There is much much more to consider
then just the Al-Qadia Threats
This is the list of all the other groups who currenty have declaired Jihad against the U.S., Israel, & Western Civilization.

CIA Report on the Different Jihad Organizations Following is a List published by the Government listing all the Organizations that have declaired a "holy" jihad against America, Israel, and the western countries. Go to this site to download this and other documents our Government has
Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2000. United States Department of State, April 2001. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/tgp2.htm

Cover: The Letters the Congress today, (September 20, 2001) as an expert on terrorism. This is a major first step - U.S. sources must interface with Israel's well trained agents who know how the game is played here. They must take courage in Israel's history of holding back the enemy with one hand while being slapped by the West on the other. The committee, headed by US Rep. Dan Burton (R.-lnd.), will discuss "Preparing for the War on Terrorism." The chairman invited Netanyahu to explain his outlook on terrorism, which he wrote in his 1995 book "Fighting Terrorism" (the book is available on Amazon.com). Netanyahu spokesman Aviv Bushinsky said the former prime minister will also visit New York for meetings in connection with the attacks on the World Trade Center. I have added below a list of eleven major terrorist organizations from an important web site. The reading is long and no one may have the internal fortitude to do so in the midst of grieving, but if you cannot read it now, save the list for later. Save the list to remember those who have the potential to do great damage to innocent people. Sincerely yours in Jerusalem Ron Cantrell TERROR GROUP PROFILES From: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2000. United States Department of State, April 2001. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/tgp2.htm

***** Al-Qaida (meaning "The Base") **

Description Established by Osama Bin Ladin in the late 1980s to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion. Helped finance, recruit, transport, and train Sunni Islamic extremists for the Afghan resistance. Current goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries. Issued statement under banner of "the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders" in February 1998, saying it was the duty of all Muslims to kill US citizens--civilian or military--and their allies everywhere. Activities Plotted to carry out terrorist operations against US and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations. (Jordanian authorities thwarted the planned attacks and put 28 suspects on trial.) Conducted the bombings in August 1998 of the US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that killed at least 301 persons and injured more than 5,000 others. Claims to have shot down US helicopters and killed US servicemen in Somalia in 1993 and to have conducted three bombings that targeted US troops in Aden, Yemen, in December 1992. Linked to the following plans that were not carried out: to assassinate Pope John Paul II during his visit to Manila in late 1994, simultaneous bombings of the US and Israeli Embassies in Manila and other Asian capitals in late 1994, the midair bombing of a dozen US trans-Pacific flights in 1995, and to kill President Clinton during a visit to the Philippines in early 1995. Continues to train, finance, and provide logistic support to terrorist groups in support of these goals. Strength May have several hundred to several thousand members. Also serves as a focal point or umbrella organization for a worldwide network that includes many Sunni Islamic extremist groups such as Egyptian Islamic Jihad, some members of al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and the Harakat ul-Mujahidin. Location/Area of Operation Al-Qaida has a worldwide reach, has cells in a number of countries, and is reinforced by its ties to Sunni extremist networks. Bin Ladin and his key lieutenants reside in Afghanistan, and the group maintains terrorist training camps there. External Aid Bin Ladin, son of a billionaire Saudi family, is said to have inherited approximately $300 million that he uses to finance the group. Al-Qaida also maintains moneymaking front organizations, solicits donations from like-minded supporters, and illicitly siphons funds from donations to Muslim charitable organizations.

********** HAMAS

Description Formed in late 1987 as an outgrowth of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Various HAMAS elements have used both political and violent means, including terrorism, to pursue the goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in place of Israel. Loosely structured, with some elements working clandestinely and others working openly through mosques and social service institutions to recruit members, raise money, organize activities, and distribute propaganda. HAMAS's strength is concentrated in the Gaza Strip and a few areas of the West Bank. Also has engaged in peaceful political activity, such as running candidates in West Bank Chamber of Commerce elections. Activities HAMAS activists, especially those in the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, have conducted many attacks--including large-scale suicide bombings--against Israeli civilian and military targets. In the early 1990s, they also targeted suspected Palestinian collaborators and Fatah rivals. Claimed several attacks during the unrest in late 2000. Strength Unknown number of hardcore members; tens of thousands of supporters and sympathizers. Location/Area of Operation Primarily the occupied territories, Israel. In August 1999, Jordanian authorities closed the group's Political Bureau offices in Amman, arrested its leaders, and prohibited the group from operating on Jordanian territory. External Aid Receives funding from Palestinian expatriates, Iran, and private benefactors in Saudi Arabia and other moderate Arab states. Some fundraising and propaganda activity take place in Western Europe and North America.

******* ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO)

****Other Names Fatah Revolutionary Council Arab Revolutionary Brigades Black September Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims Description International terrorist organization led by Sabri al-Banna. Split from PLO in 1974. Made up of various functional committees, including political, military, and financial. Activities Has carried out terrorist attacks in 20 countries, killing or injuring almost 900 persons. Targets include the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, moderate Palestinians, the PLO, and various Arab countries. Major attacks included the Rome and Vienna airports in December 1985, the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul and the Pan Am flight 73 hijacking in Karachi in September 1986, and the City of Poros day-excursion ship attack in Greece in July 1988. Suspected of assassinating PLO deputy chief Abu Iyad and PLO security chief Abu Hul in Tunis in January 1991. ANO assassinated a Jordanian diplomat in Lebanon in January 1994 and has been linked to the killing of the PLO representative there. Has not attacked Western targets since the late 1980s. Strength A few hundred plus limited overseas support structure. Location/Area of Operation Al-Banna relocated to Iraq in December 1998, where the group maintains a presence. Has an operational presence in Lebanon in the Bekaa Valley and several Palestinian refugee camps in coastal areas of Lebanon. Also has a limited presence in Sudan and Syria, among others, although financial problems and internal disorganization have reduced the group's activities and capabilities. Authorities shut down the ANO's operations in Libya and Egypt in 1999. Has demonstrated ability to operate over wide area, including the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. External Aid Has received considerable support, including safehaven, training, logistic assistance, and financial aid from Iraq, Libya, and Syria (until 1987), in addition to close support for selected operations.

***** Hizballah (Party of God)

** Other Names Islamic Jihad Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Description Radical Shia group formed in Lebanon; dedicated to creation of Iranian-style Islamic republic in Lebanon and removal of all non-Islamic influences from the area. Strongly anti-West and anti-Israel. Closely allied with, and often directed by, Iran but may have conducted operations that were not approved by Tehran. Activities Known or suspected to have been involved in numerous anti-US terrorist attacks, including the suicide truck bombing of the US Embassy and US Marine barracks in Beirut in October 1983 and the US Embassy annex in Beirut in September 1984. Elements of the group were responsible for the kidnapping and detention of US and other Western hostages in Lebanon. The group also attacked the Israeli Embassy in Argentina in 1992 and is a suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Israeli cultural center in Buenos Aires. In fall 2000, it captured three Israeli soldiers in the Shabaa Farms and kidnapped an Israeli noncombatant whom it may have lured to Lebanon under false pretenses. Strength Several thousand supporters and a few hundred terrrorist operatives. Location/Area of Operation Operates in the Bekaa Valley, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and southern Lebanon. Has established cells in Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Asia. External Aid Receives substantial amounts of financial, training, weapons, explosives, political, diplomatic, and organizational aid from Iran and Syria.

******* al-Jihad *****

Other Names Egyptian Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad Jihad Group Description Egyptian Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s. Close partner of Bin Ladin's al-Qaida organization. Suffered setbacks as a result of numerous arrests of operatives worldwide, most recently in Lebanon and Yemen. Primary goals are to overthrow the Egyptian Government and replace it with an Islamic state and attack US and Israeli interests in Egypt and abroad. Activities Specializes in armed attacks against high-level Egyptian Government personnel, including cabinet ministers, and car-bombings against official US and Egyptian facilities. The original Jihad was responsible for the assassination in 1981 of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Claimed responsibility for the attempted assassinations of Interior Minister Hassan al-Alfi in August 1993 and Prime Minister Atef Sedky in November 1993. Has not conducted an attack inside Egypt since 1993 and has never targeted foreign tourists there. Responsible for Egyptian Embassy bombing in Islamabad in 1995; in 1998, planned attack against US Embassy in Albania was thwarted. Strength Not known but probably has several hundred hard-core members. Location/Area of Operation Operates in the Cairo area. Has a network outside Egypt, including Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom. External Aid Not known. The Egyptian Government claims that both Iran and Bin Ladin support the Jihad. Also may obtain some funding through various Islamic nongovernmental organization Mujahedin-e Khalq

