Tiberi Comments On New Al-Qaeda Tape

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TIBERI COMMENTS ON NEW AL-QAEDA TAPE

ABC News recently reported that new al-Qaeda tapes featured the images of the U.S. Capitol under attack.

"While it's been nearly six years since the attacks of September 11th, the image of the Capitol in al-Qaeda propaganda tapes show that America and Americans are still terrorist targets. We need to continue funding our intelligence community in order to detour future attacks," said Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH). "I am proud of the men and women who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure we are safe. It's no accident that we have not had another terrorist attack and I commend their work."

Note: Below is the full text of the ABC News Report:
From ABC News:
New al Qaeda Tapes Feature U.S. Capitol Under 'Attack'

May 22, 2007 2:01 PM

Rhonda Schwartz Reports:

Al Qaeda has a new opening graphic for its propaganda tapes: the U.S. Capitol under "attack."

"The Islamic State of Iraq...March Toward Washington" reads the headline in English superimposed over a digitally created scene of the U.S. Capitol under attack in the introductory sequence of one tape released on the Internet this week.

Another from al Qaeda's "as Sahab" production arm announces "Holocaust of the Americans in the Land of Khorasan" and shows an image of the U.S. Capitol to introduce a short clip of al Qaeda fighters.

"This is a disturbing new trend," says Laura Mansfield, an Arabic expert who monitors jihadi videos on the Internet.

"Recall that in January 2006, Osama Bin Laden said that plans for attacks in the U.S. were in progress," Mansfield told the Blotter on ABCNews.com. "It may be that this new imagery is designed to motivate terrorist activity in the U.S., but it is certainly intended as a recruiting tool and perhaps intended to reassure al Qaeda's jihadi followers they haven't forgotten their goal of an al Qaeda attack on Washington, D.C.," she said.

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