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Posted:
October
30,
2003
1:00
a.m.
Eastern
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2003
WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON
–
A
once-secret,
181-page
al-Qaida
training
manual
obtained
by Joseph
Farah's
G2
Bulletin
shows
Osama
bin
Laden's
terrorist
network
has
been
focused
on
seaports
as
top-level
targets
for
more
than
two
years.
Once
again,
the
manual
is
further
confirmation
of
the
growing
maritime
threat,
especially
since
al-Qaida
is
known
to
have
purchased
at
least
15
ships
whose
whereabouts
are
unknown.
In
addition,
in
response
to
a
warning
from
Washington
that
members
of
al-Qaida
could
be
aboard
a
ship
due
in
South
Korea,
Seoul
reportedly
is
boosting
security
at
one
of
its
main
ports.
Al-Qaida
encourages
the
recruitment
of
agents
who
work
as
"employees
at
borders,
airports
and
seaports,"
the
training
manual
obtained
by
G2
Bulletin
states.
Targets
listed
for
"blasting
and
destroying"
include:
"Places
of
amusement;"
Embassies;
"Vital
economic
centers";
"Bridges
leading
into
and
out
of
the
cities";
"Strategic
buildings";
"Important
establishments";
"Military
bases";
"Important
ministries
such
as
those
of
defense
and
internal
security";
"Airports";
"Seaports";
"Land
border
points";
Radio
and
TV
stations
Terror
experts
are
beginning
to
examine
worst-case
scenarios
should
al-Qaida
use
its
15-ship
armada
to
conduct
terror
attacks
on
western
targets.
G2B
sources
say
there
are
reports
al-Qaida
and
other
terrorist
organizations
have
been
practicing
high-seas
terror
attacks
by
hijacking
ships,
kidnapping
crews
and
studying
diving
–
much
as
the
Sept.
11
skyjackers
learned
to
fly
airliners.
Al-Qaida's
freighters
are
believed
to
be
somewhere
in
the
Indian
or
Pacific
oceans.
When
the
ships
left
their
home
ports
in
the
Horn
of
Africa
weeks
ago,
some
were
destined
for
ports
in
Asia.
G2B
sources
say
other
potential
targets
of
the
al-Qaida
armada,
besides
civilian
ports,
include
oil
rigs.
Another
threat
is
the
ramming
of
a
cruise
liner.
If
a
maritime
terror
attack
comes,
it
won't
be
the
first.
In
October
2000,
the
USS
Cole,
a
heavily
armed
ship
protected
with
the
latest
radar
defenses,
was
hit
by
an
al-Qaida
suicide
crew.
Seventeen
American
sailors
died.
Two
years
later,
following
the
attacks
on
the
Twin
Towers,
a
similar
attack
was
carried
out
against
a
French
supertanker
off
the
coast
of
Yemen.
A
Rand
Corp.
study
released
last
month
in
London
warns
terrorists
might
use
container
ships
in
terror
attacks
meant
to
cause
massive
casualties.
The
report
warns
cargo
ships
or
shipping
containers
could
be
used
to
deliver
weapons
of
mass
destruction
for
terror
groups
such
as
al-Qaida.
The
report,
produced
in
cooperation
with
the
European
Commission,
said:
"The
potential
threat
of
terrorists
using
containers
poses
a
large
risk
to
our
economies
and
to
our
societies.
Ultimately,
this
means
that
the
marine
sector
–
and
specifically
the
container
transport
sector
–
remains
wide
open
to
the
terrorist
threat."
Rand
says
the
international
community
has
not
become
sufficiently
aware
of
al-Qaida's
threat
at
sea,
with
most
counter-insurgency
efforts
being
focused
on
stopping
an
attack
from
the
air.
It
is
not
known
whether
the
ship
expected
to
dock
in
South
Korea
today
is
one
of
the
15
ships
purchased
by
al-Qaida.
Yesterday's
edition
of
Munhwa
Ilbo
quoted
unidentified
military
sources
as
saying
the
U.S.
military
had
tipped
off
South
Korean
officials
about
the
cargo
ship,
which
is
scheduled
to
reach
waters
off
South
Korea's
west-coast
port
of
Kunsan
late
today.
There
was
no
immediate
confirmation
of
the
security
alert.
A
spokesman
at
South
Korea's
Defense
Ministry
told
Reuters:
"We
are
not
aware
of
any
al-Qaida
threat."
The
U.S.
military
in
South
Korea
referred
reporters'
inquiries
to
Washington.
A
police
officer
in
Kunsan
said
by
telephone:
"We
haven't
received
any
specific
information
but
the
cargo
ship
crew
haven't
received
permission
from
the
authorities
to
leave
the
ship
because
some
of
the
crew
couldn't
be
identified."
The
newspaper
named
the
ship
as
the
Athena,
sailing
from
New
Zealand.
It
did
not
say
what
flag
the
ship
was
flying,
and
gave
no
further
details.
The
United
States
has
37,000
troops
based
in
South
Korea
to
help
deter
North
Korea.
Meanwhile,
the
al-Qaida
terror
manual
makes
clear
bin
Laden's
organization
is
in
this
fight
for
the
long
haul
–
and
that
there
will
never
be
any
compromise.
"Islamic
governments
have
never
and
will
never
be
established
through
peaceful
solutions
and
cooperative
councils,"
the
terrorist
manual
says.
"They
are
established
as
they
always
have
been
...
by
pen
and
gun
...
by
word
and
bullet
...
by
tongue
and
teeth."
"Islam
does
not
make
a
truce
with
unbelief,"
it
continues,
"but
rather
confronts
it."
