[SamAdams76]

If they could actually pull something of this scale off, they'd be doing it and not yapping about it like a bunch of teenage boys bragging about how far they are getting with their girlfriends.

Al Qaeda and their ilk are losing support and they are forced to make pronouncements like this to keep just a spark of hope alive among what followers they have left. They are just buying time here, but time is running out for them and they know it.

[boxerblues]

I agree, they are making idle threats. We also have 100,000 plus in the area some who are bored and looking for something to do, why tempt fate?