Wait.......I'm confused. If you realize, as the above story indicates, that these videos are possibly communications in support of upcoming attacks, then why would you rebroadcast them? Oh, I know! Maybe some terrorist cell someplace lost their internet connection and missed it the forst time.

Here is a bit of reporting for you: One of the goals of a terrorist organization is to call attention to its cause. By re-broadcasting the videos and recordings of these people, you are inadvertently helping to do just that.

Another question for ABCNEWS. How do you know terrorists created this video?? How do you know some (western) intelligence agency didn't create this video as a form of disinformation? Why did the terrorists superimpose ENGLISH headlines in their video? The English writing indicates to me that some western group developed this video to spread disinformation towards Enligsh speaking viewers.

Is this really terrorist tapes or yet another made up form of propaganda put out by the Bush administration in order to use fear tactics and thus, get their war.

I'm afraid something bad will happen sooner than later: at present the US is buying Gasoline wherever it's offered for sale.

@ Posted by: Eric | May 22, 2007 7:34:00 PM

erm maybe they used english so the people it is meant for ( americans mostly) can read it? Im not sure about the languages thaught in american schools but i don't think the classes in islamic lanuages are amoung the favourites.

SHOCKING

i mean the graphics.....I've seen better effects in 1950s sci-fi movies.

maybe ABC could develope a tv show out of this to replace some of the turkeys on the schedule.

Mansfield sells BOOKS on the subject, not the terrorist videos. She is a well respected counter-terrorism analyst. Get your facts straight.

Al Qaeda tried to attack the US Capital back in 2001. Remember the plane where the passengers fought back and it crashed in PA?
Let's look at what we DO know: they failed the first time they tried to destroy the World Trade Center. In 2001, they succeeded.

Even if we had never invaded Iraq (or Afghanistan for that matter) Al Qaeda would probably try to attack the Capital again. War supporters like to tell you "we're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here."

That's a nice lie. Sure, most of us would rather fight them "anywhere else" than here. We don't get that choice. Unlike a conventional enemy, tying up the resources abroad doesn't prevent them from attacking us at home. They have cells in the US. Their soldiers don't sign up for a few years' stint, they're in for life. They are capable of blending in for years if necessary before they act.

Wow, I love all of these comments from the "Blame America First" crowd. It is laughable that their FIRST inclination is to blame the evil Bush administration. Was it Bush that brought down the WTC towers?! Was it Bush that started this whole thing?! Oh yeah, the "Blame America First" wackjobs actually believe it WAS Bush that did both of those things. How could I forget? If they really believe the root of all evil is the United States, why don't they go live in Iran for awhile, or even France for that matter. I guarantee they will be singing a different tune after that!

>> Unlike a conventional enemy, tying up the resources abroad doesn't prevent them from attacking us at home. They have cells in the US. Their soldiers don't sign up for a few years' stint, they're in for life. They are capable of blending in for years if necessary before they act. <<

In political situations, things are never as neat or black-and-white as we would want them to be. While fighting them "abroad" doesn't prevent an attack on our home soil, it can have a great dampening effect when we end up killing their leaders, damaging their economic base, and destroying their training centers.

Not attacking them abroad, and only playing the defensive game on our home soil doesn't address the fact that when possible, they construct comprehensive propaganda and training societies when left alone. Just look at the text books being used in those situations.

We have to stop it somehow, and without the best answer, or even the "least worse" we have to go with some action, rather than strive for inaction.

Phillip, I don't think, that in 2007, anybody is UNAWARE of the AQ/Salafist cause...everybody is aware of "their cause" by now.

I propose we develop a strenuous immigration policy that will no longer grant access into the U.S. those who profess any political and or religious views, or hold to ideologies that are anti-thetical to inalienable rights, and that will in time compromise the safety and security of the citizens within

"...Why did the terrorists superimpose ENGLISH headlines in their video? The English writing indicates to me that some western group developed this video to spread disinformation towards Enligsh speaking viewers" ...Posted by: Eric | May 22, 2007 7:34:00 PM

There are dozens of different arabic dialects, but only one English language, THE most commonly spoken language on earth (even among the bad guys).

