Zitat:Aufbruch in die Todeszone

Seit Jahren ziehen militante Islamisten aus Deutschland in alle Welt, um den Heiligen Krieg zu kämpfen. Ihr neues Ziel: der Irak.

Zitat:Top Stories
Jihad means killing: Jaish chief
New Delhi, Dec 7. (PTI): Chief of banned militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed Maulana Masood Azhar has said that in Islam the only meaning of Jihad was killing, even as another militant group supporter asked Pakistan to declare that suicide bombing against West was Jihad.
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Zitat:Terrorists 'regrouping in Indonesia'
BALI -- Terrorist cells in Indonesia are probably 'regrouping, retraining and recruiting', and could be planning more deadly bombings here, the country's top security minister warned on Sunday.
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Zitat:Cover Story 12/15/03
The Saudi Connection
How billions in oil money spawned a global terror network

By David E. Kaplan
The CIA's Illicit Transactions Group isn't listed in any phone book. There are no entries for it on any news database or Internet site. The ITG is one of those tidy little Washington secrets, a group of unsung heroes whose job is to keep track of smugglers, terrorists, and money launderers. In late 1998, officials from the White House's National Security Council called on the ITG to help them answer a couple of questions: How much money did Osama bin Laden have, and how did he move it around?
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Zitat:Terror 101
Are the Saudis funding schools devoted to fomenting radical Islamic ideology?


NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE

Dec. 3 — An intense behind-the-scenes diplomatic struggle over a controversial Saudi-funded academy in Germany has shed new light on the close relationship between Saudi government officials and an international network of mosques and schools—some of which, Western intelligence officials say, have become breeding grounds for terrorism.
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Zitat:Czech Spies Still See Iraqi Connection to Sept. 11
Mohammad Atta’s Decisive Meeting

Immediately after the occupation of Baghdad, the CIA succeeded in obtaining nearly the complete archive of the Foreign Ministry and some of the material belonging to the Iraqi secret service. Czech security organs now have access to documents from Iraq’s embassy in Prague. This summer, the Iraqi consul to Prague, Ahmed al-Ani, was detained by American soldiers in Baghdad.
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Zitat:Pakistan Is ...
By BARRY BEARAK

Published: December 7, 2003

Maulana Azam Tariq's assassins were of the thorough sort, firing 30 or 40 bullets into their victim, aiming especially at the head and neck. The Sunni cleric died along with his driver and three bodyguards, murdered near a tollbooth in a high-security area of Islamabad, the rich, spacious and usually sedate capital of a poor, crowded and deeply tumultuous country: Pakistan.
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Zitat:Posted on Sun, Dec. 07, 2003

Saudi terror suspects linked to Afghan training camps
By Dave Montgomery
Knight Ridder Newspapers


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Twenty-six fugitives being hunted by Saudi authorities share a common background - from attending militant training camps in Afghanistan to being relatively fresh recruits in Saudi Arabia's terrorist network, a Saudi official said Sunday.
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Zitat:Military court upholds death penalty for Jordanian-American terror convict

By JAMAL HALABY
Associated Press Writer

AMMAN, Jordan --
A military court upheld a guilty verdict and death sentence for the third time Monday against a Jordanian-American convicted of conspiring to carry out poison gas attacks on American and Israeli targets in Jordan three years ago.
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Zitat:Es ist höchste Zeit, dass die demokratische Öffentlichkeit in Europa den militanten islamistischen Antisemitismus ernst nimmt und aufhört, aus falsch verstandener religiöser oder kultureller Toleranz wegzuschauen, wenn sich extremistische Ideologien unter frommer Terminologie tarnen und in religiösen und kulturellen Einrichtungen einnisten. Denn nur wenn sie diese Extremisten ebenso ernst nimmt wie alle anderen auch, beweist sie, dass sie Muslime als gleichwertige Bürger ernst nimmt. Nur wenn der Staat und die demokratische Gesellschaft einen scharfen Trennungsstrich zu antihumanen Bewegungen ziehen, helfen sie auch den Kräften in den islamischen Gemeinden, die sich gegen ihre schleichende Majorisierung durch radikale Agitatoren zur Wehr zu setzen wollen...........

Zitat:Imam Gives Rare Voice to Militant Islam in Africa

Dec. 8 — By Diadie Ba
DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) - He's a minority voice in Senegal, but Imam Mamour Fall is not afraid to speak out for Osama bin Laden.


Fall's support for America's No. 1 enemy strikes an especially jarring note in Senegal, a relaxed mainly Muslim country on West Africa's coast where religion is confined to mosques and churches and doesn't stray into politics.
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Zitat:Somali Muslim Journalist on the Detrimental Effects of Wahhabism on His Country

On November 21, 2003, Somali journalist Bashir Goth wrote an extensive article detailing how Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi Islam has corrupted the Islam of his native Somalia. The following are excerpts from Goth's article, which appeared in the Addis Tribune: [1]

The Importation of the 'Authority for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' to Somalia

"Recently, I came across news reports on the activities of a group of clerics calling themselves 'the Authority for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' trying to impose draconian moral codes on Somaliland citizens… I cannot sit back and watch these people humiliate our women, destroy our beautiful culture, hijack our religion, and denigrate the reputation of our country worldwide.
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Zitat:Terror groups mull: Is it OK to kill Muslims, too?

