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Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 11 Sep 2001 18:38:35 GMT
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NEWS:
Phone numbers for anyone who needs them:
American Airlines 1-800-245-0900
United Airlines 1-800-932-8555
From FoxNews.com:
Bin Laden a Prime Suspect
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Several terrorist organizations have been known to have the motivation and
the organizational capability to carry out Tuesday's attack on the World
Trade Center towers in New York:
The most prominent name is that of Usama bin Laden. While the government of
Afghanistan on Tuesday told Fox News the fugitive Saudi billionaire living
somewhere within its borders could not have been responsible for the
attacks, others believe bin Laden's organization, Al Qaida, is the prime
suspect in the spate of attacks.
Based in Afghanistan, the group has been linked to a series of attacks on
U.S. assets around the world and has repeatedly threatened to strike the
United States within its own borders.
An umbrella organization with an operational reach that stretches around the
globe, Al-Qaida has been extremely successful at maintaining a high level of
security and secrecy.
Despite the intelligence efforts of several world powers, bin Laden's
organization has continued to support or facilitate acts of international
terrorism. No nation has successfully penetrated the organization.
This is partly due to the fact that Al-Qaida operates as an umbrella group
supporting a host of cells around the world. The organization develops
autonomous cells capable of operating individually without a central command.
Additionally, Al-Qaida coordinates operations and activities with various
other militant organizations around the world. The hierarchy of the
relationships remains unknown.
Bin Laden himself has repeatedly threatened acts of terrorism against the
United States, and Al-Qaida was pinpointed in the attacks on the U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
Bin Laden, a Saudi, has operated from Afghanistan for several years.
Also Tuesday, an editor of a London-based Arab newspaper said bin Laden
warned three weeks ago that he would attack American interests and promised
"a very big one."
There are other suspected groups. An early report from London, quoting Abu
Dhabi TV, said the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
claimed responsibility for the attack, but MBC (Middle East Broadcasting)
later reported the DFLP denied any involvement. The information has not been
confirmed by any U.S. sources.
A Marxist-Leninist organization founded in 1969, the DFLP conducted numerous
small bombings and minor assaults and some more spectacular operations in
Israel and the occupied territories, concentrating on Israeli targets. It
was involved only in border raids since 1988, but continues to oppose the
Israel-PLO peace agreement.
With a membership estimated at 500, it receives limited financial and
military aid from Syria.
The DFLP broke away from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP), another Marxist-Leninist group founded in 1967 by George Habash. The
PFLP committed numerous international terrorist attacks during the 1970s.
Since 1978, it has conducted attacks against Israeli or moderate Arab
targets. With a membership of 800, the PFLP receives safehaven and some
logistic assistance from Syria.
Matt
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| NEWS: President Bush: Politicians want him in DC, Secret Service wants him at NORAD. Just landed in Nebraska. Will continue to land and refuel until decision made. Can do everthing needed from Air Force One. Matt (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| NEWS: FAA: All domestic flights in air during shutdown have landed safely. Strong indications that people linked to Bin Ladin planned and committed attacks. Bin Ladin associate murdered, this may be retaliation. Islamic chat rooms heavy activity (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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