Al-Qaida plans 'great event' in new year
Bin Laden reportedly to speak on tape broadcast by al-Jazeera
Posted: December 11, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Osama bin Laden's terrorist network al-Qaida is planning "a great event that
will shake the region" to coincide with the Muslim festival Eid Al-Adha on Feb.
2, according to a London-based Arabic daily.
Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported an information coordinator for a group associated
with al-Qaida, the Sahab Institute, said a new videotape of bin Laden will be
circulated shortly before the holiday, said the Washington, D.C.-based Middle
East Media Institute, or MEMRI.
The coordinator, identified by the nickname "Abi Osama," or Osama's father, was
asked in an interview with the Internet site Al-Anbaa if he was in possession
of a pre-taped videotape of bin Laden, but stated only: "When the event occurs
it will be broadcast by al-Jazeera television."
An agreement with al-Jazeera requires the network to broadcast any videotape
the Sahab Institute provides about al-Qaida, the coordinator said.
The Institute would sever its relationship with al-Jazeera if it refused to
broadcast a videotape, he added.
"We duplicate and edit the videotapes of the organization in special ways, and
then send them to news channels, including al-Jazeera, in response to orders
issued to us," the coordinator said.
Eid al-Adha, one of the two major Muslim holidays, takes place during the final
month of the Islamic calendar when millions of Muslims from around the world
make an annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin reported this week al-Qaida plotted to detonate a
dirty nuke bomb floated into London on one of its armada of mystery ships, but
the plan was foiled by security forces, according to an official.
As WorldNetDaily reported, al-Qaida terrorists have developed a crude device
designed to spread deadly cyanide gas through the ventilation systems of
crowded indoor facilities such as subways, according to a closely held security
directive issued to law enforcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
and obtained exclusively by WND.
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