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      schrieb am 26.11.02 12:25:02
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      HOW, WHY AND WHEN TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES
      A hoax. The following is full text of one such email:
      HOW, WHY AND WHEN TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES
      The following interview was conducted by a reporter for the Al-Jazeera network with the third-in-command of the Al Queda organization, Mr. Mohammed Al-Asuquf. Al-Asuquf`s background is impressive; a doctorate in physics and masters in international economics. In the interview, he talks of Al Queda`s plans with total detachment, with deep knowledge and an unshakeable commitment to his cause. This interview was sent to Abel-Bari Atwan, chief editor of Al Quds, an Arabic-language newspaper published in London, but was never printed, due to its highly revealing [inflammatory?] contents. A copy of the interview came to Foz-do-Iguaçu, and was translated into Portuguese by a university professor in the city`s Arab community. This is probably the only existing version of this interview not in Arabic.
      Al-Jazeera: What is the objective of the Al Queda network?
      Al-Asuquf: To destroy the Great Satan, that is, the United States and Israel.
      Al-Jazeera: Why?
      Al-Asuquf: The USA over the past 60 years has been impregnating [infecting] the world with its arrogance, greed and malfeasance. It is the incarnation of all that is evil. The people of this planet don`t deserve this torture.
      Al-Jazeera: Isn`t this view somewhat one-sided?
      Al-Asuquf: No; one only has to observe recent events. The disrespect of the Kyoto treaty; the case of the Permanent Court of International Justice, their inaction with regards to our Palestinian brothers; the financial greed and absurd speculations in Third World countries; the complete indifference to other oppressed people and countless other situations which all of the world`s leaders well know. And on top of all that, the Bush doctrine of "shoot first and ask questions later." This is an unacceptable abuse and will therefore have very grave consequences.
      Al-Jazeera: But the isn`t the development and influence of America the fruit of its own competence?
      Al-Asuquf: Competence in extortion, competence in subjugation, competence in lying. After the Second World War, the USA was the only industrialized country with its manufacturing infrastructure intact. Loaning money like a good loan shark, it ended up becoming a very rich and powerful country; however, its greed remained undiminished. Today, Americans live like maharajas [?], wasting more than any other people, spending more than $80 billion per year just on gambling. They`ve lost any notion of spirituality and live in constant sin. With each passing day the USA demonstrates that it doesn`t know how to live with other peoples; for this, it deserves destruction.
      Al-Jazeera: Wouldn`t it be easier to simply assassinate President George Bush?
      Al-Asuquf: In the first place, it would do no good, other than turning him into a martyr. When you face a powerful enemy, the best strategy is not to kill him, but to make him lose his leadership due to his incompetence, and let him live to watch this unfold.
      Al-Jazeera: Does the Al Queda network have the military capacity to make war on the United States?
      Al-Asuquf: If we analyze history, we will see that all great wars, before they were started, were based on previously established concepts [of war]. But if we observe well, we will see that these concepts and strategies came to nothing, since a new type of war was ultimately waged. An example is the construction of the Maginot line by the French before the First World War, which, in reality proved to be completely useless against the invading forces. Aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and spy satellites will be useless in the next war.
      Al-Jazeera: American authorities hold more than 1,000 people suspected of terrorism since September 11th. Won`t this compromise Al Queda`s plans?
      Al-Asuquf: Of those imprisoned, perhaps 20 to 30 percent belong to Al Queda. Moreover, they are from the second echelon. We have more than 500 members of the first echelon and 800 from the second, inside the United States.
      Al-Jazeera: What do you mean by first and second echelons?
      Al-Asuquf: In the first echelon are Al Queda members who have been in the United States for more than 10 years, many married with children. They have detailed knowledge of our plans and are just waiting for a phone call. They are also known as "sleepers." Those of the second echelon have arrived in the last five years and have no idea of our plans.
      Al-Jazeera: Are even those who are married, with children, ready to die with their families?
      Al-Asuquf: Yes. All of them are ready to die. Long live September 11th.
      Al-Jazeera: What was September 11th to Al Queda`s overall plans?
      Al-Asuquf: As a general step, it was just the beginning. It was a way of calling the world`s attention to what is still to come.
      Al-Jazeera: How many members does Al Queda have?
      Al-Asuquf: In the first echelon, about 5,000; in the second, about 20,000, all over the world.
      Al-Jazeera: In the detention camp at Guantanamo, are there any members of the first echelon?
      Al-Asuquf: No, in fact, many of those there are not even Al Queda members.
      Al-Jazeera: How does Al Queda intend to destroy the most powerful nation in history?
      Al-Asuquf: It`s a question of logistics. Using its own poison, that is, attacking the heart of what they consider the most important thing in the world: money.
      Al-Jazeera: How so?
      Al-Asuquf: The American economy is an economy of false appearances. There is no real economic ballast to the American economy. The American GDP of is something around $10 trillion, of which just 1 percent represents agriculture, and just 24 percent represents industry. Therefore, 75 percent of the American GDP is service and most of this is financial speculation. For those who understand economics, and it appears that the American Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O`Neil, doesn`t or doesn`t see it, it`s enough to say that the USA acts like a huge "dot-com," and dollars, strictly speaking, are its shares.
      Al-Jazeera: Can you explain that?
      Al-Asuquf: The value of a company`s shares is directly proportional to the profitability of the enterprise. When a business is just a service provider and doesn`t produce any durable goods, the value of its shares depends on its credibility. Which is to say that if the credibility of the USA were shaken, its shares (the dollar) would fall with incredible rapidity and the entire American economy would begin to collapse.
      Al-Jazeera: How can you be so sure of this?
      Al-Asuquf: On a smaller scale, it`s exactly what large financial groups do to the countries of the third world to reap profits in one month that Swiss banks couldn`t get in four or five years.
      Al-Jazeera: So how will Al Queda shock the American economy to this point?
      Al-Asuquf: By provoking a deficit of between $50 and $70 trillion dollars, the equivalent of the United States` GDP for five to seven years.
      Al-Jazeera: How will this be done?
      Al-Asuquf: With the destruction of the seven largest American cities, along with other measures.
      Al-Jazeera: By what means will this be done?
      Al-Asuquf: Using atomic bombs.
      Al-Jazeera: With all of the security in the USA, how, hypothetically, will these bombs be smuggled onto American soil?
      Al-Asuquf: They won`t be smuggled in, they`re already there.
      Al-Jazeera: What are you saying?
      Al-Asuquf: There are already seven nuclear devices on American soil which were put in place before September 11th and are ready to be detonated.
      Al-Jazeera: How did they get in to the USA?
      Al-Asuquf: Before September 11, American security was a fiasco, and even after, were it necessary, we could manage to smuggle bombs into the United States. They entered through seaports, as normal cargo.
      Al-Jazeera: How is that possible?
      Al-Asuquf: A nuclear device is no bigger than a refrigerator; therefore, it can be easily camouflaged as one. Millions of cargo containers arrive in seaports each day, and no matter how efficient security is, it`s impossible to check, search through and examine each container.

