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   On 7 May 2011 01:11:22 +0100, Mike Flannigan    
   wrote:   
      
   >May 6: Al Qaida has confirmed Osama bin Laden is dead and vowed more   
   >attacks on Americans and their agents in a message that dispels some of   
   >the fog around the killing but lacks the vehemence of the group’s usual   
   >cries of vengeance.   
   >   
   >The confirmation came as newly uncovered documents found in Osama’s   
   >residence revealed al Qaida plans for derailing a US train on the upcoming   
   >10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.   
   >   
   >Western intelligence agencies too said they were analysing increased   
   >Internet and phone chatter about possible cheap, small-scale terror   
   >attacks to avenge Osama’s death.   
   >   
   >The agencies added they had not come across any specific plot to justify   
   >raising the threat levels. But one of their biggest fears is the   
   >possibility of a Mumbai-style shooting spree.   
   >   
   >The al Qaida statement — titled “You lived as a good man, you died as a   
   >martyr” — struck a tone of calmness and vowed continuation.   
   >   
   >Although it included praise of Osama, much of the 11-paragraph statement   
   >was dedicated to underscoring that al Qaida would live on and depicted   
   >Osama as just another in a line of “martyrs” from the group.   
   >   
   >In the statement, al Qaida called on Pakistanis to rise up in revolt   
   >against their leaders to “cleanse the shame”.   
   >   
   >Reaction in the Islamic world to Osama’s death has been relatively muted   
   >compared with the rage that he long inspired, raising questions about his   
   >relevance in a region that has been changed by a wave of pro-democracy   
   >uprisings.   
   >   
   >Even in Pakistan on Friday, the largest protest drew only 500 people.   
   >   
   >“It is impossible, impossible. Sheikh Osama didn’t build an organisation   
   >to die when he dies,” the al Qaida statement said. “The university of   
   >faith, Quran and jihad from which bin Laden graduated will not close its   
   >doors.”   
   >   
   >The statement’s authenticity could not be independently confirmed but it   
   >was posted on websites where the group traditionally puts out its   
   >messages.   
   >   
   >The statement, dated Tuesday but posted on Friday, opens the way for the   
   >group to name a successor to Osama. His deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri is now   
   >the most prominent figure in the group, although reports that a rift   
   >existed between the two have emerged.   
   >   
   >Pakistan’s intelligence agency has concluded that Osama was   
   >“cash-strapped” in his final days, according to a briefing given by two   
   >senior military officials. Disputes over money between Osama and   
   >al-Zawahiri led al Qaida to split into two factions five or six years ago,   
   >with the larger faction controlled by al-Zawahiri, they said.   
   >   
   >The officials didn’t provide details or elaborate on how their agency drew   
   >the conclusions about Osama’s financial situation or the split with   
   >al-Zawahiri.   
   >   
   >At the Abbottabad compound, the al Qaida chief apparently had lived   
   >without any guards or loyalists nearby to take up arms in his defence.   
   >   
   >The al Qaida statement did warn of retribution. “The blood of the holy   
   >warrior sheikh, Osama bin Laden, God bless him, is too precious to us and   
   >to all Muslims to go in vain,” it said.   
   >   
   >“We will remain, God willing, a curse chasing the Americans and their   
   >agents, following them outside and inside their countries.”   
   >   
   >It added: “Soon, God willing, their happiness will turn to sadness. Their   
   >blood will be mingled with their tears.”   
   >   
   >The group gave no indication how it would retaliate. But separate details   
   >emerged on Friday, showing that Osama was scheming how to hit the US hard   
   >again.   
   >   
   >Materials confiscated by the US Navy SEALs who killed the al Qaida leader   
   >in Abbottabad date the rail attack planning to February 2010. One idea   
   >outlined in handwritten notes is to tamper with an unspecified rail track   
   >so that a train would fall off the track at a valley or a bridge.   
   >   
   >The al Qaida statement said that an audio message Osama recorded a week   
   >before his death would be issued soon. “Before the sheikh passed from this   
   >world and before he could share with the Islamic nation in its joys over   
   >its revolutions in the face of the oppressors, he recorded a voice   
   >recording of congratulations and advice which we will publish soon, God   
   >willing,” it said.   
   >   
   >The writers of the statement appeared unaware of the announcement by   
   >American officials that Osama’s body had been buried at sea. The statement   
   >warned against mishandling or mistreating the body.   
   dumb ass brits allowed Muslim terrorist supporters to scream anti   
   American death threats . They had all them losers right there where   
   they could have just rounded them up and sent them off to what ever   
   Muslim shit hole they wanted to go to . Better yet they should have   
   just used napalm on them .   
      
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