Al Qaeda seen planning attack on U.S.

WashTimes ^ | 2-6-08 | Sara A. Carter

[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.

[STARWISE]

Karma is hell sometimes.
Can you imagine him being
CIC after another attack?
Merciful Lord, save us.

[Cheburashka]

What level of attack, number of deaths, will it take for the left to have to shut their frickin’ mouths and let us fight these bastards?

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What is the level of attack at which the left will say, “We, the left, will cede power to the right.”?

In other words, dream on.

[My Favorite Headache]

Wouldn’t matter how many died. We could lose 12 million Americans tomorrow after an attack and we would have liberals right there in the smokey remains telling us “we deserved it”.

[G8 Diplomat]

See #33...I was making a joke.

Hyperbole: An obvious exaggeration not intended to be taken literally.

[G8 Diplomat]

From the Uzbeks and Slavs that I have seen, they seem to be much more interested in modernity and money than going to jihad.

Just like Dubai.

Another FReeper said he met an Uzbek family while deployed in Uzbekistan, and they said to him, "Yeah, we're Muslims but we're not jerks about it like they are down south [referring to Afghanistan]." They later converted to Christianity.

[STARWISE]

I agree.

[STARWISE]

He just had to be a Bush hater.

[STARWISE]

God forbid, if that happened, would
it suspend the transition?

[STARWISE]

Next time, put /sarc or indicate such,
then it won’t be taken as a straight
comment.

[STARWISE]

PING~!

[Rocky Mountain High]

That would be friendly-fire.

[Nachoman]

Are we related, by some chance?

[Nachoman]

Are we related, by some chance?

[Cindy]

Thanks for the ping STARWISE.

[Cindy]

Nothing.

[untrained skeptic]

I don’t think so.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1963607/posts?page=268#268

[Cvengr]

Unfortunately, that also means third parties have incentive to promote such a scenario by lackies as a test/response measurement of the new administration, with little risk to either or both if relatively obscure.

[MarkL]

That would be friendly-fire.

Like I said, "in a just world."

Mark

[ßuddaßudd]

When and if the new attack happens... islamicfinder.org will be your friend. I suggest you print out what you need before that day happens.