Steven Gutkin
Associated Press
Dec. 9, 2003 11:30 AM


JAKARTA, Indonesia - Southeast Asian radicals are divided over the wisdom of attacking hotels, nightclubs and other "soft targets" where Muslims may be killed alongside Westerners - an internal split that could weaken the terrorist enterprise, authorities told The Associated Press.
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Zitat:Ashcroft is wrong to stop checking out Muslims

Since 9/11, I have been supportive of every homeland security measure used to single out for close scrutiny those with Islamic backgrounds and those from Islamic countries. I supported measures like annual registrations, periodic checks and a policy of refusing to allow such immigrants onto these shores.
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Zitat:South Asia

Confessions of a failed jihadi
By Syed Saleem Shahzad

KARACHI - He was always considered extraordinary. He was an excellent pupil, a good cricketer, a natural student leader, and a popular teacher in the medical career that he chose to pursue.
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Zitat:Aussie school 'a target'
By Sian Powell, Jakarta correspondent
December 10, 2003
An Indonesian accused of the bombing of Jakarta's Marriott hotel has told police the Australian International School and two other sites had been surveyed before the terrorists chose their target.
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Zitat:Rebel Seized in Philippines
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

MANILA, Monday, Dec. 8 — A leader of an Islamic militant group considered responsible for the abduction and murder of Filipinos and foreigners, among them Americans, was arrested Sunday during a firefight with soldiers in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Zitat:Two men arrested with explosives outside US embassy in Beirut
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BEIRUT (AFP) - A bomb attack on the US embassy near here was foiled when a Lebanese man and a Palestinian were arrested as one of them tried to carry explosives into the embassy compound, the Lebanese army said.
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Zitat:Als gäbe es nicht zahlreiche Bürger muslimischer Herkunft, die sich vor dem wachsenden Einfluss fundamentalistischer Fanatiker in islamischen Gemeinden mindestens ebenso fürchten wie Nichtmuslime! Wer glaubt, bei der Bekämpfung rassistischer und totalitärer Ideologien müsse man schonender vorgehen, wenn diese ihre mörderischen Wahnvorstellungen aus dem Islam ableiten, diskreditiert die islamische Religion und Kultur. So schottet man sie als eine vermeintlich unantastbare Besonderheit ab, statt ihr zu Anerkennung als einem festen Bestandteil der pluralistischen Gesellschaft zu verhelfen.

Die demokratische Öffentlichkeit in Europa darf nicht aus falsch verstandener religiöser oder kultureller Toleranz wegschauen, wenn sich extremistische Ideologien unter frommer Terminologie tarnen. Nur wenn sie diese Extremisten ebenso ernst nimmt wie alle anderen auch, beweist sie, dass sie Muslime als gleichwertige Bürger ernst nimmt. Nur dann hilft sie auch den Kräften in den islamischen Gemeinden, die sich gegen ihre schleichende Majorisierung durch radikale Agitatoren zur Wehr setzen wollen........

Zitat:An Kaplans System wird unser Problem deutlich, das wir selbst erzeugt haben durch unsere Behauptung, dass Islam mit Islamismus nichts zu tun habe.

Zitat:Denn der Islam ist zunächst ein politisches System, das sich allerdings religiös legitimiert. Nicht nur als Staatsreligion, sondern auch in seiner geistlichen Form kennt der Islam keine Freiheit im Sinne einer Wahlmöglichkeit und eines Verlassens dieser Religion.

Zitat:Azrail postete
Also das ist ja voll das geschwätz also ich bin Muslim und im Islam gibt es Wahlrecht natürlich wurde dies nicht mit Urnen durchzogen aber das Mitbestimmungsrecht der Muslime gab es immer.Die Universalrechte wie Freiheit,Gerechtigkeit usw. sind fest verankert und Kernbestandteile des Islam,das Wort selbst leitet sich von Frieden ab also nochmals Islam ist kein politisches system sondern eine Religion.

Zitat:Milan: Il Nuovo (Internet Version-WWW) in Italian 0805 GMT 05 Dec 03
[Report by Gianni Cipriani: "'I Will Be a Martyr' -- This Is How the
Islamists in Handcuffs Speak"]

Here is the text of intercepted conversations from the inquiry into
the recruitment of future Islamic terrorists in Italy. It paints a
worrying picture of a little known phenomenon with deep roots.
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[Man] Never worry about money, because Saudi Arabia's money is your
money
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Zitat:Bangladesh 'may be emerging terrorist sanctuary'
OTTAWA - Bangladesh may be emerging as a haven for Islamic terrorists in South Asia, intelligence reports say.

