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Casey

03-03-2006, 08:56 AM

I expect there will be more to this.

Here is the link to the background information.

http://wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?p=574289#post574289

There appears to be an al Qaeda infiltration in Lebanon also which I believe may be tied into the situation in Palestine.

Al-Qaeda 'infiltrated West Bank'
BEN LYNFIELD IN JERUSALEM

MAHMOUD Abbas, the Palestinian president, claims that al-Qaeda has infiltrated the West Bank and Gaza Strip and warns that this might have destructive effects on the entire Middle East.

"We have signs of an al-Qaeda presence in the West Bank and Gaza," he told the London-based Arabic language al-Hayat newspaper. Mr Abbas said he had not expected that al-Qaeda would succeed in establishing such a foothold.

It was the first time a Palestinian leader said there was an al-Qaeda presence in the Palestinian territories, an assertion Israeli military officials have made with increasing intensity in the past year. Mr Abbas did not give details about the alleged presence.

But a spokesman for the radical Islamic movement Hamas, which is forming the new Palestinian government, said: "Al-Qaeda is present where there aren't armed Islamic organisations.

"In Palestine, there are armed Islamic organisations ... so why would there be al-Qaeda here? You have Islamic Jihad and Hamas fighting the occupation."

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=322132006

Petronas

03-03-2006, 12:57 PM

MIDDLE EAST: AL-QAEDA PRESENCE IN TERRITORIES, SAYS ABBAS
Mar-03-2006 05:54 pm

London, 2 March (AKI) - Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has warned that al-Qaeda is trying to establish a foothold in Gaza and the West Bank. "We have indications about a presence of al-Qaeda in Gaza and the (West) Bank. This is intelligence information. We have not yet reached the point of arrests," Abbas said in remarks published on Thursday in the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat. "The last security report I received was three days ago. This is the first time that I've spoken about this subject. This is a very serious matter," he added.

Israeli officials have in the past said they were worried that foreign militants and al-Qaeda agents had entered Gaza from Egypt during a brief period of chaos on the border following the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza last year. The Palestinian Authority had denied the reports.

Abbas also said Thursday that he intends to transfer broad security powers to the future Hamas government, including the national defence branch, preventive security, the civilian police and civil defence. The national defence branch, which consists of 25,000 policemen, is the largest branch and is defined as the Palestinian army. The other three are subject to the Palestinian Interior Ministry.

Israel and many in the West including the United States and the European Union consider Hamas a terrorist organisation and insist there can be no negotiations with the Islamist group unless it renounces violence and recognises the Jewish state.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.271076338&par=0

Casey

03-07-2006, 09:14 AM

Group: 'Al-Qaeda chief in PA to appear soon'

Date: Mar 07, 2006 - 08:11 AM

Army of Jihad group says in pamphlet leader of Osama Bin Laden's magnitude will soon reveal himself in Palestinian territories; urges non-Muslims to leave land or suffer consequences

An al-Qaeda leader as important as overall terror chief Osama bin Laden and the group's Iraq leader Abu Musab Zarqawi will soon reveal himself in the Palestinian territories and orchestrate local and global jihad from the area, according to a pamphlet distributed in the Gaza Strip.

The pamphlet, signed by a group calling itself the Jaish al Jihad, or Army of Jihad, claimed to speak for al-Qaeda. It warned all non-Muslims and foreign embassies to vacate the Palestinian areas within one month.

"Is there now among us a person like Saladin, like Sheik Osama bin Laden, like Abu Musab Zarqawi? The answer is yes. We have this man and he will appear with the help of Allah very soon on the land of Palestine," said the pamphlet, which was intercepted this week by the Palestinian General Intelligence after being circulated in southern Gaza.

The message continued: "We ask all foreigners who are not Muslims to leave our holy Islamic land. We will fight all those who do not believe that Allah is the one and only God. (We will fight) every government that will not apply the rules of Allah and Islam and that chooses to follow the rules of the West and the infidels that bring corruption to our lives and religion like prostitution, alcohol … and drugs."

The group threatened the Palestinian police and security services not to interrupt its planned activities, adding, "we will fight all the corrupted and unbelieving politicians. It will be a great war for the purity of the land of Islam and Palestine."

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3224795,00.html

death2aq

03-09-2006, 01:28 PM

death2aq

03-09-2006, 01:43 PM

Should there be concern about what was revealed in post # 45 of this thread? http://www.wincoast.com/forum/showthread.php?t=963&page=5

Casey

03-22-2006, 08:22 AM

For first time, Israel charges West Bank Palestinians with al-Qaeda link

22/03/2006

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel linked West Bank Palestinians with the al-Qaeda network for the first time when a military court charged two youths with receiving funds from the jihad group to carry out a coordinated double bombing in Jerusalem.

The Palestinians, from the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, met with al-Qaeda operatives in Jordan, arranged for secret e-mail communication, opened a bank account and received 3,000 Jordanian dinars ($4,240, ¤3,490) from al-Qaeda to carry out the Jerusalem attack, according to the indictment, released Tuesday.

The indictment comes just weeks after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said al-Qaeda was trying to recruit West Bank and Gaza Palestinians. Abbas said his security forces "are trying with all means to prevent their (al-Qaeda's) arrival here, or their carrying out any ... acts in this region."

Israeli security officials, including Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, have confirmed that al-Qaeda has been trying to infiltrate the Palestinian territories, and Israel is considered a prime target for such attacks.

The indictment gives a detailed look at how the Palestinians met the al-Qaeda operatives and how the international terror network went about recruiting and financing them.

Azzam Abu Aladas, 19, and Balal Hafnai, 19, were arrested by Israeli security forces in December 2005 while crossing the Allenby Bridge from Jordan into the West Bank, according to the indictment.

The military said the two missed their original Oct. 30 date for the Jerusalem attack, and their arrest in December prevented them from carrying it out later.

The two visited Jordan at least three times, together and separately, to meet their al-Qaeda handlers, named Abdullah and Abu Talha, the indictment said.

Abu Aladas made the first contact with Abdullah in May 2005, according to the indictment. A month later, Abdullah and Abu Talha gave Abu Aladas a security briefing that included telling him how to behave, how to identify if he is being followed, how to follow others, how to secretly form cells and draft people without them knowing one another and what to do if a member of the cell is caught.

In June 2005, during a visit to the Jordanian city of Irbid, Abu Aladas introduced Hafnai to Abdullah. When they returned to Nablus, Abu Aladas and Hafnai met at their homes in Balata and at a cemetery in the refugee camp. At these meetings, Abu Aladas and Hafnai drafted other people into the group and planned their double bombing.

The pair planned to carry out a suicide attack at a pizzeria in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem, and then detonate a car bomb on a nearby street when curious onlookers arrived to see the blown up pizzeria, according to the indictment.

They found a bomb-maker in the West Bank town of Tulkarem who would install a bomb in a car stolen from Israel and smuggle it into Jerusalem for a fee of up to 7,000 Jordanian dinars ($9,900 ¤8,150), the indictment said. Sometime around September 2005, Abu Aladas traveled to the Jordanian city of Irbid, to meet Abdullah, the al-Qaeda operative.

Abdullah gave Abu Aladas 2,000 Jordanian dinars ($2,800, ¤2,300) to begin planning the attack, according to the indictment. Abdullah told Abu Aladas he was responsible for the attack's success and that al-Qaeda wanted it carried out on the 27th day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, or Oct. 30, the indictment said, but they were unable to do it then.

