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Posted on 02/24/2004 3:19:05 AM PST by Revel
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
February 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has dispatched the elite commando force that hunted down Saddam Hussein to Afghanistan for a new operation aimed at getting Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. Military sources confirmed that members of the shadowy Task Force 121, the unit that conducted the high-tech search for Saddam and his henchmen, have recently begun operating in the remote mountainous region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where bin Laden and key al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives are believed to be hiding. The Task Force is made up of highly trained Delta and SEAL commandos, as well as CIA paramilitary operators. It operates outside normal military channels.
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There have been much speculation about the reason why our security agencies are going to such great lengths to guard against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism. One of the most recent ones today is that Bush and Tony Blair were told personally that Al-Qaeda had obtained nuclear weapons through contact with former KGB agents.
[3] Or perhaps it is do to simple logical conclusion that the prospect of terrorists obtaining "loose nukes" or fissionable material was not a far-fetched one. Reportedly, during the last week of October 2001, CIA director George Tenet met with the president to discuss fresh intelligence about the nuclear threat. It is said that Bush was startled by the discussion and immediately proceeded to make preparation for nuclear terrorism a top priority despite its expenses.
[4] Despite our preparation for such an event, the potential for an occurrence of nuclear terrorism remains inadequate. As an example, despite the nuclear and radiation sensors being deployed at the Canadian border, radioactive materials were detected going into Michigan and the sources still have never been determined.
[1] Hiding nuclear weapons can also be a small task. Some scientists say that small portable nukes can be hidden under large deposits of coal or lead or graphite to mask the neutron radiation emitted from the weapon. It is also important to note that many scientists also have said that portable nukes can be recharged via certain types of car batteries.
[20] Al-Qaeda operatives in England were arrested discussing a plot involving a "poisonous invisible gas", probably cyanide. Terrorists operating in Germany, Britain, and Italy were arrested in a plan to use tomatoes to transport a "liquid that suffocates people". The apparent leader of the plan, a Libyan, was arrested and led the foiling of the attack. The target was believed to be an American government building in either Rome or London or both. The terrorists sought to use ten liters of cyanide to spill into the ventilation ducts.
[21] Convicted terrorist, Ahmed Ressam said during his trial that when he was in Al-Qaeda camps, the militants were taught how to pump gases including cyanide into an office building's ventilation system.
[22] The supplies of cyanide can come from many sources.
On August 22, 2002, it was reported that Argentinian police were searching for 20 tons of cyanide that was stolen from a truck near Buenos Aires. The vehicle was later found, but the container handling the cyanide was now handling other items in the truck. This occurred around the same time as the seizure of the Mexican truck with tons of cyanide. Although that truck and most of the cyanide was eventually recovered, a large portion of the substance was still missing- more than enough for one or more large terrorist attacks.
In my opinion I believe they have been checking out our nuclear plants since way before 9/11. They have been here all along and are easier to target than bringing in their own nukes.
Their threats are just that - threats and no more. They serve to put us on edge and cause distrust of our leaders, which is exactly what they want - psy-ops - as we've discussed before.
We know they are here in numbers and IMHO I believe they do plan to attack us eventually, but in what format remains to be seen. Could be suicide bombers, could be car bombs, could be worse, but again, that could be tomorrow or some unknown date down the road.
If they have nukes or suitcase nukes, which is possible, either we have been very lucky or they do not have all their ducks in a row yet.
Regarding Haiti, I personally don't believe it has anything to do with Cuba. That's a whole 'nother ballgame. I've been to Haiti and it is a wretchedly poor country. I would have no hesitation calling it a third world country. Also, it is not the only island country with political unrest. It does share the "island unrest" scenario with Cuba. It also shares immigrants desperately trying to escape with Cuba.
Pakistan is anyone's guess. They are flaunting us with sales of killer products to rogue nations, threatening India, providing safe haven for known terrorists, and cultivating friendship with countries that would like to see our faces rubbed in the middle east sands. Political unrest there is a grave matter and I hope we have elected the correct President in the coming months to deal with that issue.
Yep -- the word "they" is in that sentence.
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