ALGERIA: HEAD OF AL-QAEDA LINKED GROUP THREATENS TOURISTS IN MAGHREB http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism <http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.413174 069&par=0> &loid=8.0.413174069&par=0 Algiers, 10 May (AKI) - Western workers in North Africa and tourists are going to be the prime targets of suicide attacks, Abu Musab Abdel Wudud, the leader of the Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb said in a video released on Islamist websites Thursday - the first by the Algerian terrorist since the new group was formed in January from the Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC). "We ask Muslims to avoid sites where there are foreigners, diplomats, businessmen or tourists," he says in the 19-minute-long video. Announcing the intensification of suicide bomb attacks, Abdel Wudud outlines his group's strategy to strike in particular touristic venues in North Africa. "Starting from now we have decided to increase suicide operations as a strategic choice in the fight between us and our enemy and we have therefore ordered all the leaders of our brigades to start recruiting martyrs," he also says. In the video, the terror leader gives Muslims indications on how to avoid terror attacks in a possible response to recent criticism from former GSPC leaders who have criticized the strategy of the new organization which targets civilian as well as military objectives. Violent attacks have been increasing in Algeria since the main Islamist rebel group, GSPC, changed its name to the al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb in January, after pledging allegiance to the international terror network last September. The Algiers 11 April bombings, the first in the capital's centre in over ten years, are believed to be the country's first suicide attacks and were claimed by the new terror group. Abdel Wudud's message is believed to have been filmed after the attack somewhere in the Algerian mountains, judging by the background. In it, the terror leader also accuses the Arab League and other regional organizations of being allied with the West against Arabs and Muslims and pays his respects to Osama bin Laden, his second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as terror leaders and militants in Afghanistan, Iraq, Chechnya and Somalia. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
