[AGL] there's a real world out there with independent actors bent on mischief

[Frances Morey]

I'm sick of the new boogy men having labels that describe borderless and geographically mysterious suicidal ideologues who become human bomb delivery boys, (occasionally girls). They are sensless slayers whose most poisonous effect is to provide fodder for the media maw that keeps us fearfully enthralled and engaged in war. Mischief is too small a word for this kind of nonsensical evil.
  Frances

Michael Eisenstadt <michaele at ando.pair.com> wrote:
  Al-Qaida could use non-Arabs to attack Israel By Ze-ev Schiff, Haaretz 
Correspondent
Shin Bet and other intelligence units have been put on special alert after 
Ayman Al-Zawahiri, an Al-Qaida strongman and Osama Bin Laden's deputy, said 
Israel was on Al-Qaida's list of upcoming targets. Intelligence sources said 
Al-Qaida could try to execute a surprise attack using non-Arabs.

Zawahiri is believed to be taking over the leadership of Al-Qaida, due to 
Bin Laden's illness. Zawahiri and Bin Laden have apparently disagreed over 
whether Al-Qaida's next target should be in a Western state or in the Middle 
East. Bin Laden wanted to act in the United States and Europe while 
Zawahiri, who is of Egyptian origin, wished to achieve goals in the Middle 
East; namely, Israel and the Arab states that cooperate with it.

Zawahiri pushed to set up Al-Qaida cells in Sinai, taking advantage of the 
Bedouin economic plight to carry out terror attacks against Egyptian targets 
and Israeli tourists. He initiated terror acts in Jordan causing dozens of 
fatalities and was behind the idea to intercept an aircraft carrying Israeli 
tourists to East Africa and attack the hotel where Israelis were staying in 
2002.



About two weeks ago, on the anniversary of September 11, Zawahiri warned in 
a video recording that Israel and the Gulf states could be Al-Qaida's next 
targets of attack. Such attacks would be aimed at destroying the Western 
economy. Israel increased its preparations for a preemptive strike following 
his warning.

Israel assumes that Al-Qaida will try to recruit non-Arabs to act against 
Israel, as it tried to enlist Africans for the attacks in East Africa. 
Israel knew of this activity, but had difficulty cooperating with the 
Americans to thwart it. However, Israel's cooperation with European 
intelligence brought about the arrest of Al-Qaida people in East Africa.

The most commonly cited surprise attack in Israel was the bombing of Mike's 
Place in Tel Aviv by two Britons of Pakistani origin who were sent by 
Al-Qaida.

The two, who smuggled explosives into Israel, moved freely between Israel 
and the territories with their British passports. About a month ago, British 
authorities exposed British-born Al-Qaida activists of Pakistani origin, who 
were planning to crash passenger airplanes over the ocean with liquid 
explosives.

Another possibility Al-Qaida is believed to be considering is infiltrating 
Israel via Lebanon.

Israel today faces two main fundamentalist groups - Sunni Al-Qaida and 
Shi'ite Hezbollah.

Hezbollah is set on harming Israel, but it is hardly likely at this stage to 
allow Al-Qaida to act independently in Lebanon without supervision.




 		
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