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Al Qaeda May Be Plotting Holiday Attacks
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Posted on 11/10/2006 5:34:50 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: linda_22003
Ya that really hurts my feelings. It's also confusing because I always vote Republican.
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posted on
11/11/2006 8:11:04 AM PST
by
Soothesayer
(The end times are nigh! Repent and die!)
To: Soothesayer
And AFTER the attack, the Dems will ask why weren't the intelligence agencies on these dudes tails. Because we couldn't monitor their calls??
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posted on
11/11/2006 8:28:06 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: lynchaj
A Beslan style attack would harm al qaeda in the short run. Preparations would be noticed. Moving even 100 arab fighters into the US would set off alarm bells in the intelligence establishment. No matter how bad the southern border is, large-scale movement of foreign fighters into the US would be noticed.
Also, it would only serve to wake up the American public. Americans would remember that they are directly in the crosshairs of the islamists and would regain their resolve.
Loss of Pakistan would give al qaeda another safe base of operations and would be rightly perceived as a major loss for the US.
If al qaeda strikes in the continental US in the future, they have to top 9/11, not just anger the US populace. They need a country where they can operate with impunity in order to plan a massive operation.
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posted on
11/11/2006 8:35:13 AM PST
by
MediaMole
(9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
To: MediaMole
They will surely succeed unless a miracle intervenes. Most are just not vigilant enough. Someone once said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Looks like not enough people are paying their dues.
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posted on
11/11/2006 12:33:15 PM PST
by
Soothesayer
(The end times are nigh! Repent and die!)
To: HAL9000
Oh Europe..you definitely should not applaud the Dem takeover of the US.
To: HAL9000
When are they not planning an attack?
146
posted on
11/11/2006 2:35:24 PM PST
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: cripplecreek
That is a possibility, the other is they are actually planning attacks for very soon. Some of those who returned to their native countries in the Arab world and were caught have told investigators that the orders only specified al Qaeda's decision for the Arabs to depart Afghanistan. The thing is, there are so many data points, it is hard to know what exactly is important, until often after the fact. Could this be predictive like the attack on Masoud, right before 9/11?
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posted on
11/11/2006 7:08:27 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
To: Zack Nguyen
THAT is cause enough (if the embassy takeover wasn't...) for us to bomb them to pieces. They have NOT allowed us any access to Al Qaeda they are holding/entertaining.
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posted on
11/11/2006 7:25:31 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
To: dcrider182
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posted on
11/11/2006 7:28:23 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
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