      Al-Jazeera: Where did these atomic bombs come from?
      Al-Asuquf: They were purchased on the black market.
      Al-Jazeera: From whom?
      Al-Asuquf: We bought five from the defunct Soviet Union and two more from Pakistan.
      Al-Jazeera: How is it possible to buy an atomic bomb? Isn`t there security?
      Al-Asuquf: Before 1989 it was practically impossible, however after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Russian army began a process of self destruction, and some high generals began to lose their privileges, and therefore, highly susceptible to corruption. Even General Lebeb, now deceased, and Hans Blix, the head of the arms inspection commission of the United Nations, have stated this, notwithstanding denials by Russian Defense Minister Seguey Ivanov.
      Al-Jazeera: How much does a nuclear bomb cost?
      Al-Asuquf: Somewhere around $200 million.
      Al-Jazeera: How did Al Queda get this money?
      Al-Asuquf: We have numerous sponsors.
      Al-Jazeera: Who are they?
      Al-Asuquf: There are a number of countries which support us, and also numerous wealthy individuals.
      Al-Jazeera: Are all of these countries Arab?
      Al-Asuquf: No, there are some European countries as well which have an interest in the fall of the USA.
      Al-Jazeera: Who are these wealthy individuals?
      Al-Asuquf: People who are also tired of watching the USA suck the wealth out of the rest of the world.
      Al-Jazeera: Is Saddam Hussein one of them?
      Al-Asuquf: You could say that he`s just one of the collaborators, through Abdul Tawab Mullah Hawaish, his vice-prime minister and the person responsible for Iraq`s arms program.
      Al-Jazeera: Are these atomic bombs powerful ones?
      Al-Asuquf: The five Russian devices are from the old T-3 missiles, also known as RD-107s, and their potency is something around 100 kilotons each, that is, 5 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb. The Pakistani bombs are less powerful, somewhere around 10 kilotons.
      Al-Jazeera: Can`t the bombs be detected and disarmed by American authorities?
      Al-Asuquf: No, in spite of their age they`ve undergone modernization and are well hidden. Even if they were found, they have autodetonation provisions should anything get close to them. Even electromagnetic pulses would be incapable of deactivating them.
      Al-Jazeera: Don`t they emit radiation? Can`t they be detected?
      Al-Asuquf: No. They are wrapped in thick leaden cases.
      Al-Jazeera: A suspected Pakistani ship was recently searched and all that was found were lead bars. Does this have anything to do with the bombs?
      Al-Asuquf: Yes, however that lead was just an extra layer, and was not essentially necessary.
      Al-Jazeera: How will the bombs be detonated?
      Al-Asuquf: There are numerous methods, a cell-phone call, radio frequency, seismic shocks or by timer.
      Al-Jazeera: Once detonated, how many deaths will be caused by these bombs?
      Al-Asuquf: It depends, since our plans are very malleable.
      Al-Jazeera: So what is the entire plan?
      Al-Asuquf: The beginning will be the detonation of a nuclear device, which will cause the death of between 800 thousand and one million people and create chaos on a scale never seen before. During this chaos, two or three cropsprayers that are now dismantled and stored in granaries [silos?] close to little-used highways in the countryside will take off on suicide missions to spray two or three large American cities with smallpox. That means that once the smallpox has been identified, all airports and seaports will be closed by quarantine. Land borders will likewise be shut down. Not one airplane, ship or vehicle will enter or leave the United States. This will cause total chaos. White House Press secretary Ari Fleischman will be very busy.
      Al-Jazeera: But the American government has guaranteed that within five days it could produce enough smallpox vaccine to inoculate the entire population. Al-Asuquf: There will be simultaneous suicide attacks against the vaccine production plants. Al-Jazeera: Which will be the first city?
      Al-Asuquf: The first city will be that in which optimal conditions present themselves, for example, clear skies, and winds of eight miles-per-hour or less in the direction of the country`s center so that radioactive dust can contaminate the maximum possible area.
      Al-Jazeera: Will this attack annihilate the USA?
      Al-Asuquf: No. But the process will have begun. Who will buy food products from the United States knowing they may have been contaminated by radiation? Who will travel to the United States knowing the possibility of contracting smallpox? Who will continue to invest in American institutions? Just as with the World Trade Center, it will be simply a question of time before the entire economic structure collapses and turns to dust. If our objectives are reached with one bomb and the smallpox, probably we`ll save the lives of others, however that`s risky [unlikely?], and it`s probable that six more bombs will be detonated, one per week, and other attacks with chemical weapons will be carried out.
      Al-Jazeera: How many innocent people will die?
      Al-Asuquf: According to estimates made by me and Ayman Al-Zawahiro, somewhere around 15 million due to the atomic bombs and their radiation. Of those exposed to smallpox, 25 percent will die, approximately five million, and many more due to the ensuing chaos and disorder.
      Al-Jazeera: What about the American military response?
      Al-Asuquf: There will practically be none. Even if five or ten cities were chosen at random to be destroyed, that would still be a small price to pay. The problem is the economic despair will be so great that even economizing by not using arms unnecessarily will occur, since the liquidity of American goods will be almost zero and at that point the United States will make more selling its Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, which cost about five billion dollars, to Turkey or Italy for one billion dollars, since the country will so urgently need to recapitalize, though it will be too late. Moreover, how will the morale of American soldiers be knowing that their entire families have died and their country no longer exists. Fight for what?
      Al-Jazeera: And won`t the global economy also be ruined?
      Al-Asuquf: In the beginning it will be very difficult; a serious economic crisis will ensue. However, without the United States, the world will soon arise in a more just and fraternal manner.
      Al-Jazeera: And Israel?
      Al-Asuquf: As they say... it will be dessert.
      Al-Jazeera: Does bin Laden`s spokesman, Sulaiman Abu Gheith, know that you are giving this interview?
      Al-Asuquf: It was he and bin Laden who suggested I give it.
      Al-Jazeera: Osama bin Laden is still alive?
      Al-Asuquf: He is quite healthy, alongside his commanders Mohammed Atef and Khalid Shaik Mohammed and Mullah Omar.
      Al-Jazeera: Aren`t you fearful that Al Queda`s plans will be discovered?
      Al-Asuquf: The plan is already in its countdown, and nothing can stop it.
      Al-Jazeera: Not even if the United States asks forgiveness and changes its attitudes?
      Al-Asuquf: That won`t happen, and even if it did, it`s too late.
      Al-Jazeera: When will the attack begin?
      Al-Asuquf: I can`t reveal that. Allah Akbar.

