Al Qaeda Calls For WMD Attacks On West

[Mark Gobell]

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Al Qaeda Calls For WMD Attacks On West

Updated:08:06, Wednesday May 28, 2008

Al Qaeda has issued a video calling on terrorists to use biological, chemical and nuclear weapons to attack the West.

Al Qaeda wants fresh attacks

The 39-minute documentary-style video, which is entitled Nuclear Jihad: The Ultimate Terror, was posted on the militant al Ekhlaas forum.

The narration says: "The idea of killing lots of people, this idea is available to us.

"It must be used under the idea of treating others the same, so I say that terror in their countries must involve human losses and these human losses must be with WMD."

Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda - responsible for the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington that killed around 3,000 people - are known to be eager to get access to weapons of mass destruction.

A US intelligence official said there was no sign that the terror group has acquired the capability to use so-called WMD.

The official said: "At this point there isn't evidence they've obtained it. But it's clearly their intent and it's something we need to be aware of and concerned about."

FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said an alert had been sent out to US law enforcement agencies about the video.

He said: "We got information the tape is coming. We sent out an alert to law enforcement to let them know the tape was coming."

Mr Kolko said the alert was a routine precaution sent to 1,800 US law enforcement agencies.

According to an ABC News report, the FBI bulletin said there was no evidence of any direct threat.

Mr Kolko said the information about the al Qaeda call to jihadists was gleaned from organisations that monitor Islamic militant websites.

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ABC News

Al Qaeda Supporters' Tape to Call for Use of WMDs

Authorities: New Tape to Urge Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction on Civilians

By PIERRE THOMAS and THERESA COOK
May 27, 2008

Intelligence and law enforcement sources tell ABC News they are expecting al Qaeda supporters will post a new video on the Internet in the next 24 hours, calling for what one source said is "jihadists to use biological, chemical and nuclear weapons to attack the West."

Officials say they expect a new tape from al Qaeda to call for the use of weapons of mass destruction against civilians. The group has released messages with increasing frequency this year.

"There have been several reports that al Qaeda will release a new message calling for the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against civilians," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told ABC News in an e-mail.

"Although there have been similar messages in the past, the FBI and [Department of Homeland Security] have no intelligence of any specific plot or indication of a threat to the U.S.," the e-mail said. "The FBI and U.S. intelligence community will review the message for any intelligence value."

While there is no evidence of any direct threat, the FBI sent a bulletin to 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country, out of an abundance of caution.

Some independent analysts don't think the public should worry much.

Ben Venzke, the CEO of IntelCenter, a group that monitors terrorist communications on the Web, said the video, entitled "Nuclear Jihad, The Ultimate Terror," is a jihadi supporter video compilation and not from an official group.

"Supporter videos are made by fans or supporters who may not have ever had any contact with a real terrorist," Venzke said. "These videos almost always are comprised of old video footage that is edited together to make a new video."

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U.S. Intelligence Group Dismisses Report of Al-Qaeda WMD Tape

By Ed Johnson

May 28 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S.-based intelligence group dismissed a media report that al-Qaeda may release a video recording calling on militants to attack the West with biological, chemical or nuclear weapons.

ABC News cited unidentified intelligence officials as saying the tape may be released on the Internet within 24 hours and that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation sent a bulletin to 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the country.

The tape referred to in the report was made by supporters of al-Qaeda and released May 26, titled ``Nuclear Jihad, The Ultimate Terror,'' IntelCenter, based in Alexandria, Virginia, said in an e-mailed statement today.

``The material in these types of videos does not qualify as an official message from al-Qaeda or any other group,'' said IntelCenter, which provides counterterrorism intelligence support to the U.S., British, Australian and Canadian armed forces. ``Considering them so would be the equivalent of considering a 10-year-old's homemade fan video of his favorite sports team to be an official team message.''

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have no intelligence of any specific plot or threat to the U.S., ABC News cited bureau spokesman Richard Kolko as saying.

``There have been several reports that al-Qaeda will release a new message calling for the use of weapons of mass destruction against civilians,'' the broadcaster cited him as saying on its Web site.

IntelCenter said it wasn't aware of ``any new imminent message by al-Qaeda or any other leading jihadist group in audio or video form'' that will call for the use of weapons of mass destruction against civilians.

Al-Qaeda's media production unit as-Sahab regularly releases messages on the Internet. Earlier this month, the terrorist network released an audio message from its leader, Osama bin Laden, timed to coincide with Israel's 60th anniversary and President George W. Bush's visit to the region. In it, bin Laden condemned countries that are supportive of the Jewish state.

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Never heard of the Al-Ekhlaas Forum?

Neither had I.

It might come as no surprise that the various incarnations of the forum are mostly hosted - where d'ya fink ?

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DEBKA reports:

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One for the footie fans . . . .

Al Qaeda 'Planning Euro 2008 Attack'

Updated:12:30, Thursday May 15, 2008

Al Qaeda is planning to attack the Euro 2008 football championships in Switzerland and Austria in June, Swiss police say.

Swiss cops training for Euro 2008

"The Euro 2008 tournament is a target cited by the Islamist terrorist network," federal police spokesman Juerg Buehler told Swiss newspaper La Liberte.

He said messages had been posted on Islamist websites and police were "following the situation very closely".

One of the messages urges terrorists to "transform the safest countries in Europe to the hell seen in Iraq or Afghanistan".

"The time has come for the fighters of the faith. They must make their voices heard," said another.

Authorities fear the global media coverage of the tournament will make it an attractive target for an attack.

