Top Stories: World : Al Qaeda Video Warning Message Expected
Posted by Douglas J. Hagmann on 2006/8/31 23:06:39 ( )

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*Intelligence analysts are urging a heightened awareness by citizens of the US and Canada, especially within the transportation sectors, schools, and in locations beyond those cities commonly named as potential targets of al Qaeda attacks.


Ayman al Zawahiri (Left); Adam Gadahn (Center); Gadahn as Islamic warrior "Azzam al-Amriki" (Right)

By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director, Northeast intelligence Network &
Judi McLeod, Founder & Editor, Canada Free Press

1 September 2006: In classic al Qaeda fashion, As Sahab Productions, the media (propaganda) arm of al Qaeda announced yesterday that a new video featuring the terror group’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri along with Adam Gadahn, also known as Azzam the American (or Azzam al-Amriki), will be released shortly. The message, reportedly titled “An Invitation to Islam” is causing concern among intelligence analysts in the United States and Canada, according to our friends within the intelligence services inside both countries.

Broadcast at a time when world tensions are high and falling between the discovery of the plot to bomb US flag carrying aircraft from the skies originating in the UK, and the 5-year anniversary of the attacks on America, many intelligence officials are calling this video message “significantly timed.” Gadahn made his debute in al Qaeda B-movies in October, 2004, when he warned that attacks are forthcoming that will make the streets of America "run red with blood," adding that “the magnitude and ferocity of what is coming your way will make you forget all about September 11th…” Al-Zawahiri's last video was released in early August of this year.

Intelligence agents from both sides of the border have alerted investigative analysts of the Northeast Intelligence Network that there a concern of multiple attacks inside the US as the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, as well as possible concurrent attacks in Canada in the wake of the busting of a large, Ontario based terror cell in August. Canada represents America's most vital trading partner, and shares principles of liberty derived from our common heritage. In a speech made by US President Bush in late 2004, the President referenced the unity between the US and Canada Based on the common belief of the dignity of every human life, the right of every person to live in freedom, belief in free markets, humanized by compassion and fairness – all of which are the antithesis of al Qaeda’s principles.

Analysts expect the video message to be yet another veiled warning to convert to Islam or “suffer the consequences,” a twisted philosophy of absolution from violent acts that is a hallmark of orthodox Islam. Intelligence analysts are urging a heightened awareness by citizens of the US and Canada, especially within the transportation sectors, schools, and in locations beyond those cities commonly named as potential targets of al Qaeda attacks.