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| McCain Says Al-Qaeda Prepares Strikes Before Election |
| 2008-07-19 |
| Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned that al-Qaeda will step up terrorist attacks in Iraq leading up to October provincial elections there. ``Al-Qaeda is on their heels but not defeated,'' McCain said today at a town hall meeting with General Motors workers in Warren, Michigan. ``I also predict that they will make an attempt, as we get into election season, to make more of these spectacular kinds of attacks'' by suicide bombers to destabilize the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. McCain, an Arizona senator, has spent much of this week touting his foreign policy and war experience while Democratic rival Barack Obama prepared for a trip to the Middle East. McCain has criticized Obama, an Illinois senator, for vowing to withdraw troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. McCain said the deployment of extra U.S. troops to Iraq last year has worked. ``Senator Obama said the surge would fail. He still fails to admit that it has succeeded,'' McCain said in response to a question from the audience. ``I am confident we will win.'' Earlier this year, McCain adviser Charlie Black caused a controversy when he was quoted in a Fortune magazine interview that the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before the New Hampshire primary ``helped us'' by highlighting that McCain ``is the guy who's ready to be commander in chief.'' Black added that a ``fresh terrorist attack certainly would be a big advantage'' politically. Black later said he ``deeply'' regretted making the statement and McCain distanced himself from the comments. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 A great many of us have modified previous positions upon the accumulation of enough additional information. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-19 21:39 |
| #8 McZ sure has gotten soft in his recommendations these days. He lost his oven contract. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-07-19 17:46 |
| #7 Question is whether Al-Q thinks an attack will benefit Obamalamadingdong. After their success in Spain, I'm guessing they do. Even if it's in Iraq.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-19 14:12 |
| #6 Ya think Karl can pull off another surprise for the Trunks? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-19 13:18 |
| #5 Unlike Spain, I think an attack will put McCain on a landslide. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-19 09:33 |
| #4 He's not "stooping", he's stating the obvious. Face it, Obambi is such a lightweight that any exposure of his Jimmy-Carter style cluelessness will hurt him. And a terr attack emphasizes the need for experienced leadership, and prevents the press from covering for Obama-messiah for a while, thus exposing the weakness. Its the ruth. Not hoping for one, just stating the obvious impact of one were it to occur. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-19 09:24 |
| #3 Black added that a ``fresh terrorist attack certainly would be a big advantage'' politically. Why does anyone have to stoop to this level? |
| Posted by: Caesar Elmeatch9593 2008-07-19 07:32 |
| #2 deport or detain 100% of Muslim militants McZ sure has gotten soft in his recommendations these days. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-07-19 06:16 |
| #1 The 3-11 pre-election bombings in Spain, reversed prospective election results. We need to deport or detain 100% of Muslim militants. And as I write, extremist Wahabi tracts are still sold in mosques. As ye sow, so shall ye reap. This termite feeding has to stop. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-07-19 04:27 |