Great. More shrieking violins to run from.

Bring it on! I'm disgusted by both Democrat and Republican congress critters. 2,074 days since WMD said he'd catch 9/11 Conspirator UBL??? Let's Roll er I mean roll it, what, no the drink cart, roll it. USA! USA! USA!
I look forward to seeing the US Government brought to justice, not by Al Qaeda, but hopefully by the American people. If the cowards ever wake up zzz

I guess Al-Quida doesn't like the immigration bill either.

Well it's clear no matter what the 'truth' is that the Middle East is way worse off now than prior to the horrendously mis-guided invasion of Iraq.

Don't believe everything you hear and only half of what you see !!

"...Why did the terrorists superimpose ENGLISH headlines in their video? The English writing indicates to me that some western group developed this video to spread disinformation towards Enligsh speaking viewers" ...Posted by: Eric | May 22, 2007 7:34:00 PM

Apparently AQ is advancing an english speaking preference policy. When they start making the vids in Spanish, I'll stop buying burritto(e)s.

Hmmm attacking the homeland. What did it get them the first time? They got the Taliban kncoked out of power in the STAN and a permanent Infadel presence. They got one of the largest arab/middle east countries invaded an occupied by infidels. The next time they do some things big in the US they may lose everything. It ain't going to be pretty. Their next attack could very well be the end of the muslim world.

"Is this really terrorist tapes or yet another made up form of propaganda put out by the Bush administration in order to use fear tactics and thus, get their war"

Bill... It's all a conspiracy right? Get real... We need to stop screwing around and get really serious here. As far as I'm concerned we aren't doing enough. We need to go out in the world with full force and clean house.

Are these "blame America first" fanatics actually Communists or just "useful idiots" ? I find it difficult to believe that so many Americans hate America.

We pretty much abandoned the war against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan to start an insane war in Iraq. Why haven't we destroyed Osama and Al Qaeda as the President promised we would.

"We fight them there so we don't have to fight them here!" Are you kidding?
They don't have enough lunatics and resources to fight anywhere they want?

I don't have any level of confidence in the Federal Government to protect us now or in the future. Thank God for the NYC Police Department, at least somebody cares!

Question for everyone...

Would you rather be safe than sorry, or take a chance and loose loved ones like I did?

The answer is either yes or no...decide.

Keep your eyes open, your quite friendly neighbor maybe the next cell leader. Don't thik it can't happen. It is NOT "it might happen", BUT, "WHEN"...

Well, thanks to Pew Research, we know that about 29% of American Muslims are pretty much neutral to okay with Al Qaeda’s plans. I am certain that the 5% who are "Very Supportive" of Al Qaeda are glad to have the message in English. Oh ... and, thanks for promoting the clip, ABC.

Can someone send this article to John Edwards? He seems to think there is no such thing as a War on Terror.

Remember, a majority of US muslims are assimilating into the mainstream. Only 25% of the US muslim youths support suicide bombings. I feel safe with that.

There are millions of Muslims in this Country...most of them speak ONLY english (of sorts) as most of them were born and raised here.
The purpose of terror is to modify the behavior of the target. Terror without communicating to the target what the goal is serves no purpose, hence, ENGLISH.
You see? The purpose is not to kill all of us, it is to convert those who will submit, and kill the rest.

Love it or Leave it...

Remember you are still in a Democracy ! ! !

Get out of Iraq like Democrats advocate and it plays into bin Laden's manifesto of then attacking America in America.

This is well known knowledge that attacks are in the process in Europe and America with plans of 200,000 dead.
It does not appear to be "nuclear", but the blast is sending a message it is going to be widespread and WMD related in Washington.
It is the propaganda they will to have in attacking US primary interests. They are coming and from Cindy Sheehan to Democrats in Congress they are to blame for this as Bush wanted to keep them fighting in Iraq.

