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| Terror Networks |
| Binny directing attacks against the US |
| 2004-07-09 |
| A plot to carry out a large-scale terror attack against the United States in the near future is being directed by Osama bin Laden and other top al Qaeda members, senior intelligence officials said Thursday. Bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are overseeing the attack plans from their remote hideouts somewhere along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, according to senior intelligence officials. "This type of plotting, this type of operational activity, is being done with the direct direction and authorization of that senior leadership," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Arrests of terror suspects in Europe and the Middle East resulted in the new warning, said Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. "We lack precise knowledge about time, place and method of attack," he said. "But along with the CIA, FBI and other agencies, we are actively working to gain that knowledge." A senior U.S. intelligence official said the warning was based on "a very strong body of intelligence." The planned attack is "an effort to disrupt the democratic process" before November’s elections, Ridge said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #16 Steve-yep, sure did. And as usual, he was guaranteeing what cannot be guaranteed-what he will get from other countries once he becomes president. Kerry is the personification of boastful assumption. It's laughable, except that some actually buy it. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-09 3:00:05 PM |
| #15 I'm with Scooter and ed. No way to know right now, but I bet Osama is sweating it out on the eternal rotisserie right now, not hiding out in Pakistan. |
| Posted by: sludj 2004-07-09 1:27:30 PM |
| #14 #11...JiB: Monday morning QB, yes, but you must admit...they have great hair and that's what matters! |
| Posted by: BA 2004-07-09 11:40:14 AM |
| #13 So Binny and Zawahiri are communicating via Ouji board? |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-09 11:17:45 AM |
| #12 Steve W, the LKL appearance is the same one where he admitted that he was too busy (partying with celebs in NYC as it turns out) to hear the briefing on the recent threat warnings offered by the Bush Administration. What a loser! |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-07-09 11:15:57 AM |
| #11 Anyone listen to sKerry tonight on Larry King? He criticized the failure to capture bin Laden in Tora Bora, noting that we had Army troops in the region but chose to let the Afghan milita try to nail him instead. sKerry claimed that he and Skippy-boy would prosecute the WoT better. This guy is the biggest Monday Morning QB I have ever seen. He has done nothing pre-emptively that is original, innovative, positive, organized or efficient in terms of policy or executive management ability. All his ideas and policies are knee jerk reactions. And when he does talk he looks down on you, condenscendingly, with that late-Lurch look. I shiver at the thought of this cabal of idiots getting into the WH while we have the WoT going on. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-07-09 11:09:20 AM |
| #10 MSM: "Uh, yes, Mr. Ridge, I know you just told us that there's no specifics on timing or location of the next attack, just some intel on them planning it. Could you tell me, what's President Bush's exit strategy for Afghanistan and the American people would like to know EXACTLY how much it's going to cost." Ridge: "I'm going to pretend you didn't just ask that question, you troll." |
| Posted by: BA 2004-07-09 11:03:13 AM |
| #9 We're gonna have to send an angry RantBurg lettre of protest to Charles Johnson for starting up registration. I smell Kamel Krapper, Irish Idiot and one other vague stinker. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-09 10:52:36 AM |
| #8 I did enjoy the rumor that Binny is currently locked up in the basement of Musharaff's Presidental mansion, ready to be handed over to Bush for an "October Surprise". Not bloody likely, but a great conspiracy theory. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2004-07-09 6:21:14 AM |
| #7 Osama is dead in some collapsed Afghan cave. If he were alive I'm sure he'd be eager to release a video showing himself with a recent newspaper... and ranting about how he will destroy America! |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2004-07-09 6:18:28 AM |
| #6 Eh? Sorry OS, that was rhetorical. |
| Posted by: therien 2004-07-09 3:08:42 AM |
| #5 Care to back that statement up with facts and reason? Bet you cannot - at least not anything that coudl witstand critical analysis by someone who knows the forces involved and politics of the nations in the region. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-07-09 3:02:44 AM |
| #4 What's that I smell? It's getting thicker, isn't it? Hhmmm, troll droppings. At least it's honest. Think of it this way, Troll--we're just spreading the wealth. If Bush hadn't divided our forces, that would mean so many more "innocent" Afghan civilians dead or injured, wouldn't it? It's the law of declining profits, doesn't this work out for you? Isn't that what American armed forces do best? :) |
| Posted by: therien 2004-07-09 3:02:23 AM |
| #3 If Bush hadn't divided our military forces Osama would be dead or in jail awaiting trial by now. |
| Posted by: TROLL 2004-07-09 2:31:09 AM |
| #2 Anyone listen to sKerry tonight on Larry King? He criticized the failure to capture bin Laden in Tora Bora, noting that we had Army troops in the region but chose to let the Afghan milita try to nail him instead. sKerry claimed that he and Skippy-boy would prosecute the WoT better. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-07-09 12:14:14 AM |
| #1 "from their remote hideouts somewhere along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border" like Iran-ish? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-09 12:12:06 AM |