Sometime later, Abdullah gave Abu Aladas another 1,000 Jordanian dinars ($1,400, ¤1,150) to finance the attack. Another member of the cell, Maher Samaro, was to get another 5,000 Jordanian dinars ($7,000, ¤5,750), from a woman named "Naam" from the United Arab Emirates who was in contact with him by Internet, the indictment said.

The arrest of Abu Aladas and Balal foiled the attack plans, the indictment said.

http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=4233

sahir

03-23-2006, 07:33 AM

good work

Casey

04-04-2006, 10:01 PM

Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s Gaza cell is gearing up for a major terrorist attack against Palestinian target

Palestine / Middle East & Africa
Date: Apr 04, 2006 - 01:52 PM

April 4, 2006, 1:43 PM (GMT+02:00)

The cell, whose penetration of Gaza DEBKAfile first revealed last September, now numbers 10 operatives. Al Qaeda took advantage of Israel’s pull-back to establish itself in the Gaza Strip.

Zarqawi’s agents from Jordan and Egypt are positioning operational cells on the West Bank too, ready for strikes against both Israel and the Hamas-ruled Palestinian Authority.

Jordanian prime minister Maarouf Batiah and intelligence chiefs warned PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas of this threat in a four-hour conference they held in Amman on April 3. In consideration of the Palestinian leader’s passive tendencies, Jordan made sure the warning would appear publicly by releasing some details to the London Arab daily Al-Hayat.

DEBKAfile discloses some high points of the Amman conference:

1. The Iraqi al Qaeda chief has appointed an emir for the countries west of Iraq, the Palestinian areas, Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

2. Zarqawi no longer relies on local Palestinian groups for strikes in Israel and Palestinian areas. He is deploying terrorist manpower from Iraq. Syria, and Jordan, who enter Gaza freely through the Rafah crossing, with Egyptian border officials turning a blind eye.

3. The al Qaeda chief has decided to hit Gaza ahead of Israel for two reasons: he wants to put his oar in the affairs of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian government. He also calculates a devastating attack in Gaza will strike fear in Israel.

4. Al Qaeda has launched a drive to recruit terrorists for operations against the Palestinians and Israel. Volunteers with family ties in the West Bank are sought because they can more easily access the territory for “family reunions.”

5. Al Qaeda now targets Hamas and Abu Mazen equally. Since taking office, Hamas is perceived as weak for shelving its war option against Israel in favor of an informal truce.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2212

Casey

04-04-2006, 10:02 PM

Al Qaeda allegedly operating in the Palestinian territories

Palestine / Middle East & Africa
Date: Apr 04, 2006 - 01:41 PM

(DPA)

4 April 2006

CAIRO - Jordanian security sources have confirmed statements from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in early March alleging the presence of Al Qaeda terror operatives in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

London-based Arab daily Al Hayat on Tuesday quoted the sources as saying that the movement has commenced its activities in the Palestinian Territories.

Abbas had in an interview published by the same newspaper on March 2 said that Palestinian authorities had “signs” that Al Qaeda had established a foothold in the area, adding that the development could have dire consequences for the Middle East.

The latest report said a movement directly affiliated to Al Qaeda had been planning an operation aimed at a vital strategic target in Gaza City, but that the operation was foiled. The sources indicated that the movement’s membership exceeded ten individuals, but did not say whether any of them were arrested or not.

Al Qaeda militants are reportedly making use of the chaotic situation in the overpopulated Gaza Strip to build an organizational network in the area.

Conditions in the West Bank are however not as conducive due to its relative stability and due to Israel’s tight control over this territory.

Al Qaeda is said to have restructured its organization in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine and reportedly also appointed a new leader in charge of the area who is of Syrian origin.

Analysts say this latest appointment seems to indicate that the movement has sought to limit the influence of Jordanian-born terrorists Abu Musab Al Zarqawi’s organizational network in Iraq.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/April/middleeast_April104.xml&section=middleeast&col=

Casey

04-18-2006, 12:31 AM

MRT Monday Editorial >> Israel could be next target for al-Qaida efforts
Midland Reporter-Telegram
04/17/2006

We've always found it somewhat ironic the state of Israel has not been a focus point for al-Qaida terrorists. However, there are signs al-Qaida is setting its sights on Israel and the Palestinian territories.

A recent story by the Associated Press stated Israel and the Palestinian territories could become al-Qaida's next jihad battleground. The evidence is indicating a move in that direction.

For instance, Israel has indicted two West Bank militants for al-Qaida membership. Egypt has arrested al-Qaida operatives trying to cross into Israel and a Palestinian security official has acknowledged al-Qaida is "organizing cells and gathering supporters."

Israeli intelligence suggests Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, has established contacts with al-Qaida followers in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Al-Zarqawi's importance, even in Iraq, recently has come under doubt as to his influence in the insurgency. The U.S. has been blamed in some corners for making al-Zarqawi a more important figure than he really is.

But Israel apparently doesn't buy that bit of news and claims Al-Zarqawi already has established footholds in Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan and is interested in bringing his fight to Israel, too.

Al-Zarqawi already claims to be at work in the area. He claimed responsibility for the November 2005 bombings of three hotels that killed 60 people and he also claimed responsibility for a Dec. 27 barrage of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel, provoking Israeli air strikes on a Palestinian base in central Lebanon.

Most of us have linked al-Qaida, rightly or wrongly, with such groups as Hamas in Palestine. It is no secret both share core beliefs such as the rejection of a Jewish state in the Middle East. However, Hamas, struggling to avert an international aid boycott in the wake of its Jan. 25 victory in parliamentary elections, is particularly sensitive about being associated with al-Qaida at this point in time.

All Israel really needs is another terrorist organization at their doorstep. It's becoming more and more difficult all the time to separate apples from oranges or terrorists from terrorists.

Maybe our focus should change. Maybe we should call a terrorist a terrorist no matter what affiliation a terrorist might claim. The sinister gangs that roam our city streets don't like each other, but they send the same dangerous message. Our city streets or our streets of the world are not safe with them around.

http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16490002&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475590&rfi=6

Casey

04-21-2006, 11:40 PM

Slain Osama aide was Palestinian: Report

Press Trust of India
Jerusalem, April 21, 2006|14:13 IST

One of Osama bin Laden's closest aides, killed recently in a US military operation in Afghanistan, has been identified as a Palestinian, official sources said.

Palestinian Authority security sources identified the man as Husam Abu Baker, 32, the son-in-law of Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri, raising concerns over possible Al-Qaeda infiltration in Palestinian territory, a media report said.

It is not clear how many more Palestinians are involved with the Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries, the sources told 'Jerusalem Post'.

It was also not clear what role Abu Baker played in Al-Qaeda, but PA security sources said he was among Laden's closest confidants.

"He was married to Zawahiri's daughter and this already places him among the top brass of Al-Qaeda," the daily quoted one source as saying.

"We were surprised to learn that a Palestinian was among the top leaders of Al-Qaeda," he added.

Abu Baker's family, which lives in the village of Ya'bad near Jenin, was notified about his death only this week.

His father, Abdel Latif, said he last saw his son about 10 years ago when the family was living in Saudi Arabia and he left the kingdom to join Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Villagers told the daily that Baker was married to Zawahiri's daughter Fatmeh and had phoned his family last week to inform them of the birth of his fourth daughter.