I am truly amazed at those that hate Bush so much they cannot recognize this threat is real. 9/11 was being planned during the Clinton administration and I guarantee you that even if Al Gore had won in 2000 the attack would have taken place. Not to mention attacks on US interests that DID take place in Clinton's administration like the first World Trade Center bombing. Just seems the left's extremism, and yes it is extremism, in terms of hating anyone that might disagree with them is blinding them toward the real and present danger that radical Islamists pose. The threat is right there in our faces and yet the left in this nation can't seem to recognize it for what it is. I am not sure what it will take before the left FINALLY recognizes the threat. Maybe a nuked American city on a Democrat president's watch?

It's far more convenient to hate Bush, blame America early and often rather than to face the reality that there are some truly evil people in this world that actually do want to kill you.

Maybe it isn't such a bad idea, considering the garbage that currently is passing for our Senators and Congressmen.
They will be the first to tell you that there is no islamic threat out there. Sorry, I forgot Edwards isn't in the Senate any longer...must have been Durban I'm thinking of.

Ok folks. I think we got it. They attacked us in 2001 and killed 3000 Americans. They have sent message after message telling us what they are
going to do to us. KILL US! We don't
need the drive by waisting our time by
showing more of this damned propaganda.
We are at war with those freaks and they
deserve no recognition from any of our
media sources. Ignore them but find them, attack them and kill them. This war is going to last for years to come so get use to it and for goodness sakes media people. Quit giving them "air timie". Talk about how great America is doing in the fight against terrorism for once!!!!

Just another example of how the "War on Terror" is nothing but a "bumper sticker" slogan.

"Love it or Leave it..."

"Remember you are still in a Democracy ! ! !"--chucki poo

Hey Chuck, a couple things: This is not now, nor was it established to be a democracy. It's a constitutional representative republic. There is a difference.

JG

Hey, let's open ALL the borders and let everyone in? Why be only concerned about Mexico. What's the difference...an illegal is an illegal whether from Mexico or the Middle East. Since a lot of people have sympathy for the Mexican illegals let's let them all in. The Al Qaeda could just come on in. Wait...you're saying no. Well, if you let the Mexicans in, why not the others?
Illegals have all ready murdered and raped some of our own and that includes killing a police officer.

Quick, Raise the budget for Homeland security!

Start tapping phones and marking tires!

Make us safe George! PLEASE MAKE US SAFE!!

Truth is, when it comes to Iraq and the war on Terrorism, the cure is worse than the disease. Sure, terrorism and the wanton killing of innocent people is bad. But war is a blunt instrument, and the U.S.-led coalition has killed as many, if not more, innocent people than terrorism. The long-term ramifications of that are: the unjust deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians; increased hatred of the U.S. for generations to come; poverty, disease, and the destruction of the Iraqi economy and infrastrucrue; the chiseling away of basic freedoms instituted by our founding fathers; human rights violations in the form of torture and lack of due process for innocent people; the gutting of truth and governance; the loss of trust in our government; fanning unnecessary fears in the minds of ordinary Americans which then is exploited by war profiteers to further enrich the gluttonous, privileged oligarchy of this country; misdirected Defense Department and contractor spending, funds which could otherwise be invested in American schools and health care. The list is endless. We should be worried that America is sowing the seeds of its own destruction. It happened in the former Soviet Union. Who's to say it can't happen elsewhere?

Hello, are you kidding me?
Their Terrorists, people.
Plain and Simple.
Terror is their game.

If they don't put the language of the "infidel" on the tape then how on earth will it ever possess the impact on the "infidel" that they desire it to have?

I just want to say that the reason why they hate this evil government is because this government does wrong. Like they did to us here in the united states when they took our child away without any reason and they violated our rights. I said this before, and I'll say it again. Its not al-qaeda and their leaders the enemy, Its this satanic evil american government is our enemy. And the sooner that the american people realize this, the better off you be. I'm telling you the truth. If this government would stop committing their evil crimes, and you would see the big difference in how people would act.

