Al-Qaeda had planned attacks on US on Feb 12: Report

Hindustan Times ^ | Feb. 16, 2003 | Press Trust of India

[FairOpinion]

And of course, just because it didn't happen on the 12th, doesn't mean it may not happen in the future.

I think there was a very good reason for the orange "high" alert.

[FairOpinion]

Sorry -- the article itself seems to have duplicated several paragraphs, but there is some more new stuff at the end. and very scary too.

[Iowa Granny]

pinging to follow the discussion.

[PeterPrinciple]

You had to go to the Hindustan times to get this article?????

[jraven]

The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself. The article duplicates itself.The article duplicates itself.

[sit-rep]

Possibly to sway Congressional opinion??... maybe??

[dep]

how, exactly, does a hindustan times report about a story that was in the american time magazine and that has already been all over the place qualify as breaking news?

when a story says that it is based on something in time magazine, you can be pretty sure that the original report has gained notice here already, doncha suppose?

dep

[CyberAnt]

I agree - but now I'm wondering if this is why Frist allowed the Senate to recess instead of insisting on a filibuster from the dems - so they could all get their families out of town. Hmmmm?? Interesting.

I'm not so sure the dems would have been this concerned.

[FairOpinion]

Possibly because it's true?

I do think that the truth is at least a few orders of magnitude worse than what we are being told, a few snippets from here and there occasionally let us see the tip of the iceberg.

From some of these "snippets", I think that the US government doesn't just "think", but knows beyond a shadow of doubt that Al Qaeda has one or more radiological bombs and lethal nerve gas. The only question is not whether they have it, but whether and when they will use them.

[Dog]

This is what Mort Kondrake was alluding to the other night on Brit Humes show. Members of Congress came out of a security briefing ashen..

[Dog]

fyi..

[sit-rep]

Ya, maybe....

How long have we been hearing about threats? I hope to God I am wrong, but, what if I am not?

I think it is quite sad I got this gut feeling, but I got it from somewhere...

SR

[Dog]

You saying the threats aren't real??

[FairOpinion]

Touche'.

You are right. Point well taken.

But in my defense, at least the online edition of Time didn't seem to have some of the detail, such as the actual date of Feb. 12.

[clamboat]

Bullpucky. The truth is that any tip will send these clowns in to a tizzy because they are in extreme CYA mode. If the threat is so vague and the target unidentified, they should simply not issue an alert. And if the target were identified then they would be able to capture those responsible. In other words, all of these alerts, every one of them, is pointless and it is our patriotic duty to ignore them and get on with our bussines. But you are always free to keep swallowing the line after every alert that tells you how justified they were and how they just saved you and your family from a fate worse than death. Or you can wise up and recognize that the bureaucrats are playing the American public for fools.

[Seeking the truth]

when a story says that it is based on something in time magazine, you can be pretty sure that the original report has gained notice here already, doncha suppose?

Kindly show the rest of us all the posts about the Time Magazine expose - in fact, show us the actual Time Magazine article. I'm sure the rest of us would like to see it.

Someone mentioned that they heard it for the first time on the Sunday AM shows today.

I may be wrong but I bet it will be in tomorrow's Time Magazine.

This also explains why Frist abruptly recessed.

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

"I agree - but now I'm wondering if this is why Frist allowed the Senate to recess instead of insisting on a filibuster from the dems - so they could all get their families out of town. Hmmmm?? Interesting. "

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Might 'splain a thing or two, eh?

FRegards,

[FairOpinion]

Now I remember, yes, I think you are right.
Members of Congress realizing, they could be targets themselves.

[Dog]

Thursday night I think......... Mort Kondracke alluded to this....PhiKapMom heard it also..

[FairOpinion]

I checked the Times and while it had some of the info the Hindustani Times had, but the HT had the extra info of the actual date, which I haven't seen elsewhere.

Here is the link to the Times article. ( I don't remember whether we are allowed to post from there a full article, so I'll just leave it with the link)

The State of Our Defense
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030224/nhomeland.html