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Dec. 24th, 2003 10:48 amLately every day is a very special news day, but today is xtra special. like, hysterical giggling special.
this is a headline from the Guardian from this morning
New theory for Iraq's missing WMD: Saddam was fooled into thinking he had them.
The article starts off as well as is to be expected after that headline:
British officials are circulating a story that Saddam Hussein may have been hoodwinked into believing that Iraq really did possess weapons of mass destruction.
The theory, which is doing the rounds in the upper reaches of Whitehall, is the result of an attempt to find what one official source called a "logical reason" why no chemical and biological weapons had been found in Iraq.
Of course, that kind of circumnavigates the issue of Saddam insisting that he had no WMDs, but never you mind.
Thing are getting even better. In my daily perusings of Democratic Underground I came across this and Jeremy Reynalds came into my life. Now, he's taken his webpage down, but I linked to the cache, which y'all should check out before google crawls over that part of the web again. Apparently, JR has some inside scoop in Al-Qaeda's evil plans, and he's been fear-mongering all over the conservative web hubs for the last couple of years. Here are his recent articles.
( Read selections from his latest endeavors here )
So apparently our fellow has a direct and ongoing contact with an Al-Qaeda operative named Daleel Almojahid, whether he actually exists or not is unclear, but apperntly Daleel feels compelled to divulge plans of attack to Jeremy, in a highly syncretic mixture of Book-of-Revelations and Arabic metaphores. JR posts them all over the web, and voila, you've got "the chatter" and you've got Code Orange and you've got residents of Tappahannock, VA (population 2000 or something like that) freaking out. [On edit: now that link got replaced by a headline about flights from Paris to the US cancelled, possibly in an attempt to thward an attack, possibly in an attempt to keep punishing France] Also it's nice to know that despite the fact that our heroes at Homeland Security "have specific flight numbers" about to be hujacked, but aren't telling, Tom Ridge is encouraging Americans to travel if they have plans.
I have to go get new glasses now. Read, think, discuss amongst yourselves. Definitely read the links today.
[On edit: I had a chance to properly peruse Jeremy Reynalds' gems after coming back from Pearle Vision (my new glasses are gonna be totally cat-eye style), and not only is he a really weird-looking motherfucker, he crazy. I mean, check this out: either he created this Daleel, or Daleel is some acne-faced teenager goofing off at his expense. Cuz, apparenly JR writes "undercover" missives to this "Al-Qaeda" member, and gets responses worthy of snopes.com back. Here is one from a little while ago:
Al Qaeda Source Informs Under Cover Bush Country Reporter "We Have Everything Ready And Set" And To "Move Out And Go North"
By Jeremy Reynalds
A new message was posted Monday by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of threatened major al Qaeda attacks in those cities.
The warning was reported by www.debka.com, a respected "Internet publication devoted to independent, investigative reporting and forward analysis in the fields of international terrorism, intelligence, international conflict, Islam, military affairs, security and politics."
A similar message also appeared Monday on a Yahoo! Group bulletin board (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Daleel_Al-Mojahid_/message/18). Apparently posted by Daleel Almojahid, it read "This is the last call for Muslims in New York, the east side and Los Angeles to start leaving. The mojahideen (sic) are now ready to teach the US a lesson it will never forget."
A similar message was received by this reporter when under the guise of being a Molsem sympathetic to the cause he wrote to Almojahid that he wanted to help. "I have funds to buy what you need to kill the kaffir. I need bank account, wiring instructions and location..."
The response received from Almojahid by this reporter read , "We are more than thankful for the sweet words you wrote, but we have everything ready and set thank you so much and please make your plans to move out if you are in the cities of LA, NY or the east side. Go north as much as possible as you know this is a war. May God protect you and protect all our brothers and sisters."
Almojahid posted a subsequent message on his Yahoo! Group account. Headlined "You have to understand this is a war your government had started," it read in part:
"I know that a lot of innocent people and Muslims are within these cities but you have to understand that this is a war your government had started. They have killed more than 2,000,000 Muslims in the past 12 years alone, 500,000 kids died in Iraq since 1990! What would you do if 2,000,000 Americans died from Muslims who are just attacking for money and oil and more wealth to their country! A lot of people asked me how much more time is there. I can only tell you get out as soon as you can. This is a war."]
this is a headline from the Guardian from this morning
New theory for Iraq's missing WMD: Saddam was fooled into thinking he had them.
