Posted on 01/25/2009 7:04:01 PM PST by Candor7
An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday.
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AQIM, according to U.S. intelligence estimates, maintains about a dozen bases in Algeria, where the group has waged a terrorist campaign against government forces and civilians. In 2006, the group claimed responsibility for an attack on foreign contractors. In 2007, the group said it bombed U.N. headquarters in Algiers, an attack that killed 41 people.
Al Qaeda is believed by U.S. and Western experts to have been pursuing biological weapons since at least the late 1990s. A 2005 report on unconventional weapons drafted by a commission led by former Sen. Charles Robb, Virginia Democrat, and federal appeals court Judge Laurence Silberman concluded that al Qaeda's biological weapons program "was extensive, well organized and operated two years before the Sept. 11" terror attacks in the U.S.
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The late leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi, was suspected of developing ricin in northern Iraq. Then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell referred to the poison in his presentation to the U.N. Security Council in February 2003 that sought to lay the groundwork for the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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"This is something that al Qaeda still aspires to do, and the infrastructure to develop it does not have to be that sophisticated," he said.
Mr. Cressey added that he also is concerned about al Qaeda in the Land of the Maghreb, which refers to the North African countries of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
"Al Qaeda in the Maghreb is probably the most operationally capable affiliate in the organization right now," he said.
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Maybe Washington D.C. and Chicago need special bio defence programs from The One?
Don’t worry, they will get it right one day.
Not Holding Breath for our "new" CIA director to act on this info.
Article dated Jan 20...
The real question is how come this potentially significant - and/or frightening - story got virtually zero media attention, with the exception of one article in the Sun (British tabloid) and this one article in the WashTimes. (And a passing reference, believe it or not, deep in the body of an IBD editorial)....
We’re being kept in the dark, and fed bullsh!t......
Dr Germ in Iraq would be proud...If at first you dont succeed try try again
What they will earn is the infiltration of these weapons onto US soil.
What a bunch of Skanks we have in power ( they redeployed GITMO prisoners!).
Hey , no sweat here, as long as the tangos target the NY Times Building.
What they will earn is the infiltration of these weapons onto US soil.
What a bunch of Skanks we have in power ( they redeployed GITMO prisoners!).
Hey , no sweat here, as long as the tangos target the NY Times Building.
Fortunately, Gulbuth the Rampant has all his shots.
Seriously
Scary
> Don’t worry, they will get it right one day.
Looks like they already got it right, as 40 dead Tangos will attest. But, as with everything, the Devil is in the details. All they need to do now is learn how not to set it off on their own guys...
...unless, of course, that was the final “Quality Test”!
Oh boy...where did I stash the Cipro I bought for SARS?
No, that’s the thing. Why should he spend a lot of time and energy going out after his prey, when it already kills itself and delivers itself to him, ready to...go...?
Keep watching and listening for unexplained deaths in Carribean or central American nations from anthrax, plague, or ebola. We don’t want to wait until it spreads, or worse if the number of deaths suddenly booms in Mexico, before getting our butts in gear.
It’s not terrorism! It’s “challenge”, didn’t you get the memo?
OOPS!
I love it when they assume room temperature.
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