British Cyber-Terrorists: Use Doctors to Wage Jihad in U.S.

Three London men who ran jihadist websites and were sentenced on Thursday to prison terms for inciting terrorism over the internet discussed using a network of doctors in the United States to conduct car bomb and grenade attacks on domestic military targets, including, authorities believe, Mayport Naval Base in Jacksonville, Florida.

The three men, not connected to the ring of doctors who attacked Glasgow International Airport last week and left two cars rigged with explosives in London's West End, were led by Younis Tsouli (above, middle), a computer-savvy Moroccan whose propaganda and recruiting skills turned him into the main distributor for material from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, al-Qaeda in Iraq. Tsouli and his accomplices talked to doctors about carrying out attacks in the U.S. They appeared to be in contact with a large network of doctors here, leading authorities to wonder if al-Qaeda has adopted a strategy of recruiting medical professionals.

Some of the details of the plot reported today in The Telegraph:

"One [chat] message read: 'We are 45 doctors and we are determined to undertake jihad and take the battle inside America.

'The first target which will be penetrated by nine brothers is the naval base which gives shelter to the ship Kennedy.' This is thought to have been a reference to the USS John F Kennedy, which is often at Mayport
Naval Base in Jacksonville, Florida.

The message discussed targets at the base, adding: 'These are clubs for naked women which are opposite the First and Third units.'

It also referred to using six Chevrolet GT vehicles and three fishing boats and blowing up petrol tanks with rocket propelled grenades."

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