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Al Qaeda May Be Plotting Holiday Attacks
CBS News (excerpt) ^

Posted on 11/10/2006 5:34:50 PM PST by HAL9000

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Intelligence agencies have been warned that al Qaeda may be planning to attack air and rail travel in Europe in actions that may occur during the busy holiday travel season, CBS News has learned exclusively.

In separate interviews with Arab and other intelligence sources, CBS News has been told that the warnings come from interrogations of al Qaeda suspects who recently left Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"One suspect said plans for repeating the Heathrow attempt (a reference to the failed 'liquid bomb' plot interrupted in August) were all prepared. It is now a matter of taking action," said one Arab official who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media. "Al Qaeda's strategy appears to be raising the pressure in Europe."

In a move that has been puzzling intelligence agencies, al Qaeda has been withdrawing well-trained Arab fighters from the mountains and battlefields of Afghanistan.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airplanes; alqaeda; alqaida; bojinka2; eurabia; europe; globaljihad; heathrow; jihad; london; masstransit; railservice; rop; terrorattacks; terrorism; trains; transit; waronterror; wot
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To: durasell

I never said anywhere specific. I hope they don't hit anywhere, but since our last election that probability has went way up.


101 posted on 11/10/2006 8:05:10 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: oceanview

If it doesn't happen in the U.S. it won't mean a thing to fat assed Americans.


102 posted on 11/10/2006 8:06:02 PM PST by TigersEye (Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
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To: HAL9000
Iran has acknowledged to the United States it has a number of key al Qaeda figures under "house arrest," including at least one of bin Laden's sons — the suspects have been in Iran since the fall of Tora Bora in 2001. There is disagreement between security sources and analysts about the amount of freedom those in Iranian custody enjoy and why Iran continues to give them shelter.

Is this "house arrest" or "aid and comfort"?

103 posted on 11/10/2006 8:07:39 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: HAL9000
In a move that has been puzzling intelligence agencies, al Qaeda has been withdrawing well-trained Arab fighters from the mountains and battlefields of Afghanistan.

Please don't tell me that this is "puzzling." D'ya suppose they might be going to surface somewhere else? I bet the intel agencies aren't so puzzled, but maybe don't want to talk to the leaky antiAmerican media about where the forces are expected to be redeployed.

104 posted on 11/10/2006 8:10:23 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: HAL9000
In a move that has been puzzling intelligence agencies, al Qaeda has been withdrawing well-trained Arab fighters from the mountains and battlefields of Afghanistan.

Sounds like plans for an attack...

105 posted on 11/10/2006 8:13:50 PM PST by GOPJ (The MSM is so busy kissing democrat butt they can't see straight - come up for air guys.)
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To: cripplecreek

-In a move that has been puzzling intelligence agencies, al Qaeda has been withdrawing well-trained Arab fighters from the mountains and battlefields of Afghanistan.-

Are these the same 10,000 fighters that Zarqawi's successor in Iraq just boasted about?

http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2006/11/10/iraq-al-qaeda-chief-says-democrat-victory-a-step-in-right-direction/


106 posted on 11/10/2006 8:13:53 PM PST by rfp1234 (I've had it up to my keyster with these leaks!!! - - - Ronald Reagan)
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To: HAL9000

Toward the very end of the article... Didn't see it mentioned in the discussion.

Analysts point to statements in recent months issued by Ayman al Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's number two, calling for attacks on Middle East oil installations.

"What they want to do is to hit something that will affect the Americans very markedly, and they've determined that the oil production facilities, whether it's pipelines or refineries, are something that can really contribute to the war against the United States," Scheuer said.

"It would be a win-win situation. It's taken al Qaeda the better part of a decade to figure out how to attack oil targets without hurting Muslims to any great extent and I think they finally stumbled on to it. The attack early this year on Abqaiq (the world's largest oil production facility in Saudi Arabia) was a failure, but it immediately drove the price of oil up more than $2 a barrel," he said.


