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US Intel Sees Al Qaeda Attacks on 'Soft Targets' As Early As Wednesday
World Tribune Breaking News Bulletin and Middle East Newsline ^ | February 10, 2003 | Special Report Staff

Posted on 02/10/2003 6:33:27 AM PST by ewing

Officials said that the United States Intelligence Community has relayed information that Al Qaeda intends to launch an attack during the Id Al Adha holiday with 'soft targets' such as tourists likely victims.

The holiday is marked by an annual Muslim pilgramge to the Saudi city of Mecca.

Id Al Adha is expected to begin on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims, including Gulf Arab leaders, have arrived in Mecca for the Haj pilgrimage, Middle East Newsline reported.

Officials said that Al Qaeda could be planning attacks similar to those launched last year on an Israeli owned resoprt hotel in Mombasa, Kenya and a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia.

The attacks focus on so called 'soft targets' that contain Western civillians, mostly tourists.


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To: cyncooper
Am I wrong to interpret you comments as dismissive?

Yes. My point was that by always choosing soft targets, they maximize death and destruction. Though they pretend to be an "army" fighting for some great cause, they fight without honor, which makes them nothing more than common murderers.

41 posted on 02/10/2003 9:48:51 AM PST by Lion's Cub
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To: xzins
disintegrated and then reorganized.

Sounds like a plan.

42 posted on 02/10/2003 9:53:32 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
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To: ewing
I'm afraid we're too politically correct to do what we need to.
43 posted on 02/10/2003 10:25:37 AM PST by white trash redneck
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To: ewing
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44 posted on 02/10/2003 4:38:02 PM PST by Cindy
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To: ewing
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45 posted on 02/10/2003 4:47:18 PM PST by Cindy
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To: xzins
I apparently did not give you enough information..What I meant to say was I was in agreement with you, but adding to it that IMO the INS should be dealt with also for many cases like was specified.
46 posted on 02/10/2003 6:52:06 PM PST by hope
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To: hope
In that case, we're in full agreement.

The INS should be disbanded and its functions turned over to the Border Patrol/Coast Guard.

If they allow immigrants whose origins/connections they cannot trace/understand to enter this country, then they should be forced to defend that this is not treason.
47 posted on 02/10/2003 7:29:40 PM PST by xzins (Babylon - You have been weighed in the balance and been found wanting.)
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To: xzins
The INS should be disbanded and its functions turned over to the Border Patrol/Coast Guard armed citizens who have lost their jobs to illegal alien workers...
48 posted on 02/10/2003 7:36:27 PM PST by null and void (Frogs. They DO taste just like CHICKEN...)
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To: hope
OH that goes on all the time here in our little south Texas town. We don't even call the Border Patrol anymore because it takes them forever to come and then they don't do anything.
49 posted on 02/10/2003 7:45:05 PM PST by Faith-Hope
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To: null and void
hey, what's the html commmand for that "line through" thing that you just did?
50 posted on 02/10/2003 7:53:22 PM PST by xzins (Babylon - You have been weighed in the balance and been found wanting.)
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To: hope
and authorities were told to let them go

All part of the plan.

51 posted on 02/10/2003 7:57:48 PM PST by blueriver
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To: xzins
hey, what's the html commmand for that "line through" thing that you just did?

< s > S for strikethrough < /s >

52 posted on 02/10/2003 9:57:35 PM PST by null and void (Frogs. They DO taste just like CHICKEN...)
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To: null and void
Thanks, Null & Void MY FRIEND!
53 posted on 02/11/2003 6:57:12 AM PST by xzins (.)
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