the week before Sept 2
Re- OBL tape. I haven't read through the updates since yesterday, but IMO AQ is getting into a position currently where they have to either "use em or lose em". No doubt we have stopped many plots and they have launched some successfully that we are not yet fully aware of (e.g. fires,contaminations,crop illnesses and the like).
AQ admitted some time ago that OBL was no longer with them. Now they are saying he will resurface soon and be visible to his followers. I am wondering if they are saying that to rally the followers, to explain the delays, or---in a more ominous sense--to state that he will be visible through his actions.
I wonder if they even need another OBL tape at this point.
I am also thinking alot about the things that Sean reported about the nuke being found in Boston and detonated in the Atlantic recently. When I find Sean's posts on other forums, he doesn't seem financially motivated to me. He seems utterly horrified by what he has learned and what he believes we are facing- very soon. I really don't know what to think----but I do believe AQ must be under great pressure to act, and act soon.
I am wondering what kinds of pressure the US is putting on Russia as we speak. Any thoughts? What would Russia do to us if they knew we gave the Chechens nukes to use against them, and the Chechems were getting ready to fire them off?