      Quelle: http://antivirus.about.com/library/hoaxes/bljazeera6.htm
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 12:35:21
      Beitrag Nr. 2 ()
      Fundamentalisten sollte man immer ernstnehmen...
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 12:39:12
      Beitrag Nr. 3 ()
      Aber das hat sich doch Einer aus den Fingern gesogen?!
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 12:42:47
      Beitrag Nr. 4 ()
      Es ist echt traurig wie solche Blödmänner ein riesiges Chaos anrichten können. Wenn die sich für so omnipotent und die USA für so böse halten, warum versuchen sie es dann nicht mal auf anderem Wege? Das Öl haben sie doch. Sollen sie halt ihre Petrodollars in die Wirtschaft investieren. Dann können sie den USA etwas entgegenhalten. Aber ne, lieber verjuxen sie die Kohle (siehe Taliban Führer Omar, der in Saus und Braus lebte), halten ihre Landsleute dummm und lassen die die Drecksarbeit machen. Wenn dieser "Führungsriege" wirklich soviel an Idealen liegt, warum machen dann immer andere die Drecksarbeit?
      Ausserdem glauben die doch nicht im Ernst, dass sie ne Atombombe in den USA zünden können. Was glauben die, wie die Amis reagieren? Mit Chaos bestimmt, aber wohl eher in den arabischen Ländern. Die schmeissen sofort ihr Arsenal zurück. So blöd wie diese Dummschwätzterroristen kann man echt nicht sein.
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 12:49:01
      Beitrag Nr. 5 ()
      HOAX steht in der 2. Zeile, also FALSCH

