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 Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:47 am Post subject: al-Qaida escapee urges revenge attacks over cartoons |
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In video, al-Libi exhorts Muslims to attack Europe as revenge for cartoons
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Updated: 4:14 a.m. ET May 12, 2006
DUBAI - A man believed to be a top al-Qaida militant who escaped from a U.S. airbase in Afghanistan urged Muslims in an Internet video to launch attacks in Europe as revenge for cartoons that lampooned the Prophet Muhammad.
A Web site often used by militants posted a video from a man identified as Abu Yahya al-Libi in which he called for Muslims to �send rivers of blood� down the streets of Denmark, Norway and France for publishing the cartoons that caused a global furor earlier this year.
Abu Yahya al-Libi is believed to be the alias of Libyan Mohammad Hassan who along with three other al-Qaida militants broke out of the Bagram Air Base last year.
Analysts say he is an influential militant preacher, better known for recruiting fighters than for actual combat.
�Believers, don�t let your prophet down and don�t let our response to this grave insult just be protests and forums,� said the man in the video which was dated February and posted on the Internet early on Friday.
�Denmark, Norway and France, you enemies of Islam, you have committed a grave offence against God and his prophet,� he said.
�Muslims, let�s not be slack about this ... hone your swords and shake the ground beneath their feet so they can feel our pain, let�s send rivers of blood down their streets.�
The authenticity of the tape could not be verified.
In an audiotape aired in April, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for people who ridiculed the prophet to be killed.
Anger over the cartoons, which a Danish newspaper first published last year, outraged Muslims who consider drawings of the prophet to be blasphemous.
The caricatures, which were reprinted in several Arab and European newspapers, sparked violent protests in which more than 50 people were killed.
Denmark�s government has refused to apologize for the cartoons, citing freedom of speech.
In the 34-minute video tape, Libi said Muslims were not looking for an apology.
�We don�t want an apology, we want to break their pride and to oppress them. You must fight them,� said the man, who was sitting at a desk in what appeared to be a library of Islamic books with a rifle placed before him.
The four al-Qaida escapees are still at large despite a massive manhunt. In February, the same Web site posted a video tape purportedly from one of the fugitive militants in which he vowed to fight Americans in Iraq and the United States.
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What is the point of this post?
There is a myth that the anti war movement proliferates around that if the US would just leave the mideast then Al Qaeda would not be fighting .
This is false. Al Qaeda fights for the Caliphate and more. You can not appease Al Qaeda away. It is not an defensive movement - it is an offensive movement.
If your nation has a policy or diplomatic relations with someone they don't like then your nation will be a target.
You can not appease Al Qaeda away. |
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