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| Al-Qaeda captives say another big one's coming |
| 2004-07-23 |
| Al Qaeda members captured in recent weeks in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan have provided important information about a possible impending terrorist attack on the scale of Sept. 11, according to senior American intelligence officials. The interrogations of the Al Qaeda members have been a major factor in raising American concerns about a possible attack to a level not seen since Sept. 11, 2001, the intelligence officials said. They added that the captured Al Qaeda members had provided clues that traced planning for a major attack back to the group's central leadership, including Osama bin Laden, who is believed to be in the Afghan-Pakistan border region. ''We don't have specificity to exact time, place or location,'' a senior intelligence official said. ''But it's more than just them saying generally that there's something coming,'' a senior intelligence official said. American officials have warned for the last two weeks about such an attack but have refused to describe the source of their information. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 O.T. Sorry, I erroneously believed the headline referenced a Red Foxx story. A great entertainer, he... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-07-23 8:32:52 PM |
| #6 We need to turn the screws on these AQ captives, see. Give me my electronic paddles -- clear! |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-07-23 8:17:45 PM |
| #5 Possibilities 1)CIA generic CYA 2)CIA PR trying to say we're on the ball,just ignore that nasty commission and its hurtful report 3)Al-Q borrowing Hitler's V-Weapon strategy.Late in WW2 it became obvious Germany would lose and to keep up morale(esp.young soldiers)the Nazis PR machine told everyone to hold out a little longer,our new V-Weapons will turn tide of war.With even Saudia Arabia killing foot soldiers who attack Westerners,morale has to be bad in AL-Q.So the leadership spreads rumors of big attacks coming that will cause America to quit WOT to boost morale of its members.Side benefits of getting America to waste resources chasing non-existant threats,damaging American morale,and if real attack is planned false alarms may lull security forces into missing its reality. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-07-23 2:25:20 PM |
| #4 That Syrian practice squad, the so called dance band, on that flight recently got their training and instructions from some place. (Syria) I saw yesterday that their visas were expired and the FBI didn't notice. They all look the same anyways, big ol' smiles and all. Again no names named, nobody is to blame, there is enough blame to go around, we are all to blame and bla, bla, bla. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-07-23 12:31:37 PM |
| #3 Is the CIA calling it a 'Slam Dunk'? I beleave this. Al-Q would like nothing better to disrupt our election process and I bet their apologist/allies in the DNC/Media are primed and ready to blame it on Bush if something does happen. Al-Q would bet on that. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-23 11:56:51 AM |
| #2 I don't really buy this story for the main reason that i doubt everyone associated with Al Queda would be in on such plans. Perhaps we got lucky but it sounds bogus. If I were Bin Laden I'd fill the heads of my folks with all sorts of grand plans in case they got caught, but I would keep operational security on the real stuff. |
| Posted by: Yank 2004-07-23 11:19:23 AM |
| #1 One senior intelligence official said there was ‘‘no doubt’’ that bin Laden and other Qaeda leaders remained very much focused on carrying out a new attack in the United States or on American targets overseas. An overseas attack on Americans or American interests would probably be the easiest to carry out. The Olympics would fit the bill rather nicely. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-23 11:17:39 AM |