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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:03:03
      Beitrag Nr. 6 ()
      Steht doch dabei, daß es ein HOAX ist !!!!
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:04:10
      Beitrag Nr. 7 ()
      ihr solltet mal von dem hohen ross heruntersteigen ,und den tatsachen in die augen sehen.wer hätte vor dem 11 .septemper an eine totale zerstörung des world trade centers geglaubt.selbst die amis ,welche ja mehr oder weniger davon gewußt hatten,haben darüber gelächelt.und was haben sie danach getan?nichts,ein paar bomben in afgahnistan geschmissen,und was haben sie erreicht???
      wieder nichts.also ich glaube nicht daran,das dieses interview erfunden ist.vielmehr glaube ich den aussagen des ehemaligen cia obersten,der nach portugal ausgewandert ist,dieser sagte ja,daß sämtliche oberjuden vom anschlag gewußt hätten,und am 11. september nicht im wtc waren.meiner meinung nach war dies ein doppelsclag,erstens gegen die amis und 2. gegen die juden.den wo sonst hätten die araber so viel juden auf einen fleck erwischen können wie im wtc?wo doch jeder weiß,das der komplette finanz und rohstoffmarkt in jüdischer hand ist.würde mich interessieren wieviele jüdische opfer es im wtc gab,ich schätze es waren sicher über 1000.
      ich habe einen guten freund in californien,welcher nächstes jahr einen europabesuch machen will,aber ich befüchtr jetzt schon,das es nächstes jahr größe veränderungen geben wird.
      ich hatte am abend vor dem anschlag von new york einen alptraum ,es war ein zugunglück,bei dem ein zug einen berg hochfuhr,und dan von oben zurückraste in einestadt hinein und es gab sehr viele tote.ich wachte schweißgebadet auf,nie zuvor hatte ich einen solchen traum.um 15 uhr war dann der anschlag,und ich dachte sofort an meinen traum.zufall oder nicht,keiner weiß es,aber ich befürchte schlimmes auf uns zukommen.
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:07:12
      Beitrag Nr. 8 ()
      @Spartakus: Saufen und kiffen verträgt sich eben nicht!

