Kyle06
May 8th, 2003, 05:05 PM
Hi I just found this news artical and I am wondering what will happen next,,,, What worrys me is I live near a take plant in lima(where the president visited last thursday I think) ok here is is
Al-Qaida Reportedly Plans Big New Attack
By SARAH EL DEEB
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - An Arabic weekly is reporting an interview with a purported new spokesman for al-Qaida who claims the terror network has completely reorganized. He says old operatives have been replaced by new ones who are planning an attack against the United States on the scale of Sept. 11.
The claims were based on e-mail interviews conducted this week by the London-based magazine Al Majalla with al-Qaida spokesman Thabet bin Qais, the magazine reports in an issue to appear Friday.
The magazine provided The Associated Press with an advance copy of the story.
``The Americans only have predictions and old intelligence left,'' the magazine quoted bin Qais as saying. ``It will take them a long time to understand the new form of al-Qaida.''
The magazine quoted bin Qais as saying al-Qaida remains ``way ahead of the Americans and its allies in the intelligence war, and American security agencies still are ignorant of the changes the leadership has made.''
U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were aware of the report and that bin Qais has been authorized in the past to communicate messages on behalf of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. The officials cautioned, however, that e-mail interviews can be difficult to authenticate.
Western officials remain convinced that al-Qaida poses a threat despite the arrests of key figures and the loss of its base in Afghanistan.
The FBI's counterterrorism chief, Pasquale D'Amuro, told a congressional committee in Washington on Tuesday that while al-Qaida may very well be in disarray, ``it is a severe threat to this nation.''
Top legal and security officials from the United States and seven other major nations, meeting this week in Paris, said al-Qaida has apparently moved its operational centers to new locations in central Asia.
Al Majalla correspondent Mahmoud Khalil, who conducted the interviews, told AP he received an e-mail two months ago from the man purporting to be bin Qais, saying he was the new spokesman and was using a list of contacts maintained by his predecessor, Abdel Rahman al-Rashed.
Khalil said he was suspicious until bin Qais reminded him of a private exchange between him and al-Rashed about an interview he was trying to arrange with an al-Qaida operative.
Khalil said bin Qais gave no information on his own background but claimed he took the job of media contact as part of al-Qaida's restructuring, which followed the international crackdown after the Sept. 11 attacks.
In a message received Tuesday, bin Qais warned of plots ``the size of the Sept. 11 attacks'' being devised against the United States. ``A strike against America is definitely coming,'' he said.
Bin Qais said the arrests of key al-Qaida figures, including suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, would have little effect on the organization because old timers had been replaced by newcomers ``who have a very good security cover.''
hmmmmmmm what will happen you tell me what you think..... And here is the link of where I found it at.... Ok here it is ....Right Here (http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1107&idq=/ff/story/0001/20030508/112915119.htm&sc=1107&photoid=20030408NY129)
Al-Qaida Reportedly Plans Big New Attack
By SARAH EL DEEB
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - An Arabic weekly is reporting an interview with a purported new spokesman for al-Qaida who claims the terror network has completely reorganized. He says old operatives have been replaced by new ones who are planning an attack against the United States on the scale of Sept. 11.
The claims were based on e-mail interviews conducted this week by the London-based magazine Al Majalla with al-Qaida spokesman Thabet bin Qais, the magazine reports in an issue to appear Friday.
The magazine provided The Associated Press with an advance copy of the story.
``The Americans only have predictions and old intelligence left,'' the magazine quoted bin Qais as saying. ``It will take them a long time to understand the new form of al-Qaida.''
The magazine quoted bin Qais as saying al-Qaida remains ``way ahead of the Americans and its allies in the intelligence war, and American security agencies still are ignorant of the changes the leadership has made.''
U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were aware of the report and that bin Qais has been authorized in the past to communicate messages on behalf of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. The officials cautioned, however, that e-mail interviews can be difficult to authenticate.
Western officials remain convinced that al-Qaida poses a threat despite the arrests of key figures and the loss of its base in Afghanistan.
The FBI's counterterrorism chief, Pasquale D'Amuro, told a congressional committee in Washington on Tuesday that while al-Qaida may very well be in disarray, ``it is a severe threat to this nation.''
Top legal and security officials from the United States and seven other major nations, meeting this week in Paris, said al-Qaida has apparently moved its operational centers to new locations in central Asia.
Al Majalla correspondent Mahmoud Khalil, who conducted the interviews, told AP he received an e-mail two months ago from the man purporting to be bin Qais, saying he was the new spokesman and was using a list of contacts maintained by his predecessor, Abdel Rahman al-Rashed.
Khalil said he was suspicious until bin Qais reminded him of a private exchange between him and al-Rashed about an interview he was trying to arrange with an al-Qaida operative.
Khalil said bin Qais gave no information on his own background but claimed he took the job of media contact as part of al-Qaida's restructuring, which followed the international crackdown after the Sept. 11 attacks.
In a message received Tuesday, bin Qais warned of plots ``the size of the Sept. 11 attacks'' being devised against the United States. ``A strike against America is definitely coming,'' he said.
Bin Qais said the arrests of key al-Qaida figures, including suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, would have little effect on the organization because old timers had been replaced by newcomers ``who have a very good security cover.''
hmmmmmmm what will happen you tell me what you think..... And here is the link of where I found it at.... Ok here it is ....Right Here (http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1107&idq=/ff/story/0001/20030508/112915119.htm&sc=1107&photoid=20030408NY129)