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<p>CNN just reported breaking news at the top of the hour..... that a new threat has been recieved by the US in the last 48 hours to use an aircraft to attack either Washington DC or LA. The flights mentioned are Air France and British Airways. CNN is reporting that this threat has been judged to be credible .......and not rehashed intelligence from last months warnings.</p>

The classic sci-fi author Robert Heinlein once observed that stupidity is a capital offence with its own specific punishments. If you don’t believe him, check out the Darwin Awards web-site — there is no shortage of stupid people who get what is coming to them. The real tragedy is when stupid people affect others around them. Right now, there are huge numbers of people with some very stupid observations about al Qaeda. Editorial letters and callers on talk shows accuse the U.S. of paranoia, of using sham threats to create a new police state or a new empire, or smugly...

<p>Report by Mahmud Khalil in Dubai: "Al-Qa'ida Threatens the United States Again: What They Will See and Hear Soon Will Hurt Them" -- this report was received directly from Al-Majallah by fax on 29 December 2003.</p> <p>The US federal authorities' announcement early last week that raised the state of alert to a higher level, "orange color", in anticipation of terrorist attacks coincided with new assertions by al-Qaeda organization that the zero hour for the anticipated attack inside US territories has been set.</p>

The banner headline spread across the front page of Il Giornale, the respected Milan daily reads: “Al Qaeda: We will destroy New York within 35 days. Threat on the Internet. Countdown begins.” The threat was contained in a video clip featured on a web site associated with the fundamentalist terror group. It announced al Qaeda plans to destroy New York in a nuclear blast on February 2. Il Giornale claims the FBI blocked and removed the web site. The video clip showed three possible scenarios: 1. A bomb or giant fireball from the skies that will cover the metropolis with...

The banner headline spread across the front page of Il Giornale, the respected Milan daily reads: “Al Qaeda: We will destroy New York within 35 days. Threat on the Internet. Countdown begins.” The threat was contained in a video clip featured on a web site associated with the fundamentalist terror group. It announced al Qaeda plans to destroy New York in a nuclear blast on February 2. Il Giornale claims the FBI blocked and removed the web site. The video clip showed three possible scenarios: 1. A bomb or giant fireball from the skies that will cover the metropolis with...

GLOBAL JIHAD Al-Qaida plans 'great event' in new yearBin Laden reportedly to speak on tape broadcast by al-Jazeera Posted: December 11, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Osama bin Laden's terrorist network al-Qaida is planning "a great event that will shake the region" to coincide with the Muslim festival Eid Al-Adha on Feb. 2, according to a London-based Arabic daily. Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported an information coordinator for a group associated with al-Qaida, the Sahab Institute, said a new videotape of bin Laden will be circulated shortly before the holiday, said the Washington, D.C.-based Middle East Media Institute, or MEMRI. The coordinator, identified...

The London-based Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that "information sources close to Al-Qa'ida said that the organization, headed by Osama bin Laden, is gearing up for a big operation to coincide with Eid Al-Adha [February 2, 2004].(1) "The information coordinator for the Sahab Institute, which is associated with Al-Qa'ida, said that a new videotape of bin Laden will be circulated shortly before the holiday. He added in an interview with the Internet site Al-Anbaa [The News] that the videotape will surface in conjunction with 'a great event that will shake the region.' He refused to confirm or deny that he...

<p>As noted yesterday, network analyst "Patriot" has been tracking information that indicates another al-Qaeda taped message is forthcoming. Information is now widespread on numerous terrorist message forums that indicates another voice-over of dead terrorist Abdul al-Atibi (al-Otaibi) and images of Osama bin Laden is scheduled to be broadcast next week. Information suggests that the message will address the "American hell in Iraq" and also indicates growing displeasure with Al Jazeera's failure to act as a mode of transmission for the tape. The message suggests that al Jazeera must air the new message in its entirety or face unspecified consequences. The initial message was posted by "The Jihad Falcon," a terrorist or terrorist enabler that is known to analysts and considered as a previously reliable source.</p>