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RaptureRH
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Al-Qaeda trains 50 suicide bombers to conduct terrorist attacks in Turkey
10/04/2005 18:14
The terrorist network reportedly plans to perform a series of bloody terrorist acts during the holy month of Ramadan
Suicide bombers from Al-Qaeda and other international terrorist groups have become the horror of modern times. If a woman dressed in a black gown with a hijab on her head appears somewhere in public, in the Moscow metro, for example, she will obviously cause panic among people, especially if she looks like a woman of an Asian nationality. Someone will cast sidelong looks on the potentially dangerous passenger; others will prefer to call the police to avoid a possible life-threatening risk.
It goes without saying that such fears of modern times are based on definitive grounds. Suicide bombers have conducted the vast majority of terrorist attacks around the world in recent years. They blasted bombs in Iraq and on the Indonesian island of Bali, where they killed about 30 foreign tourists during the past weekend; suicide bombers blew up the London Tube and an Egyptian hotel in the summer of 2005.
Turkish special services have recently found out that Al-Qaeda trained 50 female bombers to conduct a series of terrorist acts during the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar (starts on October 5 this year).
In spite of the fact that Turkey cannot be referred to as a state, where Al-Qaeda has a network of local cells, the terrorist group plans to carry out several bloody attacks in this country, the resorts of which enjoy great popularity with foreign tourists. The attacks are said to mark a new stage of the active struggle against so-called infidels. To crown it all, it transpired that the prime suspect of 9/11 attacks in the USA, Osama bin Laden, plans to arrive in Iraq to personally control the terrorist process.
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/382/16247_Turkey.html
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They call this the "religion of peace" - but yet cite fears of increased violance and killing during what are supposed to be "holy days"??? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Ramadan begins throughout the Muslim world
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Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST Oct. 4, 2005
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Even before the Bali bombings, the Middle East was jittery as it headed into Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and spiritual introspection that has become, as well, a time of increased terror attacks. From Iraq to Lebanon to the Sinai, the month of prayer and after-dark feasting is now, often, a month of heightened security.
Egyptian police planned increased watchfulness throughout the month, while insisting no specific threats had been received. But Israel warned its citizens to stay away from Egypt's beach resorts in the Sinai peninsula, calling the threat of attacks substantial.
Militants have not issued specific Ramadan-related threats. But the spike in violence in recent years - especially suicide attacks in Iraq the last two years during Ramadan - has been noticeable.
One possible reason is the belief by some Islamic extremists that those who die in combat for a holy cause during Ramadan are especially blessed.
"This is a month that has a spiritual feel to it, which condones the issue of jihad (holy war)," said Diaa Rashwan, an Egyptian expert on Islamic groups. Tradition holds the Prophet Muhammad led his forces in winning battles against nonbelievers during Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month on the Islamic calendar which is based on the cycles of the moon.
Observance this year starts Tuesday across much of the Middle East, following the announcement by religious officials that the new crescent moon had been sighted Monday night.
Saturday's blasts in Bali came as Indonesia - the world's most populous Muslim nation - was preparing to begin celebrating Ramadan, which begins there on Wednesday.
Muslims believe God began to reveal the Quran, the Islamic holy book, to Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago during Ramadan. Muslims are expected to fast - abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk - in an effort to focus on the spiritual.
Muslims spend long periods in mosques, and attempt to read the entire Quran during the month. It is believed that in Ramadan good deeds are rewarded 10 times.
But, in countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Ramadan also is a month of festivities, large after-dark meals and endless special TV series. Cafes and special Ramadan tents stay packed until dawn and traffic jams snarl streets late into the night.
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