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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: I see my hands

allrighty then


61 posted on 11/10/2006 6:36:35 PM PST by nitejohnboy (Father in Heaven--help our soldiers in harms way)
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To: boomop1

Send in Jimmy Carter, he'll be sure to pacify them.


62 posted on 11/10/2006 6:37:26 PM PST by Eva
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To: boomop1
Quick lets elect more democRats dhimmicrats to pacify them.

There, I fixed it for you.

63 posted on 11/10/2006 6:37:53 PM PST by twntaipan (Mad about new taxes coming your way from the dhimmicrats in Congress? Thank your local libertarian.)
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To: HAL9000

Well let the new Dems go have a little talk with them and we have nothing to worry about.


64 posted on 11/10/2006 6:39:19 PM PST by Hattie
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To: Dahoser

Yes, sometimes I feel as though I'm living in another dimension. I see things that no one else sees.


65 posted on 11/10/2006 6:40:49 PM PST by nitejohnboy (Father in Heaven--help our soldiers in harms way)
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To: HAL9000
Didn't Nancy say this wasn't a "war" it was a "problem"? Like having "issues"? Seems so civilized. I fear alqaeda's going to step up the action - they think if some violence influenced an election in their favor, maybe a LOT of violence will do more...

Are more of us are going to die now that the dems are "in"?

66 posted on 11/10/2006 6:43:16 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: lynchaj

Pakistan is a far more logical target for the arab fighters being pulled from Afghanistan.

Musharref is weak and a Pakistani coup backed by al qaeda would give the islamists a ready-made nuclear arsenal.


67 posted on 11/10/2006 6:44:42 PM PST by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: HAL9000
Al Qaeda May Be Plotting Holiday Attacks

MSM still can't garner the strength to call it what it is.

Christmas attacks. Attacks on Christians.

68 posted on 11/10/2006 6:46:24 PM PST by RGSpincich
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

They sense victory, folks.

The only thing I can hope for is that they hit a very blue state.





Any idea how offensive that is -- to wish tragedy on fellow Americans?


69 posted on 11/10/2006 6:46:36 PM PST by durasell (!)
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To: boomop1
Quick lets elect more democRats to pacify them.

Welcome to New Spain.

70 posted on 11/10/2006 6:47:04 PM PST by Stentor
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To: GOPJ
Didn't Nancy say this wasn't a "war" it was a "problem"?

I think she said it was a "situation."

71 posted on 11/10/2006 6:47:54 PM PST by Hattie
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To: MediaMole

Thanks a lot for the reminder, bud.

I love your candor and accuracy. However / whenever death touches Musharref, the arsenal is there.
If they had a democracy just voting would unleash hell./


72 posted on 11/10/2006 6:50:02 PM PST by himno hero
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To: HAL9000

They're just trying to scare the American electorate into voting Republican.


73 posted on 11/10/2006 6:53:18 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: durasell
Because sadly it probably will happen again. If the tragedy has to happen somewhere, then why not to a nest of terrorist enablers rather than to innocents or those who fought against them.

I think security will be on the front burner again for the 2008 election, but I hope I'm wrong.
74 posted on 11/10/2006 6:53:37 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: GOPJ

She said it was a "situation" to be "solved". Did you catch the scintillating interview that Couric did with Nancy? Question: "are you a woman first, or a democrat first?" Answer: "I'm a democrat first".

Personally, I'd have answered "I'm an
American first".

But then, I have a brain.


75 posted on 11/10/2006 6:54:33 PM PST by nitejohnboy (Father in Heaven--help our soldiers in harms way)
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To: oceanview

"its obvious that this America, needs TWO pearl harbors before they wake up".

The next time there's an attack, the first thing that has to be done is to bitch slap the American Left.


76 posted on 11/10/2006 6:55:04 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: nitejohnboy
If it happens again, George Bush will be blamed, for having had the NERVE to fight back.

Depends on how the culprits got into the country. If it was through our open borders, then yeah, you betcha he will be blamed. WOT pffft.

77 posted on 11/10/2006 6:58:52 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: SuziQ
I think it is quite possible that President Bush has sent a message that he will nuke all the Muslim states that harbor terrorists if we are attacked again.

I don't look for another direct attack on the USA until Bush is no longer president.

If a Democrat wins in 2008, the likelyhood for several attacks on the USA seem to me to be very high.

78 posted on 11/10/2006 7:01:58 PM PST by Common Tator
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To: nitejohnboy

It's cool when anyone offers a prayer for me, but I do not fear death. I'm where I have to be, come what may, at least for now. After certain loved ones pass on or move away to safety, I'll stay loyal to their follies. After that, I may opt to go survivalist.

At any rate, I feel I have what is a ringside seat to the fall of Western Civilization. If that is so, then may I witness it.


79 posted on 11/10/2006 7:04:05 PM PST by Solamente (Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...)
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To: Common Tator
I think it is quite possible that President Bush has sent a message that he will nuke all the Muslim states that harbor terrorists if we are attacked again.

I would hope all our foreign aid is buying something!

80 posted on 11/10/2006 7:04:24 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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