Al Qaeda Establishing Base in Gaza

[ECH1969]

Experts Blame Iraq Invasion, Israeli Pullout

WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda operatives are establishing a base in Gaza for launching attacks against Israel and neighboring pro-American Arab regimes, current and former Israeli security officials say.

Israel has become a more attractive target for Al Qaeda with the growing influence of the organization's leader in Iraq, Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, who places a higher priority than Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden did on attacking Israeli and Jewish targets, as the Forward first reported last year.

"Zarqawi has been saying for some time that after the battle in Iraq is won, the next phase will be the liberation of the Al Aqsa," the mosque in Jerusalem that is Islam's third holiest site, said Yoram Kahati, a former Israeli intelligence officer.

"The battle for Palestine, as Zarqawi sees it, is the ultimate one," said Kahati, now a research fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism of the Israel Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

http://www.forward.com/articles/7081

[stop the bleeding]

1. just so they can do this....

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq said it had launched missiles at Israel from Lebanon as part of a "new attack" on the Jewish state, a statement posted on the Web said on Thursday.

"The lion sons of al Qaeda launched ... a new attack on the Jewish state by launching 10 missiles ... from the Muslims' lands in Lebanon on selected targets in the north of the Jewish state," said the statement, attributed to al Qaeda and posted on an Islamist Web site.

It appeared to be the first claim of responsibility from al Qaeda for an attack on Israel from Lebanon. The statement could not be authenticated, but was posted on a main Web site frequently used by Iraqi insurgent groups.

The statement did not give the date of the attack.

more here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/ts_nm/israel_qaeda_dc;_ylt=AosL4_7vwIzrYFIIVyliaRWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

[still_one]

2. if this is accurate, then thank-you bush and PNAC

you have destabilized the middle east by invading Iraq, and started to unite moderate Muslims to go over to the dark side, i.e., al queada and other terrorists groups

[HuffleClaw]

3. *cough cough* bullshit *cough*

suuuuuure. propaganda. complete crap.

[ECH1969]

5. This isn't a pro-Bush thing

Some people can't seem to tell a story that makes Bush look bad when it hits them in the face. This as they said in the article shows the Iraq invasion that empowered al-Qaeda has made the world less safe.

[stop the bleeding]

8. I think they are being sarcastic

I have been following this poster's posts and they seem to be saying that everytime a headline like this pops up it will give more fuel to fire of "we must fight the terrorists over there" type of reaction from the sheeple. But yes I see we are saying that the Middle East is going to Hell in Hand Basket and it is happening right before our very own eyes in real time.

Say a prayer and light a candle tonight.

[sam sarrha]

4. i bet Israel is PISSED AT BU$H..!! will they do a revenge hit on him for

messing up their world..!!??:nopity:

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

6. The whole neo-con movement has a lot of ties to Zionism

Part of the reason for removing Saddam was to make the Middle East safer for Israel.

Pretty ironic results.

[Coastie for Truth]

11. The NeoCon/PNAC Movement Has A Heck of a Lot More Ties to Big Oil

which is as free of Jews as the WaffenSS.

The motivation was oil - OIL -OIL- OIL. PERIOD

I have been in the "petroleum industry" as a government safety and environmental regulator, and in the alternative, renewable, and green energy industry as a working engineer, a manager, an executive, a licensing executive, and an entrepreneur for over 30+ years of a 40+ year career. And the industry stinks as bad as it is portrayed in Syriana

[Bloodblister Bob]

7. Home base in D.C. approves. nt

[cantstandbush]

9. All Bush has succeeded in doing with his war on terrorism has been to

spread Al-qaeda bases across the glove. (I still don't understand why this was moved from the original forum. This is major news about the war on terrorism, not just I/P).

[sabbat hunter]

10. anything involving

israel and palestine will get moved here as a general rule as per the guidelines.

[ECH1969]

12. Then why hasn't the thread in LBN

about al-Qaeda hitting Israel with Rockets been moved here?

[Wordie]

13. Actually, the rules say those issues with wider relevance may stay in LBN.

I think the criteria used is to what degree the topic is about US issues. It is at the mods discretion.