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Al Qaeda seen planning attack on U.S.
WashTimes ^ | 2-6-08 | Sara A. Carter

Posted on 02/06/2008 11:29:38 AM PST by STARWISE

Senior al Qaeda leaders have diverted operatives from Iraq across the globe and are increasing preparations to strike the United States, senior intelligence officials told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday. They said the terrorists had plans to attack the White House as recently as 2006.

"Al Qaeda is improving the last key aspect of its ability to attack the U.S. — the identification, training and positioning of operatives for an attack in the homeland," said Michael McConnell, director of national intelligence, which oversees all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

"While increased security measures at home and abroad have caused al Qaeda to view the West, especially the U.S., as a harder target, we have seen an influx of new Western recruits into the tribal areas since mid-2006, " Mr. McConnell said.

Mr. McConnell revealed that al Qaeda had plans to specifically target the White House.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaida; alqeda; aqi; globaljihad; gwot; jihad; jihadinamerica; mikemcconnell; pakistan; us; wot
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To: LottieDah

What if alledged Al Qaeda operatives wish to test the conservative voters to see if they are willing to elect Son of Cain or Hillary?


41 posted on 02/06/2008 11:58:58 AM PST by Bear_Slayer (When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
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To: af_vet_rr

No one’s dragging their feet.

They are blocking it.

The puppet masters have decreed NO borders . . . North American Union . . .

You don’t think Shrillery wants to be Queen of the ‘mere’ /only old US OF A, do you?


42 posted on 02/06/2008 12:00:17 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: what's up
If they try to attack us again, every single one of them will be butchered, and their "Nations" will no longer be there if they wish to return. The situation will be handled.

Unless the Surrender party is in charge.

43 posted on 02/06/2008 12:00:50 PM PST by mallardx
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To: what's up
If they try to attack us again, every single one of them will be butchered, and their "Nations" will no longer be there if they wish to return. The situation will be handled.

Unless the Surrender party is in charge.

44 posted on 02/06/2008 12:00:55 PM PST by mallardx
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To: henkster
Obamarama = Obamanation
45 posted on 02/06/2008 12:00:56 PM PST by Bear_Slayer (When liberty is outlawed only outlaws will have liberty.)
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To: what's up
Even though their forces are diminished, all it takes is 4-5 smart ones to succeed...

Exactly. We need to understand that it is *inevitable* that there will be more attacks here in the U.S. Yes, we've improved our security measures, in some places by a great measure. We were a much softer target on 9/10. We are more vigilant than we were and we have no doubt intercepted some new schemes before they could go forward. But there's no way we can ever expect to stop them all.

Sometimes the other team scores points. It will happen. We then have to resist those that will want to line up our own defensive team and shoot them. We're still going to need them.

46 posted on 02/06/2008 12:01:42 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: STARWISE

He’s also part of a founding member in the modern generation of globalists.

CONTROL, POWER, ENSLAVEMENT . . .

They love it.


47 posted on 02/06/2008 12:01:57 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Ramius

If there was a new attack, I don’t know if we’d all rally around the flag again or not. Likely as anything we’d all just start eating our own.

= =

Which has been the globalists’ design and plan for decades . . .

1. Chaos increases the scream for order—even tyrannical order.

2. Eating our own means that many fewer they have to exterminate in death camps, with plague, wars, etc.


48 posted on 02/06/2008 12:03:38 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: STARWISE

if wishes were fishes al qaeda would be a sushi bar


49 posted on 02/06/2008 12:04:03 PM PST by beebuster2000 (choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
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To: misterrob

Don’t count on toughness on defense . . . except for her power mongering ego needs occasionally

She’s a 100% stooge of the globalists . . . and a pretty obedient one because she knows what she has to do to stay alive and in power.


50 posted on 02/06/2008 12:05:34 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Spok

Of course she will pass the buck for blame but she’s mean.


51 posted on 02/06/2008 12:06:16 PM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: STARWISE

http://laotze.blogspot.com/2007/07/its-cruel-cruel-summer-ongoing-partisan.html


52 posted on 02/06/2008 12:06:17 PM PST by expatguy (Write In and Support - John Bolton - For President)
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To: LottieDah

It’s an act.

look at what happens to those who truly cross her....


53 posted on 02/06/2008 12:06:54 PM PST by misterrob (Mitt Romney-My Favorite 3rd Choice!!!)
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To: STARWISE
We have seen an influx of new Western recruits into the tribal areas since mid-2006.

This is going to be quite difficult to stop. There won’t be Saudis’ this time but Brits or Americans.

54 posted on 02/06/2008 12:09:28 PM PST by usurper (Spelling or grammatical errors in this post can be attributed to the LA City School System)
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To: Mygirlsmom

The twists and turns of life can
be mysterious. I fully believe
that there will be a day, when
some other person is in the White
House, when the anti-Bushites will
be wishing (secretly or otherwise)
that he was still our President.

He’s a courageous and intrepid leader
and protector in these harrowing times.
God bless and protect him.


55 posted on 02/06/2008 12:09:38 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

“I still think it WILL take another
attack, God forbid, to wake this
country up.”

I don’t know, it seems all the first attack did was give everyone the bright idea of putting two socialists and a liberal conservative up for a run at the white house!


56 posted on 02/06/2008 12:10:33 PM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: G8 Diplomat

Ain’t funny when it’s viable.

;-)


57 posted on 02/06/2008 12:11:20 PM PST by ctdonath2 (3.14159265358979323...)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I don’t know, it seems all the first attack did was give everyone the bright idea of putting two socialists and a liberal conservative up for a run at the white house!

= =

Indeed. very sadly.


58 posted on 02/06/2008 12:12:15 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: expatguy

Frightening for sure. Lord, neutralize our
enemies, please protect us.


59 posted on 02/06/2008 12:12:27 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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To: STARWISE

“...we have seen an influx of new Western recruits into the tribal areas since mid-2006, “ Mr. McConnell said.”

The irony of this, of course, is that the main source of “Western” recruits are Mohammedan Slavs from Bosnia Herzegovina and Albanians from Kosovo who are the Bush Administration’s very best friends after the Saudis.


60 posted on 02/06/2008 12:13:03 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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