Al Qaeda-linked Terror Group Issues Threat To Athletes Attending Games In India

An al Qaeda-linked terror group, going by the name of the 313 Brigade, has issued a warning to athletes (and most likely, spectators) not to attend the following sporting games scheduled in India:

Hockey World Cup
Indian Premier League
Commonwealth Games

From the article at The Australian, here's the warning made in an email:

"We warn the international community not to send their people to the 2010 Hockey World Cup, the Indian Premier League and Commonwealth Games," Kashmiri said.
"Nor should their people visit India. If they do, they will be responsible for the consequences.
"We warn the international community to play its role in getting the Kashmiris their right to self-determination and preventing India from committing brutalities in Kashmir."

Terror 101, wouldn't you agree? And after the likes of Mumbai, you can't tell me that some nations and some athletes aren't thinking about this real hard. Of course, the "beef" this terror group has is with Kashmir and the same old bullshit story about India's persecution of Kashmir but the bottomline is that is just a line. These are the kind of shitbags who would make the same warning based upon Israel's "occupation" of Gaza, America's "occupation" of Iraq, UAV attacks in Pakistan or hell....let's see....maybe the atrocities committed on young Arab men who have been forced to watch Western porn on their computers.

You get the drift. It's islamic terror at its core - a concerted effort to align the behavior of infidels with the holy Qur'an - submit baby, in this subtle way, and we'll let you live!

Terrorist group issues blunt warning to Australian sports stars

The hockey World Cup is scheduled to begin in India on February 28, the IPL on March 12 and the Commonwealth Games from October.
Sporting organisations contacted by The Australian last night said they would rely on security reports before travelling to India, while some athletes privately expressed concerns about the latest developments.
A group called the 313 Brigade, which is reportedly an operational arm of al-Qa'ida and has been linked to a number of incidents including the attacks on Mumbai last year and bombings in Islamabad, is behind the latest threats.
One of the group's leaders, Ilyas Kashmiri, sent an email to an Indian news agency soon after the terrorist attack in Pune killed 10 people on the weekend.

"We warn the international community not to send their people to the 2010 Hockey World Cup, the Indian Premier League and Commonwealth Games," Kashmiri said.
"Nor should their people visit India. If they do, they will be responsible for the consequences.
"We warn the international community to play its role in getting the Kashmiris their right to self-determination and preventing India from committing brutalities in Kashmir."
Ajai Sahni, head of India's Institute for Conflict Management think tank, said he expected Indian intelligence forces would trace back the threat to check its authenticity.
"I expect we will see many more of these threats because it makes good propaganda sense to do so at this juncture," he said.
"People will be enormously disturbed by these threats and their attention will be directed to issues (such as the Kashmir dispute) that these groups want attention for."
Kashmiri is a retired Pakistani army officer from its Special Services Group, who is described by Asia Times Islamabad correspondent Syed Saleem Shahzad, the only journalist known to have interviewed him in recent years, as "the most dangerous guerilla commander al-Qa'ida has".
Kashmiri at one time led the militant group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islamis (HuJI) insurgency in Kashmir against the Indian army. He is believed to operate from North Waziristan in Pakistan's remote and mountainous Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where his movements are closely monitored by US intelligence services.
US intelligence agencies asked Pakistan authorities to hunt down and arrest Kashmiri this year in the wake of the deadly suicide strike on the CIA's eastern Afghanistan base.
Last October, he was thought to have been killed by an unmanned US drone but shortly afterwards contacted the Asia Times to dispel the rumour. Last year's IPL tournament was moved to South Africa after terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association boss Perry Crosswhite told The Australian he was monitoring the situation.
"At the end of the day, we have to decide if Australian athletes are going to be safe, but we're not at that stage yet," Crosswhite said.
A security spokesman for the hockey World Cup said yesterday Australian and Pakistan teams would receive the highest security levels of all visitors and that armed police would travel on the athletes' buses. "We are taking the World Cup as a dry run for the Commonwealth Games," Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
"It will be a full-fledged rehearsal where multiple agencies will coordinate and work hand in hand to prevent any untoward incident." Hockey Australia chief executive Mark Anderson said last night that plans were proceeding to compete at the tournament.
"We are tapping into security advice and we are keeping close tabs on any information that comes through," Anderson said. `
The IPL seems particularly vulnerable with the Shiv Sena, 313 Brigade and separatist groups in Hyderabad all targeting the event.
Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Watson, Shane Warne, Dirk Nannes and a number of other Australian cricketers are all due to play in the IPL.
Watson said yesterday that he was planning to play a few IPL games as a warm-up for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies from April.