Several Al-Qaeda operatives have crossed into the Gaza Strip from Egypt since Israel abandoned the Rafah border crossing, the daily said.

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas had also recently said that there is evidence to show that the terror organisation already has a presence here.

Last week a leaflet signed by Al-Qaeda was distributed in some parts of the Gaza Strip.

The leaflet, the second this year, called upon Palestinians to step up their attacks on Israel.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1680036,000500020005.htm

Casey

04-28-2006, 09:26 PM

An organization of Al-Zarqawi in Gaza is the revival of the slaughter Sunna in a dressed Fatah

An organization of Al-Zarqawi in Gaza threatens with Amr 's slaughter and Shahin and Dahlan and Abd Rabbo and Al Mshhrawi

Ramallah - Jerusalem Arab - from Walid Awad :
A state from the congestion that threatens with the explosion of the situations in armed internal conflicts dominates the Palestinian arena, the matter that incited the security institutions to a state from the mobilization and taking intense security cautions .

And the media center and the information said Palestinian belonging to the authority that a new organization in Palestine did not declare it in the past and claims the organization of monotheism and jihad in Al-Sham Countries and the land of quiver it declared its intention to the revival of the slaughter Sunna in a dressed Fatah .

And the center said that the statement condemned all of the Palestinian officials Nabil Amr and Abu Ali Shahin and Mohammad Dahlan and Yasser Abed Rabbo and Samir Al Mshhrawi .

And the center said that the statement of that organization praises at the same time their sheikh Abu Mosaab Al Zarkoi, hosting according to the showing that declares the take-off of our work in Palestine, we have decided that we revive in these the slaughter Sunna until it is not a sedition . And pointing that they are on the most perfect of the readiness waiting for the signal as was the indication of Dhahab kind . And the center of media and information mentioned that some Hamas movement leaders including the sheikh Yunus Al Astl have warned of the emergence of a new Zrqawi in Palestine in case of the failure of Hamas government .

And an official source warned in the deputy office about the Fatah Movement Mohammad Dahlan yesterday from the seriousness of the news that its leakage to the mass media takes place around many of the attempts for the affecting on the deputy .

And the source commented in a press statement that broadcasting these news represents an introduction of assassination operations suspected authorities will carry out them in next period to a number of the Palestinian personalities because of their attitudes opposing the government policy, and that referring to the Palestinian government that the Hamas movement formed .

And the source convicted what it described as a fierce media campaign that some of the websites and the mass media launches on the deputy Dahlan and its accusation of the disbelief and the apostasy throughout data issued from imaginary sides, and the source himself accused the Hamas movement of the standing behind those sites, a disapproving the permission of the supervisors on it with the publication of fees they included president Abbas 's pictures and a number of Fatah leaders and their threat with the killing frankly .

تنظيم للزرقاوي في غزة احياء سنة الذبح في مرتدي فتح

تنظيم للزرقاوي في غزة يتوعد بذبح عمرو وشاهين ودحلان وعبد ربه والمشهراوي

رام الله ـ القدس العربي ـ من وليد عوض:
تسود الساحة الفلسطينية حالة من الاحتقان الذي يهدد بانفجار الاوضاع في صراعات داخلية مسلحة، الامر الذي دفع الاجهزة الامنية الي حالة من الاستنفار واتخاذ احتياطات امنية مشددة.

وقال مركز الاعلام والمعلومات الفلسطيني التابع للسلطة ان تنظيما جديدا في فلسطين لم يعلن عنه سابقاً ويدعي تنظيم التوحيد والجهاد في بلاد الشام وارض الكنانة اعلن عزمه علي احياء سنة الذبح في مرتدي فتح .

وقال المركز ان البيان ندد بكل من المسؤولين الفلسطينيين نبيل عمرو وابو علي شاهين ومحمد دحلان وياسر عبد ربه وسمير المشهراوي.

وقال المركز ان بيان ذلك التنظيم يشيد في الوقت نفسه بشيخهم ابو مصعب الزرقاوي، مضيفا نقلا عن البيان نعلن انطلاقة عملنا في فلسطين، فقد قررنا ان نحيي في هؤلاء سنة الذبح حتي لا تكون فتنة . ومشيرا الي انهم علي اتم الجاهزية في انتظار الاشارة كما كانت الاشارة لضرب دهب . وذكر مركز الاعلام والمعلومات ان بعض قادة حركة حماس من بينهم الشيخ يونس الاسطل قد حذر من قيام زرقاوي جديد في فلسطين في حال فشل حكومة حماس.

وحذر مصدر مسؤول في مكتب النائب عن حركة فتح محمد دحلان امس من خطورة الانباء التي يتم تسريبها لوسائل الاعلام حول العديد من المحاولات للمساس بالنائب.

وعلق المصدر في بيان صحافي ان بث هذه الانباء يشكل مقدمة لعمليات اغتيال ستقوم بها جهات مشبوهة في الفترة القادمة لعدد من الشخصيات الفلسطينية بسبب مواقفها المعارضة لسياسة الحكومة ، وذلك في اشارة الي الحكومة الفلسطينية التي شكلتها حركة حماس .

ودان المصدر ما وصفه بـ حملة اعلامية شرسة تشنها بعض مواقع الانترنت ووسائل الاعلام ضد النائب دحلان واتهامه بالكفر والردة من خلال بيانات صادرة عن جهات وهمية، واتهم المصدر نفسه حركة حماس بالوقوف وراء تلك المواقع، مستهجناً سماح المشرفين عليها بنشر رسومات تضمنت صور الرئيس عباس وعدد من قادة فتح وتهديدهم بالقتل بشكل صريح.

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Casey

04-28-2006, 09:27 PM

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s Gaza cell is ordered to hit four Palestinian “apostates”

April 28, 2006, 11:00 PM (GMT+02:00)

Friday night, April 28, the al Qaeda cell announced they are waiting for the final signal to execute the order they received in mid-week to “revive the traditional sacrifice of apostates” against four Palestinian targets.

They are identified as Fatah followers of Mahmoud Abbas: former interior minister and Gaza strongman Muhammad Dahlan, prominent West Bank figure Yasser Abd Rabbo, deputy chief of Gaza’s Preventive Security Service Samir Mashrawi, and Abu Ali Shihin, an old Yasser Arafat crony from Rafah.

The statement is signed “Al Tawhid al Jihad of the Levant and Egypt,” the group which took responsibility for the Sharm el-Sheikh bombing attacks on July 23, 2005, the Katyusha rocket attacks on US ships and the Israeli port of Eilat a month later, the bombing attacks on Amman hotels on Nov. 9, 2005 and the rocket strike against N. Israel from Lebanon on Jan. 5, 2006.

The same group has also claimed this week’s suicide attacks against the Sinai resort of Dahab in which at least 34 people lost their lives.

The personal videotape released by al Qaeda’s Iraq commander, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, on April 27, contained a specific threat to attack Israel. DEBKAfile reported then that the tape portended further terrorist action in view of the Iraq-based terrorist’s marked predilection for serial strikes.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2351

FC-UK

04-30-2006, 04:23 AM

The 801

04-30-2006, 07:33 AM

Fc-uk
Post facts or propaganda. Opinion or editorial is to be stated as such. Include a link. Argue with facts. Do not post while intoxicated. Move the discussion forward, or get out of the way.

