Al Qaeda May Use Iraqi Network To Attack Homeland, Report Says

The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 17, 2007 10:04 a.m. | Associated Press

[Ancient Drive]

WASHINGTON -- The terrorist network al Qaeda will likely leverage its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil, according to a new National Intelligence Estimate on threats to the U.S. The declassified key findings, to be released publicly on Tuesday, were obtained in advance by the Associated Press. The report lays out a range of dangers -- from al Qaeda to Lebanese Hezbollah to non-Muslim radical groups -- that pose a "persistent and evolving threat" to the country over the next three years. As expected, however, the findings focus most of their attention on the gravest terror problem: Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. The report makes clear that al Qaeda in Iraq, which has not yet posed a direct threat to U.S. soil, could become a problem here.

[Ancient Drive]

and the lefties want us to pull out of Iraq... pulling out will only help the terrorists, but we know who the Libs go to bat for.

[Perdogg]

Here’s the report.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867276/posts

[Lucky9teen]

[George W. Bush]

Is it time for us to duct-tape our houses with plastic sheeting again? It’s gotten so hard to know who we’re supposed to be afraid of this month.

[Ancient Drive]

ROFL... good one =)

[gondramB]

>>Is it time for us to duct-tape our houses with plastic sheeting again? It’s gotten so hard to know who we’re supposed to be afraid of this month.<<

Who was that that caused the panic - do you remember? I hope he is no longer with us (meaning out of government).

[PeterPrinciple]

The terrorist network Al-Qaida will likely leverage its contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil,

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and would those contacts be the media and liberal rats?

[SengirV]

Shouldn’t they add the word “AGAIN” to the end of that title. Sure seems like some on the other side of the aisle always forget this FACT.

[theDentist]

How much do they pay these intel-weenies to reach the same conclusion as my 13 y.o. niece ?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

“Brownie”.

[Lucky9teen]

Who was that that caused the panic - do you remember?

[angkor]

Who was that that caused the panic - do you remember? I hope he is no longer with us (meaning out of government).

It was either John Ashcroft or Tommy Thompson.

[BenLurkin]

Staight outta Mordor...

[corlorde]

Gut feeling check?

“Gut feeling diplomacy”

[George W. Bush]

Who was that that caused the panic - do you remember? I hope he is no longer with us (meaning out of government).

Well, I think it was Tom Ridge's DHS. I think Saddam was going to fly anthrax-laced paper airplanes across the Atlantic to Kill Us All.

Excuse me, I have to go hide under the bed for a while until I calm down.

[George W. Bush]

Gut feeling check?

It's time to send that fool Chertoff packing. He's pathetic and works to obstruct law enforcement at our borders.

He's criminally negligent and the Senate should impeach him. It sounds like a nice bipartisan project to keep them busy.

[billbears]

Excuse me, I have to go hide under the bed for a while until I calm down.

Um don't forget your plastic wrap and duct tape. And make sure the room has no ventilation either...

Al Qaeda May Use Iraqi Network To Attack Homeland, Report Says

I hate to ask (being a logical question and all) but I thought 'we were fighting them over there so we wouldn't have to fight them over here'. If 'they' are coming 'over here' anyway, what's the point of 'fighting them over there' anymore? Wouldn't our troops be better used protecting the borders from 'them' instead of trying to 'spread democracy' in a country that doesn't want it?

[popdonnelly]

Reid is the one who wants out of Iraq. He has some chutzpah, criticizing Bush. God help us when a Democrat gets elected President.

[Russ]

So you are advocating retreat? I don't think that's a good idea. If you go around to all the bases here and in Europe there are plenty of military personel, along with stateside national guard to seal all the borders without bringing home a single soldier from Iraq.

Let's get on a national war footing, attack with everything we have in Iraq, smash the training bases in Pakistan and Iran and seal the borders here. Then victory would be ours.

[George W. Bush]

Um don't forget your plastic wrap and duct tape. And make sure the room has no ventilation either...

I learned not to fall for that when my mother used to suggest I play with the plastic sheeting from the dry cleaning and show her how I could get my whole body wrapped up tightly inside of it. But Mom was a great cook.

I hate to ask (being a logical question and all) but I thought 'we were fighting them over there so we wouldn't have to fight them over here'. If 'they' are coming 'over here' anyway, what's the point of 'fighting them over there' anymore? Wouldn't our troops be better used protecting the borders from 'them' instead of trying to 'spread democracy' in a country that doesn't want it?

I must ask you for your papers now. You will be interrogated at a secret foreign detention center until you can prove you are a loyal citizen of the Empire!

Well, just kidding. But of course the entire induced paranoia...ahem...national security thing falls to pieces when you start asking those questions.