Caribbean airline on terror website
by Marcia Braveboy
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: What appears to be
a doctored image of one of the Caribbean’s leading airlines BWIA has been
spotted on a terror website showing an exploding plane with its fuselage and
wing on fire, while seemingly landing next to figures of hooded women and the
landing gear of a crashed plane. The most
likely doctored image was posted on the website of the Global Islamic Media
Center on August 25th. The site is noted as the mouthpiece of the Osama Bin
Laden-led terrorist organization according to online terror watch groups.
Only a week before the image was posted, it
was reported in the local media that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had
installed a permanent base within the American Embassy in Port of Spain, the
capital of Trinidad and Tobago, to assist in the search for what they deem to
be one of the most wanted men in the world; an Al Qaeda terrorist suspect –
Adnan El Shukri Jumah. Shukri Jumah, who is said to have spent time in the
country after FBI agents began the search for him in 2003.
The global Islamic site has since been shut down, but reports have disclosed
that threats have been previously posted by terror groups who want the heads
of the political leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jordan and Chechnya for
“the perceived links to the United States.” The Islamic Organization has
posted images of hostages being be-headed. They were taken by the Iraq
militants protesting the US occupation of that country.
A BWIA official said the L-1011 pictured on
the website was one of four decommissioned several years ago and replaced by
the Airbus A340.
The colours of the BWIA planes have since
been changed and, according to the official, "This could have been a photo
taken by an amateur and posted on a website dedicated to showing pictures of
planes from around the world. From there, anyone could have access to it. But
the question is why they chose a Bee Wee plane?"
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