[gopwinsin04]

I listened to the Hannity show today and he said the comment was in reply to a question about a 'dirty bomb' attack that could kill millions, from what I could tell.

[Michael Goldsberry]

... what he said...

[Das Outsider]

I listened to the Hannity show today and he said the comment was in reply to a question about a 'dirty bomb' attack that could kill millions, from what I could tell.

Prior to his comment, Tancredo met with Paul L. Williams, a consultant on terrorism, about some questionable--although disturbing!--intelligence. The picture that it painted was of a nuclear attack here in the United States involving twenty suitcase nukes going off in twenty major cities (Dallas, Los Angeles, NYC, Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston, etc.). The Congressman was to meet with some of his colleagues soon after to discuss all of this. Before you know it, he says to the world that we should consider an attack on Mecca.

Short answer: Tancredo was talking about a counterattack. This article would give you a different impression.