The article starts off as well as is to be expected after that headline:
British officials are circulating a story that Saddam Hussein may have been hoodwinked into believing that Iraq really did possess weapons of mass destruction.
The theory, which is doing the rounds in the upper reaches of Whitehall, is the result of an attempt to find what one official source called a "logical reason" why no chemical and biological weapons had been found in Iraq.
Of course, that kind of circumnavigates the issue of Saddam insisting that he had no WMDs, but never you mind.
Thing are getting even better. In my daily perusings of Democratic Underground I came across this and Jeremy Reynalds came into my life. Now, he's taken his webpage down, but I linked to the cache, which y'all should check out before google crawls over that part of the web again. Apparently, JR has some inside scoop in Al-Qaeda's evil plans, and he's been fear-mongering all over the conservative web hubs for the last couple of years. Here are his recent articles.
( Read selections from his latest endeavors here )
So apparently our fellow has a direct and ongoing contact with an Al-Qaeda operative named Daleel Almojahid, whether he actually exists or not is unclear, but apperntly Daleel feels compelled to divulge plans of attack to Jeremy, in a highly syncretic mixture of Book-of-Revelations and Arabic metaphores. JR posts them all over the web, and voila, you've got "the chatter" and you've got Code Orange and you've got residents of Tappahannock, VA (population 2000 or something like that) freaking out. [On edit: now that link got replaced by a headline about flights from Paris to the US cancelled, possibly in an attempt to thward an attack, possibly in an attempt to keep punishing France] Also it's nice to know that despite the fact that our heroes at Homeland Security "have specific flight numbers" about to be hujacked, but aren't telling, Tom Ridge is encouraging Americans to travel if they have plans.
I have to go get new glasses now. Read, think, discuss amongst yourselves. Definitely read the links today.
[On edit: I had a chance to properly peruse Jeremy Reynalds' gems after coming back from Pearle Vision (my new glasses are gonna be totally cat-eye style), and not only is he a really weird-looking motherfucker, he crazy. I mean, check this out: either he created this Daleel, or Daleel is some acne-faced teenager goofing off at his expense. Cuz, apparenly JR writes "undercover" missives to this "Al-Qaeda" member, and gets responses worthy of snopes.com back. Here is one from a little while ago:
Al Qaeda Source Informs Under Cover Bush Country Reporter "We Have Everything Ready And Set" And To "Move Out And Go North"
By Jeremy Reynalds
A new message was posted Monday by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of threatened major al Qaeda attacks in those cities.
The warning was reported by www.debka.com, a respected "Internet publication devoted to independent, investigative reporting and forward analysis in the fields of international terrorism, intelligence, international conflict, Islam, military affairs, security and politics."
A similar message also appeared Monday on a Yahoo! Group bulletin board (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Daleel_Al-Mojahid_/message/18). Apparently posted by Daleel Almojahid, it read "This is the last call for Muslims in New York, the east side and Los Angeles to start leaving. The mojahideen (sic) are now ready to teach the US a lesson it will never forget."
A similar message was received by this reporter when under the guise of being a Molsem sympathetic to the cause he wrote to Almojahid that he wanted to help. "I have funds to buy what you need to kill the kaffir. I need bank account, wiring instructions and location..."
The response received from Almojahid by this reporter read , "We are more than thankful for the sweet words you wrote, but we have everything ready and set thank you so much and please make your plans to move out if you are in the cities of LA, NY or the east side. Go north as much as possible as you know this is a war. May God protect you and protect all our brothers and sisters."
Almojahid posted a subsequent message on his Yahoo! Group account. Headlined "You have to understand this is a war your government had started," it read in part:
"I know that a lot of innocent people and Muslims are within these cities but you have to understand that this is a war your government had started. They have killed more than 2,000,000 Muslims in the past 12 years alone, 500,000 kids died in Iraq since 1990! What would you do if 2,000,000 Americans died from Muslims who are just attacking for money and oil and more wealth to their country! A lot of people asked me how much more time is there. I can only tell you get out as soon as you can. This is a war."]
