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Re: Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout
From: "Geoff Shively" <gshively () pivx com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:06:47 -0700
I particularly like this: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95049,00.html "In the entire history of FirstEnergy, FirstEnergy spokesman Todd Schneider said there hasn't been an outage of any system due to hackers, and that that the weather in northeastern Ohio did more damage. When asked if the random outages could have been the work of a computer hacker, a source told Fox News: "I'd be lying to you if I told you it was not possible." He added that a hack attack was something he had "been worried about." Schneider vowed his company would leave no stone unturned in its investigation. He admitted a computer hack was a possibility, but not the leading theory." Cheers, Geoff Shively, CHO PivX Solutions, LLC http://www.pivx.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Copley" <dcopley () eeye com> To: <full-disclosure () lists netsys com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout
Various stories on this coming out: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&scoring=d&edition=us&q=Al+Qaeda+claims +blackout (Of note: 'Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Power Blackout In U.S.!' (Saudi) http://english.daralhayat.com/arab_news/08-2003/Article-20030818-14bdd65 9-c0a8-01ed-0079-6e1c903b7552/story.html) (Of note: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95049,00.html Covers possibility of hackers, timeline, mention of terrorists) MEMRI's site has the raw info from which "Worldtribune" is basing their article (note: MEMRI says they released this online -- at Yahoo forum, no less): "A communiqué by the Abu Hafs Brigades was published at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abubanan2/message/330. " Full Article url: http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD55303 Full Article: Al-Qa'ida's Abu Hafs Brigades has claimed responsibility for "Operation Quick Lightning in the Land of the Tyrant of this Generation," referring to the blackout last week in the Northeast and Midwest United States. A communiqué by the Abu Hafs Brigades was published at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/abubanan2/message/330. This is the third communiqué by the "Brigades" that is being published by the same web-group; 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 communiqué 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. The Brigades say that they cannot reveal how they did it, because they will probably have to use the same method again soon. The communiqué 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 communiqué: [1] The Blackout was 'a Realization of bin Laden's Promise to Offer the Iraqi People a Present' "A communiqué 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 communiqué 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 communiqué 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 fear. 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 communiqué 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 communiqué said that the strikes aimed at 'hitting the major pillar of the U.S. economy (the Stock Exchange). [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 investor.' 'The Gift of Sheikh Osama bin Laden is on Its Way to the White House' "The communiqué 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 communiqué 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!'-----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of danjr Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:07 AM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout --- Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout World Tribune Monday, August 18, 2003<snip> _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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