Posted on 10/27/2004 9:30:46 AM PDT by icecold
Edited on 10/27/2004 10:01:00 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED OCT 27, 2004 12:42:01 ET XXXXX
ABCNEWS HOLDS TERROR WARNING TAPE
**Exclusive**
In the last week before the election, ABCNEWS is holding on a videotaped message from a purported al Qaeda terrorist warning of a new attack on America, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The terrorist claims on tape the next attack will dwarf 9/11. "The streets will run with blood," and "America will mourn in silence" because they will be unable to count the number of the dead. Further claims: America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda.
ABCNEWS strongly denies holding the tape back from broadcast over political concerns during the last days of the election.
The CIA is analyzing the tape, a top federal source tells the DRUDGE REPORT.
ABCNEWS obtained the tape from a source in Waziristan, Pakistan over the weekend, sources tells DRUDGE.
"We have been working 24 hours a day trying to authenticate [the tape]," a senior ABCNEWS source said Wednesday morning.
The terrorist's face is concealed by a head dress, and speaks in an American accent, making it difficult to identify the individual, but US intelligence officials believe that man may be Adam Gadhan - aka Adam Pearlman - a southern California native who was highlighted by the FBI in May as an individual most likely to be involved in or have knowledge of the next al Qaeda attacks.
According to the FBI, Gadahn, 25, attended al-Qaida training camps and served as an al-Qaida translator.
The disturbing tape runs an hour -- the man simply identifies himself as 'Assam the American.'
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.... and I do understand what you're sayin', by the way.
These ar$eholes want us to be afraid.We must defeat them. Vote Bush!
So you think one tape makes for all talk and no action? I seem to remember a few weeks ago that they blew up a hotel near Israel.
WIth a name like "SheLion" those Tweety eyes ain't gonna work over here. Well ... maybe sometimes.
My prediction? Yes, they will. But it won't be today; it most likely won't be tomorrow. It would be either Friday or Monday.
If they do it Friday, that would be a clue that they deem this weekend a threat because of ease of terrorist movement Halloween night (masquerades aid the enemy).
But I don't think Al Qaeda makes decisions based upon ease-of-movement considerations alone.
No, I think the briefings would be on Monday. And they would be carefully worded (to the point of almost downplaying concerns) so that the current admin could not be accused of scaring voters away from the polls. Besides, they don't want democracy to be bullied by terrorist threats.
Just heard that ABC is planning to run the tape without the CIA being able to authenticate it. By the way that doesn't mean the tape is inauthentic.
Bookmarked, Carnack.
No way we will ever see this video. THe CIA wants Kerry to win and they know it would help
Bush. IMO
There are other things on Drudge..
No it's not. ABC by their own admission withheld the tape for at least 48 hours, prior to turning it over to the CIA!
Which means they were able to tip off the NY Times & Kerry Campaign to run the Kerry campaign's bogus 380 tons of explosive's story 6 days early (CBS was to launch it on Sunday before the election via 60 Minutes).
Now they have had the tape for at least 5 days and we are just now hearing about it from government sources. What the hell happened to the 'people's right to know"?
I'll tell you what happend. It is more favorable to lie for the Kerry campaign, than to warn Americans that their lives may be in danger. If there is a major terrorist attack in the next 72 hours then that is 5 days warning and preparation Americans were denied - just to help Kerry.
The blood of innocent Ammericans could (and should) be on the Hands of the Kerry Campaign and ABC / NY Times for hiding this warning for 5 DAYS.
We all know that ABC tipped off Kerry's People within hours of getting the tape. How else would the Kerry Campaign and NY Times have known to run the Al_Qaqaa story 6 dayss earlier than they planned?
Just up on Drudge....CIA cannot authenticate the tape.
Thanks. This is more worrying to me than the video. And far more concrete.
This is true. The only concern is that the video contains activation messages for cells.
Now that I think about it, just acknowledging its existence could be message-enough for these clowns...
The video will be released Nov. 3. The line the CIA will use in explaining its delayed release/coincidental post-election timing is, "Our democratic liberty will not be bullied by the threats and intimidations of terrorists."
Kerry said there were no weapons of mass destruction only now is criticizing the 380 tons of explosives which never existed. In light of saying we should have attacked before voting against it, if those explosives were there then how doesn't that secure Bush's case to go into Iraq?
Iraq is a vomit blow for Kerry's campaign and the idiots at the Times who ran with this killer story unfortunately did not respect the intellectual repercussions of the internet plus. The Times isn't going to fire another Blair now so I created a Friday headline asking if the Bush administration sent the letter to set Kerry up. Remember, Kerry doesn't make mistakes, the secret service agent ran into his snowboard...
The video will be released Nov. 3. The line the CIA will use in explaining its delayed release/coincidental post-election timing is, "Our democratic liberty will not be bullied by the threats and intimidations of terrorists."
Thanks for correcting me. You are probably right.
WHAT A CREEP. Imagine waking up with THAT in the MORNING? ~gaghaha! Oh, yeah. Poor Mary Matalin. :^(
It does say something, TO THOSE WHO WILL LISTEN!
We have official notice that the tape MAY or MAY NOT be VALID.
ABC plans to broadcast it,with the knowledge it may not even be real, without regard to whom it may or may not benefit in the campaign, so that the public can see it, and DO AS THEY SEE FIT.
This is what UNBIASED MSM is supposed to do.
All MSM is slanted and hyped, but it would seem ABC is the least CORRUPT.
Well in the times that we live in today, I feel that if parents are going to take their kids trick or treating then it should only be to people they know. Churches, schools, zoos.... offer so much that there are plenty of other ways kids can have fun IMO.
Where did you hear this?
Hannity
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