Threat Matrix: 2009

Cheney warns of new attacks

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

In an interview Tuesday with Politico, Cheney unyieldingly defended the Bush administration’s support for the Guantanamo Bay prison and coercive interrogation of terrorism suspects.

And he asserted that President Obama will either backtrack on his stated intentions to end those policies or put the country at risk in ways more severe than most Americans — and, he charged, many members of Obama’s own team — understand.

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

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TM Ping to #1140 - Thanks, Jersey117

New audio from Osama

(I wonder why he was late with his message this year?)

1,141 posted on 09/13/2009 6:42:58 PM PDT by Velveeta

Some type of interference, I guess.

1,142 posted on 09/13/2009 6:47:11 PM PDT by Cindy

Had a rally to attend in Minneapolis?

1,143 posted on 09/13/2009 6:50:42 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)

To: Velveeta; jersey117

Thanks for the ping; post. BTTT!

1,144 posted on 09/13/2009 7:44:58 PM PDT by PGalt

Interesting the message is 11:19 minutes which seeems to be 9/11/01 backwards.

1,145 posted on 09/13/2009 7:47:37 PM PDT by Mata6858 (We the people of the US in order for a perfect union)

Interference. I did read that all the jihadi websites went down for a few days prior to 9/11. Perhaps you pinged me to it - LOL, I can’t keep up!

1,146 posted on 09/13/2009 9:25:26 PM PDT by Velveeta

1,147 posted on 09/13/2009 9:26:16 PM PDT by Velveeta

1,148 posted on 09/13/2009 9:26:52 PM PDT by Velveeta

Brother of Bin Laden dies in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The family of Osama bin Laden has announced the death of one of the terror mastermind’s brothers.

In a full-page notice on Sunday in Al-Riyadh newspaper, the family said Thabet bin Laden passed away and the funeral is scheduled that afternoon in the holy city of Mecca.

The notice said he died Saturday but did not give the cause of death or his age.....
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hu7kxiFWMpkYpPKOPi9Df_JldlbwD9AMDR3G0

1,149 posted on 09/13/2009 9:29:55 PM PDT by Velveeta

It’s a message from bin Laden to America.

In his message bin Laden refers to Mearsheimer and Walt’s “The Israel Lobby”. It is an interesting turn when al Qaeda is starting to use the work of western academics to justify its views. This is yet another example of it doing so.

It isn’t an anniversary tape. I suspect it has been used because al Qaeda has no more martyrdom videos to use in marking the anniversary. Also, its media capacity to make more tapes (on the scale of anniversary videos) has been seriously damaged of late. See my earlier post on al Qaeda running out of videos for details on this.

A new tape from bin Laden around the time of the anniversary is sure to have an impact and compensate for no more anniversary videos.

more at link...
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1,150 posted on 09/13/2009 9:34:26 PM PDT by Velveeta

The Israel Lobby
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html

1,151 posted on 09/13/2009 9:36:59 PM PDT by Velveeta

Just two days after the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington DC by Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization has released a new message from its leader, Osama bin Laden.

The 11 minute, 19 second message, released on jihadist sites, was announced with a banner showing the United States flag as a backdrop, and showing the New York City skyline featuring the twin towers of the World Trade Center still standing.

According to the banner, this message was directed at the American people. It makes numerous references to “al Bayt al Abayad”, Arabic words for the White House, as well as to US President Obama, and former President Bush and Vice President Cheney.....