- An al-Qaida training videotape, captured in Afghanistan,
shows Osama bin Laden's terrorists are not only planning attacks with weapons
of mass destruction but are preparing to kill Americans with drive-by shootings
and home break-ins, through ambushes of law-enforcement officers and targeted
assassinations on golf courses, WorldNetDaily has learned.
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- The videotape was produced, U.S. analysts believe, for
al-Qaida's internal use and did not appear to be an external propaganda
device.
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- U.S. military intelligence considers the tape much more
significant in what it reveals about al-Qaida's modus operandi than the
highly publicized video purchased and broadcast last month by CNN. U.S.
forces found a cache of 64 al-Qaida tapes while combing caves and hideouts
in Afghanistan. Analysts were surprised by some of what they saw in the
latest video and believe they employ terrorist tactics and techniques meant
for export to America and other nations.
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- "None of these training scenarios depicts the type
of fighting that al-Qaida engages in within Afghanistan," noted one
intelligence expert who saw the tape.
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- The training video shows al-Qaida operatives practicing
the following kinds of assaults:
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- using pickup trucks with shooters concealed in the bed
of the trucks;
- using motorcycles as a shooting platform for drive-bys
and assassinations;
- execution of prisoners;
- ambushes of law-enforcement officers;
- residential assassinations;
- assassination on a golf course using a rocket-propelled
grenade and rifle fire;
- drive-up kidnapping of target walking on a street;
- use of tunnels, storm drains and sewers for infiltration
during urban raids;
- rappelling from rooftops of buildings to make entry on
upper floors;
- use of motorcycles for grenade attacks; and
- raids on buildings with large numbers of occupants perhaps
schools or office buildings.
- Analysts point out that all scenarios involving prisoners
and hostages ended in execution. None included plans for negotiated settlements
for escape by terrorists.
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- "They plan to kill the prisoners and die in place,"
explained one analyst.
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- The "perfect day" as seen by al-Qaida would
combine attacks designed to produce a maximum number of casualties with
attacks that would give them the opportunity to get "face time"
on the news channels to deliver their rhetoric, explained one expert who
viewed the video.
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- "The major take-home lesson here is that although
the enemy is known to be seeking the ability and opportunity to use weapons
of mass destruction and of an unconventional nature, such as hijacked airliners,
they are also spending a lot of time training to carry out attacks the
old-fashioned way attacks executed by small groups of dedicated personnel
equipped with little more than small arms," explained one analyst.
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- Hostages, prisoners and anyone else identified as a target
or problem by al-Qaida terrorist operatives will be killed, say those who
viewed the tape. There is no point in complying with orders, they say.
Those who do not resist ultimately will be rewarded with ritual execution
in front of television cameras, according to the tactics and techniques
captured on this video.
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- In one scenario on the video, terrorists pretend to be
stranded on a six-lane highway, their vehicle disabled. When a police officer
stops to assist, the driver blows his horn. Another occupant of the vehicle
opens fire on the police officer with a rifle. In other scenarios, shooters
were concealed in the trunk of the car. When the terrorists were picked
up by accomplices in a getaway car, the original vehicle was blown up,
apparently to destroy evidence.
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- In another scenario, an innocuous-looking terrorist knocks
on the door of a residence, standing in view of the resident and answering
questions through a closed door. When the resident opens the door, the
terrorist immediately draws his weapon and fires, emptying his weapon into
the victim.
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- In the golf course assassination, the target was on the
green, near the hole. A rocket-propelled grenade is fired at a vehicle
adjacent to the green, perhaps a security detail. Then the target of the
assassination is killed with rifle fire.
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- When asked if these techniques are intended for use in
the U.S., one military intelligence operative said without hesitation,
"Yes."
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- © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
- <mailto:jfarah@worldnetdaily.com>Joseph Farah is
editor and chief executive officer of WorldNetDaily.com.
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