German investigators seized a treasure trove of al-Qaida documents — some
encrypted inside pornographic videos — from an Austrian last year that indicate
the terror group had plans to seize cruise ships and wreak havoc throughout
Europe, CNN
reports.
The 22-year-old Austrian, Maqsood Lodin, was detained May 16,
2011, and searched by investigators in Berlin, who found he had digital storage
devices and memory cards in his underpants.
Buried inside them was a
pornographic video called "Kick Ass" — and a file marked "Sexy
Tanja."
After decoding the devices, investigators discovered encoded
inside the actual video more than 100 al-Qaida documents that included details
of the group's biggest plots and future operations.
Among them: Seizing
cruise ships and new attacks in Europe similar to the attacks in Mumbai where 10
gunmen killed 164 people in a three-day rampage.
U.S. intelligence
sources told CNN that the documents are the most important since the trove
discovered during the killing of Osama bin Laden last year.
In the
attacks on cruise ships, the documents talk about holding passengers hostage to
create public pressure, dressing passengers in orange jumpsuits, like those worn
by Guantanamo prisoners and videotaping their executions.
The documents,
according to CNN's report, indicate al-Qaida is under pressure as Western
intelligence agencies become better at foiling attacks, and suggest the terror
organization in the short-term would try to mount smaller, low-tech attacks in
Europe and elsewhere while planning bigger, more deadly attacks in the
long-term.
ThoughtsjustoffCenter: Thanks Newsmax.com. Really Mr. President, "The War on Terror is over?"
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