Glad to hear all is well (considering). My first thoughts are that the agressive, below the radar efforts of intel and LEOs have kept the terrorists off balance enough to prevent them from further exposure by staging an attack. If OBL is still tightly engaged, the Paki earthquake could have significant disrupted his C3. Best hope was that it killed him (and we haven't heard from him in a while). As far as the Haj is concerned, it is a highly emotionally charged time for the fanatic, meaning plenty of dodo suicide bomber potential. However, getting the necessary people, bombs and targeting down to effect an attack is problematical as long as US and global efforts force them to keep their heads low.
If any, I'd expect Australia and/or Italy to be hit during this time frame or sooner. No hard evidence, but Italy is due to have elections shortly. Britain is continuing aggressive counter terror ops, our folks aware of the potential significance will continue counter ops.
Iraq: Al Qaeda to execute two Moroccans as two US soldiers die
Al Qaeda in Iraq stated on Thursday it had decided to kill two Moroccan embassy employees it abducted last month, according to an Internet posting.
"The legislative authority of al Qaeda organisation in Iraq has decided to carry God's law against the infidels and has ruled to execute them," the group declared.
"After the court looked into the detainees' case, it was proven, without any doubt, that they are followers of the despots (U.S.) and infidel Moroccan government," the group said.
Meanwhile, in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad, an American soldier was mortally injured when his patrol came under fire Wednesday, the military said, according to the AP. One gunman died when the US patrol returned fire and another was killed when a U.S. Air Force jet blasted the building where he had taken refuge, the military added.
Another American soldier from the Army's Task Force Baghdad was killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday in a southern district of the capital, the military confirmed. All in all, six US troops were reported dead on Wednesday.
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