Posted on 06/17/2006 2:35:12 PM PDT by MamaDearest
More on the plot from Newsweak...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13385543/site/newsweek/
The counter-terrorism officials also confirmed Suskinds reporting that U.S. intelligence indicated that the subway attack was called off personally by Zawahiri. Though the officials said U.S. intelligence was still not certain why the attack had been cancelled, one former official said some feared that Zawahiri had cancelled the subway attack because Al Qaeda was planning something even more deadly and spectacular inside the United Statesan event that, if planned, so far has not materialized.
And more from Newsweak...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13385543/site/newsweek/page/2/
On one key point, however, current and former officials familiar with the threat disputed Suskinds account. The officials said there was no reason to believe that the Al Qaeda team assigned to the attack was still on the loose somewhere inside the United States. In fact, NEWSWEEK sources said, most U.S. officials believe the team had exited U.S. borders. The notion that the cell is still in the U.S.
is not the case, said one senior local-law enforcement official familiar with the matter. Suskind reiterated to NEWSWEEK that his sources say there is "no evidence" that the terror team has left the country. He said that anyone who claims otherwise is "not properly sourced." Suskind declined to comment further on the contents of the book.
I can think of a reason why Zawahiri might have called off the attack.
If the New York subway and other targets were attacked with cyanide, essentially chemical warfare, 45 days after "early 2003", we would have been on the eve of, or at war with Iraq. That would have raised the real possibility of mushroom clouds over RGFC divisions.
Al Qaeda obviously retains the technology though.
I wonder how large an attack it would take for pressure on Musharraf to open the Pak border to US troops?
This is unbelievable. Putting "Ali" in harm's way is never a consideration with the MSM.
Except if you consider a packed NYC ruh hour subway car probably has at least 100 passengers on board.
bump
If it succeeded in killing 1 Million Libs in NYC it'd certainly be jake with the NYT, no surprise here Hell if it killed a bunch of NYT employees it'd be jake with the NYT. NO SURPRISE!!!!
Suskind is low life piece of garbage.
RON SUSKIND is a Bush Basher . Bush-Bashing Books Due Out Mimicking the lead-up to the 2004 elections, when publishers flooded bookstores with books bashing President Bush, more anti-Bush books are due out this summer just before Congressional elections.
Two years ago, "Against All Enemies by former anti-terrorism chief Richard Clark was highly critical of the Bush administrations counterterrorism efforts, and "The Price of Loyalty by RON SUSKIND chronicled former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neills disillusionment with the Bush White House. Both hit the top of the bestseller list.
Now Suskind has another book about to be published, "The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11, which focuses on U.S. intelligence failures, USA Today reports.
Other forthcoming books include:
# "Oath Betrayed by Stephen Miles, a medical professor who cites "medical complicity" in "the abuse and neglect" of inmates at U.S. prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
# "The End of Iraq by Peter Galbraith, a fellow at the Center for Arms Control. The books subtitle is: "How American Incompetence Created a War Without End.
# "What Terrorists Want by Louise Richardson, a Harvard lecturer who insists that Bush's war on terror will fail because of an ignorance of history.
# "Is Iraq Another Vietnam? by Robert Bingham, a Vassar College professor who maintains that U.S. policymakers havent learned the lessons of Vietnam.
Bernadette Malone of Sentinel, a conservative imprint, told USA Today that the wave of anti-war books reflects "the insular, liberal mind-set of most New York publishers. They think we're losing the war, that it's hopeless, a fool's errand . . . I, and a lot of other people, disagree."
That may be so, but the psychological effect of such an attack would be far greater than the actual physical casualties.
Off topic: A terrific new freeper, Ikez78, has uncovered some interesting information; it's fully sourced here:
Big news last night in the Saddam - al Qaeda connection. al Baghdadi is a man leading the insurgency in Iraq currently. He was a Republican Guard officer for Saddam, companion of Zarqawi since the start of the war AND HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH BIN LADEN SINCE MEETING HIM IN AFGHANISTAN http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/abu-abdullah-rashid-al-baghdadi-former.html
Off topic: A terrific new freeper, Ikez78, has uncovered some interesting information; it's fully sourced here:
Big news last night in the Saddam - al Qaeda connection. al Baghdadi is a man leading the insurgency in Iraq currently. He was a Republican Guard officer for Saddam, companion of Zarqawi since the start of the war AND HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH BIN LADEN SINCE MEETING HIM IN AFGHANISTAN http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/abu-abdullah-rashid-al-baghdadi-former.html
Hi MamaDearest.
Now I see exactly how the phrase "continue on the trained Manhattan" fit into the al qaeda scheme of things. The phrase came up many times in jihadi forum translations. This was both before and after the Madrid bombings.
BTW, nice to run into you off TM!
Gee ... looks like a major connection there
And comments from Chris Matthews on that news?
Only if pigs are flying :-)
Look elsewhere? That would mean we'd have to gather intel, like possibly monitoring phone calls made to terrorists from people in the US. We couldn't possibly do that....(rolling eyes)
I think I probably won't be buying either the book or the issue of Time. It's an interesting story but there are such big credibility issues..
I read Time for free on FR, but wouldn't give anyone ten cents for an issue. They have some of those "fake but accurate" problems.
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