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May 5, 2003

Guest Blog: Al-Qaeda U.K.

by Joe Katzman at May 5, 2003 3:54 AM

by Dan Darling

All is not well in the United Kingdom, it would seem. The recent suicide bombing in Tel Aviv has shed more light on the not-so-hidden fifth column of al-Qaeda operatives and supporters residing within the British Isles. As it turns out, the suicide bombing was not the work of Hamas or the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, but rather of al-Muhajiroun, a UK-based organization that serves as a recruiting front for the terrorist network. And to make things even more interesting, the suicide bomber worked at Heathrow Airport, the site of a recent terrorism alert.

To further highlight the threat, al-Muhajiroun is claiming that it has another 50 suicide bombers ready to go. If one couples that with the fact that the Tel Aviv suicide bomber was associated with the Finsbury Park Mosque, the late base for Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri whose members have included such notables as Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui. This would mean that the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv was not simply a part of the ongoing struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians but rather an al-Qaeda operation that was likely intended to undermine the authority of Abu Mazen as a means of restarting the Palestinian terrorist attacks that dominated the headlines throughout much of early 2002.

The bottom line is that Sharon was right: al-Qaeda has indeed decided to attack Israel proper. And it is apparently using the United Kingdom as a base from which to do so. Both of these are rather disconcerting developments.

Dan Darling is today's Winds of War candidate. He also runs a blog of his own, Regnum Crucis.

JK Update: Charles Johnson has more; looks like Britain's Daily Telegraph has noticed too.

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#1 from Robert Stevens at 5:48 am on May 05, 2003

Great work Dan.

I noticed that Islam Online refers to the murders in Tel-Aviv as a, gag, "self-bombing."

Scroll down the page and on the right sidebar one finds *"Palestinian "Self-bombing" Not Suicidal: Israeli Expert."*

My expert opinion? "Palestinian "Self-bombing" Is Not Suicidal, It's Homicidal."

An Israeli who is a member of the Palestinian terrorist apologisti? Double gag.

#2 from M. Simon at 8:53 am on May 05, 2003

I call them Palestinian National Suicide Bombers.

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I think this development is in fact excellent. I think it will force some re-orientation in MI-5 & 6. Also it will strengthen Blair if he decides to be more supportive of Israel.

It is also a sure sign the road map is DOA. And not from a directly Palestinian source.

In addition the fiction that Israeli terror is different from other terror is not so easy to support.

The dead have paid a price that leads to victory. Their deaths are not in vain.

#3 from Yehudit at 1:17 pm on May 05, 2003

I agree. When the coalition net was closing around Saddam, Arafat felt moved to publically distance his movement from Saddam. Now he may feel it necessary to publically distance his movement from Al Qeda. Having to say to his fellow Arab fanatics "I don't want your support" already puts him in the position of guilt by association.

#4 from Diana at 2:45 pm on May 05, 2003

Sure Arafat will publicly distance himself from al Qaida�...that's the pragmatic thing to do and he's always done the pragmatic thing.

�.Regarding Blair (et al), cooperating with Israel covertly to fight terror orgs. doesn�t stop them from thinking that �occupation causes terror�. They can do one and believe the other. And that�s what they do�so they won�t stop leaning on Israel to create a Pal. State.