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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (65082)	8/8/2005 10:11:28 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

I killed US troops, British al-Qaeda gunman claims By Daniel McGrory August 06, 2005 timesonline.co.uk A MASKED British gunman claiming to be fighting with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan appeared on an Arabic satellite channel yesterday describing how he killed a team of US Special Forces. His claim came just hours after Tony Blair warned that Britons who boast about supporting terror groups like al-Qaeda or attend their training camps face immediate arrest if they attempt to return home. This broadcast, aired on the al-Aribiya channel, is seen as timely propaganda coming a day after after al-Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, threatened more terror attacks in London. Security services here will study the broadcast to try to identify the man. UK intelligence agencies admit that they do not know how many Britons are with terrorist outfits abroad. This alleged fighter, who did not reveal his identity but spoke in a broad northern accent, described how he took part in the attack on a US Chinook helicopter in June. Sixteen Americans were killed when their helicopter was shot down as they were reportedly searching for Osama bin Laden. This was the biggest single loss of US Special Forces in the war in Afghanistan. A Kalashnikov rifle is slung across his chest, and he raises his finger to the cameras as the unnamed Briton threatens to kill more Americans and Jews. He is wearing combat fatigues and his face is covered by a balaclava. The fighter was then joined on screen by another man who also claimed to be British and who spoke with a Northern Ireland accent. The mens’ identities and nationalities could not be confirmed last night. Al-Arabiya did not say when these men when or where the pair were filmed. The two were also flanked by a French-born fighter who echoed the Britons’ threats. Up to 3,000 young Britons are said to have been trained at al-Qaeda camps in countries like Afghanistan, according to Sir John Stevens, the recently retired Scotland Yard commissioner. Intelligence agencies admit that they do not know what happened to most of these volunteers. None of the Britons who attended these training camps were arrested on their return home. Al-Arabiya is one of a clutch of independent Arabic satellite news channels set up in the past few years. It was founded in March 2003 and is run from Dubai but has correspondents all over the world.Like its best known rival, al-Jazeera , it has been condemned by the US as a purveyor of anti-American propaganda and accused of “inciting violence” in Iraq.