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Posted on 10/06/2008 11:20:14 PM PDT by STARWISE
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives.
Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States."
*snip*
According to the note obtained by NBC News, a "recently discovered audio recording of al-Qa‘ida training sessions conducted several years ago provides instruction to potential suicide terrorists on seizing a publicly accessible building and damaging or destroying it with explosive charges."
(Excerpt) Read more at deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com ...
Terror strike on the United States set for October 7, 2008 or simply terror by internet posting?
From Homeland Security US
A posting uncovered in an Arabic language Internet forum is currently raising a few eyebrows in the intelligence community.
The single posting, which is presently being scrutinized by intelligence officials, appears to provide detailed instructions for Muslims living within the United States, giving them specific actions to take before, during and after an upcoming attack in the U.S.
The communication was discovered by “Archangel,” a well-known independent intelligence analyst active within the intelligence community.
The post was initially published on August 2, 2008 under the title “Commandments [Directives] Before the Strike,” and appears to be a sort of a conflict management guide, or instructions on what Muslims should do prior to the attack, actions that should be undertaken concurrent with the attack, and well as additional instructions following the attack.
The text addressing the nature, location and timing of the planned attack, although specific to the U.S., appears otherwise ambiguous.
For instance, the timing appears to focus on the Tuesday following the end of Ramadan, which would be October 7, 2008. The nature of the attack is less clear. Although the author appears to talk about a strike greater in magnitude than the 9/11 attacks and makes reference to the possibility of it being nuclear in nature, the text references to the nuclear aspect of the attack appear somewhat muddled.
In terms of the location of the attack, it is clear that the author identifies both New York, as the financial capital of the U.S., and Washington, DC, as the nation’s capital, as being both desirable and affected. It is interesting that under analysis, the details of “the attack” referenced by the author are nestled within the text of instructions, rather than being prominently placed to serve as an overt warning as seen in the past. The relative subtlety in which the targets and type of attack was referenced is most interesting from a historical and analytical perspective.
SPECIAL REPORT: “Commandments Before The Strike”
- ALERT: Instructions for actions Muslims are to take before, during & after an attack in the U.S. posted;
- Message suggests activation of worldwide jihad following U.S. attack;
- Message indicates large-scale attack within the U.S., perhaps early October;
Read Full Article, thanks to National Terror Alert
Ayers????
~~Ping!
Obama, is that you?
I wish I was using sarcasm...
Spies Warn That Al Qaeda Aims for October Surprise
Intercepted Messages Asking Local Cells To Be Prepared for Imminent Instructions
By ELI LAKE, Staff Reporter of the Sun | September 22, 2008
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WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of two major terrorist attacks on Western targets, America’s counterterrorism community is warning that Al Qaeda may launch more overseas operations to influence the presidential elections in November.
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Call it Osama bin Laden’s “October surprise.”
In late August, during the weekend between the Democratic and Republican conventions, America’s military and intelligence agencies intercepted a series of messages from Al Qaeda’s leadership to intermediate members of the organization asking local cells to be prepared for imminent instructions.
An official familiar with the new intelligence said the message was picked up in multiple settings, from couriers to encrypted electronic communications to other means.
“These are generic orders,” the source said — a distinction from the more specific intelligence about the location, time, and method of an attack.
“It was, ‘Be on notice. We may call upon you soon.’ It was sent out on many channels.”
Also, Yemen’s national English-language newspaper is reporting that a spokesman for Yemen’s Islamic Jihad, the Qaeda affiliate that claimed credit for last week’s American embassy bombing in Sa’naa, is now publicly threatening to attack foreigners and high government officials if American and British diplomats do not leave the country.
Mr. bin Laden has sought to influence democratic elections in the past. On March 11, 2004, Al Qaeda carried out a series of bombings on Madrid commuter trains. Three days later, the opposition and anti-Iraq war Socialist Workers Party was voted into power.
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/spies-warn-that-al-qaeda-aims-for-october-surprise/86326/
They’re idiots if they think that a terror strike in the US before the election would have the same effect on the voters as the Spanish bombing did. The economy has taken center stage leaving McCain’s foreign policy expertise in the background. A terror attack would bring it to the forefront and all those whispered rumors about Obama’s Muslim background and connections would come front and center too.
Ah, just in time for the election. What color code would this be? Complete fools we are.
This seen by the left can also be an attempt to shore up votes for McCain through fear tactics.
If it does happen (goodness forbid), they’ll say McCain, Palin, Bush, Cheney, and Rove planned it.
Did you read the stupid comments after the article by the nuts?
Exactly! I too hope nothing happens.
9/29/08
“FBI HUNTS AMERICAN CITIZENS TRAINED OVERSEAS FOR TERROR
Feds launch dragnet to stop ‘October surprise’ attack”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76415
(Wonder if it’s all related?)
They're not about to attack America before the election and affect his chances.
MSNBKOS will go beserk over this, assuming it’s a McBush sham to move the conversation back to national security.
Smiling at you...I don’t have time for nuts.
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Good for you. I shouldn’t waste my time either, but my curiosity gets the better of me.
Seems to be a notable amount of chatter.
You can find out more always at the FR Threat Matrix threads:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099235/posts
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