And do not call Casey Stupid.

And your name, Fc-uk. It sort of shows your emotional age, Or is promoting a clothing line. Advertising is banned on this site. Which is it? Again, just the facts please.

Casey

04-30-2006, 06:12 PM

Thank you, The 801.

Back to the issue:

PA Worried Al-Qaeda Planning Assassinations
20:55 Apr 30, '06 / 2 Iyar 5766

(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ home in Ramallah has been cordoned off and other top PA leaders are also on alert in the wake of assassination threats made by a terror group affiliated with al-Qaeda.

The threats were issued in a leaflet distributed in Gaza over the weekend, prompting the PA to institute extra security measures to protect its leadership.

The group calls itself al-Tawhid and Jihad (Unification and Holy War) and is a newcomer on the terror scene.

It is believed that the group is headed by Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian chief al-Qaeda terrorist in Iraq.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=102807

Casey

05-21-2006, 12:41 PM

'Al Qaeda in Palestine' claims attack on intelligence chief

Palestine / Middle East & Africa
Date: May 21, 2006 - 11:31 AM AFP
May 21, 2006

ASSASSINATION BID: Israeli medics help Palestinian intelligence chief Tareq Abu Rajab at Erez crossing at the Gaza-Israel border on May 20. Rajab was badly wounded on Saturday when an elevator he was taking at his headquarters in the Gaza Strip exploded in an assassination bid.
(REUTERS)

PARIS -- A group calling itself Al Qaeda in Palestine said it carried out a bombing against the Palestinian intelligence chief and threatened more attacks in a statement posted on the Internet on Sunday.

"We declare our full responsibility for this operation," the group said in the statement, whose authenticity could not be independently verified. "Your mujahideen brothers managed to place a bomb in the special lift used by the apostate Tareq Abu Rajab ... but were hasty in detonating the device which should have been triggered once the lift door was closed."

Abu Rajab, overall head of the Palestinian intelligence services, was seriously wounded and his bodyguard killed in Saturday's blast in a lift at the services' Gaza headquarters.

The Internet statement also threatened other "apostate" Palestinian officials, including moderate Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and the longtime Gaza strongman of his mainstream Fatah movement, Mohammed Dahlan.

A large bomb was discovered on Sunday next to the Gaza City home of Rashid Abu Shbak, the overall head of the Palestinian security services, security sources said.

The 70-kilogram (150 pound) device was discovered on the road outside his home in the south of the city shortly before Abu Shbak had been due to drive to his office.

Abu Shbak is one of the most powerful figures in Abbas' Fatah movement which is locked in a vicious power struggle with the radical Islamist movement Hamas which is now in government.

A group proclaiming its loyalty to the Al Qaeda network of Osama Bin Laden announced its formation in the Palestinian territories in a statement received by AFP on May 8.

In March, the Israeli authorities announced that they had detained two Palestinians from the West Bank city of Nablus late last year on suspicion of working for Al Qaeda in the first such arrests by Israel.

Abbas said earlier the same month that his security services believed an Al Qaeda cell was operating in the Palestinian territories.

General Dani Arditi, head of Israel's anti-terrorist office, said last October that Al Qaeda had infiltrated the Gaza Strip from Egypt's neighbouring Sinai Peninsula after the withdrawal of Israeli troops the previous month.

http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060521-054544-6089r

Casey

05-22-2006, 11:34 PM

'Al Qaeda in Palestine' claims attack on intelligence chief

The word is, this claim of responsibility came out of Samarra, which would lead one to believe that it is in fact Zarqawi’s cell in Gaza.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2477

Casey

05-24-2006, 12:17 AM

Sinai militant trained in Palestinian territories (http://wincoast.com/forum/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=869&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
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CAIRO (Reuters) - A man named by the Egyptian authorities as a member of a group behind bomb attacks in the Sinai peninsula received weapons and bomb-making training in the Palestinian territories, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

An Interior Ministry statement said Yousri Mohareb and his two brothers, part of the group the authorities have blamed for a series of attacks on tourist resorts since 2004, had communicated with Palestinian religious fundamentalists.

The last attack, in the resort of Dahab in April, killed 20 people. Mohareb had said he received congratulations from "Palestinian elements" for the Dahab bombings.

The statement said a Palestinian had helped Mohareb enter the territories. Security sources said Mohareb had gone to Gaza last September when Israeli forces withdrew from the border between Gaza and Egypt. Palestinians blew holes in the border and poured into Egypt while some Egyptians crossed into Gaza.

"The Palestinian Majid al-Deiri had ... facilitated the entrance of Yousri Mohareb to the Palestinian territories, his training in bomb-making techniques and use of weapons," it said.

It did not say whether Deiri was in police custody.

Mohareb was in touch with another Palestinian, Tamer al-Nuseirat, who had said he was willing to take part in attacks in Egypt, the statement said. It did not say whether Nuseirat was in custody.

Nasr Khamis el-Milahi, named by the interior ministry as leader of the group, had sought to send other militants for training in the Gaza Strip, the statement said. It did not say whether they had actually gone there. Police killed Milahi this month.

His group, named by Egypt as Tawhid wal Jihad (One God and Jihad), had used explosives from landmines left in the Sinai desert for their bombs, the statement said.

Egypt has described the group as Sinai Bedouins with militant Islamic views, though the group itself has never issued a statement or claimed responsibility for attacks.

The police have killed a total of seven suspects since the Dahab bombings, the statement said.

The interior ministry blame the same group for bomb attacks on the Taba Hilton and two beach camps further south in October 2004 which killed 34. They said the leader of the group behind that attack was a Palestinian.

A Palestinian cabinet spokesman said the Palestinian government had been promised more information than released by the Egyptian government statement.

"We are still awaiting more details but we have previously condemned the bombings in Dahab and we have said we reject and denounce any action that harms Egyptian security," Ghazi Hamad told reporters in Gaza.

(Additional reporting by Gaza bureau)

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Casey

05-24-2006, 12:19 AM

Arab Intelligence Points to Al-Qaeda Gaza Link
02:34 May 24, '06 / 26 Iyar 5766

(IsraelNN.com) Senior intelligence officials in the Palestinian Authority have indicated that Hamas terrorists who split with the leadership over its politicization may have well made their way into the Gaza-area infrastructure of the Al-Qaeda international Jihad movement.

Contributing to the probability of this scenario is a special Egyptian Foreign Ministry release according to which the terrorists who carried out the suicide bombings in Dahab trained with help of Islamist elements from Gaza and El-Arish. Furthermore, an Egyptian authority on fundamentalist Islam, Abdelrahman Alian, told the Al-Arabiya television station that Al-Qaeda is working towards a three-point organizational structure, encompassing Amman, Gaza and Sinai, under the command of Iraq-based leadership. Alian said that Hamas rebels have joined the Egyptian-based Tawhid terror group and Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Hamas spokesmen have quickly condemned the bombings in Egypt at the time, saying that the organization is careful not to endanger the security of Arab states.

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Casey

05-24-2006, 12:25 AM

Arab Intelligence Points to Al-Qaeda Gaza Link
02:34 May 24, '06 / 26 Iyar 5766

Senior intelligence officials in the Palestinian Authority have indicated that Hamas terrorists who split with the leadership over its politicization may have well made their way into the Gaza-area infrastructure of the Al-Qaeda international Jihad movement.

