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

[michelemason]

"nonsensical evil"  —I like that Frances.  mm

On Sep 25, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Frances Morey wrote:

> 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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