Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2847-1002736361-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); Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:54:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 23088 invoked by uid 510); 10 Oct 2001 17:52:34 -0000 Received: from n27.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.77) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 10 Oct 2001 17:52:34 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2847-1002736361-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by n27.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Oct 2001 17:52:41 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyer28@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 10 Oct 2001 17:52:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 92879 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2001 17:52:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 10 Oct 2001 17:52:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web14501.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.224.64) by mta2 with SMTP; 10 Oct 2001 17:52:40 -0000 Message-ID: <20011010175240.52984.qmail@web14501.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.78.120.66] by web14501.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:40 PDT To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <72222DC86846D411ABD300A0C9EB08A1079C2FAE@csoc-mail-box.csoconline.com> From: "e.r." <fastflyer28@yahoo.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, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:40 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [iwar] [fc:Islamic.group.says.Blair."legitimate.target"] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree. I dont think they ever saw the movie "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH". --- "Leo, Ross" <Ross.Leo@csoconline.com> wrote: > It seems to me that some folks have not heard the old saying "When > digging a > hole, and you find you have dug too deep, you must first stop > digging." > These guys must have an endless supply of shovels, but no depth > perception. > > Ross A. Leo > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cohen [mailto:fc@all.net] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 10:59 > To: iwar@onelist.com > Subject: [iwar] [fc:Islamic.group.says.Blair."legitimate.target"] > > > Islamic group says Blair "legitimate target" > > DUBAI (Reuters) - A radical Islamic group says Prime Minister Tony > Blair has > become a "legitimate target" for Muslims since Britain joined > U.S.-led > strikes on Afghanistan. > > Abdel-Rahman Saleem, spokesman for Islamic group al-Muhajiroun (the > immigrants), was speaking on Wednesday to the London-based Asharq > al-Awsat > newspaper from Lahore, Pakistan. The group describes itself as "the > voice, > the eyes, the ears of Muslims". > > "Now, and after the British and American allies and probably the > French have > embarked on bombarding in Afghanistan, military installations and 10 > Downing > Street have become legitimate targets," Saleem was quoted as saying. > > "He (Blair) has also become a legitimate target...This means that if > any > Muslim wanted to kill him or to get rid of him, I would not shed any > tears," > Saleem added. > > His comments were reported as Blair started a visit to the Arabian > Peninsula > country of Oman, to meet British troops on exercises in the desert > and shore > up support for the U.S-led "war on terrorism", launched over the > September > 11 suicide attacks on the United States. > > U.S. and British forces have been pounding targets in Afghanistan, > where the > prime suspect in the attacks, Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, > is > hiding. > > The U.S.-led strikes have sparked protests in some Muslim countries, > where > the action is seen as a war against Islam. > > Ashaq al-Awsat also quoted Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, the > London-based > leader of Muhajiroun, as saying that under Islamic law, Blair was a > legitimate target for Muslims living in Islamic states. > > But Bakri stressed Muslims living in the West, including in Britain, > were > not in a state of war with anyone and were thus required to honour > the laws > of the countries they live in. > > "From an Islamic legal point of view, if Blair entered a Muslim > country, > then he would become one of the legitimate targets because he had > committed > aggression against the land of the Muslims," Asharq al-Awsat quoted > Bakri as > saying. > > Britain's Crown Prosecution Service last week said it was looking > into > Bakri's activities after he issued a fatwa, or religious edict, > calling for > the death of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for backing > Washington. > > > ------------------ > http://all.net/ > > Your use of Yahoo! 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