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Originally Posted by revolution425  Do you remember the salafi group with rockets that was caught planning to fire them at Israel. Of course you dont, you know why? Its because you have a very selective memory |
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BEIRUT: The militant group Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks on Israel which threatened to shatter its fragile peace with Lebanon earlier this year. A video, apparently produced and posted online by the group, recently surfaced featuring footage of two hooded militiamen assembling rockets and positioning them to fire at Israeli military targets from what is purported to be South Lebanon.
The video claims to feature the voice of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and calls for a renewed wave of attacks against “Zionist” aggressors from inside Lebanon.
It also slams Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, accusing him of being a “big imposter” and colluding with United Nations peacekeepers – troops the video labels “crusaders.”
On January 8 this year, three Katyusha rockets fired from southern Lebanon struck the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, approximately 8 kilometers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL)-administered Blue Line.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack at the time which caused minor injuries to two people and damaged several properties.
Hizbullah – who claim victory in the 2006 war against Israel – were quick to deny their involvement in the attacks, as were Hamas and Fatah representatives in the country, stating that neither wished to implicate Lebanon in a conflict with Israel, media reports said in January.
In a speech given to supporters earlier this year, Nasrallah suggested that the rocket attacks had been carried out by Israeli agents in order to provide Israel with a pretext for an attack on Lebanon.
The video criticizes Hizbullah in its cooperation with UNIFIL over Security Council Resolution 1701, drafted to end the 2006 war.
“How come groups who want to liberate Palestine are considered traitors when Hizbullah is protecting the crusaders (UNIFIL)?” the video asks, adding that “Hizbullah is using the Palestinian cause to fulfill Iran’s orders.”
The attack continues, leveling accusations that Hizbullah is not doing enough to stop Israeli aggression in the region.
“Why don’t you use your rockets to liberate Palestine? Why are you condemning attacks without taking real action?” the video asks.
In direct address to Nasrallah, the video inquires: “What’s the difference between you and Hosni Mubarak?” – a reference to the decision of the Egyptian President’s decision not to open the Rafah crossing in January this year, delaying humanitarian aid reaching Gaza during the Israeli bombardment of the city.
Toward the end of the video, shaky pictures show rockets placed on makeshift wooden launch pads in dense shrubbery as chants calling for an onslaught against Israel are looped over the handheld footage.
In December last year, the Lebanese Army (LAF) discovered eight rockets connected to timers that were reportedly hours from firing into Israel. Lebanese soldiers on a routine patrol discovered the Katyusha and Grad rockets after being alerted by a farmer. Patrols were stepped up along the Blue Line were stepped up following the incident.
The video claims responsibility for these incidents, boasting that the “mujahedeen were able to intercept Zionist and crusader fortifications in South Lebanon and were able to launch a number of attacks at several times and [in several] places.
“Some were launched and others were busted,” the voice adds in reference to the foiling of rocket attacks by LAF patrols.
The voices of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda’s second in command, and Al-Qaeda commander in Iraq Sheikh Abu Amr al-Baghdadi also apparently feature in the video, calling for a resurgent offensive against Israel.
Reports in the Lebanese press last week alleged that Al-Qaeda had granted its splinter cells in Lebanon and the region “full independence” in their operations. Al-Qaeda has also given its cells sufficient financing independence and logistical freedom to continue operating without connection to other arms of the organization, according to As-Safir newspaper.
The Daily Star - Politics - Al-Qaeda claims rocket attacks from Lebanon
11th September 2009
But you know, when HA fire missiles they dont do it in bursts of two more like 500 to 1000.