You describe Laura Mansfield as "an Arabic expert who monitors jihadi videos on the Internet." In about 30 seconds, I Googled Laura Mansfield and came to learn that she writes for or has affiliations with Michelle Malkin, Daniel Pipes, Little Green Footballs, Christian Action Network, and WorldNetDaily. She is a Neocon through and through. These are the same folks who lobbied diligently for invading Iraq, insisting that Iraq had WMDs and that the war would be a cakewalk. Please, please, please check your sources more thoroughly.

Phillip Lomblo has hit the nail right on the head and I couldn't agree with him more. Everytime one of the, so called "NEWS" programs, draws attention to terrorist actions, they play right into the hands of Al Qaeda. It is exactly what the terrorists want and need for their cause the be successful. Sadly, for the networks its all about money, and they don't seem to give a damn if their actions put more America lives in danger. There is a way to get their attention though. Boycott the networks and write to their sponsors letting them know how you feel about "NEWS" networks making profit off of terrorism.

Semper Fi

GunnyS

if you look closely at the photo,you will notice not a nuclear cloud,but a GAS ATTACK!

With 70% of our own kids graduating from high school (national average) they probably superimposed it in english to hide it from us. With the terrorist threat of nuclear bombs I hope I am sitting on top of the sun hot fireball.......I'd hate to go to Cuba for proper medical treatment. Maybe China will manufacture us a way out ,i know we can't, the bush administration would have to pay the middle class more than .80 cents a week for something like that.

this is a disturbing development that should be reported. in the end though, its just a piece of propaganda. i am sure what the US is broadcasting in Iraq is 100x worse than this.

America attacked itself on 9/11 and blamed it on Iraq because America is running out of oil. America needs Irans oil and to breaks OPECs control of the world economy and to stop oil being traded in Euros instead of dollars.

to one of the other recent posters;

yes there will most likely be a precedent setting attack on a large military and civilian contingent in the mid east gulf(probably on our navy(ala-pearl harbor and the USS LIBERTY)
to be blamed on IRAN and al-quiaeda.
why do you think gas prices are going up so fast...to pay for the next world war and keep the air forces and the tanks running/ours and israels!

charles buchanan 111

I'll bet that those congressional travel planners are going to be busy..

That's strange TJA- I see a lot of references to "fluent in written and spoken Arabic", specializing in counter-terrorism, the Middle East, Islam, and Radical Islamic Terrorism, frequently appears on a wide array of mainly-US networks such as CNN and CNN International, FoxNews, BBC, and CBN as well as numerous radio stations across the US such as KGO Radio News in San Francisco. Sounds to me like she is an expert.

Another spate of internet rants claiming that politics and/or violence will help solve our many emerging problems.

The only solution is a spiritual one, and our main weapon against the widespread evil in the world is Prayer.

Let's all repeat it together.....THEY WANT ALL INFIDELS DEAD.....and yes, that includes you!!! Sheesh people, they don't think like Westerners, they hate us all. And they are coming for us at some point, don't think for a moment that they won't! As much as I dislike Bush and his cronies, it doesn't matter who is in power, they're an infidel to Al Queda!

You're not thinking.
Peak Oil person.

Okay. Clearly you're something other than american.

Before you call me dumb.
Consider this.

OIL IS NOT GAS.
It has to be processed and refined.

OK, Doug. Understood. I assume, then, you'd be perfectly comfortable calling Al Gore a "climate expert."

Bias matters. Especially when it's not revealed.

I would like to end this with an endorsement for Ron Paul, ABC is a 527, right?

Peace

I think halliburton is behind this...

gasoline comes directly from a barrel of oil. without oil there is no gasoline. yes it has to be refined, but it still comes from an oil barrel. the world is running out of oil. you need to do some research and read a few books. i recommend authors F.W Engdahl, michael klare or william clark.

No.
I wouldn't call Al Gore a climate expert.