Organization (MEK or MKO) ***********

Other Names The National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA, the militant wing of the MEK) The People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) National Council of Resistance (NCR) Muslim Iranian Student's Society (front organization used to garner financial support) Description Formed in the 1960s by the college-educated children of Iranian merchants, the MEK sought to counter what it perceived as excessive Western influence in the Shah's regime. Following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam, has developed into the largest and most active armed Iranian dissident group. Its history is studded with anti-Western activity and, most recently, attacks on the interests of the clerical regime in Iran and abroad. Activities Worldwide campaign against the Iranian Government stresses propaganda and occasionally uses terrorist violence. During the 1970s the MEK staged terrorist attacks inside Iran and killed several US military personnel and civilians working on defense projects in Tehran. Supported the takeover in 1979 of the US Embassy in Tehran. In April 1992 conducted attacks on Iranian embassies in 13 different countries, demonstrating the group's ability to mount large-scale operations overseas. The normal pace of anti-Iranian operations increased during the "Operation Great Bahman" in February 2000, when the group claimed it launched a dozen attacks against Iran. During the remainder of the year, the MEK regularly claimed that its members were involved in mortar attacks and hit-and-run raids on Iranian military, law enforcement units, and government buildings near the Iran-Iraq border. The MEK also claimed six mortar attacks on civilian government and military buildings in Tehran. Strength Several thousand fighters based in Iraq with an extensive overseas support structure. Most of the fighters are organized in the MEK's National Liberation Army (NLA). Location/Area of Operation In the 1980s the MEK's leaders were forced by Iranian security forces to flee to France. Most resettled in Iraq by 1987. In the mid-1980s the group did not mount terrorist operations in Iran at a level similar to its activities in the 1970s. In the 1990s, however, the MEK claimed credit for an increasing number of operations in Iran. External Aid Beyond support from Iraq, the MEK uses front organizations to solicit contributions from expatriate Iranian communities.

********* Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)

**** Description Split from the PFLP in 1968, claiming it wanted to focus more on fighting and less on politics. Violently opposed to Arafat's PLO. Led by Ahmad Jabril, a former captain in the Syrian Army. Closely tied to both Syria and Iran. Activities Carried out dozens of attacks in Europe and the Middle East during 1970-80. Known for cross-border terrorist attacks into Israel using unusual means, such as hot-air balloons and motorized hang gliders. Primary focus now on guerrilla operations in southern Lebanon, small-scale attacks in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip. Strength Several hundred. Location/Area of Operation Headquartered in Damascus with bases in Lebanon. External Aid Receives logistic and military support from Syria and financial support from Iran.

*********** Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

*******Description Broke away from the PFLP-GC in mid-1970s. Later split again into pro-PLO, pro-Syrian, and pro-Libyan factions. Pro-PLO faction led by Muhammad Abbas (Abu Abbas), who became member of PLO Executive Committee in 1984 but left it in 1991. Activities The Abu Abbas-led faction is known for hang glider attacks against Israel. Abbas's group also was responsible for the attack in 1985 on the cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder of US citizen Leon Klinghoffer. A warrant for Abu Abbas's arrest is outstanding in Italy. Strength Unknown. Location/Area of Operation PLO faction based in Tunisia until Achille Lauro attack. Now based in Iraq. External Aid Receives support mainly from Iraq. Has received support from Libya in the past.

****************** Popular Front for the

Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) **************** Description Marxist-Leninist group founded in 1967 by George Habash as a member of the PLO. Joined the Alliance of Palestinian Forces (APF) to oppose the Declaration of Principles signed in 1993 and suspended participation in the PLO. Broke away from the APF, along with the DFLP, in 1996 over ideological differences. Took part in meetings with Arafat's Fatah party and PLO representatives in 1999 to discuss national unity and the reinvigoration of the PLO but continues to oppose current negotiations with Israel. Activities Committed numerous international terrorist attacks during the 1970s. Since 1978 has conducted attacks against Israeli or moderate Arab targets, including killing a settler and her son in December 1996. Strength Some 800. Location/Area of Operation Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the occupied territories. External Aid Receives safehaven and some logistic assistance from Syria.

*************** **************** Al-Fatah **************** Other Names Al-'Asifa Description Headed by Yasser Arafat,

Fatah joined the PLO in 1968 and won the leadership role in 1969. Its commanders were expelled from Jordan following violent confrontations with Jordanian forces during the period 1970-71, beginning with Black September in 1970. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 led to the group's dispersal to several Middle Eastern countries, including Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, Iraq, and others. Maintains several military and intelligence wings that have carried out terrorist attacks, including Force 17 and the Western Sector. Two of its leaders, Abu Jihad and Abu Iyad, were assassinated in recent years. Activities In the 1960s and the 1970s, Fatah offered training to a wide range of European, Middle Eastern, Asian, and African terrorist and insurgent groups. Carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the early-tomiddle 1970s. Arafat signed the Declaration of Principles (DOP) with Israel in 1993 and renounced terrorism and violence. There has been no authorized terrorist operation since that time. Strength 6,000 to 8,000 Location/Area of Operation Headquartered in Tunisis, with bases in Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries. External Aid Has had close political and financial ties to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and other moderate Gulf states. These relations were disrupted by the Gulf crisis of 1990-91. Also had links to Jordan. Received weapons, explosives, and training from the former USSR and the former Communist regimes of East European states. China and North Korea have reportedly provided some weapons.

