Summary: a Look at al-Qaida (most post 9/11)

[maddezmom]

look at the top attacks believed to have been carried out or supported by Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s al-Qaida terror network and the status of the hunt for the top suspects.



_ MADRID, March 11, 2004: Backpack bomb attacks on four commuter trains kills 191 people and injures more than 1,600. Spanish government has not publicly pinpointed a mastermind. Seven suspects blow themselves up to avoid arrest. An Egyptian arrested in Italy claims to have been behind the attack.


_ TURKEY, Nov. 15-20 2003: Four trucks packed with explosives detonate at a London-based bank, the British consulate and two synagogues in Istanbul, killing some 60 people and wounding hundreds. Sixty-nine people arrested and facing trial. Suspected masterminds Gurcan Bac and Habib Akdas evade capture. Akdas may have been killed in a U.S. bombing raid in Iraq (news - web sites), where he had joined militants.


_ SAUDI ARABIA, Nov. 8, 2003: Suicide car bomb kills 17 people and wounds 122 at a compound for foreign workers in Riyadh. Saudis arrest or kill 15 of 26 wanted militants for attacks including the car bombing.


_ INDONESIA, Aug. 5, 2003: Suicide bombing kills 12 people and injures 150 at the J.W. Marriott hotel in Jakarta. Authorities blame Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian group linked to al-Qaida. Oct. 12, 2002, attack kills 202 people on the Indonesian island of Bali. Authorities also blame Jemaah Islamiyah. Key Jemaah Islamiyah operations chief arrested in Thailand, but other top leaders still at large.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=2&u=/ap/20041119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/hunting_al_qaida_glance

[Dr Ron]

1. George Bush: Top Recruiter

Thanks to George Bush, the number of al Qaeda operatives is estimated to have tripled. His actions allow al Qaeda to recruit terrorists far faster than Bush can kill them.

[ilovenicepeople]

2. Is it true,

that al-Qaida was never mentioned before 911?And that it took 2 days to mention Bin Laden(who was main culprit within an hour)and al-Qaida in the same sentence?

[Old and In the Way]

3. True.

Actually AQ mentioned once in an official text I think. Supposedly, there was a major Bush administration speech to be given, I think around 9/13 that was to address our #1 threat: Space based missles and the need for that defense shield.

But, even more interesting is what this administration did after taking power in the 2000 selection:

(1) Took US tactical subs tasked with launching missles against OBL/AQ camps off station in the Persian Gulf.
(2) Took down the surveillance drones that were looking for OBL.
(3) Shitcanned the Hart-Rudman report on domestic security recommednations to address terrorist attacks.
(4) Disregarded all warnings about pending attacks from multiple sources during the Summer of 2001.

And 50% of the American people still reward this guy even with the criminal incompetence that occurred on 9/11.....

[Just Me]

4. In the last ten years, there have been 23X more domestic incidents

of terrorism (eg Americans terrorizing Americans) than terrorist incidents by those outside our country (and that is assuming that the events of and surrounding 9/11 was NOT domestic). All events recorded immediately after 9/11 (ie anthrax, shooter spree, bomb threats) were of DOMESTIC variety.

Be wise and recognize the danger/enemy within. In other words, know thyself and cling onto REAL friends.