Bin Laden network 'plotted hundreds of attacks'

The Guardian ^ | Thursday November 8, 2001 | Julian Borger in Washington

[True Capitalist]

...looks like we have to make sure we also kill bin Laden's son Mohammed.

[ventana]

Good grief, he's got something like 40 kids, doesn't he? Ann Coulter may have been wise to advise us to just go in and impose a forced conversion. V's wife.

[prognostigaator]

It took time but the Israelis nailed every one of the 'terrorists' that participated in the attack and death of members of their soccer team during the Olympics.

Osama should expect the same fate of his 'follower-terrorists',family or no.

[ppaul]

We can only surmise what would have happened had GORE/LIEBERMAN been in charge.

Thank God for GWB.

[shezza]

And so why, exactly, are we letting these 1200 al Qaeda operatives out of jail again? Plots foiled because perps arrested and behind bars...ACLU and Dems screaming abuse of "rights." Hundreds released. Plots rescheduled.

[SubSailor]

According to the book, al-Qaida plotted attacks on three US embassies this year, in Yemen, Bangladesh and India. The Indian plot was foiled by the arrest of two men in New Delhi with six kilos of high explosive.

Excuse me? This guy conducted his interview 4 years ago, how does he know what's going on/planned THIS year? If he has any credible information, he had best be informing the authorities about it and where he got it! If there is any information in this book that our government is not aware of, then he should be immediately arrested!

[libertylover]

Ann Coulter may have been wise to advise us to just go in and impose a forced conversion.

I like my wife's idea better. Lock him in his cell and loudly play recordings of TV preachers 24-7. Pure torture.

[goofus not gallant]

Excuse me? This guy conducted his interview 4 years ago, how does he know what's going on/planned THIS year? If he has any credible information, he had best be informing the authorities about it and where he got it! If there is any information in this book that our government is not aware of, then he should be immediately arrested!

Hey he works for CNN he must be credible.

(rolling eyes)

[Kenyon]

Bin Laden was "effectively working as an arm of Saudi intelligence".

Little more need be said.

[NC Conservative]

"I like my wife's idea better. Lock him in his cell and loudly play recordings of TV preachers 24-7. Pure torture. "

Of course with nothing to eat but pork rinds.

[Slip18]

"Of course with nothing to eat but pork rinds."

LOL! I think they should get some bacon for breakfast, also.

[MurryMom]

We can only surmise what would have happened had GORE/LIEBERMAN been in charge.

God forbid, we might have had to suffer through 8 more years of peace and prosperity.

Thank God that Dumbya's term is limited to 4 long years.

(end sarcasm)

[F-117A]

he soon became aware his conversations were being intercepted by US satellites

How did he become aware. It is my understanding that some politician (Hatch?) leaked the info to the press which them relayed it to the world. Anyone got details?

[an amused spectator]

God forbid, we might have had to suffer through 8 more years of peace and prosperity.

I'm sure Atta and Bin Laden would have postponed the attacks they rehearsed under Clinton's sleeping "watch" until an Evil Republican replaced the Goron. (**snicker**)

[ctonious]

Since then, Mr Bergen writes, he has been communicating by radio or in person, rendering the huge US surveillance operation largely futile

It's hard to surmise who's the bigger idiot here - Mr. Bergen or Osama - for thinking that radio is a secure form of communication. But let'em both go on thinking so...

[riri]

Little early to be drinking, isn´t it?

[kidd]

God forbid, we might have had to suffer through 8 more years of peace and prosperity

You mean 8 years of sitting-on-our-hands and doing-nothing?
You mean 8 more years of wag-the-dog distractions instead of real actions?
You mean 8 more years of hoping that these suicidal jihad-ers will understand that we just want to get along?

Moron.

[japaneseghost]

Bin Laden was "effectively working as an arm of Saudi intelligence".

Little more need be said.

A-G, please take note. I am consolidating information on a new theory.

[Ronnie Radford]

There's no place like home . . . there's no place like home . . .