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Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda 'plotting another 9/11Â’ from Afghanistan
2012-03-31
Al-Qaeda fighters have returned to Afghanistan and will use the country as a base to launch September 11-style attacks on Western cities, according to the American ambassador to Kabul.

"If the West decides that 10 years in Afghanistan is too long then they will be back, and the next time it will not be New York or Washington, it will be another big Western city.”
Ryan Crocker told The Daily Telegraph that if the West was to leave Afghanistan too early, al-Qaeda would be able to increase its presence.

“Al-Qaeda is still present in Afghanistan. If the West decides that 10 years in Afghanistan is too long then they will be back, and the next time it will not be New York or Washington, it will be another big Western city.”

Nato officials believe that up to 100 al-Qaeda fighters have returned to the country, based mainly in the Kunar and Nuristan provinces near the border with Pakistan. Hundreds more are based in Pakistan and could return if circumstances were to change.

“We have killed all the slow and stupid ones. But that means the ones that are left are totally dedicated,”
Following the shootings in Toulouse this month by an al-Qaeda-inspired gunman, British intelligence officials believe the group is planning a wave of attacks against Western targets, including the London Olympics.

Mr Crocker, who took up his post in Kabul last year, said al-Qaeda remained a potent threat despite suffering setbacks. “We have killed all the slow and stupid ones. But that means the ones that are left are totally dedicated,” he said.

“We think we’ve won a campaign before our adversaries have even started to fight. They have patience, and they know that we are short on that.”
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#10  That would be RACIST Abu!

Defending yourself is racist - So says the Congressional Black Caucus and Obama (Trayvon - Zimmermen hype)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-03-31 13:37  

#9  You know, stuff like restricting visas and controlling borders?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2012-03-31 13:29  

#8  Wouldn't it be easier to just keep those people out of our country?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2012-03-31 13:28  

#7  Wrong country ie should be Pakistan but good idea.

Then it would be the Bay of Pakistan, or just another ecological catastrophe identified in the future by the sedimentary ring left around the Indian Ocean.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-03-31 09:01  

#6  With all of the new ideas for space exploration perhaps we need to dust off some neutron bombs and make a lens so we can see better.
Posted by: Woozle Threrens1073   2012-03-31 08:34  

#5  Tu3031

Wrong country ie should be Pakistan but good idea.
Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303   2012-03-31 06:34  

#4  Hundreds more are based in Pakistan

reminds me of the old saying the trouble with Afghanistan is Pakistan.
Posted by: Gruth McGurque5303   2012-03-31 06:31  

#3  Lake of Rumsfeld?
Posted by: Raj   2012-03-31 01:11  

#2  One possible solution:

Posted by: tu3031   2012-03-31 00:37  

#1  "Core" Al-Qaeda, or Sub-Group/Affiliate, as Perts have argued that its the latter whom are now more dangerous than Ayman's "Core" Boyz.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-03-31 00:28  

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