Al Qaeda Now Sets U.N. As Special Target
Would be pretty hard to miss that target with a 747.
UNITED NATIONS — The suicide bombings that ripped apart the U.N. headquarters building in Algiers on Dec. 11 and killed at least 37 people, including 17 U.N. employees, provided a bloody demonstration of the United Nations’ emergence as a key target in al-Qaeda’s global war against the West.
This year, al-Qaeda and its affiliates have threatened or targeted U.N. officials and peacekeepers in conflict zones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and southern Lebanon, where six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a bombing in June. Even before the Algiers attack, the United Nations was already investing millions of dollars in fortifying its facilities and convoys in response to threats in Afghanistan and Iraq.
But the Algiers attack — the deadliest for the United Nations since insurgents bombed its Baghdad headquarters in August 2003 — provided a blunt reminder of how vulnerable the international organization is, even in relatively peaceful locales. It also raised concerns that more than a decade of efforts by the U.N. Security Council to check the influence of al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic movements has exposed U.N. humanitarian agencies to new dangers.
“Al-Qaeda certainly regards the United Nations as inimical to its own interests,” said Richard Barrett, head of a U.N. team that monitors the effectiveness of U.N. sanctions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. “The more the United States and other countries protect themselves, the more the battle goes to the softest target, and the U.N. is always going to be a softer target.”
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Trump wants to turn the UN into condos. If he does, it’ll be the first good to come from there since the Fifties.
P.S: Did you know that’s where they filmed West Side Story, just before they tore down Turtle Bay?
December 26th, 2007 at 1:37 pmWhat a set up for Darth Vader and company to take down the UN and dump it on AQ.
December 26th, 2007 at 3:21 pmThose evil doer’s—–heh heh heh
Do you suppose bringing down the UN HQ would change a few minds about whose side they should be on?
Nah, never happen …
December 26th, 2007 at 10:13 pm“….more than a decade of efforts by the U.N. Security Council to check the influence of al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic movements….”
if by ‘efforts’ you mean hamper the US in its endeavors to do so, and by ‘check’ you mean blaming Israel for being the targets of insane hate-mongers, then yes, this statement is actual….
what fucking planet did that wapo writer come from?
December 29th, 2007 at 2:26 pm