Laden. The Saudi-born terrorist has =
thus gained the upper hand in a debate within his organization's top =
leadership over its next focal arena. Bin Laden urged fostering the war =
on the "far enemy" (Europe) as against concentrating the movement's fury =
on the "near enemy" (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Asia).

Seventh, eighth and ninth graphs:
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According to French counter-intelligence, al Qaeda has recruited in =
France alone between 35,000 and 45,000 men and is organizing them into =
military-style units. They meet regularly for training in the use of =
weapons and explosives, combat tactics and indoctrination and are =
controlled from local and district command centers under the =
organization's national French command.=20

In Germany, Al Qaeda has recruited 25,000 to 30,000 men. The British =
domestic intelligence agency MI5 estimates 10,000 faithful have joined =
up in Britain, providing Blunkett with more than ample cause for =
concern.=20

Al Qaeda is a lot less active in Italy where counter-terrorist agencies =
hunt its cells to earth relentlessly. Moreover, al Qaeda does not need =
an important foothold in Italy because it already maintains a thriving =
presence next door in the Balkan countries of Albania, Kosovo and =
Macedonia, from which weapons, money and false documents are easily =
secreted to its European bases.=20
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Eleventh graph:
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The new campaign is styled "the white recruitment drive" or "coffee shop =
conscription". Operational cells and recruiting agents patronize =
ordinary cafes on the high streets of Europe's major cities where they =
blend into the crowds. The new conscripts defy identification by =
European intelligence services because their Islamic lives are lived =
completely underground. There is therefore no way of finding their =
addresses telephone numbers. Unit-level meetings or training sessions, =
attended by 30 or 40 men, may take place under cover of social activity =
such as a holiday camp in a remote part of Europe. Tracking them down is =
getting harder as bin Laden's new Euro army expands at the rate of tens =
of thousands and when "white" recruits may already form some 25 percent =
of the total.

Is this true? I have no corroborating evidence -- yet.

But the fact that *someone* came up with numbers that put this initial =
terrorist army strength at a range from 70,000 to 85,000 -- as a minimum =
baseline is scary as hell to me.

Later,=20

George

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonn Mero [mailto:jmero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:30 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: FW: Publishers Face Prison For Editing Articles from
Iran, Iraq, Sudan,Libya or Cuba


Ah, just give the texas moron another 4 years, and you'll get a taste of
a terrorist regime in full bloom!=20
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