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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I wonder if the video has anything to do w/ the purported planned attack in CA?
Wonder where/how ABCNEWS got such a video??? Probably from Al Jazeera.
The issue is, DID ABC TURN IT OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT?"
nice catch. everyone stay safe!
This could be akin to the CBS boondoggle, especially if they have had it and they are holding it back knowing it may help Bush, imagine if an attack did happen and it was the exact same one we could have been warned about and ABC kept it quite?
They connected the dots in 1998 but Senator Kerry and MSM can't seem to connect the dots in 2004.
Here is an easy to read chart of what the media was saying pre-911 (and after): Connect the Dots...Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
Lots of facts and quotes about the president-wannabe at the John F. Kerry Timeline.
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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.(emphasis supplied)
Those @astards! The MSM doesn't want the public to be warned for fear of another Bush Bounce. Kerry at all costs--even at the expense of the lives of innocents who should be on the look-out for suspicious behavior and casings--according to the media elites.
Despicable!
Ant time terror is mentioned it is good for Bush. Just look at the poll internals - Bush as a double digit lead on who is better on terrorism.
How the heck does ABC get the tape all by it's lonesome? You mean to tell me that CBS/NBC/NPR/FNC/AP/Reuters/CNN don't have it!?
A Jewish guy on the wrong side?
ABC gets a video of terrorists warning of a new attack on America and ABC decides that the newsworthiness of the tape does not outweigh the possible harm to the kerry campaign, so they withhold the tape---in the public interest, you see.
If this is it, this is really big. ABC holding back news like this! Incredible.
My thought as well. Wonder if they would under-estimate our resolve....again...
That statement alone pretty much guarantees any undecideds left will shift toward Bush. No one likes to be threatened. The only people who believe this tripe are the ones who are already voting for Kerry.
These terrorists are absolute idiots.
Corruption? No, he's trying to still look interesting when his only claim to fame is that Lucianne Goldberg told him about Linda Tripp and her friend, Monica Lewinsky, a few years ago.
My thoughts exactly!
$10 says it's McAuliffe in a blanket headress.
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