Alleged Al Qa'ida email claims "Winds of Black Death" attack on US near

[scottxyz]

The alleged Al Qa'ida e-mail to an Arab-language London paper claiming responsibility for the bomb blasts in Madrid also contains a warning to the US.

The letter, faxed to Reuters by a London-based Islamic newspaper after the blasts, said: "The 'Winds of Black Death' strike against America is now in its final stage ... 90 percent (ready) and God willing near."

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4557630


Additional news sources here:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=Winds+of+Black+Death&btnG=Search+News


Now, I'm not saying I automatically believe this. But given how out-of-touch our own government has been on intelligence lately (underplaying threats before 9/11, overplaying threats in Iraq), it could be helpful for us to be aware of these things and maybe somehow do a bit of threat assessment ourselves.

[Jax]

1. Return address on that letter

is no doubt 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

I am saying that.

Jax

[kalian]

2. Can they make it any more OBVIOUS?

Hold on people...I think the bushistas are about to launch the
next staged terror event. Gotta get the sheeple shaking in their
shoes again...can't have them doubt shrub before the elections.

Martial law anyone...? :eyes:

[stepnw1f]

3. Noam Chomsky

did point out, that grassroots movements can have a huge impact on things like this. Suppose we demand answers concerning this threat, publicly?

[kalian]

4. Then we'll just bring about our demise that much faster....

[Xanth]

6. I agree...

we should be able to see more proof. If it's this serious we need to know more. Of course I would prefer to hear that the attack was foiled somehow then see the plans and tools that were going to be used. I don't want another attack to be the proof.

[4morewars]

22. LOL, That's funny....

you think we can DEMAND something from these assholes !
</sarcasm>

[Mari333]

5. How imaginative of Rove!

Winds of Black Death indeed...what White House group thinks up this stuff? People in the US have these images of black robed muslims hovering over them and attacking..not to mention they used the word black death, as tho a plague is about to hit people
Im buying stock in duct tape and Prozac again.
(the only winds of Black Death I can honestly think I take seriously are the emanations I hear from GOP politicians , Zell Miller, and Joe LIEberman when they open their pie holes in Congress)

This is almost as funny as the Operation Mountain Storm photo op they will produce for our October Surprise when they take Osama off Ice and Wag the Osama for their Hail Mary pass in October...

Its soooooooooooooo transparent!

[jmusgrat]

13. Oh, I know the answer! Pick me! Pick me!

I think VP Crashcart and the rest of the "shadow government" think up those in their undisclosed locations... Think about, what else do you have to do when you are at an undisclosed location?

[alfredo]

20. Eat cheese puffs, drink beer, and

plot world domination.

[ParanoidPat]

16. Same group that took credit for the blackout last August.....

.....and in their last quarterly newsletter were going to nuke NY in early February! :evilgrin:

[dflprincess]

7. Yet,

they haven't raised the threat level.

[charlie]

9. Funny, that

Innit?

[Salviati]

21. That's what I was thinking today...

They seem to raise the threat level at the drop of a hat, but after one of our more "major" allies in the Mess 'o' potamia misadventure gets bombed...nothing. very odd...

[DemBones DemBones]

14. They know people laugh at their threat color of the day, so

they're not trotting it out so often. We know they're not too serious about protecting us.

[madrchsod]

8. remember

this isn`t the bin boy branch ,this is a group that aligns itself with bin boys outfit. so its not bin ordering the attack? "show me the money"-who`s financing the attacks? it`s not bin boy.....could it be brotherhood?

[still_one]

10. security

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[_Jumper_]

11. That "threat"

Comes from a group that made false claims of responsibility before. Who would have an interest in making false claims and threats when people are scared? I think poster #2 hit the nail on the head.

[dsc]

12. a new terrorist attack would hurt Bush, not help him

His whole message is that "i have protected America". Hard to make that case if a few thousand more people die.

[Seldona]

15. It is so stupid that we are stuck in Iraq.

So many wasted resources and ill will over that one.

It is, in my view, *'s greatest crime.

And we are going to pay for it for the forseeable future.

What a monster he is.

[Rex]

17. Mistranslation, it's supposed to be "Winds of Burning Flatulence".

:evilgrin:

[4morewars]

24. I laughed out loud ....

at that !!!! (the feeble mind is easily amused)

[rasputin1952]

18. Do we have any Muslims out there that can explain...

just what "The Winds of Black Death" is supposed to be?
(or anyone else that may have knowledge of thios phenomena)

I am all for prose, but how about a little reality here.

In any case, I find it highly doubtful that God would be willing to unleash TWoBD; however, man is certainly capable.

O8)

edited: typo

[MSchreader]

19. "Black Death"

The only thing I associate that with is the Bubonic Plague. Wasn't there something in the media about someone screwing around with vials of bubonic plague recently?

Martin

[htuttle]

23. I think I saw "Winds of Black Death"

Early Jackie Chan movie, right?

[Valerie5555]

25. OMG A Female Vagina Fart bomber, but seriously

it hopefully is another "Look! Osama Bin Laden!" trick.


Wonder if anyone had this fantasy or John Kerry's running mate says "Look Bushie! Osama Bin Laden!," the Shrubbery asks "Where? Where?," and John Kerry kicks him in the butt.


I secretly hoped Hillary Clinton would be the one to say "Look Bushie! Osama Bin Laden!," but it may not be likely, but a person could dream, couldn't they?

[allalone]

26. Is that

anything like "the mother of all wars?"

[scottxyz]

27. Letter (translated) can be read in full here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1226387

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2CDD53D6-7AF7-40C7-AF88-32A16072F81B.htm