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Topic started on 1-11-2009 @ 01:52 PM by tothetenthpower

Somali group with al Qaeda ties threatens Israel


www.edition.cnn.com
(CNN) -- A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia.

Al-Shabab, which is fighting to control the east African country, accused Israel of "starting to destroy" the Al Aqsa mosque, where standoffs have taken place recently between Israeli police and Palestinians. The mosque is part of the complex that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call Haram al-Sharif.

"The Jews started to destroy parts of the holy mosque of Al Aqsa and they routinely kill our Palestinian brothers, so w
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reply posted on 2-11-2009 @ 05:48 AM by mattpryor
reply to post by tothetenthpower



This strikes me as a cynical PR move to garner sympathy from the Muslim world. I expect this to be the one of many such statements by like-minded Muslim terrorists.

YNet has covered it here.



reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 05:23 AM by mattpryor
reply to post by Now_Then



One problem - I don't suppose Egypt would take too kindly to foreign terrorist forces setting up base in their country!

Seriously, these guys aren't stupid. Every Islamist terrorist in the world is going to start telling the media they're fighting for "Palestine" soon - it's the rallying call of Jihad.


reply posted on 4-11-2009 @ 07:25 AM by Now_Then
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Well the government there may not be too happy about it - but Egypt is already pretty full of various terrorists and that's a pretty well known fact - the routes are already pretty well established in all probability... And not just to Egypt, loads of other countries too I bet... Hell there are probably already sleeper cells in Jerusalem selling Falafel from street cars...
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