Published: 12/30/2007
Osama bin Laden vowed to destroy Israel.
The fugitive Al-Qaida leader issued an audio recording Saturday in which he came out against Palestinian and other Arab leaders who have recognized the Jewish state.
"I would like to assure our people in Palestine that we will expand our jihad there," Bin Laden said. "We intend to liberate Palestine, the whole of Palestine, from the river to the sea."
"We will not recognize even one inch for Jews in the land of Palestine as other Muslim leaders have," he said.
Al-Qaida is believed to have set up cells in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but its influence is limited given doctrinal opposition from ruling local groups like Islamist Hamas.
In his message, Bin Laden also mocked Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, over the fact that the U.N. peacekeeper presence has grown in southern Lebanon since last year's war with Israel. The peacekeepers, Bin Laden said, "protect the Jews."
Israel eyes Al-Qaida threat
Published: 12/31/2007
Israel is taking seriously a renewed threat by Osama bin Laden to attack it.
After Al-Qaida issued a recorded message this week vowing to "liberate Palestine" - a reference to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip - Israel stepped up its scrutiny of Palestinian terrorist groups.
"Al-Qaida has many admirers within Israel's borders, mainly in Judea and Samaria and Gaza," Tzahi Hanegbi, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told Israel Radio on Monday.
"Thus the chances of active Al-Qaida cells being set up here, with strong motivation to carry out major attacks, is something we should prepare for and thwart. Security officials have, in recent years, identified 'Global Jihad' elements in the territories who are predisposed to view Bin Laden as their leader and to draw their jihadist spirit from Al-Qaida."
Hanegbi noted that Bin Laden's recent message differed from previous ones by appearing to threaten attacks on targets in Israel. "There is a chance that his operatives will view this as an order to operate, even if up until now they did not think this was important," he said.
Yediot Acharonot reported that intelligence warnings had been received of possible Al-Qaida attacks being planned against Israeli tourists in Turkey. Jerusalem officials had no immediate comment.
The United States should not tolerate any attack by Al-Qaida on Israel! We should be protecting Israel as the Holy Bible tells us to do:
"I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." Genesis 12:3
Bill Clinton and his administration allowed Bin Laden to go free thus attacking us. The Bush administration missed signs of 9/11 attack. We must not allow this to happen again and we must not allow it to happen to Israel.
If Al-Qaida attacks either country we must retaliate and retaliate hard with bombers. Bombers should strike every know or suspected Al-Qaida strong hold regardless of the location or population. If "civilian" population are in the area then they must be considered part of the problem and harborers of the enemy.
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