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...
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.
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.
Expect this to be a daily event in the event of a BO win.
bump
Ping
book
Yes, I wondered about this. My mom said the other day she read an article in which Islamist website monitors discovered a post b AQ warning Muslims to get out of the DC and New York areas on October 7, 2008 because of a coming attack. This was the same forum that posted the 9/11 threats. October 7 is the day we sent troops to Afghanistan (and also the anniversary of Lepanto, I believe). It’s also the Tuesday after Ramadan and ‘Aid al-Fitr. She also said several months ago that she read a Times Online article that quoted an Israeli intel official (Jamal Aviv I think his name was) who warned of terror attacks in the US coming sometime between August and November—before the election. He also gave us warning prior to 9/11 that something was in the works. Look out, folks.
Ping!
Why would NBC put this out so close to an election? McCain trumps Obama on terror. I figure NBC would deep six this news story. What gives?
20 kilograms of explosive each?
That’s a lot of explosives. 20 kilograms is 44 pounds. If we assume that it is 50% greater than the density of water, it would still be about 3 to 4 gallons in bulk. It would probably be like trying to hide a pail of drywall compound under your jacket. It is going to look really suspicious to even a casual observer. Somehow the threat itself might be credible, but the quantity of bomb-stuff sounds exaggerated.
BUMP!
A friend of mine is an airline mechanic at JFK in NY and she emailed me the press release that was forwarded to their department about elevated alerts.
I sure hope this all just threats...