      Unterhalt Dich mal mit dem User "Kuehe" :D
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:08:25
      Beitrag Nr. 9 ()
      moin. hoax heißt etwa so viel wie aprilscherz. wir haben allerdings november. was das wohl zu bedeuten hat...... schönen tach noch.
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:17:37
      Beitrag Nr. 10 ()
      Hoax = Aprilscherz :rolleyes:

      Spam = Weihnachten :confused:
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:25:17
      Beitrag Nr. 11 ()
      ich halte das für durchaus möglich. die moslemexremisten sind, wie wir nun wirklich erfahren haben, zu ALLEM fähig.
      allerdings währe dies auch das ende ALLER muslimischen staaten.
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 13:39:25
      Beitrag Nr. 12 ()
      Sebstmorattentäter sind in der Tat zu allem fähig. Fraglich ist jedoch, ob man auf dem Schwarzmarkt Atombomben kaufen und diese gezielt zur Explosion bringen kann.

      Bei Eintritt eines solchen Szenarios ist man in Europa auch nicht sicher!
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 14:44:30
      Beitrag Nr. 13 ()
      ich hoffe nur,daß das horrorszenario nicht eintritt,verhindern können wir es sowieso nicht.
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 14:49:21
      Beitrag Nr. 14 ()
      The mystery behind the hoax
      By Pepe Escobar

      Mohammed al-Asuquf (or Usuquf) is not a top member of al-Qaeda. He may not even exist. Intelligence sources in Brussels guarantee they`ve never heard of him, or of an apocalyptic interview he may have granted to Al Jazeera, allegedly instigated by Osama bin Laden. Some say, "maybe the spelling is wrong, after all it`s an Arabic name".

      In a convoluted telephone conversation, Al Jazeera`s HQ in Qatar confirmed they have never interviewed or aired an interview with Mohammed al-Asuquf /Usuquf. So this means this writer and Asia Times Online were in fact victims of a hoax on November 14. An article was uploaded that day, quoting from an interview by al-Usuquf, detailing al-Qaeda`s alleged nuclear plans against the US - with the caveat that his identity could not be established, nor his membership of al-Qaeda.

      A source relayed the interview by email from Singapore on November 6. This source had always been reliable - and knew that Asia Times Online had been tracking al-Qaeda since way before September 11, 2001. The content was chilling, the author was unknown, the circumstances were somewhat bizarre, but the source assured there was no good reason to suspect a hoax.

      The information - or disinformation - surfaced among a stream of red alerts. An al-Qaeda "big fish" was allegedly in American custody. Osama bin Laden`s latest tape, threatening the US and its allies in the war against terrorism, had surfaced in Pakistan - handed over to an Al Jazeera correspondent, Ahmed Muhaffaq Ziedan. Some intelligence sources are claiming - with no evidence - that the tape itself was recorded in a Karachi madrassa and reached Al Jazeera through a circuituous route via Bangladesh. On the same day the article was uploaded, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a "confidential alert" warning of possible "spectacular" attacks against the US, capable of causing "massive casualties".

      But once the hoax was established - it is listed here on the website antivirus.about.com - we put pressure on the Singapore source to uncover his source. After a while he was sure it was a "high-ranking member of a foreign government", who did not want his name to be disclosed, but then confirmed by email that he too could not identify who relayed him the information - or disinformation.

      Meanwhile, on November 17, Al Jazeera released the contents of a six-page text obtained by its investigative correspondent Yosri Fouda, in which al-Qaeda reserves itself the right to attack its aggressors, "to destroy peoples and cities, to destroy economies and to kill civilians" - the same message of the fake al-Asuquf/Usuquf interview.

      There are no copies of the full text of the al-Asuquf/Usuquf interview in English on the Internet - apart from the hoax warning mentioned above. But there are copies in Portuguese, and they have been circulating at least since November. 6. We are unaware of copies circulating in other Western languages.

      After al-Asuquf/Usuquf started talking in cyberspace, we read the following: "A copy of the interview came to Foz do Iguazu, and was translated into Portuguese by a university professor in the city`s Arab community. This is probably the only existing version of this interview not in Arabic."

      Some sources point to Foz do Iguazu as the key to the riddle. The city is right on the so-called tri-border region between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. On November 8, CNN heavily advertised scenic Iguazu Falls - the Brazilian equivalent of Niagara Falls - as the backdrop for what it terms a "terrorist paradise" in South America.

      CNN claims to have learned from Argentinian intelligence sources that several Hezbollah operatives, plus operatives from other groups linked to al-Qaeda, met recently at the tri-border, in Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), to plan attacks against US and Israeli targets.

