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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What? Al Qaeda is giving their videos directly to ABC now??? Why wouldn't Al-Jazeera have received this already?
That is what I was worried about. I wonder if it shows bomb going off?
It will all depend on how or whom they got the tape from and if they turned it over to the FEDS.
if its OBL - a real video of OBL, authentic and not dated - its bad for Bush.
If its another one of the "normal" threat videos, with Al-Zahwahri, its good for Bush.
Now posted on Drudge:
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... MORE...
Wonder what the controversy is? They're holding a terrorist video? Why ABC? Why not Al GeezearA?
How 'bout JK being seated while urinating.......! Caught on bathroom cam!
No surprise there. Who among us wasn't expecting this?
OK.. SO IS THIS THE PLAN..
NYT.. repackages missing explosives and coordinates with AlQ terror warning.. If we go boom, Kerry can blame Bush and Military for disaster..
A smell a rat.
LOL!
Terror warning helps Bush. ABC knows this so it will hold video till after election. Nothing new here. Move along.
Another false alarm folks - this won't "bring Kerry down". It's just another Drudge story about the lying evil media. Nothing new and nothing effective. The only way to stop the bullshit is to VOTE.
Oh my,
We were all having such a good time and, this, sort of brings it home what this election is about.
Release the video, now! Lets find out if we are Spain or not.
Proof of JFK's dishonorable discharge!
if we go to code Orange (or RED) over this, Bush gains 5-10 points and Ohio and Penn are red states for sure.
"Why is ABC holding onto a video with AQ threats against the US? I'd think they would be all too happy to show it"
---In all the polls who is seen as being stronger to fight terrorist? Bush, which is a good reason not to show the video
WELL WELL WELL - ABC is holding this. And all the time the Dems (Kerry and Edwards) were saying that Bush's warning that Al Quada could attack during the election was scare tactics. ABC WAS HELPING KERRY!
Big Deal. They always do, and we're always under threat. The fact the public doesn't realize it is an MSM spinjob.
They won't play it because they know it will scare the dems away from the polls. Republicans won't let threats stop their patriotic duty.
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