Al-Qaeda group takes responsibility for parcel bombs from Dubai

Al-Qaeda group takes responsibility for parcel bombs from Dubai

www.theglobeandmail.com

A Yemen-based al-Qaeda group is claiming responsibility for the mail bomb plot uncovered by officials late last week.

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Oh, great... Al Queda did it.

I saw this while watching CNN/HLN. It came on suddenly as a "breaking news" piece in between segments. I'm sure we'll have more links soon as they show up. For now, this article is the first thing I could find on the internet to link to.

Who else saw this coming? This whole mail bomb story took a sharp, sudden turn even after they showed images of the packages and declared them to be safe. The CIA gets hold of it and they become deadly mail bombs, shut down international mail, and now Al CIAda claims responsibility.

Never let a good situation go to waste, eh?

"We can do some REALLY good fear mongering with this one! Johnson, get on the phone. Call Katie Couric. We're gonna spin this like Maytag!"

www.theglobeandmail.com
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reply to post by DamaSan
I guess the missiles will be en-route to Yemen right about...

Now?

reply to post by butcherguy

Nah, they'll just drop 'em outta Air Force One as they fly over to India. They might even let Obama push the button!

reply to post by DamaSan


" A Yemen-based C.I.A. Backed al-Qaeda group is claiming responsibility for the mail bomb plot uncovered by officials late last week. "


Headline Amended for Accuracy *

Of course Al-Qaeda took credit....

Since by the current popular-meme all extremist criminals are Al-Qaeda.

It's true.

Many here at ATS have short memories...

I wrote several threads on the Yemen question over the past year or so. However there is a bit of history that many have either overlooked or simply missed. This isn't the first time Al-Qaeda has been in the news regarding Yemen.

Saudi fighter jets reportedly strike rebel targets in Yemen

Reporting from Cairo - Saudi Arabian warplanes attacked Shiite rebel strongholds in northern Yemen on Thursday in a surge of fighting along the border that followed the death of a Saudi security official at the hands of insurgents, according to news reports.

Saudi fighter jets targeted as many as six rebel positions in Yemen and along the mountainous border. Saudi troops reportedly were heading toward the region to secure villages and prevent further cross-border incursions by Houthi rebel forces, which have been sporadically battling the Yemeni government since 2004.

Yemeni air strike kills 30, targets home of cleric linked to Ft. Hood attack

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni forces killed at least 30 suspected militants in an airstrike early Thursday on an alleged al-Qaeda hideout in southeastern Yemen, the second such assault in the past week, according to Yemeni security and government sources.

According to some accounts, the strike appeared to target the home of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the extremist Yemeni American preacher linked to the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood Army base attack in November.

Yemen hails military cooperation deal with US

SANAA — Yemen said on Wednesday that it had signed a military cooperation deal with the United States although the US embassy would confirm only that talks had been held on joint counterterrorism efforts.

Yemen's official Saba news agency said that the cooperation agreement was signed during talks in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday between the two countries' militaries.

The news agency also quoted Brigadier General Jeffrey Smith, the commander of the US 5th Signal Command, as renewing Washington's support for Yemen's unity, security and stability.

Yemen rebels 'ready to talk' if war stops

DUBAI — Shiite rebels battling government forces in north Yemen told AFP on Saturday they are ready for talks with Sanaa once the government declares a "definitive" end to hostilities against them.

"When the war stops we will be ready for dialogue," Mohammed Abdelsalam told AFP in Dubai by telephone, adding that he was reacting to an appeal from President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

In an article published on Friday to mark the new year, Saleh appealed for reason from the insurgents.

Yemenis locate German hostages - German minister

Germany's foreign minister has said Yemeni officials told him they knew where five German nationals abducted in Yemen seven months ago were being held.

Guido Westerwelle made the comments after talks in Sanaa during his surprise visit to the Gulf country.

Five Germans and a Briton were seized in Yemen while picnicking in June

Originally posted by SLAYER69
It's true.

Many here at ATS have short memories...

I wrote several threads on the Yemen question over the past year or so. However there is a bit of history that many have either overlooked or simply missed. This isn't the first time Al-Queda has been in the news regarding Yemen.

