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2003-11-08 Home Front

US on alert over Al Qaeda cargo plane plot

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-11-08 05:48|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Another probably false alarm â but the Bad Guys were bragging that other day that good Muslims should evacuate Washington, New York and L.A...

Has there ever been an attack after one of those warnings? Seems like they're really an "all clear."

Posted by VAMark 2003-11-8 11:00:21 AM|| 2003-11-8 11:00:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's time to tighten security on teh cargo industry anyway. The shipping industry may still be too big a nut to crack financially but cargo workers need to be cleared.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-11-8 11:06:50 AM|| 2003-11-8 11:06:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think what's going on here is that AQ loses OpSec, and all the camp followers start to cheer. At that point, either AQ leadership gets spooked or we bust the plot. It's probably not 100% reliable, though.

Posted by Dishman 2003-11-8 11:12:11 AM|| 2003-11-8 11:12:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ... thinking further...
I remember hearing about OBL fearing a security leak by way of the camp followers. Now AQ knows we're listening to the camp followers, so they're likely spooking themselves.

Posted by Dishman 2003-11-8 11:20:14 AM|| 2003-11-8 11:20:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I spent a chunk of time yesterday blogging about what I see as the mistakes being made in the fight against terror in the US. Basicly, I think they're still trying to prevent the last attack, or prevent the most unlikely attack, and not playing the percentages.

Here

Posted by Chuck 2003-11-8 5:11:02 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-11-8 5:11:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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