Surely some have seen this coming, for several years already.

Would it be safe to assume that other recognized terrorist groups have leadership that are split on their loyalies?

I would think so.

There were some joint statements a couple of years ago that were very disturbing.

I guess it's still a wait and see....

Casey

07-18-2006, 09:15 PM

The future of the Al-Qaeda Organization in Palestine
16-4-2006
Shehadeh_marwan@yahoo.co.uk

It is known that a refusal to cooperate with the PLO as a terrorist organization, allowing controlled Jihad movements represent national movement Hamas and Islamic Jihad, The same scenario happened with the Organization, will be repeated with the Hamas movement in the absence of international support, or any Arab or Muslim. The coming years will witness growing up in the ideology of Al Qaeda organization Salafi Jihad in Palestine.
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The Palestinian issue is one of the most important hubs based political discourse since the announcement of the formation of a "World Front for Fighting Jews and Crusaders" 1998, It is devoid of data and letters of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahri is helping the Palestinian issue as the central issue of Islamic, It has contributed to the attacks of September 11th in the presence of the Palestinian issue intensively, Despite the criticisms faced by the large base because of the lack of operations from inside the occupied Palestinian territories.

And the rule which was implemented in the City "Mombasa, Kenya" on 28 November 2002 against the Israeli tourists. , which claimed the lives of more than 150 dead dual attack, direct response to the criticisms of the rule against targeting Israelis.

The student of the Palestinian issue and the complexities of the installation of the National Movement knows why the entry rule and regulations Salafi Jihad to the Palestinian arena, contributed Arab States and the American Administration and accepted by the British in addition to the Hebrew state in the destruction of Palestinian Islamic identity, which were present primarily to resist the British Mandate. The Sheikh Izzedine Al-Qassam commander revolution of 1935 one of the most important symbols of the Salafi Jihad resistance in the era of British colonialism, As played Haj Amin Al-Husseini played a pivotal role in preserving the Islamic identity of Palestine, which was linked to good relations with Sheikh Hassan Al-Banna the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928 sent a number of elders group to Palestine with the aim of promoting Islamic Front global, a branch of the group in Palestine.

Despite the late entry of al-Qaeda and Salafi Jihad movements in Palestine, However, it is noticeable that most of the Salafi Jihad movements which have appeared in the Arab and Muslim worlds created pressure and the influence of Islamic figures in the Palestinian diaspora, It was the first experience of the entry of Islamists in the midst of armed resistance in 1968 after the war of June 5 1967 and the fall of the West Bank. where the Muslim Brotherhood established special camps in the Jordan Valley, known as "camps Senate," One of the most prominent symbols of Palestinian Sheikh Abdullah Azzam participated in the camps of a number of Islamists from Arab and Islamic countries differently, They have carried out a series of operations against the Hebrew state, Even the late President Yasser Arafat praised the Senate of the camp on several occasions, However, the experiment was short-lived and closed the camps after the bloody clashes that took place between the Jordanian and other Palestinian guerrilla 1970 and the consequent exodus of the PLO and other Palestinian factions in Jordan and stability in Lebanon.

And the emergence of movements linked to the emergence of the Jihad Salafi Islamic phenomenon generally, which has grown and flourished in the aftermath of the collapse of leftist and nationalist ideology after the defeat of 1967. formed a tremendous shock revolutionary organizations cost it popular stock, and authorized the emergence of the so-called "Islamic awakening" which contributed to the prevalence and spread of internal and external factors. Dr. Saleh is the secret of the early Palestinians who believed in the approach Salafi Jihad after Weary of the approach adopted by the secular Palestinian organizations, where he went to Iraq and met with Sheikh Abdel-Aziz Al-Badri and other symbols of the Islamic Movement in Iraq for the establishment of the Islamic jihad movement with the aim of liberating Palestine. However, this movement did not succeed because of the prosecution of the Islamists in Iraq by the security services.

Dr. Saleh and enable secret of the escape to Egypt, where he had worked since his arrival in Cairo to establish an Islamic organization struggler purpose of overthrowing the regime, which was seen as an important step towards the liberation of Palestine. However, this organization, which was known as "substantive military" has been eradicated in 1974 and executed in secret institution, It could be argued that the theories of Dr. Saleh confidential, and, in particular, the letter "Faith," The ideological basis for the ideological most Salafi Jihad movements in the Arab world in general and Egypt in particular, were affected by the major movements in Egypt, are "jihad" and the "Islamic Group."

The Palestinian personalities who have contributed to the founding ideology of "jihad" Mohamed Salem head, which had played an important role in the founding of jihad groups in Egypt. He was arrested before the assassination of President Sadat in 1981, was deported to Jordan, the work travelled to resume activity in Jordan. The foundations of organized armed Ghadia known as the "Islamic Jihad" No words had been arrested and was dismantled by the security forces of Jordan in 1984, In this period has been the establishment of the Islamic Jihad in Palestine by contact with the Jihad movement in Egypt. and the impact of confidentiality, Mohamed Saleh Salem head, and was Dr. Fathi Shekaki and Abdul Aziz return of the founders of Islamic Jihad in Palestine, that a lesson in Egypt, is known to Shakkaki affected by the return of the Iranian revolution led by the model Khomeni in 1979.

In the same period Sheikh Asaad egg Tamimi founding Jihad-holy house - In the same period started different groups in Palestine, the establishment of groups adopt the Islamic faith, a solution Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine. Inside the Green Line foundations, Sheikh Abdullah Nimr Darwish "captured Jihad," arrested, In prison, he retracted his thoughts and announced a peaceful solution in dealing with Jews, It was also during this period established a military wing of the Muslim Brotherhood Organization in the Gaza Strip as "mujahedin", headed by Sheikh Salah Shehada religion, which is the nucleus of "Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades," the military wing of the Hamas Movement, It has emerged in the same period also structured Ghadia known as "Al-Jihad", emerged from the Fatah movement, One of the most notable symbols Mohamed Sultan Al-Tamimi "Hamdi" Aphis Mohammed "Abu Hassan Kassem," who have been assassination by the Israeli Mossad in the City "Limassol" in Cyprus in 1988, They have carried out a number of groups within the Palestinian territories.

It is noticeable that these regulations Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been dominated by the national character and not the World This will change with the establishment of the rule after the 11 September attacks, which began to affect the nucleus of the globalization of jihad inside Palestinian.

Contributed to the Soviet Union entered Afghanistan in 1979 to the growing feelings and emotions jihad in the Arab and Muslim worlds, Having considered the Arab and Islamic regimes Russian occupation of Afghanistan appropriate opportunity to get rid of the surplus of violence, which started to threaten their legitimacy, worked to facilitate the exit of Islamist activists and volunteers Aljahadien cooperation with the United States, which saw a welcome opportunity to the Afghan Jihad against the Soviet Union and defeat it.

In spite of the intersection of interests between the Mujahideen and the Arab regimes and the United States, However, the agenda of Islamists were quite different, Jihad movements have found that Afghanistan provides an appropriate opportunity to perform the duty of jihad "God absent" It is an important stage of preparation and training for cracked the ruling regimes in the Arab world, It was Sheikh Abdullah Azzam of the early Palestinians who went to Afghanistan and worked to establish "office services" and "House aides" and his reception of volunteers for jihad in Afghanistan. The Sheikh Abdullah Azzam rounded Palestinians, The organization seeks to establish a jihad in Palestine and mobilize fighters in the world in order to liberate Palestine. Perhaps this was the reason behind his assassination in Peshawar in 1989, The Sheikh Abdullah Azzam father mujahideen new in the Arab and Muslim worlds. One of the most influential figures in the al-Qaeda leader "Osama bin Laden". who worked to bring the Palestinians since the early period, such as "Palestinian Abu Zubaydah."