The question you really should be asking is "who is Al-Queda"?. Yes, we know there have been loads of media fluff emanating from Yemen, just like we hear 'new audio tapes from Bin Laden' every now and then.

I don't buy it. It's yet another CIA-sponsored fear campaign.

Or we can actually accept the fact this is exactly how Al-Queda works doing such things. Or pretend they are good little citizens over there when they get killed for being terrorist.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen claims parcel bomb plot.

The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) group posted the message on "jihadist" web forums, and called for more explosive parcels to "enlarge the circle of its application to include civilian aircraft in the West as well as cargo aircraft.".

news.yahoo.com...

WOW. So a post on a forum now serves as a credible source which warrants re-print in the main stream media?

Is it any wonder why main stream newspapers and media organizations are going bankrupt while the MSM is seeing consistently low ratings?

Sad day for establishment propaganda.

It seems most everyone is just saying this is a false attack, or the group who have claimed responsibility is false. I did not see any links to evidence of such claims. So is it the the collective opinion that no real threat in the mail attack happened or what.

reply to post by SLAYER69


My God! You don't half go on! Terrorist organisations are there! They exist internationally and within their own national boundaries! They instil terror amongst those they prey upon! They are the scourge of the earth and the scum of the planet! They are cowardly human beings who couldn't look their victims in the eye! They claim it's all for the good! Jesus Christ and God help us from this plague!

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Culdeeson
well you really dressed it up but am glad you said it. I do think there are to many people around hear who for one reason or another want to say any terrorist threat is as much a myth as the Easter bunny.

Canadian forces leave Dubai base in a scramble.

www.theglobeandmail.com...

Wow look at the timing, how close is UAE to Yemen, and are things about to heat up?

Great place to send support to Afghanastan or Iraq, but Yemen might be to close for comfort.

reply to post by DamaSan


According to this Story , he is Just Another " Ghost " being used BTPTB to Scare us Again..........Who do we BELIEVE here ?

www.prisonplanet.com...



" On December 24, 2009 several news outlets reported that Awlaki was believed to have been killed in a joint U.S-Yemeni pre-dawn air strike by Yemeni Air Force fighter jets on a meeting of 30 or so senior al-Qaeda leaders at a hideout in Rafd, a remote mountain valley in eastern Shabwa."

reply to post by DamaSan


How do we confirm this?

Where's the website?

Who is the leader of this group?

I will keep asking questions?

I'm having the suspicion that the US have been BS'ting us for a long time, and we have been eating it, without any questions asked.

When did we start believing US and its allies again? Weren't they proven to be liars?

Yeah, right. Al-Qaeda is SO co-operative with the US government, what a coincidence!!

They turn up just before elections with their videos to create fear which helps the President, and now that TPTB can see how few people believe their BS about suspect packages from Yemen, up AQ pops again.

When did terrorists become so co-operative.

Al-CIAda strikes again.

Originally posted by quest4info
Canadian forces leave Dubai base in a scramble.

www.theglobeandmail.com...

Wow look at the timing, how close is UAE to Yemen, and are things about to heat up?

Great place to send support to Afghanastan or Iraq, but Yemen might be to close for comfort.

Camp Mirage was commanded by a Colonel who has been ousted as a rapist and murderer (big news in the Canadian media). This is about Canadian politics than anything else.

Originally posted by wcitizen
Yeah, right. Al-Qaeda is SO co-operative with the US government, what a coincidence!!

They turn up just before elections with their videos to create fear which helps the President, and now that TPTB can see how few people believe their BS about suspect packages from Yemen, up AQ pops again.

When did terrorists become so co-operative.

Al-CIAda strikes again.

It just so happens Anwar Al-Awlaki, the so called leader of "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ", has been a guest at the Pentagon. lol.. he was there getting his orders probably.

www.youtube.com...

