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Foiling the Next 9/11 and Not Even Knowing It


Posted: 14 Jul 2009 08:08 PM PDT



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Tampa Intl. Airport


The United States may have narrowly missed a repeat of the 9/11 attacks
in June and, apparently, even the FBI doesn’t realize it.


On June 4, a 24-year-old Muslim man named Raed Abdhul-Rahman Alsaif was arrested for trying to
bring a seven-inch knife on board a U.S. Airways flight at Tampa
International Airport, destined for Phoenix.


The blade was seen by a screener and Alsaif was caught before he could
get onto the airliner. Of course, he says he is innocent, as some
forgetful friend gave him the luggage bag and failed to mention that a
knife was embedded inside the material, which the criminal complaint
states was “artfully” concealed in such a way as to allow for it to be
retrieved once the flight took off.


Alsaif graduated from the Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia in 2003.
For those that don’t remember, this school has been embroiled in a little
bit of controversy the past two years. In October 2007, the U.S.
Commission on International Religion Freedom requested that the State
Department close the school, citing the use of textbooks filled with
extremism


[...]


Private investigator Bill Warner notes that when Alsaif was booked and
photographed by police in October on his second arrest on drug charges, he
had a beard — a beard that was shaven off before he attempted to board the
U.S. Airways flight. For those that think this is all attributable to
coincidence, there’s another key element to consider.


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Al-Qaeda Vows To hit China Over Uighur Unrest


Posted: 14 Jul 2009 08:00 PM PDT



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Al-Qaeda is threatening for the first time to attack Chinese interests
overseas in retaliation for the deaths of Muslims in the restive region of
Xinjiang, according to a risk analysis group.


The call for reprisals against China comes from the Algerian-based
offshoot Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), according to a summary of
its report sent to AFP by the international consultancy Stirling
Assynt.


“Although AQIM appear to be the first arm of Al-Qaeda to officially
state they will target Chinese interests, others are likely to follow,”
said the report, which was first divulged by the South China Morning Post
Tuesday.


Osama bin Laden’s network has not previously threatened China, but the
Stirling report said a thirst for vengeance over Beijing’s clampdown in
Xinjiang was spreading over the global jihadist community.


Hundreds of thousands of Chinese work in the Middle East and North
Africa, including 50,000 in Algeria, estimated the group, which has
offices in London and Hong Kong providing risk advice to corporate and
official clients.


“This threat should be taken seriously,” Stirling said, basing its
information on people who it said had seen the AQIM instruction.


via AFP: Al-Qaeda vows to hit China over Uighur unrest.


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12 Mexican Intelligence Officers Found Tortured, Killed


Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:27 PM PDT



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Mexican officials have identified 12 tortured bodies found dumped in
Michoacan state as off-duty military intelligence officers who were
ambushed by a drug cartel they were investigating.


The bound, blindfolded and tortured bodies of the 11 men and one woman
were found late last night. National security spokesman Monte Alejandro
Rubido said they were ambushed and executed by the La Familia cartel.
Earlier reports said the bodies were those of soldiers.


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