Jihadists Promise to BE ON the Prowl Everywhere During Christmas
Promising special presents to Western countries during Season
As Well as in Israel from Mount Herman to the Gulf of Eilat!
December 19, 2010
Begin Excerpt 1 from MEMRI
Middle East Media Research Institute
Jihadists Threaten More ‘Umar Farouq’ Airplane Bombers, Parcel Bombs, Targeting Of Churches During Christmas
Special Dispatch No.
3458
December 17, 2010
In advance of the anniversary of the attempted Christmas Day bombing by Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab, online jihadists have increased their calls to emulate his attack, promising special “presents” to Western countries during the holiday season.
Shumukh Al-Islam jihadi forum member “ayman435” called upon fellow Muslims to “target churches during Christmas celebrations, meaning at a time when the churches are packed [with worshipers].” The member was referring to the churches in Egypt, where such attacks would come as a response to the increased sectarian tension between the Coptic Church and Muslims in Egypt.
The member provided a lengthy list of Coptic churches in Egypt and around the world, from the U.S. to Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the U.K., including their web addresses, physical address, and phone numbers, all for possible targeting.
“ayman435” then provided a link to a previous post on the same forum that includes step-by-step instructions for homemade bombs, in order to “make the attack [against the churches] a deadly and surprising [one].”
In a different post, “Qahir Al-CIA” (“Subjugator of the CIA”) threatens Western countries, the U.N. and NATO saying that the countdown for an attack has begun, and adding “You have chosen this war, so bear the consequences of your mistakes.”
The post included photos of Umar Farouq, a car bomb, and explosive packages; the author referred to them as Christmas “presents.”
Earlier this week, another onl ine jihadist suggested confus
ing authorities in the West with an overwhelming number of false threats about imminent attacks during the holiday season, in order to produce an overall state of confusion among the enemy.
Begin Excerpt 2 from DEBKAfile Special Report
Stabbing and feared abduction of American woman by Palestinians
DEBKAfile Special Report
December 18, 2010, 9:14 PM (GMT+02:00)
Two Arab men, believed Palestinians, stabbed two women hiking near Moshav Matta not far from Beit Shemesh west of Jerusalem inside the Green Line Saturday, Dec. 19. One of them, an Israeli tour guide, reached a group of sightseers in serious condition from knife wounds with bound hands. She was taken to hospital after sounding the alarm that her companion, an American woman was missing.
She had seen her being dragged off by the two men before she escaped.
Her report placed police and IDF forces in the Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Mt. Hebr on districts
on a high alert.
Jerusalem police chief Aharon Franco reported that the police and Shin Bet are investigating the possibly that the missing woman is no longer in the region and using all their resources, including undercover informants, to discover her whereabouts and who the kidnappers are.
Meanwhile, exhaustive searches of the area, backed by helicopters using flares, are taking place to locate the missing woman amid fears for her life. They are scouring the Tzur Hadassa, Beirut Illit and Gush Etzion areas after setting up police roadblocks around Jerusalem. Saturday night, the section of Route 375 between Matta and Roglit Junction linking Tzur Hadassah to the Elah Valley was closed to traffic in both directions.
Military sniffer dogs were sent out overnight in search of the trail of the missing woman and her abductors.
Begin Excerpt 3 from Zee News Online via World News
Qaeda plans US, Europe attack: Interpol
Updated on Friday, December 17, 2010, 09:50
Lyon: Interpol on Thursday said it had received information from its office in Baghdad about possible al Qaeda attacks on US and European targets.
“We received information yesterday (Wednesday) from the Interpol office in Baghdad about possible threats, especially in the US and Europe, due to orders given to al Qaeda cells by al Qaeda commanders,” the global police agency said.
All 188 countries which are members of the agency have been informed of the possible threats, said a spokeswoman at Interpol’s headquarters in the French city of Lyon.
Europe has been on high alert for several weeks over heightened fears of terrorist attacks in the run-up to the busy Christmas period.
On Saturday, Sweden’s first-ever suicide bombing narrowly missed Christmas shoppers.
The al Qaeda-linked website Shumukh al-Islam named the bomber as Taymour Abdelwahab, reportedly born in Iraq, who became a Swedish citizen in 1992 but was radicalised while attending a university in Britain.
He was carrying a cocktail of explosives and is believed to have detonated one charge prematurely on what officials said appeared to be a mission to kill as many people as possible on Stockholm’s busiest pedestrian thoroughfare.
Western security officials have warned that al Qaeda may be planning attacks in Europe similar to those that struck the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008.
The United States issued on October 03 a travel alert for its citizens travelling in Europe, citing the risk of potential terrorist attacks on transportation systems and tourist attractions.
Similar alerts were issued by Japan, Sweden, Britain and France.
A plot to blow up cargo planes was uncovered in late October after booby-trapped parcels were found at airports in Dubai and Britain.
US President Barack Obama said yesterday that surging troops into Afghanistan had made “significant progress” in curbing the Taliban and stifling al Qaeda, but warned more time was needed.
Obama said al Qaeda “is hunkered down” finding it harder to recruit, train and plot attacks.
But he warned: “It will take time to ultimately defeat al Qaeda and it remains a ruthless and resilient enemy bent on attacking our country.”
PTI
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