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To: mistermj who wrote (299)12/2/2002 6:23:05 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Respond to of 15987
 
Gratuitous moderator generated grub....

Happy 300th birthday!!!

Hawk



To: mistermj who wrote (299)12/2/2002 7:44:59 PM
From: KLP  Respond to of 15987
 
In Washington, U.S. counterterrorism officials said they considered the claim credible .................

'Al-Qaida' Statement Claims Kenya Attack

washingtonpost.com

The Associated Press
Monday, December 2, 2002; 5:47 PM

CAIRO, Egypt –– A statement atttributed to al-Qaida claimed responsibility Monday for last week's car-bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya and the attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner the same day.

The statement, posted on an Islamic Web site, called the Thursday attacks a Ramadan greeting to the Palestinian people and referred to the al-Qaida attacks against U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

"At the same place where the 'Jewish Crusader coalition' was hit four years ago ... here the fighters ... came back once again to strike heavily against that evil coalition," the statement said. "But this time, it was against Jews..."

In Washington, U.S. counterterrorism officials said they considered the claim credible and part of growing evidence that al-Qaida was involved in the Kenya attacks.