Palestinians of the Diaspora occupies a central place in the thinking of the Salafi Jihad movements in the world. One of the most notable personalities Jihad Palestinian Sheikh Omar Mahmoud Abu Omar "Abu key Palestinian" which is the spiritual father of the rule in Europe, North Africa, and although not a member of Al Qaeda, However, it has a significant role in the issuance of advisory opinions, studies and journals that builds thought Salafi Jihad World The supportive of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria as well as the Armed Islamic Group in Libya and other jihad movements in Chechnya and Kashmir, Morocco, The characters in a theoretical Salafi Jihad Sheikh Issam Barqawi "Abu Mohammed Jerusalem," detained in Jordan, which signed electronically on behalf of the foundations of "Monotheism and Jihad" It has dozens of studies and books that are essential for the Salafi Jihad ideology in the world. It was established with the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi organization known as "sold forward" in 1994, The issue of Jerusalem is still different opinions institutionalization Jihad Salafi ideology, I disagree with the recent Al-Zarqawi on martyrdom operations targeting civilians.

And the personalities that have emerged following the American occupation of Iraq, Sheikh Omar Youssef Jumaa "Abu Anas al-Shami," He joined the organization of the "Monotheism and Jihad" in Iraq. which has become known as "Jihad organization based in the countries of the Rafidain" led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. contributed Abu Anas al-Shami in a structural organization, the official position of the legality, and died after US bombing in Fallujah 2004.

The recent period has seen several activities Muntami tide rule in Palestine, on the date of 23 July 2005, They carried out three simultaneous operations at tourist sites in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai. It was carried out by the explosion of two bombs in the vicinity of major tourist sites, hotels and cafes. The operations resulted in the deaths of about 88 people and injuring more than 200 people. It embraced the group calling itself the "Jihad base in Syria, the land of guest-Martyr Brigades slave Azzam God."

On 19 August, 2005, launched from Aqaba three Katyusha rockets at the town of Eilat and the Gulf of Aqaba. One rocket fell near the airport in Eilat The other two Saarokhan which was launched towards the American ship at the port of Aqaba, missed goal, One rocket hit a Jordanian soldiers, killing one soldier and wounding another, It embraced the group calling itself the "Jihad base in Syria, the land of guest-Martyr Brigades Abdullah Azzam."

On 28 December, were fired from Lebanese territory approximately 10-mm 107 mm rockets (missiles Grad) towards the towns of northern Israel. The synchronization implementation rocketing to one of the two locations; fired a number of rockets at Kiryat Shemona from the Middle East, In the western sector, has launched a number of missiles, which fell in the town of Shlomi, In the vicinity of other towns along the border. After all one day, The organization "Jihad base in the country Rafidain" claimed responsibility for firing missiles at targets in the ten northern Israel.

On 10 December 2005, was arrested Fawzi Hassan Abu Azzam lentils, leader Murtada Muhammad Subhi Hafnawi, During their return from Jordan to the Allenby Bridge, and on 20 February 2006, submitted to the military court in the West Bank indictments against them. The indictment revealed by the Israeli military court that the detainees were submitted to the Global Jihad activists (one called "slave of God" and the nickname "Abu Kaddamh" and another activist nickname "Abu Talha") arrested in Jordan since late December 2005, it was assumed by the indictment, implementation of the "French Hill" in Jerusalem by a martyrdom seeker, a car bomb to kill inflicting the greatest possible number of Israelis, It is supposed to explode a car bomb the same place and time following the bombing of the martyr himself in the pizza restaurant in the "French Hill" Jerusalem after gathering the largest possible number of Israelis at the site of the explosion. The indictment charged that the planning and implementation process, they received a sum of money of $ 5000 dollars.

It is noteworthy that the submission of this cell Israeli military court, coincided with the announcement made by Palestinian President defeat more than 18 military operation against the Israelis, since most of the existing and implementers. affected by or who belong supposed ties with Al Qaeda "universal", in conjunction with the announcement of Israel's arrest of cell regulation.

It is likely that political transformations taking place in the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" in Palestine. will contribute to the emergence and spread of the Salafi Jihad, which did not accept a substitute for the option of jihad and resistance. It refuses to enter into any kind of negotiations, imposed by the occupying power has the power tools and strikes security and military continues to weaken Infrastructure any project awakening of the nation, Experiences in conflict with the Israeli enemy-by such groups - proved that negotiations and treaties and covenants are does not make sense, because the Jews as described in the Holy Quran : "Whenever Sadr recent profile of the group," and that "people are not ignorant," and that they "do not Yaaclon" The lining up of the international community and, in particular, the United States and Europe behind the Israeli positions to sever relations and the lack of cooperation with the government of the "Hamas". as a terrorist movement, will contribute to the rising influence of the Al-Qaeda Organization in Palestine and the Salafi Jihad groups.

It is understood that the refusal to cooperate with the PLO as a terrorist organization, allowing controlled Jihad movements represent national movement Hamas and Islamic Jihad, The same scenario happened with the organization, it will be repeated with the Hamas movement in the absence of international support, or any Arab or Muslim. In addition to the isolation and liquidation of Israel in dealing with the democratically elected government of Hamas from the Palestinian people. The coming years will witness growing up in the ideology of Al Qaeda organization Salafi Jihad in Palestine. began signal heralding the rise of Al Qaeda in Palestine looming horizon amid the blockage of the political horizon in dealing with the Palestinian issue.

مستقبل تنظيم القاعدة في فلسطين
16-4-2006
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من المعلوم أن رفض التعاون مع منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية، باعتبارها منظمة إرهابية، أفسح المجال لسيطرة الحركات الجهادية الوطنية ممثلة بحركة حماس والجهاد الإسلامي، ولعل نفس السيناريو الذي حدث مع المنظمة، سوف يتكرر مع حركة حماس في حالة عدم وجود أي دعم دولي أو عربي أو إسلامي ..وسوف تشهد السنوات القادمة صعودا متناميا لأيديولوجية القاعدة والتنظيمات السلفية الجهادية في فلسطين،

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شكلت القضية الفلسطينية أحد أهم محاور خطاب القاعدة السياسي منذ الإعلان عن تشكيل " الجبهة العالمية لقتال اليهود والصليبيين" عام 1998، ولا تخلو بيانات تنظيم القاعدة وخطابات زعيمها أسامة بن لادن ومساعده أيمن الظواهري من ذكر المسألة الفلسطينية باعتبارها قضية إسلامية مركزية، وقد ساهمت هجمات الحادي عشر من سبتمبر في حضور القضية الفلسطينية بشكل مكثف، على الرغم من الانتقادات الكبيرة التي تواجهها القاعدة بسبب عدم القيام بعمليات موجهة إلى داخل الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة.

وجاءت عملية القاعدة التي نفذتها في مدينة "مومباسا الكينية" في 28تشرين الثاني 2002 ضد سياح إسرائيليين، والتي ذهب ضحيتها أكثر من 150 قتيلا بهجوم مزدوج، كرد مباشر على جملة الانتقادات الموجهة للقاعدة بعدم استهداف الإسرائيليين.

