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Posted on 03/13/2005 7:49:06 AM PST by ApesForEvolution
N O T E B O O K Zarqawi Planning U.S. Hit? Intelligence officials say operatives may infiltrate via Central America to strike at soft targets on American soil
By ADAM ZAGORIN, TIMOTHY J. BURGER AND BRIAN BENNETT
Sunday, Mar. 13, 2005 Two weeks after intelligence officials confirmed that Osama bin Laden had sent a message to Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, urging him to plan attacks on U.S. soil, details are emerging from one of al-Zarqawi's lieutenants about what the man behind many of the terrorist attacks in Iraq could have in mind. Intelligence officials tell TIME that interrogation of a member of al-Zarqawi's organization, who was taken into U.S. custody last year and has been described as a top aide, indicates that al-Zarqawi has given ample consideration to assaults on the American homeland. According to a restricted bulletin that circulated among U.S. security agencies last week, the interrogated aide said al-Zarqawi has talked about hitting "soft targets" in the U.S., which could include "movie theaters, restaurants and schools."
The bulletin also notes the Iraq-based master terrorist's apparent belief that "if an individual has enough money, he can bribe his way into the U.S.," specifically by obtaining a "visa to Honduras" and then traveling across Mexico and the southern U.S. border.
Al-Zarqawi's aide also revealed that his boss, after pondering the absence of attacks in the U.S. in recent years, concluded that a lack of "willing martyrs" was to blame. Al-Zarqawi believes, according to his lieutenant, that "if an individual is willing to die, there was nothing that could be done to stop him," even in the U.S. There is no evidence, say intelligence agencies, that al-Zarqawi's agents have infiltrated the U.S. But authorities remain vigilant.
Security sources tell TIME that just last week the FBI sent out two nationwide bulletins warning of a nonspecific threat to railroads in Detroit and Los Angeles. On her visit to Mexico last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued her own reminder of the border's vulnerability. "There's no secret," Rice told reporters, "that al-Qaeda will try to get into this country ... by any means they possibly can."
and this past week a trespasser derailed a train in LA....but it was a 14 y.o. kid.
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So we need to be ever vigilant on our end.
Thanks for the ping.
As a % of GDP the deficits today are no higher than at many other times - In fact the deficit as % to the economy is significantly lower than at many other times in our history!
LOL!
The sad thing is it's true. Having anonymous sources show be journalistically on par with flat out lying. The policy of "Trust but verify" cannot exist when the media won't tell us who's sourcing their material. Their anonymous sources could be the people sitting next to them at the office for all we know.
It's a big ass border. What two thousand miles?
Yes.
Time magazine quotes unnamed sources who quote unnamed terrorists and yet there are people here who take it as truth.
Did you see Allawi being interviewed by Rita Cosby today. She was questioning him about the where abouts of Zarqawi, and about her 3rd question concerning Zarqawi, the smerk, smile on Allawi's face was very telling.
"...and suggest you be careful where you put your fists if you want you stay in American to be a long and pleasant one."
Oh, BS. Because A_Conservative_Chinese would obviously put his fists where they would do America some good at the right time (situation for self-defense/defense of others), which was obviously his intent, given the context with the post above, I'm all in favor of his message.
We could use more real men in this country and fewer feminized wimps. Do you also dislike John Wayne?
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Really. My mistake.
When Conservative_Chinese wrote: "Why, they want muslims in America taste my fists again?" in response to threats from Zaqari [sp?] I thought he meant that he wanted to hit American citizens who are most likely totally uninvolved with Al Qaeda. For some reason I got this crazy image of a Chinese guy hanging outside mosques and punching folk. I must be very tired.
John Wayne, by the way, was an actor who wore make-up and a wig and who never saw real action, onyl hit stuntmen who were paid to take a dive. He's no more a real hero than Bruce Willis or Sylvester Stallone.
These media Jugheads are going by unnamed sources here, there, everywhere.
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Have we got the pig suicide bombers on the way to mecca?
If there is another islamic terrorist attack on American soil, some day in the future my daughter will ask me, "Daddy, what's a muslim?"
If there were another attack and if it were up to me, I'd make Torquemada look like Deney Terrio.
After several dozen posts you respond with the thread's FROBL mantra?! Get a life, BS...
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