This whole war on terror is a low budget b-movie farce.. the CIA needs better script writers.

reply to post by Culdeeson

Originally posted by Culdeeson
reply to post by SLAYER69

 

My God! You don't half go on! Terrorist organisations are there! They exist internationally and within their own national boundaries! They instil terror amongst those they prey upon! They are the scourge of the earth and the scum of the planet! They are cowardly human beings who couldn't look their victims in the eye! They claim it's all for the good! Jesus Christ and God help us from this plague!

And you're basing this on what evidence?

When Pres. Reagan was funding and supporting terrorists in Nicaragua, they were called "Freedom Fighters" but perhaps that was because they looked their victims in the eye before dispatching preferring the direct terror method instead of leaving bombs lying around. But then they could do that because they had huge forests to hide in and US backing.

Sources:

"Reagan Was the Butcher of My People:" Fr. Miguel D'Escoto Speaks From Nicaragua (democracynow.org)
The 8 years Reagan was in office represented one of the most bloody eras in the history of the Western hemisphere, as Washington funneled money, weapons and other supplies to right wing death squads. And the death toll was staggering–more than 70,000 political killings in El Salvador, more than 100,000 in Guatemala, 30,000 killed in the contra war in Nicaragua. In Washington, the forces carrying out the violence were called "freedom fighters." This is how Ronald Reagan described the Contras in Nicaragua: "They are our brothers, these freedom fighters and we owe them our help. They are the moral equal of our founding fathers."

Contras (wikipedia)
The Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR, now known as "Progressio"), a human rights organization which identifies itself with liberation theology, summarized Contra operating procedures in their 1987 human rights report: "The record of the contras in the field, as opposed to their official professions of democratic faith, is one of consistent and bloody abuse of human rights, of murder, torture, mutilation, rape, arson, destruction and kidnapping."

December 14, 1984: Deputy Intelligence Director Recommends US Air Strikes against Nicaraguan Military Targets (historycommons.org)
Deputy Director of Intelligence Robert Gates sends what he calls a “straight talk” memo to his boss, CIA Director William Casey. Gates recommends the US openly deploy military forces to cripple Nicaragua’s “Marxist-Leninist” Sandinista government and elevate the Contras into power. Among his “politically more difficult” recommendations, Gates pushes for “the use of air strikes to destroy a considerable portion of Nicaragua’s military buildup.” Gates’s recommendations, which would be tantamount to the US declaring war on Nicaragua, will in large part not be followed.

How Hypocrisy on 'Terrorism' Kills (consortiumnews.com)
In the 1980s, Posada (Luis Posada Carriles) even crossed over into another U.S.-backed terrorist organization, the Nicaraguan contras. After escaping from Venezuela, he was put to work in 1985 by Oliver North’s contra-support operation run out of Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council.

The Nicaraguan contras were, in effect, a narco-terrorist organization that partially funded its operations with proceeds from coc aine trafficking, a secret that the Reagan administration worked hard to conceal along with the contras’ record of murder, torture, rape and other crimes in Nicaragua. [See Parry’s Lost History.]

President Reagan joined, too, in fierce PR campaigns to discredit human rights investigators who documented massive atrocities by U.S. allies in Central America in the 1980s – not only the contras, but also the state terrorism of the Salvadoran and Guatemalan security forces, which engaged in wholesale slaughters in villages considered sympathetic to leftist insurgents.

Generally, the major U.S. news outlets treaded very carefully when allegations arose about terrorism by “our side.”

When some brave journalists, like New York Times correspondent Raymond Bonner, wrote about politically motivated killings of civilians in Central America, they faced organized retaliation by right-wing advocacy groups which often succeeded in damaging or destroying the reporters’ careers.

Double Standards

Eventually, the American press corps developed an engrained sense of the double standards. Moral outrage could be expressed when acts of terrorism were committed by U.S. enemies, while studied silence – or nuanced concern – would be in order when the crimes were by U.S. allies.

I agree with your description of terrorists and I hate the fact that most of them are funded by the US. Look how quickly Northern Ireland settled down once the US started backing peace negotiations instead of (unofficially) funding their conflict. I don't believe that everyone fighting against western invasion and occupation of foreign lands is a terrorist even if they do plant bombs as a means of attacking a vastly more powerful army.