ولعل المتتبع للقضية الفلسطينية وتعقيدات تركيب الحركة الوطنية يعلم سبب تأخر دخول القاعدة والتنظيمات السلفية الجهادية إلى الساحة الفلسطينية، فقد ساهمت الدول العربية والإدارة الأمريكية وقبلها البريطانية بالإضافة إلى الدولة العبرية في طمس الهوية الإسلامية الفلسطينية، التي كانت حاضرة بشكل أساسي في مقاومة الانتداب البريطاني، ويعتبر الشيخ عزالدين القسام قائد ثورة 1935 أحد أهم رموز المقاومة السلفية الجهادية في حقبة الاستعمار البريطاني، كما لعب الحاج أمين الحسيني دورا محوريا في الحفاظ على الهوية الإسلامية لفلسطين والذي كانت تربطه علاقات طيبة مع الشيخ حسن البنا مؤسس جماعة الإخوان المسلمين في مصر عام 1928 الذي أرسل عددا من شيوخ الجماعة إلى فلسطين بهدف تعزيز الجبهة الإسلامية العالمية وإنشاء فرع للجماعة في فلسطين.

على الرغم من تأخر دخول تنظيم القاعدة والحركات السلفية الجهادية إلى فلسطين، إلا أنه من الملاحظ أن معظم الحركات السلفية الجهادية التي ظهرت في العالم العربي والإسلامي نشأت بضغط وتأثير من شخصيات إسلامية فلسطينية في الشتات، وكانت أول تجربة لدخول الإسلاميين في خضم المقاومة المسلحة عام 1968 بعد حرب 5 حزيران 1967 وسقوط الضفة الغربية، حيث قام الإخوان المسلمون بإنشاء معسكرات خاصة في غور الأردن عرفت باسم "معسكرات الشيوخ"، وكان من أبرز رموزها الشيخ الفلسطيني عبدالله عزام، وشارك في هذه المعسكرات عدد من الإسلاميين من أقطار عربية وإسلامية مختلفة، وقد نفذت هذه المجموعة عددا من العمليات استهدفت الدولة العبرية، حتى إن الرئيس الراحل ياسر عرفات أثنى على عمليات معسكر الشيوخ في عدة مناسبات، إلا أن هذه التجربة لم تدم طويلا وأغلقت هذه المعسكرات عقب الصدامات الدامية التي حدثت بين النظام الأردني والمنظمات الفدائية الفلسطينية عام 1970 وترتب عليها خروج منظمة التحرير وباقي الفصائل الفلسطينية من الأردن واستقرارها في لبنان.

ويرتبط ظهور الحركات السلفية الجهادية ببروز الظاهرة الإسلامية عموما، التي نمت وازدهرت عقب انهيار الأيديولوجيا القومية واليسارية بعد هزيمة 1967، التي شكلت صدمة هائلة للمنظمات الثورية أفقدتها رصيدها الشعبي، وآذنت بظهور ما يعرف بـ"الصحوة الإسلامية"، التي ساهم في شيوعها وانتشارها عوامل داخلية وخارجية، ويعتبر الدكتور صالح سرية من أوائل الفلسطينيين الذين آمنوا بالنهج السلفي الجهادي بعد أن يئس من النهج الذي اعتمدته المنظمات الفلسطينية العلمانية، حيث ذهب إلى العراق والتقى مع الشيخ عبدالعزيز البدري وغيره من رموز الحركة الإسلامية في العراق من أجل تأسيس حركة جهادية إسلامية بهدف تحرير فلسطين، إلا أن هذه الحركة لم يكتب لها النجاح بسبب ملاحقة الإسلاميين في العراق من قبل الأجهزة الأمنية.

وتمكن الدكتور صالح سرية من الهروب إلى مصر حيث عمل منذ وصوله إلى القاهرة على تأسيس تنظيم إسلامي جهادي بهدف قلب نظام الحكم الذي اعتبره خطوة مهمة في طريق تحرير فلسطين، إلا أن هذا التنظيم الذي عرف باسم "الفنية العسكرية" تم القضاء عليه عام 1974 وأعدم مؤسسه صالح سرية، ويمكن القول إن أطروحات الدكتور صالح سرية، وعلى وجه الخصوص رسالة "الإيمان"، كانت الأساس الأيديولوجي العقائدي لمعظم الحركات السلفية الجهادية في العالم العربي بشكل عام ومصر بشكل خاص، فقد تأثرت به الحركتان الرئيسيتان في مصر وهما " الجهاد" و"الجماعة الإسلامية".

ومن الشخصيات الفلسطينية التي ساهمت في تأسيس فكر حركة "الجهاد" محمد سالم الرحال، الذي كان له دور مهم في تأسيس جماعات الجهاد في مصر، وقد ألقي عليه القبض قبل اغتيال الرئيس السادات عام 1981 وتم ترحيله إلى الأردن، وعمل الرحال على استئناف نشاطه في الأردن، وأسس تنظيما جهاديا مسلحا عرف باسم "تنظيم الجهاد الإسلامي"، لم يلبث أن تم اعتقاله وتفكيكه من قبل الأجهزة الأمنية الأردنية عام 1984، وفي هذه الفترة تم تأسيس جماعة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين بحكم الاتصال مع الحركات الجهادية في مصر، وبتأثير من صالح سرية ومحمد سالم الرحال، ويعتبر الدكتور فتحي الشقاقي وعبد العزيز عودة من مؤسسي الجهاد في فلسطين، اللذان درسا في مصر، ومن المعروف أن شقاقي وعودة تأثرا بنموذج الثورة الإيرانية بقيادة الخميني عام 1979.

وفي نفس الفترة أعلن الشيخ أسعد بيوض التميمي تأسيس جماعة الجهاد –بيت المقدس-، وفي نفس الفترة بدأت مجموعات مختلفة في فلسطين بتأسيس جماعات تتبنى العقيدة الإسلامية والحل الجهادي من أجل تحرير فلسطين، ففي داخل الخط الأخضر أسس الشيخ عبدالله نمر درويش "أسر الجهاد"، وألقي القبض عليه، وفي سجنه تراجع عن أفكاره وأعلن عن انتهاج حل سلمي في التعامل مع اليهود، كما تم في هذه الفترة تأسيس جناح عسكري لجماعة الإخوان المسلمين في غزة باسم "المجاهدون"، ترأسه الشيخ صلاح الدين شحادة، الذي يعتبر نواة "كتائب عزالدين القسام" الجناح العسكري لحركة حماس، وقد ظهر في نفس الفترة أيضا تنظيما جهاديا عرف باسم "سرايا الجهاد"، انبثق عن حركة فتح، ومن أبرز رموزه محمد سلطان التميمي "حمدي" ومحمد إبحيص "أبو حسن قاسم"، الذين تم اغتيالهما من قبل الموساد الإسرائيلي في مدينة "ليماسول" في قبرص عام 1988، وقد نفذت هذه المجموعات عدد من العمليات داخل الأراضي الفلسطينية.

ومن الملاحظ أن هذه التنظيمات الجهادية الإسلامية الفلسطينية غلب عليها الطابع الوطني وليس العالمي، الأمر الذي سوف يتغير مع تأسيس القاعدة وعقب هجمات 11 أيلول، حيث بدأت نواة عولمة الجهاد تطال الداخل الفلسطيني.

