They don't know the reason for the blackout but they

harrytrader · Aug 21, 2003

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from: from: http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_5.html

Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, August 18, 2003

Al Qaida's Abu Hafs Brigades has claimed responsibility for the blackout last week in the Northeast and Midwest United States. A communiquÃ© by the Abu Hafs Brigades made reference to Operation Quick Lightning in the Land of the Tyrant of this Generation."

It was published as "the third communiquÃ© by the "Brigades."

In the first, they accepted responsibility for the downing of an airplane in Kenya. The second accepted responsibility for the Jakarta bombing of the Marriott hotel on August 5, 2003.

The new communiquÃ© says that in compliance with the orders of Osama bin Laden to strike at the American economy, the Brigades struck two important electricity supply targets on the East coast, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute . The Brigades say that they cannot reveal how they did it, because they will probably have to use the same method again soon. The communiquÃ© also claimed that the operation was meant as a present for the Iraqi people.

The following are excerpts from a report by the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat about the communiquÃ©: [1]

The Blackout was 'a Realization of Bin Laden's promise to offer the Iraqi people a present'
"A communiquÃ© attributed to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the power blackout that happened in the U.S. last Thursday, saying that the brigades of Abu Fahes Al Masri had hit two main power plants supplying the East of the U.S., as well as major industrial cities in the U.S. and Canada, 'its ally in the war against Islam (New York and Toronto) and their neighbors.'

"The communiquÃ© assured that the operation 'was carried out on the orders of Osama bin Laden to hit the pillars of the U.S. economy,' as 'a realization of bin Laden's promise to offer the Iraqi people a present.'

'The Americans lived a black day they will never forget'
"The statement, which Al-Hayat obtained from the website of the International Islamic Media Center, didn't specify the way the alleged sabotage was carried out. The communiquÃ© read: 'let the criminal Bush and his gang know that the punishment is the result of the action, the soldiers of God cut the power on these cities, they darkened the lives of the Americans as these criminals blackened the lives of the Muslim people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. The Americans lived a black day they will never forget. They lived a day of terror and fearâ¦ a state of chaos and confusion where looting and pillaging rampaged the cities, just like the capital of the caliphate Baghdad, and Afghanistan and Palestine were. Let the American people take a sip from the same glass.'

'The U.S. will not live in peace until our conditions are met'
"It added: 'we heard amazing statements made by the American and Canadian enemies which have nuclear physics universities and space agencies, that lightning hit and destroyed the two plants. And we are supposed to believe this nonsense. If the blackout occurred in one or two cities, their lie would have been credible. But the fact is that the blackout hit the entire East and part of Canada.'

"The communiquÃ© continued: 'one of the benefits of this strike is that the U.S. will not live in peace until our conditions are met, such as releasing all the detainees including Sheikh Omar Abdulrahman, and getting out of the land of the Muslims, including Jerusalem and Kashmir.'

"The authors of the communiquÃ© said that the strikes aimed at 'hitting the major pillar of the U.S. economy (the Stock Exchange)â¦ [and] the UN, which is opposed to Islam, and is based in New York. It is a message to all the investors that the U.S. is no longer a safe country for their money, knowing that the U.S. economy greatly relies on the trust of the investorâ¦'

'The gift of Sheikh Osama Bin Laden is on its way to the White House'
"The communiquÃ© mentioned that some economists said the blackout in the U.S. and Canada would cost the U.S. Treasury no less than ten billion U.S. dollars and in order to 'break the hearts of U.S. officials, just know that the cost paid by the Moujahideen to sabotage the power plants was a mere seven thousand dollars. Die of sorrow!'

"The communiquÃ© ended with: 'we tell the Muslims that this is not the awaited strike, but it is called the war of skirmishes (to drain the enemy), and that the American snakes are enormous and need to be consumed and weakened to be destroyed. We tell the people of Afghanistan and Kashmir that the gift of Sheikh Osama bin Laden is on its way to the White House; then the gift of Al Aqsa, and do we know what is the gift of Al Aqsa, where and when? The answer is what you are seeing!'

[1] Published in English on Dar Al-Hayat website, August 18, 2003, http://english.daralhayat.com/arab_...bdd659-c0a8-01ed-0079-6e1c903b7552/story.html
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ArchAngel · Aug 21, 2003

How dare they take credit for it!!!

My Abu Yuv-bin-al-Fool group is taking credit for it. We're also taking credit for blacking out the Northeast back in the '70s, the great stock market crash, the internet bubble bust, Enron's collapse, Three Mile Island, and the space shuttle destruction.

Geez, some people will believe anything

maxpi · Aug 21, 2003

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How dare they take credit for it!!!

My Abu Yuv-bin-al-Fool group is taking credit for it. We're also taking credit for blacking out the Northeast back in the '70s, the great stock market crash, the internet bubble bust, Enron's collapse, Three Mile Island, and the space shuttle destruction.

Geez, some people will believe anything
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Ok but that was me on the grassy knoll!!

TM_Direct · Aug 21, 2003

ok ok enough already, i did it......me and some of the boys got drunk and were drinking brown liquor and Fucken around with shot guns.....They didn't think I could hit the transformer from 50 yards....but boy were they wrong

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