Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ergo sum]

But the whole campaign has been so successful.

A U.S. counterterrorism official in Washington said the e-mail is regarded as credible and implies al-Qaida responsibility for Monday night's attacks.

Al-Ablaj is believed to be a known al-Qaida operative named Abu Bakr, the official said. In correspondence with the Saudi-owned Al-Majalla, al-Ablaj has said he leads the training of al-Qaida fighters.

``Beside targeting the heart of America, among the strategic priorities now is to target and execute operations in the Gulf countries and allies of the United States, particularly Egypt and Jordan,'' Al-Ablaj wrote in the e-mail.

``The list of assassinations, the raid teams and the martyr operation squads are ready. The caches of weapons, ammunition, explosives and bombs are plentiful, and the authorities cannot uncover them,'' al-Ablaj wrote, according to the magazine. ``We will start by creating tensions to confuse the security services, then carry out major operations and lethal strikes.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Saudi-Attacks-Warning.html