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White House: could be more mail bombs (therefore, you must keep us in office.../sarc)
AP ^ | 10/31/2010

Posted on 10/31/2010 6:05:38 AM PDT by markomalley

President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser said Sunday that authorities "have to presume" there might be more potential mail bombs like the ones pulled from planes in England and the United Arab Emirates.

The foiled plot "certainly bears the hallmark" of al-Qaida's Yemen branch, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, and the terrorist group is "still at war with us and we are very much at war with them," deputy national security adviser John Brennan said.

"We're trying to get a better handle on what else may be out there," he told NBC's "Meet the Press" as he made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows representing the Obama administration in the wake of the latest terrorist scare. "We're trying to understand better what we may be facing."

Brennan noted that because of the continuing threat, the world's largest package delivery companies — FedEx and UPS — have suspended air freight from Yemen. Police in Yemen have arrested a young woman on suspicion of mailing the bombs, which were powerful enough to down airplanes.

While he said "we feel good" about the steps taken since the thwarted plot, "I think we have to presume there might be" additional bombs.

"They are a dangerous group. They are a determined group. They are still at war with us and we are very much at war with them. They are going to try to identify vulnerabilities in the system," he said.

He told CNN's "State of the Union" that "it would be very imprudent ... to presume that there are no others (packages) out there."

Speaking about the Yemen branch, he said the U.S. "will destroy that organization as we are going to destroy the rest of al-Qaida."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: octobersurprise
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With these arrogant, ammoral schmucks running the show, this thing has October Surprise written all over it. Really, fellas, don't you think you should have done this a couple of weeks earlier so it wouldn't be so obvious.
1 posted on 10/31/2010 6:05:41 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Schmucks they are. They ooze weakness and submission which only drives the mohammedans harder. If these morons remain in office they won’t have a capital bldg. to work in after the terrorists finish with it. Wait a minute....


2 posted on 10/31/2010 6:09:05 AM PDT by john drake (Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
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To: markomalley
Oh yeah, this fits the scenario. Al-Queada has always targeted cargo planes to avoid killing innocent citizens.

Methinks I smell a (Demon)Rat.

3 posted on 10/31/2010 6:10:58 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Fear God and Government - especially when one tries to become the other!)
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To: john drake

Bogus Bogus Bogus.............you can fool all of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of time...BUT you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. put a sock in it Obammma


4 posted on 10/31/2010 6:11:51 AM PDT by shadeaud ("If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin B)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Or setting up the scenario to suspend elections?


5 posted on 10/31/2010 6:12:12 AM PDT by Josa
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To: markomalley

They didn’t even remember to run through the entire drill. They were giving it to their buddies in the press before they talked with other heads of state.

BTW, it was a UPS inspector that caught the package, not Incompetano’s boys, they just whipped up the press conferences rather than work the case. If this were more than a press event, we shouldn’t hear about this for 6 months or so if ever.


6 posted on 10/31/2010 6:14:29 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: markomalley

OH NO - THERE COULD BE MORE MAIL BOMBS....

BETTER ELECT ALL THE DEMOCRATS BACK INTO OFFICE SO THE KING AND HIS CONGRESSIONAL ARMY CAN DEFEAT THE BAD GUYS...

is this a proposed script to a 2011 Hollywood movie???

I mean really


7 posted on 10/31/2010 6:16:57 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: john drake
These bombs were addressed to mosques - we are expected to believe that. Please, don't insult my intelligence by telling me a stupid lie.
8 posted on 10/31/2010 6:20:44 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Fear God and Government - especially when one tries to become the other!)
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To: markomalley

Yes, and even though I’m over fifty, I was born yesterday and seemed to have hit my head falling off the turnip truck. Where to even begin the rant....


9 posted on 10/31/2010 6:21:01 AM PDT by pops88
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To: STARWISE; SE Mom; maggief; hoosiermama; onyx

“They were self-contained. They were able to be detonated at a time of the terrorists’ choosing,” Brennan said.”

Quick question...If the above statement is true..why didn’t the terrorists just start blowing these things the minute it was all over the news Friday? Nothing about this story adds up imho.


10 posted on 10/31/2010 6:24:34 AM PDT by penelopesire ('Obama's Wars' are with our own military..Bush's Wars were with our enemies!)
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To: markomalley

9th Congressional District race growing tighter
Bergmann a tougher fight than Cohen anticipated

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2618152/posts


11 posted on 10/31/2010 6:25:50 AM PDT by GailA (obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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Oh yeah...right...what we want to do when being attacked by muzzies is keep a muzzie in office....right.

My first thought is to get the dems out of there and put someone at the helm that cares about America who will act to protect us all.

We all know how obama handles foreign powers...

obama tables


12 posted on 10/31/2010 6:33:24 AM PDT by FrankR (November 2nd is NOT an election - it's a RESTRAINING ORDER.....VOTE!)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Really....cargo planes? And printer catridges for mosques?

p-lEEEEAse!

sounds like something Gibbs/Fibbs would come up with


13 posted on 10/31/2010 6:34:40 AM PDT by homegroan (....13 yr FR playa)
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To: FrankR

LMAO!!!!


14 posted on 10/31/2010 6:35:59 AM PDT by homegroan (....13 yr FR playa)
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To: markomalley

You know Mark this could back fire on them really big.. Americans have seen the dems blame America nationally and kiss the butt of anything Muslim.. that does not indicate a reliable defense against them ...


15 posted on 10/31/2010 6:36:13 AM PDT by RnMomof7 (Some call me harpy..God calls me His)
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You know Mark this could back fire on them really big.. Americans have seen the dems blame America nationally and kiss the butt of anything Muslim.. that does not indicate a reliable defense against them ...

Agreed. That's why I added the word "arrogant."

16 posted on 10/31/2010 6:40:02 AM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: markomalley

The timing of this right before the election smacks of Al Queda’s train attacks in Spain right before their election that resulted in the Leftists taking over.

However, Americans are much smarter than Spanish voters and will ask themselves, “If this country is in such danger, why are BO and his university dweebs in charge?”

Too bad we don’t have a vote of “no confidence” in this country, but we do have these mid-term elections and that will have to do.


17 posted on 10/31/2010 6:40:28 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: markomalley

To: Obammie the Commie
From: A Patriot

While the terrorists currently pose a greater risk to our physical health, they are a far smaller risk to our Republic than you and your communist/fascist supporters. If YOU succeed, then we will not have the ability to defend ourselves from the terrorists (which were all supposed to start loving us once the affirmative-action lobby put our first multi-culti president in office).

Therefore, for our own “safety,” we must first defeat YOU and your supporters politically and reduce you to nothing more than guests on Oprah’s new quasi-religious talk show.


18 posted on 10/31/2010 6:53:53 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: markomalley

NASA should be brought in on this. Obviously the Muslims in Yemen are having a bad day and need to feel good about themselves.


19 posted on 10/31/2010 6:55:15 AM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: markomalley
"They are still at war with us and we are very much at war with them." - John Brennan

Um, Mr. Brennan,... you forgot your script. Your remarks should read "overseas contingency operations" - not "war". The only ones this Administration is genuinely "at war" with is the American People.

Remember?

Good. Now go forth and lie some more...

20 posted on 10/31/2010 7:10:55 AM PDT by Gritty (It is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war-Dick Cheney)
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