[lbo-talk] The 'Al Qaeda' Industry

Michael Pugliese michael098762001 at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 16 09:49:56 PDT 2004



> ...Curtis points out that al-Qaida did not even have a name until early
2001, when the American government decided to prosecute Bin Laden in his absence and had to use anti-Mafia laws that required the existence of a named criminal organisation.

Did this guy even google? http://www.militarysounds.com/war_on_terrorism.htm

United States of America v. Usama Bin Laden:

( http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/fbi/indict1.pdf ) -Indictment of bin Laden by the Federal Southern District Court of New York for his role in the August 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. The full 157 page indictment from this case can be found here, http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/pdfs/binladen/indict.pdf UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : - v. - : USAMA BIN LADEN, : INDICTMENT <SNIP> -----------------------------------------x INTRODUCTION The Grand Jury charges: Background: Al Qaeda 1. At all relevant times from in or about 1989 until the date of the filing of this Indictment, an international terrorist group existed which was dedicated to opposing non- Islamic governments with force and violence. This organization grew out of the "mekhtab al khidemat" (the "Services Office") organization which had maintained offices in various parts of the world, including Afghanistan, Pakistan (particularly in Peshawar) and the United States, particularly at the Alkifah Refugee Center 4 in Brooklyn, New York. The group was founded by defendants USAMA BIN LADEN and MUHAMMAD ATEF, a/k/a "Abu Hafs al Masry," together with "Abu Ubaidah al Banshiri" and others. From in or about 1989 until the present, the group called itself "al Qaeda" ("the Base"). From 1989 until in or about 1991, the group (hereafter referred to as "al Qaeda") was headquartered in Afghanistan and Peshawar, Pakistan. In or about 1991, the leadership of al Qaeda, including its "emir" (or prince) defendant USAMA BIN LADEN, relocated to the Sudan. Al Qaeda was headquartered in the Sudan from approximately 1991 until approximately 1996 but still maintained offices in various parts of the world. In 1996, defendants USAMA BIN LADEN and MUHAMMAD ATEF and other members of al Qaeda relocated to Afghanistan. At all relevant times, al Qaeda was led by its emir, defendant USAMA BIN LADEN. Members of al Qaeda pledged an oath of allegiance (called a "bayat") to defendant USAMA BIN LADEN and al Qaeda. Those who were suspected of collaborating against al Qaeda were to be identified and killed.

-- Michael Pugliese



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