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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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; attack; intel; wednesday
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Lets Roll!
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:33:27 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
Every nation or location that provides haven for these animals MUST be taken out.
Assist them...even if no more than "turning a blind eye"....AND your government will be disintegrated and then reorganized.
That is the only sane approach to ferreting out terrorists.
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:36:05 AM PST
by
xzins
(Games of chance)
To: ewing
I don't really wish it, but poetic justice would be a hit on a French Club Med somewhere.
To: ewing
Special Ops should fire off one of Saddams Scuds at Mecca and blame the whole thing on him.
To: tractorman
One stop shopping!
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:42:45 AM PST
by
ewing
To: xzins
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:47:39 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
A giant ZOT on Mecca would be nice too!
To: ewing
"...they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send on of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way, and that's how you get Capone!"It's time. Are you ready?
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:52:20 AM PST
by
mhking
("The home team Iraqis have won the toss and elected to receive...")
To: mhking
Ordering up some Pigskin tombs sound good right about now.
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:54:29 AM PST
by
ewing
To: mhking
I was going to say: An Eye for an Eye. However I like your quote better.
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:54:45 AM PST
by
latrans
(Live Free or Die)
To: ewing
We need to put the word out to the Oh! So Feared! Arab Street, that if anything goes down here in conjuction with the Haj, we have some math for them:
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:56:06 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(This space intentionally blank)
To: mhking
So, is this article referring to 'soft targets' that include those who are doing the islame thang?
To: ewing
Time to start stuffing bacon grease into the hollow points ....
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posted on
02/10/2003 6:58:21 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: Centurion2000
>> Time to start stuffing bacon grease into the hollow points .... <<
LOL!!! Good one!!
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posted on
02/10/2003 7:03:42 AM PST
by
appalachian_dweller
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: ewing
What else is new?
They never hit anything but soft targets because they don't have the courage to fight like men. They are murderers playing "soldier", common thugs who only attack those they deem defenseless.
To: Lion's Cub
Yep, it takes a brave warrior to attack a nightclub.
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posted on
02/10/2003 7:09:04 AM PST
by
ewing
To: FreedomPoster
LOL.. I have a simliar repsonse idea.
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posted on
02/10/2003 7:12:51 AM PST
by
Johnny Gage
(God Bless our Military, God Bless President George W. Bush and God Bless America!)
To: ewing
To: tractorman
All your Scud are belong to us! Someone has set us up, the bomb!
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posted on
02/10/2003 7:17:41 AM PST
by
jayef
To: xzins
Then we need to begin with the INS. In Phoenix this week the INS was called for 30 illegals in the area and authorities were told to let them go because the INS was to busy to handle the case.
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posted on
02/10/2003 7:19:30 AM PST
by
hope
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