Russia's secret service says Al-Qaeda are behind spate of forest fires across Europe

WTH? The world is going crazy.


Russia's secret service says Al-Qaeda are behind spate of forest fires across Europe
Fires have swept through forest land in countries such as Portugal and Spain over the past few months
Director of the Federal Security Service: Fire allows terror group to inflict damage without 'technical equipment or significant expenses'
By JILL REILLY

PUBLISHED: 08:52 GMT, 5 October 2012 | UPDATED: 11:54 GMT, 5 October 2012



Russia's secret service has claimed that Al-Qaeda are behind spate of forest fires across Europe.

The revelations come after deadly fires which have swept through forest land in the EU over the past few months.

Only last week a forest fire fanned by gusting winds forced the evacuation of some 2,000 people from a handful of small mountain towns in eastern Spain.

In both Portugal and Spain thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes as well as dozens of people killed.

The Telegraph reported that at a meeting of heads of security agencies, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov stated 'One should note that setting fires to forests in the countries of the European Union is a new tendency in al-Qaeda's strategy of a 'thousand cuts.'

He explained that igniting fires allowed the terror group to inflict 'significant economic and moral damage without serious preliminary preparations, technical equipment or significant expenses.'

In May Al Qaeda called upon its followers to unleash massive forest fires upon the United States.

AL QAEDA CALLS UPON FOLLOWERS TO UNLEASH FOREST FIRES IN U.S.
In May Al Qaeda called upon its followers to unleash massive forest fires upon the United States this summer.

Published in an edition of the notorious terror magazine, 'Inspire', are graphic instructions for the creation and ignition of 'ember bombs'

Detailed in the memorably titled, 'It is of your Freedom to Ignite a Firebomb', the magazine encourages any would-be terrorist to target Montana, because of the rapid population growth in its wooded areas.

'In America, there are more houses built in the countryside than in the cities,' explained the writer known as The AQ Chef according to ABC News.

'It is difficult to choose a better place than in the valleys of Montana.'

Published in an edition of the notorious terror magazine, 'Inspire', are graphic instructions for the creation and ignition of 'ember bombs.


Last month wildfires forced thousands of people to flee their homes on the Spanish Canary Islands of La Gomera and Tenerife.

Firefighters battled searing temperatures and stiff winds as the flames threatened a World Heritage site whose wooded land is 11 million years old.

On La Gomera, the fires destroyed 7,400 acres forcing the evacuation of more than 4,000 people from 13 villages in the island's west and southwest.

On Tenerife 2,200 were moved from their homes.

In July dozens of people have been forced to evacuate their homes as wildfires sweep across the Portuguese islands of Madeira.




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