107 posted on 11/10/2006 8:20:07 PM PST by listenhillary (You can lead a man to reason, but you can't make him think)
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To: oceanview
But our best "hope" is that the wake up call - happens overseas - the UK, Europe, Israel.

they would figure Israel deserved it, perhaps the UK too, since they both are our allies. France or Germany would be good. I'm with you in not wishing it on anyone, BUT, there are a few cesspools over there, ready to cascade over the brim.

108 posted on 11/10/2006 8:20:23 PM PST by Netizen (When the PINO signs his beloved scamnesty bill, the GOP officially dies and the Bush legacy is set.)
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse; All

I hope to get a warning before the place goes up in a mushroom cloud.

Someone freepmail me in the event of impending DOOOOOOOOM!!!!


109 posted on 11/10/2006 8:21:39 PM PST by Soothesayer (The end times are nigh! Repent and die!)
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To: SlowBoat407
If you really want to show contempt, call them mohammedans. They hate that!

I've always called them moslems. They were moslems when I was growing up and they're moslems today. I don't know what language muslim is but it ain't the English I grew up with. Same with the capital of Occupied China, Peking. You want to speak Chinese go ahead. In English it's Peking.

110 posted on 11/10/2006 8:21:41 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: red irish
I am afraid you are right. And the next few years are going to be scarey. The thing is I really believe they will try to hit New York again. Or is it the White House they were going on about today?

They said the White House. I would think that is a target, since they didn't get it the first time and as we know they came back for a second shot at the towers. I the Pentagon could be another and possibly the Capitol. Statue of Liberty 'could' be another.

111 posted on 11/10/2006 8:24:34 PM PST by Netizen (When the PINO signs his beloved scamnesty bill, the GOP officially dies and the Bush legacy is set.)
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To: TET1968
Now, that America has again been taken over by the left, I would imagine England and Israel are feeling a little lonely as they prepare for attacks from a newly emboldened enemy.

I feel for the Brits - and for Israel. What a mess.

112 posted on 11/10/2006 8:24:47 PM PST by GOPJ (The MSM is so busy kissing democrat butt they can't see straight - come up for air guys.)
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To: nitejohnboy
Personally, I'd have answered "I'm an American first". But then, I have a brain.

Plus, for you, it would be true.

113 posted on 11/10/2006 8:24:57 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: SlowBoat407

That's what Winston Churchill called them - Mohammedans - and probably what most of the world called them at one time. As in, "Those darn Mohammedans are marauding and forcefully converting again!"


114 posted on 11/10/2006 8:28:50 PM PST by Twinkie (Al- Qaida leaders applaud Democrat victory, expect campaign promises to be kept - or else.)
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

And they don't take my hard-earned money to pay to rebuild it....


115 posted on 11/10/2006 8:30:12 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: HAL9000
No way. Their party won!
116 posted on 11/10/2006 8:31:26 PM PST by b4its2late (FOOTBALL REFEREES: It's tough playing with us, but you can't play the game without us.)
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To: Kieri

Some of the FOX commentators are showing the same level of disgust many of us have here... John Kasick filling in for OR is very ticked off at the President over Rummy.


117 posted on 11/10/2006 8:31:42 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: HAL9000

It is a doggone shame that some country does not send a bevy of missles on Mecca, Terhan and Damaskas and give them a dose of terror.


118 posted on 11/10/2006 8:33:21 PM PST by Lewite (Praise YAHWEH and Proclaim His Wonderful Name! Islam, the end time Beast-the harlot of Babylon.)
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To: finnman69

If that didn't wake up the citizens of your city, what will? I was there the February after 911 and the entire city was still in shock, why didn't it wake them from their stubborn Democratic non-security-minded support?


119 posted on 11/10/2006 8:33:34 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: SandRat

Forget having any national secrets for the next two years. This group will run as fast as their chubby legs will carry them to the slimes and WAPO to spill secrets in return for no coverage of all their political crimes and misdemeanors.


120 posted on 11/10/2006 8:35:12 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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