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Zarqawi Group: We Bombed Jordan Hotels

Nov. 10, 2005 - Al-Qaida has claimed credit for the homicide bombing of three Western hotels in Amman, the capital of Jordan. Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the leader of the terrorist cell in the area.

The Al Qaeda claim, posted on a militant Internet site, said Jordan became a target because it was a haven for "Jews and crusaders ... a filthy place for the traitors ... and a center for prostitution."

The blasts killed at least [67] people and injured 96 others.

Source:Fox

Zarqawi Moves His Headquarters to Baghdad

Hotel blasts kill dozens in Jordan - CNN

Nov. 11 - Jordanians revile Zarqawi - Washington Times

French violence hits fresh peak

Nov. 7, 2005 - Last night's rioting in France produced the highest damage count yet - 1,408 vehicles burnt out and 395 arrests. Muslim leaders of African and Arab communities are apparently trying to stem the violence by issuing a fatwa, or religious order, against the riots. It says:

"It is strictly forbidden for any Muslim... to take part in any action that strikes blindly at private or public property or that could threaten the lives of others."

Source:BBC

Paris Riots: Beginning of Jihad in Europe?

Nov. 7, 2005 (Nov. 14 Issue of Newsweek) - Riots that have raged in Paris neighborhoods since Oct. 27 have resulted in the burning of thousands of cars and busses, burning of many businesses, and the arrest of more than 200 people. As of Nov. 7 (the date of the release of this article) no one had been killed, but there is rising concern that the continuing violence may mark the beginning of an Islamic jihad in Europe.

What really shook the French government, and badly, was its inability to contain the metastasizing anger... Fears also grew that in the age of terror, rage like this could swell the ranks of radical Islamists in the heart of Europe.

Source:Newsweek

Wake up, Europe, you've a war on your hands - Mark Steyn, Jewish World Review

Key al-Qaida figure reportedly captured

Nov. 3, 2005 - Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, an al-Qaida operative who allegedly played an important role in the mass-transit bombings that killed 191 people in Madrid, Spain, has been arrested in Pakistan. Nasar has written internet articles advocating the use chemical or biological weapons against the United States. He called this plan “dirty bombs for a dirty nation."

Source: MSNBC

Israel hails Bush's Islamist attack

Oct. 6, 2005 - Reaction among officials in Israel was positive for President Bush's strong speech against terrorism. He reminded television viewers that one of the goals of the terrorists is to destroy Israel. The President said,

We're facing a radical ideology with inalterable objectives to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world... No act of ours invited the rage of the killers, and no concession, bribe or act of appeasement would change or limit their plans for murder.

President Bush has a scheduled meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas when they meet, on October 20th. It is likely that he will tell Abbas that he needs to join those actively fighting radical Islam.

Source:Jerusalem Post

Text of President Bush's Speech - White House

Oliver North on Islamic Terrorists and WMD

Oct. 6, 2005 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North has written a novel about the potential threat of Iran developing nuclear weapons and using them to build a new Islamic empire and disrupt oil supply to the West. In this scenario terrorists bring America to its knees. The book is called "The Assassins."

Source: CBN

Masked man threatens L.A., Australia in video

Sept. 12, 2005 - A video threat was aired yesterday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The masked speaker is believed to be Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American, who is said to be an al-Qaida member and wanted by the FBI.

“Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Allah willing. And this time, don’t count on us demonstrating restraint and compassion,” the man says during the 11-minute tape.

Source: MSNBC

Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan to Preempt Terror - NewsMax

Nuclear stockpiles could create 300,000 bombs

Sept 7, 2005 - David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) expressed the concern of the group because there is enough plutonium, enriched uranium, and other weapons-grade material available in the world to build 300,000 nuclear bombs. All of these materials are kept in safe places, but even the safest could be robbed, or insiders could be responsible for unauthorized release.

Experts are worried that terrorists could steal enough to trigger a nuclear catastrophe.

Source: New Scientist

Bush Compares War on Terror to World Wars

Aug. 22, 2005 - Speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, President Bush reminded the audience that the War on Terror is not over, and our nation is still vulnerable to attack. He refered several times to the Sept. 11 attack, and also spoke of earlier world-wide wars. He said:

"In a single lifetime, many of you have seen liberty spread from Germany and Japan to Eastern Europe to Latin America to Southeast Asia and Africa and beyond."

Source:My Way

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia Dies at 84

Aug. 1, 2005 - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd died today, leaving his half brother and successor, Crown Prince Abdullah in charge of the country. Abdullah is wary of the close U.S. ties King Fahd made with the U.S., allowing U.S. bases in the country after the 1991 Gulf War. Two years ago Abdullah did launch a campaign against terrorism and the extremist teaching and preaching that encourages terrorism.

Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, and many in the United States blamed the kingdom's strict Wahhabi school of Islam for fueling terrorism.

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Al-Qaida's U.S. nuclear targets

July 18, 2005 - According to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, and an upcoming book about al-Qaida's plans for the future, Bin Laden's terrorists have several nuclear bombs, and at least two have been smuggled into the U.S. across the Mexican border to be used for an "American Hiroshima." The book is "The al-Qaida Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime and the Coming Apocalypse," by former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams. Key target cities have been identified - those with the highest Jewish population.

The cities chosen as optimal targets are New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston and Washington, D.C. New York and Washington top the preferred target list for al-Qaida leadership.

Source: WorldNetDaily

Aug. 2, 2005 -Nuke terror to strike U.S. by this weekend?

Biochemist has 'no al-Qaeda link'

July 16, 2005 - According to Egypt's Interior Minister, Magdi Mahmoud al-Nashar, the chemist arrested there in connection with the London bombings has no apparent al-Qaeda ties.

Top Islamic leaders in Britain have issued strong statements against suicide bombings, and affirmed that, "There can never be any excuse for taking an innocent life."

Source: BBC

Chemist Sought in London Blasts Caught

July 15, 2005 - Magdy Asi el-Nashar, who is suspected of being the bomb-maker for the recent London attacks was arrested Friday in Cairo. El-Nashar is a former North Carolina State University graduate student, and has taught chemistry at Leeds University, north of London.

The Times of London said el-Nashar was thought to have rented one of the homes police searched in Leeds in a series of raids Tuesday. Neighbors reported el-Nashar recently left Britain, saying he had a visa problem.

Source:Fox

The suicide bomb squad from Leeds

July 13, 2005 - It is now known that the bombings in London were carried out by four citizens of Great Britain who were friends.

All four were British, but with origins in Pakistan.

The terrorists carried small but powerful bombs and evidently died in the process. This marks the first time that suicide bombers have carried out attacks in Western Europe. The bombers were identified by drivers licenses and credit cards found at the scenes.

The four were captured on CCTV cameras at King’s Cross Thameslink station, laughing together and carrying rucksacks, minutes before they set off for their targets at 8.30am on July 7.

Source:Times On Line - UK

Muslim scholar: Killing civilians OK

July 12, 2005 - Hani Al-Siba'i, head of the Al-Maqreze Centre for Historical Studies in London, said that Islam makes no distinction between civilians and military targets. In an interview with the Arab news channel al-Jazeera, Al-Siba'i was reminded by the host that the religious law assembly in Mecca recently issued a fatwa forbidding the killing of civilians. Al-Siba'i said, "There is no such term as 'civilians' in the modern Western sense. People are either of Dar Al-Harb or not." Islam teaches that the world is divided into two "houses." They either belong to "The house of Islam," or "The house of war" (Dar Al-Harb).

Source:WorldNetDaily

London Officials Search Wreckage for Clues

July 8, 2005 - Recovery crews continue to find dead bodies in the wake of the bombings in London yesterday. At least 50 people have died, and more than 700 people were wounded by the attacks.

Investigators are reviewing the video footage from the 1,800 or so cameras in London's train stations.

Source:Fox

Britain's 9/11? - Christianity Today

Terrorists Strike London

July 7, 2005 - At several blasts in subways and on busses occured nearly simultaneously in London today.

At least 40 people were reported dead and at least 300 others were wounded, according to U.S. officials and London hospitals.

An unsubstantiated claim for responsibility was made by a previously unknown group, calling themselves "Secret Group of Al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe." On a web site they warned that Italy and Denmark could be next unless they withdraw troops from Iraq.

Source:Fox

G8 leaders condemn london blasts - BBC

Four London Blasts Kill 40, Injure 300 - Yahoo

Tony Blair calls attacks 'barbaric' - MSNBC

'Osama Bin Laden alive and well'

June 15, 2005 - Mullah Akhtar Usmani, who was a senior commander in the Taleban before its fall in 2001, told a Pakistani television interviewer that Osama Bin Laden and Afghanistan's former Taleban leader Mullah Omar are both alive and well.

Source:BBC

Mexico's blind eye to al-Qaida activity

June 13, 2005 - The recent raid on an Al-Qaida "communitity in Lodi, Calif. brought to light connections with terrorists in Mexico and Latin America where it is much easier for them to establish themselves, and then slip across our borders along with hundreds of illegal immigrants and drug lords. Lack of cooperation between the intelligence agencies of the U.S. and Mexico makes matters even worse.

