Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1734-1000246133-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:01:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 27897 invoked by uid 510); 11 Sep 2001 22:09:12 -0000 Received: from n27.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.77) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 11 Sep 2001 22:09:12 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1734-1000246133-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by fh.egroups.com with NNFMP; 11 Sep 2001 22:08:54 -0000 X-Sender: m1@maglan-lab.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 11 Sep 2001 22:08:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 58783 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2001 21:54:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2001 21:54:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frigg.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.16) by mta2 with SMTP; 11 Sep 2001 21:54:23 -0000 Received: from foo ([192.116.242.234]) by frigg.inter.net.il (Mirapoint) with SMTP id AXR45703; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 00:45:02 +0300 (IDT) Message-ID: <015b01c13b13$8fc5b200$eaf274c0@foo> To: <iwar@yahoogroups.com> References: <200109111944.MAA22070@big.all.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 From: "MAGLAN 1" <m1@maglan-lab.com> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 00:46:12 +0200 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [iwar] Various terrorist groups rush to deny responsibility Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Japan's Red Army Claims Responsibility for Attacks on US : In a phone call to Al Jazeera satellite channel's office in Amman, a caller who was "speaking Arabic with an accent" claimed the responsibility of the Japanese Red Army for the series of terrorist attacks on US vital buildings. The communist group said that the attacks came in retaliation for US atomic bombs that killed thousands of Japanese in the World War II in Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Albawaba.com (http://www.albawaba.com/headlines/TheNews.php3?action=story&sid=180195&lang =e&dir=news). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Cohen" <fc@all.net> To: "Information Warfare Mailing List" <iwar@onelist.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:44 PM Subject: [iwar] Various terrorist groups rush to deny responsibility > It looks like, dispite early reports that the RFLP claimed to be > responsible for today's attacks, group after group has disclaimed > responsibility. > > In the meanwhile... > > Bin Laden warned US 3 weeks ago > by Sam Kiley in Tel Aviv > > The world's most wanted terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is the chief > suspect in the attack on the World Trade Center today. > > Bin Laden is the multi-billionaire head of an international terror > network dedicated to the destruction of the "twin evils" of American > influence and capitalism worldwide. > > An Arab journalist with access to Bin Laden said today that the > terrorist leader warned three weeks ago that he and his followers would > carry out an unprecedented attack on US interests for its support of > Israel. > > Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the Londonbased al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, > said Islamic extremists led by Bin Laden were "almost certainly" behind > the attack on the World Trade Center. > > He said: "Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he would attack > American interests in an unprecedented attack, a very big one. > > "Personally we received information that he planned very, very big > attacks against American interests. We received several warnings like > this. > > He added: "We did not take it so seriously, preferring to see what would > happen before reporting it." > > Doctor Magnus Ranstorp, deputy director of the Centre for the Study of > Terrorism and Political violence at St Andrews University in Scotland, > also believes that Bin Laden followers are behind the attack. > > He said: "Only his people, the Al Qaeda, could carry out such a > sophisticated, military operation in terms of timing and targeting. > Only they have the manpower and mental strength to go through with this, > and at least three teams were involved. > > "This attack bears the hallmark of the group. They would have planned > it for at least six months, masterminding a detailed plan to overcome > security. > > "Only they would have the logistical requirements to gain access to > aircraft and the capability." > > Chris Yates, an aviation expert at Jane's Transport in London, said: > "This is perhaps the most audacious terrorist attack that's ever taken > place in the world. > > > "It takes a logistics operation from the terror group involved that is > second to none. Only a very small handful of terror groups is on that > list . . . I would name at the top of the list Osama bin Laden." > > Bin Laden's group Al Qaeda is also affiliated with Islamic Jihad groups. > Its stated aim is to be "dedicated to opposing non-Islamic governments > with force and violence". > > It had been reported earlier in the day that the Palestinian group the > Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed > responsibility for the attack. But the DFLP, led by Nayes Hawatwe, has > been the least effective of Palestinian militant groups in organising > attacks, either on Israeli military personnel or in organising the > bombing of civilian targets. > > Bin Laden, a Saudi Arabian dissident believed by western intelligence > agencies to be based in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban, > has by far the greatest reach in world terrorism. In the past year > several of his followers have been arrested inside America and crossing > from Canada with bomb-making equipment. > > In Jordan, Israel's eastern neighbour, two Bin Laden cells were broken > up by intelligence agents, and several militants were arrested who > allegedly confessed to planning major attacks on Israeli and Palestinian > targets at the millennium. > > But today the Afghan Taliban said that Bin Laden could not have been > responsible for the attack. Spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen said: "What > happened in the United States was not a job of ordinary people. It > could have been the work of governments. Osama bin Laden cannot do this > work, neither us . . . we are not supporting terrorism. We condemn > this.n > > Since the eruption of the intifada and the collapse of the Middle East > peace process Islamic groups have boasted that their numbers have been > rapidly swollen by volunteers from all over the world. > > The next most effective anti-Israeli guerrilla force to Bin Laden must > be Hezbollah (the Party of God), based in south Lebanon. While > > Bin Laden buys his equipment and trains his terrorists all over the > world, the Hezbollah gets direct support from Syria and Iran. > > Both of these countries have tried to give the impression that they are > reforming and doing away with violent anti-American rhetoric. But both > remain committed to the destruction of the state of Israel and what they > call Islamic and Arab solidarity against "the Zionist entity". > > Hezbollah guerrillas forced Israel to withdraw from a "security zone" in > south Lebanon 14 months ago and have threatened northern Israel with > rocket attacks in support of the Palestinians. > > The intelligence source said that Hamas (the Islamic resistance), > Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine > General Command have all been working "in co-ordination in their attacks > on Israeli targets" in Israel and Palestinian areas. > > Israeli politicians and intelligence chiefs also say that Yasser Arafat > lurks in the background to attacks on Israel. However, none have > suggested that he would support an act of terror on American soil. > > > ------------------ > http://all.net/ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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