ساهم دخول الاتحاد السوفيتي إلى أفغانستان عام 1979 في تنامي المشاعر والعواطف الجهادية في العالم العربي والإسلامي، وقد اعتبرت الأنظمة العربية والإسلامية الاحتلال الروسي لأفغانستان فرصة مناسبة للتخلص من فائض العنف الذي بدأ يهدد أنظمتها وشرعيتها، فعملت على تسهيل خروج الناشطين الإسلاميين والمتطوعين الجهاديين بالتعاون مع الولايات المتحدة التي رأت في الجهاد الأفغاني فرصة مناسبة للنيل من الاتحاد السوفيتي وإلحاق الهزيمة به.

وعلى الرغم من تقاطع المصالح بين المجاهدين والأنظمة العربية والولايات المتحدة، إلا أن أجندة الإسلاميين كانت مختلفة تماما، فقد رأت الحركات الجهادية أن أفغانستان توفر فرصة مناسبة للقيام بواجب الجهاد "الفريضة الغائبة"، ومرحلة مهمة للإعداد والتدريب من أجل القيام بالانقضاض على الأنظمة الحاكمة في العالم العربي، وكان الشيخ عبدالله عزام من أوائل الفلسطينيين الذين ذهبوا إلى أفغانستان وعمل على تأسيس "مكتب الخدمات" و"بيت الأنصار" ومهمته استقبال المتطوعين للجهاد في أفغانستان، وقام الشيخ عبدالله عزام بتقريب الفلسطينيين منه، وكان يسعى إلى إنشاء منظمة جهادية في فلسطين وحشد المجاهدين في العالم من أجل تحرير فلسطين، ولعل هذا السبب كان وراء اغتياله في بيشاور عام 1989، ويعتبر الشيخ عبدالله عزام الأب الروحي للمجاهدين الجدد في العالم العربي والإسلامي، ومن أكثر الشخصيات تأثيرا في زعيم تنظيم القاعدة "أسامة بن لادن"، الذي عمل على تقريب الفلسطينيين منه منذ فترة مبكرة مثل "أبو زبيدة الفلسطيني".

يحتل فلسطينيو الشتات مكانة مركزية في فكر الحركات السلفية الجهادية في العالم، ومن أبرز الشخصيات الجهادية الفلسطينية الشيخ عمر محمود أبو عمر" أبو قتادة الفلسطيني"، الذي يعتبر الأب الروحي للقاعدة في أوروبا وشمال أفريقيا، وإن كان ليس عضوا في القاعدة، إلا أنه كان له دور كبير في إصدار الفتاوى والدراسات والمجلات التي تؤسس للفكر السلفي الجهادي العالمي، وكان داعما للجماعة الإسلامية المسلحة في الجزائر وكذلك الجماعة الإسلامية المسلحة في ليبيا وغيرها من الحركات الجهادية في الشيشان وكشمير والمغرب، ومن الشخصيات الأساسية في وضع النظرية السلفية الجهادية الشيخ عصام البرقاوي "أبو محمد المقدسي"، المعتقل في الأردن الذي أسس موقعا الكترونيا باسم "التوحيد والجهاد"، وله عشرات الدراسات والكتب التي تعد مرجعا أساسيا للفكر السلفي الجهادي في العالم، وكان قد أسس مع أبو مصعب الزرقاوي تنظيم عرف باسم "بيعة الإمام" عام 1994، ولا يزال المقدسي يصدر فتاوى مختلفة في تأصيل الفكر السلفي الجهادي، واختلف مؤخرا مع الزرقاوي حول العمليات الاستشهادية واستهداف المدنيين.

ومن الشخصيات التي برزت عقب الاحتلال الأمريكي للعراق الشيخ عمر يوسف جمعة "أبو أنس الشامي"، وقد التحق بتنظيم "التوحيد والجهاد" في العراق، الذي أصبح يعرف بـ"تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد في بلاد الرافدين" بزعامة أبو مصعب الزرقاوي، وساهم أبو أنس الشامي في وضع هيكلية للتنظيم وتولى منصب مسئول اللجنة الشرعية، وتوفي أثر قصف أمريكي في الفلوجة عام 2004.

وقد شهدت الفترة الأخيرة عدة نشاطات لمنتمي تيار القاعدة في فلسطين، ففي تاريخ 23 تموز 2005، نفذت ثلاث عمليات متزامنة في مواقع سياحية في شرم الشيخ، جنوبي سيناء. وقد جرى تنفيذ العمليات بواسطة تفجير سيارتين مفخختين على مقربة من مواقع سياحية رئيسية، فنادق ومقاه. وأسفرت العمليات عن مقتل حوالي 88 شخصا وجرح أكثر من 200 شخص. وتبنت العملية جماعة تطلق على نفسها اسم "قاعدة الجهاد في الشام وأرض الكنانة- كتائب الشهيد عبدا لله عزام".

وفي 19 آب، 2005، أُطلقت من العقبة ثلاثة صواريخ كاتيوشا باتجاه مدينة ايلات وخليج العقبة، سقط أحد الصواريخ على مقربة من مطار جوي في ايلات، أما الصاروخان الآخران اللذان جرى إطلاقهما باتجاه سفينة أمريكية كانت في ميناء العقبة، فقد أخطآ الهدف، وأصاب أحد الصواريخ جنودا أردنيين، مما أسفر عن مقتل جندي وجرح الآخر، وتبنت العملية جماعة تطلق على نفسها اسم "قاعدة الجهاد في الشام وأرض الكنانة- كتائب الشهيد عبد الله عزام".

وفي 28 كانون الأول، أُطلِقَت من الأراضي اللبنانية حوالي 10 صواريخ عيار 107 ملم (صواريخ غراد) باتجاه البلدات شمالي إسرائيل، وتزامن تنفيذ إطلاق الصواريخ في آن واحد من موقعين؛ وأُطلق عدد من الصواريخ باتجاه كريات شمونه من القطاع الأوسط ، أما من القطاع الغربي، فقد أُطلق عدد من الصواريخ التي سقطت في منطقة بلدة شلومي، وعلى مقربة من بلدات أخرى على امتداد الحدود. وبعد الإطلاق بيوم واحد، أعلن تنظيم "قاعدة الجهاد في بلاد الرافدين" مسئوليته عن إطلاق الصواريخ العشرة باتجاه الأهداف في شمالي إسرائيل.

وبتاريخ 10 كانون الأول 2005، تم اعتقال عزام فوزي حسن أبو العدس وبلال مرتضى محمد صبحي حفناوي، أثناء عودتهما من الأردن على جسر اللنبي، وفي 20 شباط 2006، قدمت إلى المحكمة العسكرية في الضفة الغربية لوائح اتهام ضدها، وبينت لائحة الاتهام التي وجهتها المحكمة العسكرية الإسرائيلية أن المعتقلين تم عرضهما على نشطاء الجهاد العالمي (أحدهم يدعى "عبدا لله" وكنيته "أبو قدامة"، وناشط آخر كنيته "أبو طلحة") المعتقلين بالأردن منذ أواخر كانون الأول 2005، وكان من المفترض بحسب لائحة الاتهام، تنفيذ عملية في "التلة الفرنسية" في القدس بواسطة استشهادي وسيارة مفخخة بهدف ال