Calm Before The Storm?

IBD ^ | April 1, 2008

[Kaslin]

War On Terror: Shockingly, the CIA warns that America is wide open to another 9/11-style terrorist attack from the Afghan-Pakistani border. Is this August 2001 all over again?

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n a rare public interview, CIA Director Michael Hayden said al-Qaida's central command is training a more cunning generation of terrorists in the badlands of northern Pakistan.

They "look Western," he said, and "wouldn't attract your attention if they were going through the customs line at (Washington) Dulles (International Airport) with you when you're coming back from overseas."

These new recruits, Hayden told NBC's "Meet the Press," "would be able to come into this country without attracting the kind of attention that others might."

In other words, they wouldn't fit the typical Middle Eastern profile, and their non-Arabic surnames wouldn't likely show up in any terror watch list. In fact, they might not even need visas if they enter from Europe.

Forget the image of Mohamed Atta and the other 9/11 hijackers. The next al-Qaida-trained terror cell could feature blue-eyed blonds and even women.

Hayden's warning dovetails with German intelligence. Authorities there reveal that terrorist suspects under surveillance include several Germans who have converted to Islam and recently trained at al-Qaida camps in Pakistan.

At the same time, U.S. officials note al-Qaida's use of women to carry out suicide attacks in Iraq is an alarming new twist. Women are checked less often by security because of Muslim sensitivities.

[Cementjungle]

At that point, Mecca and Medina should be vaporized and if any traces come from Russia, an equivalent Russian city(s) should be vaporized.

Heck, that's too lenient, I say we get the U.N. to send them a warning letter.