The reports came as the United States warned its citizens of possible danger if they travel to Bangladesh.
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Zitat:Did 'Jihad Jack' train at JI boot camp?
By Martin Chulov
December 10, 2003
Police are investigating whether Jack Thomas, the Melbourne man allegedly linked to al-Qa'ida, trained with a Jemaah Islamiah terrorist at a boot camp in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
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Zitat:Dec. 11, 2003
France shuts two radical Islam nursery schools
By ASSOCIATED PRESS


French officials have closed two Paris region nursery schools with alleged Islamic fundamentalist tendencies, the Interior Minister announced
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Zitat:Sources: Man allegedly linked to al Qaeda arrested
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Posted: 2300 GMT ( 7:00 AM HKT)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man who allegedly has ties to al Qaeda and has trained in its camps is in federal custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
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Zitat:Car Blast Kills Man Near Italian Synagogue
Thu Dec 11, 8:26 AM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo!


By Gianluca Rotondi

MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - A car exploded in northern Italy early on Thursday, killing the 33-year-old Kuwaiti driver in what police said appeared to be more of a suicide bid rather than an attack on a nearby synagogue.
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The man had shown uneasiness and problems relating to people in the past

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Zitat:Critical Mass
We are reaching a showdown in this global war.

We will ensure the peace in Iraq because of our support for consensual government, our massive infusion of material aid, and our respect for Iraqi sovereignty and culture. But none of this is possible without security, which is the dividend solely of military success.
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Zitat:Al Qaeda suspect identified as Canadian college student

By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Federal law-enforcement authorities yesterday identified a Somali man arrested this week in Minneapolis on suspicion of associating with the al Qaeda terrorist network as a Canadian citizen and college student.
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Zitat:Bin Laden wins votes in contest for 'greatest Arab'
By Fiona Govan
(Filed: 14/12/2003)

Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein have been nominated for the title of the "greatest Arab" of all time in a Middle Eastern variant of the BBC's Great Britons series.
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Zitat:The Cutting Edge: September 11 Intelligence Failures
By Jenny Tabakoff
December 16, 2003
The Cutting Edge: September 11 - The Intelligence Failures

SBS, 8.30pm

It was not your typical wedding. The guests shouted "Jihad! Jihad!" and sang "May a volcano shatter the infidels". The wedding video, shot in Hamburg in the 1990s, featured many names that would later feature in inquiries into the September 11 attacks.
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Zitat:China issues list of wanted Muslim militants

December 15 2003 at 09:03AM
By Reuters

Beijing - China released a wanted list of Muslim separatist groups and individuals on Monday, accusing them of acts of terror and appealing to foreign governments to ban the groups and track down and hand over the wanted individuals.
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Zitat:Islamic Extremism Spreads in Central Asia

By BURT HERMAN
Associated Press Writer
KARA-SUU, Kyrgyzstan -- The illegal flier boldly posted on the concrete telephone pole outside Dilyar Jumabayev's home leaves no doubt about the sentiments of the man who lives inside: "All Muslims of the world unite against the infidels."
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Zitat:Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam
By Con Coughlin
(Filed: 14/12/2003)

Iraq's coalition government claims that it has uncovered documentary proof that Mohammed Atta, the al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks against the US, was trained in Baghdad by Abu Nidal, the notorious Palestinian terrorist.
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Zitat:Explosion damages bridge minutes after Pakistan's president passes
Sun Dec 14,11:54 AM ET
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A powerful explosion damaged a bridge which Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had crossed just minutes earlier, police and officials said.
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Zitat:Und so langsam verdichten sich doch dei Hinweise das der Irak seien Finger beim 11.9 in irgendeiner Weise mit im Spiel hatte.

Zitat:Tuesday December 16, 2:49 PM
Al-Qaeda scouted US terror targets in South Korea -- intelligence reports

Agents from Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network made repeated visits to South Korea recently scouting for US targets, a lawmaker said, citing a closed-door intelligence briefing to parliament.
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Zitat:ASIO keeps watch on terror 'suspects'
By Mark Dunn
11dec03

ASIO is monitoring more than 100 Australians whom it lists as suspects or "persons of interest" in the war on terror.

The security agency is also working to identify another mystery Australian who trained with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
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Zitat:Terrorists' sons train overseas
From correspondents in Kuala Lumpur
18dec03
EXPECTING their own capture or death, South-East Asian Islamic extremists sent their sons to Pakistan for training in how to attack Western targets so they could take over as the next generation of terrorist leaders.
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Zitat:Jakarta police issue bomb warning
JAKARTA - Indonesia's capital could be the target of a bombing campaign during the Christmas and New Year festivities, a Jakarta police chief has warned.
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Zitat:Pakistani sentenced in US for LeT links
13.53 IST 18th Dec 2003

By IndiaExpress Bureau

A Pakistani man, who received training to join Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist network in Kashmir, has been sentenced in the US to ten-and-a-half years in prison.
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Zitat:Terrorist Man-Hunting in America
By Bill West
FrontPageMagazine.com | December 18, 2003
Through the eyes of a hunter in the 9/11 aftermath.

Growing up along the Gulf coast of Florida, I was no stranger to the sport of fishing. I spent many days with my father and uncle plying the waters of Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico in pursuit of scaly fun and dinner. Sometimes, we would use a cast net along the shore of the Courtney Campbell Causeway of Tampa Bay and catch baitfish before heading out to the main fishing expedition.
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