"It
knows
the
dialogue
of
bullets."
There
is
harsh
criticism
of
what
al-Qaida
calls
Arab
nations
under
the
rulership
of
"apostates."
"After
the
fall
of
our
orthodox
caliphates
on
March
3,
1924,
and
after
expelling
the
colonialists,
our
Islamic
nation
was
afflicted
with
apostate
rulers
who
took
over
in
the
Muslim
nation,"
the
manual
explains.
"These
rulers
turned
out
to
be
more
infidel
and
criminal
than
the
colonialists
themselves.
Muslims
have
endured
all
kinds
of
harm,
oppression
and
torture
at
their
hands."
In
a
description
of
various
forms
of
torture
prisoners
can
expect,
the
manual
adds:
"Let
no
one
think
that
the
aforementioned
techniques
are
fabrications
of
our
imagination,
or
that
we
copied
them
from
spy
stories.
On
the
contrary,
these
are
factual
incidents
in
the
prisons
of
Egypt,
Syria,
Jordan,
Saudi
Arabia
and
all
other
Arab
countries.
Those
who
follow
daily
events
and
read
the
newspapers
and
journals
would
be
amazed
to
learn
that:
Security
personnel
totally
undressed
veiled
women
in
public.
The
security
personnel
arrested
a
brother's
mother,
a
brother's
sister
and
a
brother's
wife
and
raped
them.
The
wife
of
brother
Saffout
AbdulGhani
–
may
Allah
have
him
released
–
had
a
miscarriage
when
the
government's
dogs
(i.e.
cronies)
beat
and
tortured
her
in
front
of
her
husband.
The
security
personnel
captured
brother
Hassan
Al-Gharbawi's
mother,
who
is
older
than
60
years,
and
hanged
her
by
her
feet
(upside
down).
The
security
personnel
shaved
the
head
of
the
wife
of
a
brother
who
participated
in
the
murder
of
Rif'at
Al-Mahjoub
(Egypt's
former
parliament
speaker)."
The
following
warning
appears
on
the
manual:
"It
is
forbidden
to
remove
this
from
the
house."
The
manual
provides
lessons
in
developing
simple
forms
of
biological
and
chemical
weapons
–
such
as
ricin.
Members
who
are
taken
prisoner
are
instructed
to
complain
about
"torture"
and
"mistreatment,"
and
to
go
on
a
"hunger
strike"
as
a
last
resort
for
public
sympathy.
They're
also
told
to
"shout
Islamic
slogans"
while
being
transported
in
public
places,
and
spend
their
time
in
jail
creating
"Islamic
programs
for
themselves"
and
"memorizing
the
Qur'an,"
the
Muslims'
sacred
book.
Some
of
the
detainees
at
Camp
X-ray
in
Guantanamo,
Cuba,
have
already
followed
this
formula.
U.S.
intelligence
and
law-enforcement
officials
say
cells
of
al-Qaida
sleeper
agents
are
still
active
in
the
U.S.
Evidence
of
their
activity
has
been
found
in
Massachusetts,
New
Jersey,
Virginia,
Maryland,
North
Carolina,
Florida,
Michigan
and
California,
among
other
states.
And
they
may
be
waiting
for
orders
to
launch
new
attacks.
The
manual
also
instructs
al-Qaida
sleeper
agents
on
how
to
blend
in
with
Western
societies
by
avoiding
Muslim
appearances.
"Have
a
general
appearance
that
does
not
indicate
Islamic
orientation,"
it
says.
They
are
told
to
cut
their
beards,
lose
the
long
shirts
and
shelve
their
pocket-sized
Korans
used
for
recitation.
This
is
how
the
19
Sept.
11
hijackers
fit
in.
In
addition,
they
are
told
to
make
excuses
for
fasting,
such
as
saying
they
feel
ill.
And
they
are
told
they
can
combine
their
noon
and
afternoon
prayers,
as
well
as
sunset
and
evening
prayers,
to
avoid
drawing
the
attention
of
"the
polytheists,"
as
they
refer
to
Christians.
Human-rights
activists
and
media
wringing
their
hands
over
the
treatment
of
terrorist
detainees
might
be
interested
to
know
that
al-Qaida
members
are
trained
to
torture
their
captives
to
pry
away
secrets.
"Information
is
collected
by
kidnapping
the
enemy
individual,
interrogating
him
and
torturing
him,"
the
al-Qaida
guide
says.
They
say
Islam
sanctions
it.
"Religious
scholars
have
permitted
beating,"
the
guide
says.
"The
religious
scholars
have
also
permitted
the
killing
of
a
hostage
if
he
insists
on
withholding
information
from
Muslims."
The
manual
quotes
liberally
from
the
Koran
to
justify
violent
goals
and
methods.
The
"main
mission"
of
the
"Islamic
movement,"
it
says,
is
to
"overthrow
godless
regimes"
and
replace
them
with
"an
Islamic
regime."
Regarding
"the
oppressors,"
members
must
pledge
"to
slaughter
them
like
lambs,
and
let
the
Nile,
al-Asi
and
Euphrates
rivers
flow
with
their
blood."
It
says
"Islam
is
not
just
performing
rituals,
but
a
complete
system:
Religion
and
government,
worship
and
jihad,
ethics
and
dealing
with
people,
and
the
Koran
and
the
sword."
The
manual
says
the
hypocrites
of
the
faith
have
strayed
from
"Allah's
course"
and
fallen
in
"love
with
the
world."
It
criticizes
their
"loathing
of
death
and
their
abandonment
of
jihad,"
or
holy
war
against
"infidels"
or
"unbelievers,"
which
it
defines
as
"Christians,
Jews."
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