But lets not change the subject.
The War on Terror is not about oil.
Anyone who says it is is not thinking for themselves.

Would someone please forward this to John Edwards or his campaign team?

He seems to think that there is not a war on terror.

It looks like Al-Qaeda believes otherwise.

I would hate for the United States to be blind-sided by an enemy that it does not believe exists.

I like the way Alex thinks

Absolutely amazing to see how many people would rather believe that the ultimate evil on this earth is the US Government. So much so, that they DEFEND terrorism by accusing everything on the Bush administration. You don't understand. It doesn't matter whether or not you like president Bush or not, the WILL KILL you if they have the chance. If you aren't one of them, you are a target, liberal, conservative or otherwise. The difference is, the conservatives want to stop them, the liberals want to satisfy them. Wake up, world! Islamic Fundamentalists historically attack and kill anyone that is not of their faith, for a thousand years. This has nothing to do with the US, it's who they are.

What would John Edwards say about this? He still thinks there is no such thing as a War on Terror.

He needs to explain his position so we all know how this story doesn't fit.

and I know I spelled pseudo wrong

Peak Oil,
Surely you jest?
Now you are declaring the world is running out of oil.
Do you have any substantiated proof or legitimate documentation supporting this declaration?

I read the posts here and I find that I do understand those folks that seem to think this is some kind of scare tactic cooked up by George Bush... here called the "Blame America" crowd. Yes, I do understand the thoughts of that crowd... it's called "mental illness". Folks, wake up... there really are people out there that want to KILL you and they use tactics called TERROR.

It's all so fristrating.
The pro-war people believe everything Bush says. The anti-war people believe nothing they hear.
Of course, the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Why can't we find one honest leader to deal with this serious threat, instead of the lying slugs who run things now.

wasn't it abcnews online that said there was an immenent attack planned on american interests in germany about two weeks ago and then immediately retracted the story? i predict this story will be gone within an hour.

I think it is a bit short-sighted to assume that Al-Queda operatives rely on Western news agencies to disseminate their leadership's messages.

AQ communications are well-known to be widespread on the Internet and are also distributed through other means. To say that ABC or any news network is doing Al-Queda a "favor" by showing this sort of thing is to ignore the fundamental reality of the situation.

If anything, sleeper agents are probably reading this thinking "Yeah, saw that one already". They may be insane murderers, but they're not all complete idiots.

Nobody is defending terrorism by beliveing the the US governmnet is at fault.... Other than to say US Government inept kleptocracy can't win the war even if that was the goal (which it is not)

I'd love to know who said Iraq would be a cake walk. Also how does writing for someone negate them from being an expert? The CIA, UN, Sadams generals and most spy agencies believed WMD were in Iraq. Do you think they relied only on our word?

I just cannot believe what I'm reading! Any person with a passing knowledge of Islam knows that their goal is world domination/subjugation of ALL non-muslims; either convert or die...it's that simple. This goal is codified in the Quran. It is their religion! Remember the Ottoman Empire. Two books worth reading is "The Looming Tower" and "America Alone"

John Edwards: Please explain to us how there is no such thing as the War on Terror.

We're waiting...

Thanks Mike.

Remember folks.
They call all non muslims "Infidels"

There's a lot of money to be made by certain companies (i.e. Halliburton) if the "War of Terror" is kept never-ending.

Israel would benefit by a perpetual "War on Terror" too.

Yeah, it could have been made by Islamic radicals; could have been made by other parties too.

End terrorism is relative simple, I think. Get the hell out of their countries and force a peace settlement on the Israelies/Arabs. There, terror problem solved. Not entirely, of course, but I bet there'd be a drastic reduction.

Hmmm...Now I'm beginning to believe that the "terrorists" are really on the side of the American public.

Destroying the capitol would be a very good thing for America, assuming it was fully occupied at the time.

We need to rid ourselves of the treasonous traitors that are in power in the U.S. government, who do nothing but kowtow to Israel and destroy traditional American interests.