      Argentinian intelligence also recently met with American intelligence in Washington - and the main point of discussion was the possibility of a new terrorist offensive launched from South America.

      Ever since September 11, 2001, Washington has tried very hard to connect the tri-border with the Lebanese Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, and also to the Egyptian Gamaa al-Islamiya - a major al-Qaeda ally. Last April, the US government officially declared the tri-border an area of "terrorist activity". The area, according to Washington, was a "collection center" for Islamist groups.

      But the fact is that the tri-border is more about the black market, money laundering and drug trafficking than about terrorism. The absolute majority of the locals are involved in legal businesses. There are very lively Taiwanese and Arab communities. The typical crime is tax evasion. There is absolutely no evidence of a Hezbollah cell, and absolutely no evidence of links to al-Qaeda. Locals say the American accusations have been a tremendous blow to the formely thriving tourism industry which capitalizes on the beauty of Iguazu Falls.

      Asad Ahmad Barakat, a Shi`ite Muslim, Lebanese-born Paraguayan citizen, is going to sue CNN. The network accused him in its tri-border piece of being involved in the planning of attacks against the US. Barakat is accused by Paraguayan justice of criminal association and tax evasion. He says he is a Hezbollah sympathizer, "like in Brazil there are millions who sympathize with the Workers Party, and this is not a crime". He says he has the support of the Lebanese ambassador in Brazil.

      Muhamad Mahmod Ismail, the president of the association Arab-Brazil, stresses that "the attacks of the international media against the tri-border are part of an American policy for the region … Here we have one of the largest freshwater reservoirs of the Americas, the huge Itaipu hydroelectric plant, and the third largest world market [Mercosur]. It`s not an accident that the region has been constantly attacked." No one in Foz do Iguazu seems to know about an Arab university professor who translated an al-Qaeda interview.

      US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is currently in Santiago, Chile - not very far from the tri-border - attending a conference of defense ministers of the Americas. He said on Monday that the US won`t pressure Latin America for a more active role in the war against terrorism. Each country, he says, has to decide how to employ its own methods.

      As for the virtual Mohammed al-Asuquf/Usuquf, the mystery remains. Who would profit from such a setup? Sources speculate about two possibilities: Either the hoax was manufactured as a justification for more intensive American policing of the strategically crucial tri-border area; or the hoax was manufactured in the name of al-Qaeda to reinforce its strategy of instilling fear.

      [Asia Times Online adds: In either case, we deeply regret being used to propagate someone else`s strategy. There is of course another possibility: that the entire affair of the hoax interview was aimed at discrediting Asia Times Online and/or its writer, Pepe Escobar. We would be a little surprised that we would be considered important enough for such an operation, but if this was its aim, it worked. Many blogs and websites posted the entire text of Escobar`s original article, in blatant violation of our copyright - and thus our timely retraction of the article, and explanation on our website, had limited effect in reducing the damage. Meanwhile, the lesson has been learned: increased vigilance at this time of rampant dirty tricks is essential.]

      (©2002 Asia Times Online Co, Ltd. All rights
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 14:55:58
      Beitrag Nr. 15 ()
      War wohl ziemlich sicher ein fake. Dennoch sind die Argumente und die "Geisteshaltung" dies "hoax" sehr alarmierend.

      Mit dieser Strategie werden die Amerikaner die Gefahr wohl kaum beseitigen denn es laboriert an den Symptomen:

      aus Spiegel-online:BUSHS NEUE BEHÖRDE


      Das Anti-Terror-Monstrum
      US-Präsident George W. Bush hat ein Gesetz unterzeichnet, das die Schaffung eines gigantischen Ministeriums vorsieht. Das "Department Of Homeland Security" soll Amerika unverwundbar machen. 170.000 Spezialisten werden darin arbeiten, um das Land vor Terror-Attacken zu schützen.
      http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,224358,00.html
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      schrieb am 26.11.02 14:57:10
      Beitrag Nr. 16 ()
      Und zu allem Überfluss ist dieses dichterische Werk
      ne olle Kamelle. Gab`s schon vor zwei oder drei
      Wochen in der Asia Times und in portugiesischen Medien
      (ursprünglich war das Interview in Arabisch, dann hat`s
      irgendein Spezi ins Portugisische übertragen und von da an
      beschleunigte sich der Umlauf.

      Hat für mich diesselbe Qualität, wie der das Bild mit dem
      Touri auf dem WTC mit dem heranrasenden 911 Flugzeug
      im Hintergrund.


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