The Toronto Star reports that documents found on Al Qaeda’s African leader, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed indicate that a truly horrific slaughter of Jews was planned.
The location of the massacre was to be Golders Green or Stamford Hill, two parts of London with a high Jewish population:
The documents are chilling, both in the level of terror they describe and in their tone. They were written with a business-case formality that analyzes the pros and cons of proposed attacks. It is not clear who authored the reports.
“Our objectives are to strike London with low-cost operations that would cause a heavy blow amongst the hierarchy and Jewish communities,” begins the document labelled “International Operations.”
“These attacks must be backed with a carefully planned media campaign to show why we chose our targets to refute hypocrites, clear doubts amongst Muslims and also inspire Muslim youth to copy.”
The next two pages show specific plans for the hotels, for Eton school on opening day and for London’s Stamford Hill and Golders Green neighbourhoods, which are populated with “tens of thousands of Jews crammed in a small area.”
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Although time periods are specified, such as striking the Jewish community during Hanukkah, there is no mention of London’s Olympics — which starts this month and has security agencies worldwide on high alert.
Eton College and the Ritz and Dorchester Hotel were also targets of a Mumbai style operation:
“The plan is to hit the hotel when it’s fully booked to ensure maximum casualties . . . key players from all around the world stay in these hotels.
“We plan to book in advance,” the document continues, “and take plenty of petrol with the brother and then set the 1st, 2nd, 3rd floor on fire . . . while we block the stairs so no one can run down.
“The martyrdom seeker would then make his way to the exits and start killing any one fleeing the area.”
Other scenarios are laid out, including one where a fire alarm is pulled and as guests emerge, attackers would “shower them with petrol bombs and gunfire.”
The CST knew of this information and its report is here. They say:
CST was briefed on a confidential basis by the police about this information suggesting the potential terrorist targeting of London’s Jewish communities when it was discovered last year. Whilst the specific nature of the information is of course worrying, it does not fundamentally change the general threat that we have faced for some years now, and which guides all our security procedures and our work with the police.
We urge the Jewish community to remain alert, but not to be alarmed and to ensure that it continues leading its communal life to the full. We ask the community to fully co-operate with existing security measures and to report any suspicious activity to the police and to CST.
I’m waiting for the article by The Guardian’s David Hearst, condemning The CST for whipping up Islamophobia by reporting this.
Can’t be long now.