For instance, Gen. Jorge Serrano, the head of the Attorney General Office's special terrorism investigation unit, says no Muslim terrorists have been found living in Mexico.

Source:WorldNetDaily

U.S. Opens Office To Persue Terrorists

June 5, 2005 - A new branch of the Justice Department has been established. It is the Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism. It will be responsible for "monitoring the investigation and prosecution of terrorists who attack Americans abroad."

Source:Middle East Newsline

Hamas threatens to attack U.K.

June 1, 2005 - Blaming the United Kingdom for their problems, Islamic leader Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiras encouraged terrorist attacks in the U.K.

We hold Britain responsible for Palestine's woes, Britain is the cause, 'til this very minute, of every drop of blood dripping into this land.'

Source:Israel Insider

Terror threat to U.S. called 'significant'

Apr. 28, 2005 - According to a report from the State Department, "international terrorism continued to pose a significant threat to the United States and its partners in 2004." Separate statistices released by The National Counterterrorism Center indicated that terrorism is on the rise, with 651 significant attacks taking 1,900 lives worldwide last year.

No terrorist attacks against the U.S. homeland were reported in 2004, but about 10 percent of the attacks worldwide targeted U.S. interests

Source:CNN

US nuclear waste could provide terror target

Apr. 7, 2005 - A terrorist's plane, missile, or bomb could destroy the cooling pond of any of the 103 nuclear reactors in the U.S., causing the water to drain away leading to the overheating of the fuel cladding, made of a zirconium alloy. The spent fuel would then burst into flames.

This "could release large quantities of radioactive material into the environment", the report concludes. It was compiled by a committee of 15 leading scientists from universities, research institutes and consultancies in response to a request from the US Congress.

Source:New Scientist

A New Era of Democracy in the Middle East?

Mar. 2, 2005 - The amazing events of this week in Lebanon may signal a new era in the Middle East.

It was a scene the Arab world's autocratic regimes have dreaded - and through the power of satellite TV, it could catch on as fast as the latest hit music video: Peaceful, enormous crowds carrying flags and flowers bringing down a government.

Demonstrators forced the resignation of Lebanon's pro-Syrian government. Thousands of people in other Middle Eastern nations watched the drama live vie satellite television. They are beginning to ask why democracy can not come to their country as well.

Source:NewsMax

Osama Urging Zarqawi to Attack Inside U.S.

Mar. 1, 2005 - The Homeland Security Department has warned that, according to credible but unconfirmed reports, Osama bin Laden has asked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to plan attacks on the United States.

Al-Zarqawi, who rivals bin Laden as the nation's public enemy No. 1, has been involved in attacks in the Middle East but has not been known before to have set his sights on the United States.

Source:Newsmax

Has U.S. threatened to vaporize Mecca?

Jan. 7, 2005 - Intelligence expert Jack Wheeler says that a rumor campaign from President Bush's administration has caused Osama bin Laden not to attack America again after the initial 9-11 event. Bin Laden's "Damoclean Sword," the one thing that he would most dread, would be the utter nuclear destruction of Islam's most holy city, Mecca. The theory is that President Bush's tough action in Afghanistan and Iraq have convinced Osama not to take the chance with another attack since it might mean the end of Mecca.

Wheeler says bin Laden is "playing poker with a Texas cowboy holding the nuclear aces... So far, Osama has decided not to see if GW is bluffing. Smart move."

Source:WorldNetDaily

Strange Theories About The Earthquake/ Tsunami

Was the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Asia a purely natural solution or was it the result of God's direct action? Could it possibly have been caused by terrorists?

In our article,2004 In Review- The Year In Prophecy, we assume it is a natural phenomenon, but it is a stark reminder that Jesus said earthquakes would be a sign of the times.

Popular science novelist Michael Crichton's latest book,"State of Fear," is based on a plot about eco-terrorists who try to create four "natural disasters" (including a tsunami) in order to alert the world to the dangers of global warming.

It is theoretically possible to create electromagnetic activity to release the gravitational effects. This, in turn, could cause massive earth movements.

Human Hand behind earthquake and Tsunami? It is time for Indian Navy to investigate! - India Daily

Egyptian paper: Israel-India nuke test caused tsunami - Jerusalem Post

Fear and fear mongering, by Debra J. Saunders - San Francisco Chronicle

A secret project in India’s Defense Research Organization that can change the world as we know it – anti-gravity lifters tested in Himalayas? - India Daily

Homosexuality, fornication cause of tsunami? - Saudi professor says sinful acts at Christmastime caused disaster - WorldNetDaily