Security will be tight in and around the grounds, and extra checks will be made on people buying tickets from "high-risk" areas in the Middle East, the newspaper reported.

The federal government's security budget for the tournament is said to top £18m.

Sky News

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Memo To Corporate Media: Anyone Can Dress Up As An Arab Terrorist & Fake An Al-Qaeda Tape

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Nearly four years after Benjamin Vanderford hoodwinked the global media by manufacturing a fake Al-Qaeda beheading tape, America’s corporate press whores are once again gearing up to fearmonger about the prospect of mushroom clouds over American cities by instantly ascribing gospel status to a dubious "Al-Qaeda fan" Internet videotape that encourages the use of WMD in a terrorist attack.

"Intelligence and law enforcement sources tell ABC News they are expecting al Qaeda supporters will post a new video on the Internet in the next 24 hours, calling for what one source said is "jihadists to use biological, chemical and nuclear weapons to attack the West," according to the report.

"There have been several reports that al Qaeda will release a new message calling for the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against civilians," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told ABC News in an e-mail.

Since the dubious series of beheading videos, which coincidentally came to a stop when one of our readers managed to expose the ludicrousness of accepting such propaganda at face value by hoodwinking the world media with a fake beheading tape, "Al-Qaeda" has been resigned to spreading its message through Mossad agents like Adam Pearlman and alleged sketchy Bin Laden audio recordings.

It was back in August 2004 that 22-year-old aspiring video game designer Benjamin Vanderford posted a 55 second clip on the Internet filmed at his friend’s house which depicted himself being crudely beheaded while fake blood spurted for visual effect. Vanderford’s buddy dressed up like the infamous Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, barked out a template terrorist screed, and the press bought it hook, line and sinker.

The corporate media lapped up the phony tape and within hours of it being uploaded serious analysts on Fox News were citing the footage as further evidence to prove we were in a war against bloodthirsty terrorists.

Vanderford said he made the tape "to just make a statement on these type of videos and how easily they can be faked."



Benjamin Vanderford’s "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Slaughters an American" hoax was accepted at face value by a feverish corporate media who instantly afforded credence to the fraud.

Vanderford single-handedly proved that anyone in the world can dress up as an Arab terrorist, fake a beheading scene or a speech, upload it to the Internet, and have the global media obsessing about the deadly threat of Al-Qaeda within hours.

The latest "Al-Qaeda WMD" sideshow is no different. This could have been made by the tooth fairy for all the corporate media cares. It fills up the headlines, it attracts viewers and it pleases their military-industrial complex sponsors who make a killing out of artificially inflating the scope of the phantom war on terror for increased weapons sales and fighter jets.

The lesson that the Internet is an anonymous free-for-all medium has still not been learned four years later as the media seizes upon the latest offering which provides them with an ample opportunity to fearmonger about biological attacks turning American cities into quarantine camps this summer.

One wonders if the new tape will feature original rhetoric or whether it will just be lifted almost entirely from a satirical spoof website, as was the case with the previous "Al-Qaeda tape".

You know it’s bad when even IntelCenter, the Pentagon front group that routinely releases fake "Al-Qaeda" propaganda videos of Bin Laden speeches cobbled together from 5-year-old footage, is denouncing the new tape as inconsequential.

"Supporter videos are made by fans or supporters who may not have ever had any contact with a real terrorist," IntelCenter’s CEO Ben Venzke told ABC News. "These videos almost always are comprised of old video footage that is edited together to make a new video." (Takes one to know one, Ben!)

"Considering them so would be the equivalent of considering a 10-year-old’s homemade fan video of his favorite sports team to be an official team message," Venzke said. "IntelCenter is not aware of any new imminent message by al-Qaeda or any other leading jihadist group in audio or video form that will call for the use of WMD against civilians."

Venzke makes a good point but he might just be upset that the "Al-Qaeda fan" didn’t go through his military-industrial complex front in releasing the tape.

If you’re wondering why the boys at IntelCenter always know when an "Al-Qaeda" video is set to be released two days before it pops up, the answer is simple - they are manufacturing the entire fraud.


Similar to the need to create a PR buzz before the release of a new DVD or a movie, IntelCenter makes sure its customers know ahead of time in order to cash in on a lucrative scheme that services client subscribers from governments and intelligence agencies around the world.

The franchise of hawking terrorist propaganda is no doubt a multi-million dollar cash cow, which is why Venzke seems upset that he’s not got his hand in the pie on this one, but money isn’t the only agenda behind IntelCenter’s operation.

As we have exhaustively documented, Intelcenter is an offshoot of IDEFENSE, which was staffed by a senior military psy-op intelligence officer Jim Melnick, who has worked directly for Donald Rumsfeld. The organization released the "laughing hijackers" tape and claimed it was an Al-Qaeda video, despite the fact that the footage was obtained by a "security agency" at a 2000 Bin Laden speech.

IntelCenter was recently caught adding its logo to a tape at the same time as Al-Qaeda’s so-called media arm As-Sahab added its logo, proving the two organizations were one and the same.

The Pakistani based Al-Qaeda group Jundullah, formerly headed by the alleged mastermind of 9/11, an organization which enjoys the funding, support and protection of the CIA, also produces propaganda tapes and literature for As-Sahab and in turn IntelCenter.

Perhaps the latest Al-Qaeda-WMD fraud denotes that IntelCenter has some good old fashioned competition on its hands in the emerging market of terrorist propaganda tapes, but for the rest of us it’s another painful reminder that the corporate media has abandoned any pretense of investigative journalism in favor of acting as a mere relay circuit for Neo-Con black propaganda.

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