Al-Qaida declares holy war on India as part of global movement to establish Islamic Caliphate

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This photograph taken from a CD purportedly by al-Qaida militants in India shows a masked man sitting beside an automatic gun reading a statement by Abdul Rehman al-Ansari, purportedly the chief of al-Qaida Fil Hind or al-Qaida in India, received by Current News Service in Srinagar, the main city of India's Jammu-Kashmir state, on Friday, June 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

SRINAGAR, India --A group claiming to represent the al-Qaida terror network declared a holy war on India over its partial control of the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, Indian officials said Saturday.

A statement and video was sent Friday to the Current News Service, in Srinagar, the main city of India's Jammu-Kashmir state, in which a masked man standing next to an automatic weapon read the declaration.

"We declare righteous holy war against India on behalf of God the great in which Jammu and Kashmir will be the launch pad for holy war in India," said the statement signed by Abu Abdul Rehman al-Ansari, purportedly the chief of al-Qaida Fil Hind or al-Qaida in India.

While this is the first time the group has been heard from since it announced its establishment in July, police said they were taking the threat seriously.

Police are trying to establish the veracity of the statement, said the state's director general of police Gopal Sharma. "But there is no need to panic," he said.

There have been allegations that Islamic militants fighting to wrest predominantly Muslim Kashmir from India have ties to al-Qaida, but these links have not been proven.

The statement -- five pages long and given in Urdu -- mentions insurgencies in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia, the Palestinian territories and Algeria and describes them as a global Islamic movement "aimed at wiping out borders and leading to the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate."

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/arti...y_war_on_india/

[dalegg 143]

It's always something with these guys.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What else would one expect from blood hungry mass murderers? Don't matter what the rest of the world does, these sickos just get off on snuffing out innocent lives. Fcuking humanoid garbage.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

India's in good company.

[GaryC 7]

I seem to remember a similar declaration made to us a few years before 9/11. They better take it seriously.

[JODO 2]

Yawn... How many nations will they declare war on? The propaganda of these wackos is so tiresome now.

Edited June 9, 2007 by JODO

[Scott & Lai 12]

This photograph taken from a CD purportedly by al-Qaida militants in India shows a masked man sitting beside an automatic gun reading a statement by Abdul Rehman al-Ansari, purportedly the chief of al-Qaida Fil Hind or al-Qaida in India, received by Current News Service in Srinagar, the main city of India's Jammu-Kashmir state, on Friday, June 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

SRINAGAR, India --A group claiming to represent the al-Qaida terror network declared a holy war on India over its partial control of the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, Indian officials said Saturday.

A statement and video was sent Friday to the Current News Service, in Srinagar, the main city of India's Jammu-Kashmir state, in which a masked man standing next to an automatic weapon read the declaration.

"We declare righteous holy war against India on behalf of God the great in which Jammu and Kashmir will be the launch pad for holy war in India," said the statement signed by Abu Abdul Rehman al-Ansari, purportedly the chief of al-Qaida Fil Hind or al-Qaida in India.

While this is the first time the group has been heard from since it announced its establishment in July, police said they were taking the threat seriously.

Police are trying to establish the veracity of the statement, said the state's director general of police Gopal Sharma. "But there is no need to panic," he said.

There have been allegations that Islamic militants fighting to wrest predominantly Muslim Kashmir from India have ties to al-Qaida, but these links have not been proven.

The statement -- five pages long and given in Urdu -- mentions insurgencies in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia, the Palestinian territories and Algeria and describes them as a global Islamic movement "aimed at wiping out borders and leading to the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate."

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/arti...y_war_on_india/

This must be Western propaganda; there's nothing here about the US and Israel being the real reason for their devilry.

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm still waiting for these jerk-offs to declare a holy war on China.

They are going to be SO dead....

[almaty 19]

The statement -- five pages long and given in Urdu -- mentions insurgencies in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia, the Palestinian territories and Algeria and describes them as a global Islamic movement "aimed at wiping out borders and leading to the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate."

some of these places mentioned chechnya...algeria...do not support or endorse these line of bs...that is why, the leaders, who are seen as islamics, do not have popular support anymore

[rclouse 0]

I seem to remember a similar declaration made to us a few years before 9/11. They better take it seriously.

Yeah, unlike the Bush administration.

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Interesting..............

[Robor007 0]

I seem to remember a similar declaration made to us a few years before 9/11. They better take it seriously.

Yeah, unlike the Bush administration.

In all fairness the planning wasn't done under the Bush administration. I despise them but to say they are to blame for 9/11 is crazy.

[Sinergy 3]

If al-Qaida is this bored, maturbation is more effective and easier than declaring war on everyone.

[mawilson 2,133]

If al-Qaida is this bored, maturbation is more effective and easier than declaring war on everyone.

Islam forbids masturbation. B)

[Sinergy 3]

If al-Qaida is this bored, maturbation is more effective and easier than declaring war on everyone.

Islam forbids masturbation. B)

They dont act very islamic to me