*************** ******************* Force 17 *******************

Description Formed in early 1970s as a personal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders. Activities According to press sources, in 1985 expanded operations to include terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. No confirmed terrorist activity outside Israel and the occupied territories since September 1985, when it claimed responsibility for killing three Israelis in Cyprus, an incident that was followed by Israeli air raids on PLO bases in Tunisia. Strength Unknown. Location/Area of Operation Based in Beirut before 1982. Since then, dispersed in several Arab countries. Now operating in Lebanon, other Middle Eastern countries, and Europe. External Aid PLO is main source of support. Subject: Osama Bin Laden's Plan Date: Fri Oct 12 04:02 Author: From: Ron Cantrell in Jerusalem (ron@netvision.net.il) From: Ron Cantrell To: Ron Cantrell Subject: Osama Bin Laden's Plan Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 13:23:30 +0200 Shalom from Jerusalem, Thousands of Hamas activists participated in an anti-American protest through the streets of Gaza yesterday. That in and of itself is not unusual. The difference is that the protesters were carrying pictures of Osama Bin Laden at the head of the shouting fist raising marchers. Loyalties do not run very deep in the Middle East. Who ever seems strongest at the moment is designated king by the man on the street. During the Gulf War of 1990, the fist raising Palestinian marchers carried photos of Saddam Huessin imagining that he would raise up and right every thing that they perceived to be wrong. Yassir Arafat, evidently, did not take kindly to the parade in honor of Osama Bin Laden. His PLO military wing attacked the protesters in the streets of Gaza killing three and wounding 65. The next few days should prove interesting to see how Arafat will deal with grass-roots uprisings that do not have him as kingpin. The Wall Street Journal just printed a very interesting article that must have ice water running through the veins of some Islamic nations. The article stated that Osama has plans to take over Pakistan and his own home country of Saudi Arabia. This would place in the hands of Bin Laden the only nuclear weapon in the Moslem world, that of Pakistan, and the most holy site in all of Islam, Mecca. Bin Laden, in fact, may use the flash point of India and Pakistan. Heated confrontations have been regular between India and Pakistan for many years over the disputed ownership of religiously divided Kashmir. Both nations own nuclear weapons and blatantly disregarded the worldıs demand to ban nuclear tests. The news of Osamaıs take over plans may upset the Islamic worldıs leaders but may serve to unite the man on the street. Pan Arabism, or the unity of the entire Arabic world, is every Arabıs dream. The only fly in the ointment of the dream is ³Who will lead us?² Islamic sources view history more like a wagon wheel than a neatly arranged chronological time line. The flourishing of Isalm is viewed as one designated spot on that wheel. They know that the dot on the wagon wheel must seem to be going backward in its revolutions before it comes to the top again. Islam views these revolutions in 100 year time blocks. Osama Bin Laden may sense that the blossoming of the glory of Islam is on the horizon again since 100 years ago the Ottoman Empire had not yet been destroyed. It was the British with the blessing of all the NATO nations that brought the Ottoman Empire to its knees. Osama obviously views the abitrarily drawn lines in the sand that we know as the modern borders of the Arab nations as a purely Western device. This may explain why Palestine, as a state-like entity, was never high on any of the Arab nations agendas until it became a worldwide recognized pawn in the game. Jordan was never interested in a Palestine State. In fact Hussein of Jordan massacred the Palestinians in 1970 when they tried to take over his state as they now are trying to take over Israel. Egypt was never interested in a Palestinian State and Syria openly fought against it as they viewed both Lebanon and Palestine as ³Greater Syria.² With all that we see taking place today - the cry for peace is still on the lips of the world. Peace means different things to different people though. Peace to the Western mind means the end of fighting and the possibility for quiet to reign. Peace to Islamic nations means that a land once belonging to Allah has been regathered under the sovereign control of those who serve him. Remember that Islam by the 1500s had conquered almost half of Europe. Peace means different things even within the world of Islam. Many of the Islamic nations would be happy to live under the Western defination of peace, but extreamists like Osama Bin Laden and others like him view peace as a conquering of nations that they view as holding a diluted form of Islam. Their political scheme is to conquer those nations as well and install a more militant and fundamental Islam.