The 'war on terror' is a staged managed ruse,[a synthetic,dialectical play]in a dialectical play conflict is necessary to bring about change, a new historical paradigm, it is a tool to bring about a one-world government, over 1/3 of U.S. population knows- have become convinced that the WTC building 1, 2, and 7 was brought down by a deliberate act of demolition, making the Bush administration complicit in the attacks of 9/11, there is no other alternative. quote; "Every collectivist revolution rides on a Trojan horse of emergency. It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. an 'emergency'' became the justification of the subsequent steps. this technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains." -Herbert Hoover

Read chapter 21 of "I.T. Wars" (you can look it up on Amazon).

Wow, this showed up just a day after an internet survey indicated that only 5% of all Muslims in the U.S. support suicide bombing. Since there are approximately 2.35 million Muslims living in the United States, that means that only about 117,500 potential suicide bombers need to be worried about.

What Mike said is correct: Al Qaeda's goal is world domination period. Most people want to avoid this truth. Why? Because it assumes that there are people that are evil. And, if this assumption is correct, we all have the capacity to do evil. And we all do! A lot of people simply cannot handle this fact. Why again? Because that would make people responsible for their own behavior.
People want to go around believing that they can do what they want when they want without consequences. This is impossible. True freedom is knowing what is truly true and being able to follow that truth.

Wait! There is no such thing as a terrorist (besides the US according to Rosie) and John Edwards just said that there is no Global War on Terror... It is just a bumper sticker!

This must be a hoax!

If there's no link to bin-Laden in Iraq, why then, is there a subordinate terrorist group called AL QAEDA IN IRAQ? What's in a name, right? Idiots.

And ROFL on Edwards for thinking the GWOT isn't real and that global warming is. What a tool.

Remember those horrible baby eating Serbs that the Western media demonized? Remeber all the churches and monasteries NATO's airstrikes destroyed? These Serb people endured hundreds upon hundreds of years of terrorism before America ever had 911. Don't they appear just a bit different today? Look at all the civilian collateral damage casualities in Iraq.

We should have given Arkan and his Tigers gold medals and billions of dollars in cash and sent him and his Serb paramilitaries after Osama Bin Laden. The mistake of the century!

Had we done this Osama and his thugs would have already been executed!

M. Mikhailovich

Well, if you remember it was learned after 9/11, that United 93 was aiming for the U.S.Capitol and it was stopped by the brave passengers on board.

Unfinished job, just like the WTC in 1993.
It seems that these whacko's get focused in on a target and if they cant get it, WILL try again. The time limit between events is close. WTC bombing 1993 - 2001
now its 2001 - 2007..6 years.

They may try again, but i dont believe it will be a passenger jet. They could use a single-engine or small aircraft and load it up with big-time explosives, or worst yet, a dirty bomb.

ABC, Your suppose to bury this story, like you have the one on Fort Dix, remember? Your not suppose to mention domestic terrorism much until after '08, when it will become a "law enforcement" problem.

To M. Mikhailovich: Hear, hear!

Long live Serbia.

While I don't want this to happen, I can only think that with wide open souther borders, complete ignorance of Islam, and disregard for the security of the nation, Washington will have brought this on themselves.

All of you who think that leaving the Arabs alone will do the trick are hopelessly deluded. This is from chapter 9:5 of the Qur'an (the one that abrogates Mohammed's earlier teachings about peace.

"But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. "

I hope you all are not speaking out of complete ignorance of Islam, but if you are, don't be surprised when the terrorists come for you just as the Nazis came for the Jews in WWII. There will be nobody else to defend you by then. I leave you with verse 9:29,

"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. "

Well well well, this is certainly interesting, isn't it?

Al Qaida attacking the U.S.? Did that already happen once this decade...with a thwarted plot to fly a plane in the Capitol?

Yeah, that's right, it was called 9/11, that HUGE event that people from ABC, I'm sure, would love to forget.

I guess it all doesn't matter, though, considering one of the Democrat's top tier candidates for 2008, John Edward