Posted on 08/02/2013 8:19:46 AM PDT by kristinn
I had this thought of Jihadis flying Apache helicopters for a second. Ahkmed and his camel co-pilot.
too funny...
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- Obama has the runs.....
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I was in Israel in July 2011, exactly 2 months prior to 9/11 and it was the best trip of my life. Glad you are enjoying your travels, it is something you will remember fondly.
‘m thinking the same thing...A Phony Terror Alert by a Phony President to cover what he deems as a Phony scandal.
How about “Wolf” from el quieda to test our responses and capabilities?
‘They were so explicit and confident and even talked about the press coverage afterward ...’
It’s pretty easy to send some communications ‘in the open’ to activate all our defenses, like just happened.
Then do it again next week, and the next, etc.
Kristinn, BBC seems to be saying the alert is global/world wide not just in the middle east.:
BBC News - US worldwide travel alert over fear of al-Qaeda attack
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US worldwide travel alert over fear of al-Qaeda The US alert said the risk was particularly great in the Middle East and North Africa
UK embassy to shut amid global alert
Awlaki killing sparks US warning
Al-Qaeda’s remaining leaders
The US state department has issued a global travel alert because of fears of an unspecified al-Qaeda attack.
The department said the potential for an attack was particularly strong in the Middle East and North Africa.
The US intercepted electronic communications between senior al-Qaeda figures, according to officials quoted by the New York Times.
The alert comes shortly after the US announced nearly two dozen embassies and consulates would be shut on Sunday.
The US state department said the alert expires on 31 August 2013 and it recommended US citizens travelling abroad be vigilant.
“Current information suggests that al-Qaeda and affiliated organisations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August,” the statement said.
The alert warned of “the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure”.
In its report, the New York Times says high-level intercepts were collected and analysed this week and that the CIA, state department and White House immediately recognised their significance.
Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office has confirmed that the British embassy in Yemen is to be closed on Sunday and Monday as “a precautionary measure”.
‘Not chit chat’
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Kim Ghattas
BBC News, Washington
It’s not unusual for the state department to issue travel warnings, ranging from a caution to an alert. But this one is both wide-ranging and somewhat specific, as it comes after the announcement that 21 US embassies and consulates will be closed in the Middle East and North Africa.
The alert is based on intelligence that goes beyond the usual chatter, according to lawmakers, but the state department is also acting out of an abundance of caution.
Last year, the US issued a worldwide warning about potential violence ahead of the anniversary of 11 September 2001 attacks. Violent protests against an anti-Muslim video also erupted in Cairo and Tunis. Then, in Benghazi, on 11 September, the US ambassador to Libya was killed in an attack. In the aftermath, US officials said there was no “actionable” intelligence about an impending attack.
US President Barack Obama has ordered that “all appropriate steps” be taken to protect Americans in response to a threat of an al-Qaeda attack, AFP news agency quoted a White House official as saying.
“The president is being updated on a potential threat occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula,” the official added.
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, said that congressional leaders had been briefed about the alert.
“There is some understanding of the seriousness of the threat,” she told reporters.
Republican lawmaker Jason Chaffetz said he understood there was “a very real worldwide threat”.
Dutch Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said the threat was not prompted by “the regular chit chat” gleaned from would-be militants online or elsewhere.
“The most important thing we have to do is protect American lives,” he told the Associated Press news agency.
‘Abundance of caution’
An unnamed senior US official told NBC the threat may be related to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ends next week.
In the Muslim world, Sunday is a work day. In other parts of the world US diplomatic offices are shut on Sunday.
“It is possible we may have additional days of closing as well,” a senior state department official told the BBC on Thursday.
US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames 11 September 2012 Four Americans died in an attack last year on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya
The official said the state department had “been apprised of information” leading it to take these “precautionary steps... out of an abundance of caution”.
Last year on 11 September, the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked, leaving four Americans dead.
Other embassies are routinely targets of protesters.
The US diplomatic missions to be closed on Sunday are in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Algiers, Algeria; Amman, Jordan; Baghdad, Iraq; Cairo, Egypt; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Djibouti, Djibouti; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Doha, Qatar; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Irbil, Iraq; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Kabul, Afghanistan; Khartoum, Sudan; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Manama, Bahrain; Muscat, Oman; Nouakchott, Mauritania; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Sanaa, Yemen and Tripoli, Libya.
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With the recent revelation of NSA spying I have a feeling this is more of a test so that terrorists can determine where the leaks in their communication infrastructure are.
Hellfires, MANPADs Oh My!
Funny how the pixelation makes it impossible to read Serial No. This U.S. Hellfire missile fired at a Building in Egypt is a major story. Either way, it deserves explaining.. If it came from a U.S. drone or in the hands of the wrong people.
BUMP
they are command guided semi-active laser homing/millimeter wave radar seekers that can be used against any target in the air or on the ground that's in range i doubt we sold any to the goathumpers since they would need the tracking system also unlike MANPADS that are a self contained launcher/missile/seeker in one unit
i doubt that Hellfire was used in the Libya attack though since those on the ground say it was mortar fire but that doesn't 100% rule it out either
also without knowing the serial#, that tail assembly could have come from anywhere and simply used as propaganda to bash the US with saying it was supplied by us
but you raise some good arguments and i would like to see where that tail assy truly DID come from
Why would the troglodytes-from-hell hit empty embassies?
The hit is going to be over here. And possibly some other Western capitals. (Hope I’m wrong, but I have a bad feeling...)
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