The Islamic fundamentalist group of Al-Qaeda distributed a post yesterday over the internet announcing a terrorist attack during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The Al-Qaeda threat was uploaded on an Islamic website and it speaks of the terrorist attack as something certain that cannot be avoided or stopped.
The Al-Qaeda article reads: “How amazing would it be when during the live broadcast of a game between the United States and England a huge explosion is heard, and the whole stadium is upside down full of dead bodies piled up on top of each other in the name of Allah? All countries that belong to the Zionist Axis are enemies of Islam. All measures and equipment that the Americans send after reading this article will be useless, everyone should know that they are unable to find and stop our explosive mechanisms that we are bringing inside the stadiums.” The terrorist group is also saying that their technology is so advanced that it is virtually “impossible to detect on time”. Their disturbing statement is closing with a personal attack on FIFA’s president Mr Joseph Blatter: “Do you think you are prepared for something like this Mr Blatter?”
Al-Qaeda has carried terrorist attacks on military and public targets before with success, most notable on the morning of September 11 2001 that claimed the lives of three thousand innocent people in the United States. Despite combined efforts from different countries to put an and to Al-Qaeda, the terrorist group is still active and recently attempted to blow up an airplane when a Nigerian passenger managed to bring explosives on board without being detected by airport security.
