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| Spy chief: Al-Qaida training European recruits to attack US |
| 2007-09-26 |
| Al-Qaida continues to recruit Europeans for explosives training in Pakistan because Europeans can more easily enter the United States without a visa, the top US intelligence officer said Tuesday. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said European al-Qaida recruits in the border region of Pakistan are being trained to use commercially available substances to make explosives, and they may be able to carry out an attack on US territory. McConnell also said he worried that Osama bin Laden's recent video and audio releases may be a signal to terrorist cells to carry out operations, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "That's unusual. He had been absent from airwaves over the last year. Our concern is that's a signal," McConnell said. "It just causes us to be concerned and vigilant." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I wuz guessing NPE = New Pacific Entente |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2007-09-26 17:49 |
| #7 Uhmmm, Coconut milk. Ask Joyce! |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-09-26 10:59 |
| #6 NPE = "National Political Elite" would be my guess. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-09-26 10:48 |
| #5 Joe, ship me a case of that coconut milk, will ya? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-09-26 09:40 |
| #4 Joe is like the Oracle - he only relays teh message™, he doesn't interpret |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-09-26 08:17 |
| #3 What does 'NPE' stand for, Joe? |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-09-26 05:16 |
| #2 As a reminder, ISRAEL > believes IRAN will follow its history agz Israel and use TERROR PROXIES to retaliate, at a proper time date and place. DUBYA, excluding Jan 2009, still has 15 months to go to expand US entrenchment in the ME + WORLD, i.e. 15 MONTHS TO INTIMIDATE MOUD-IRAN/ RADICAL ISLAM TO DO SOMETHING AGZ AMERICA. AND AGAIN, WAFFLING, PC, + ELEX-CENTRIC DEMS > MOUD CAN NOT RELY ON THE US MSM AND ANTI-AMER/GOP AMER POLS INSIDE THE USG-NPE TO HELP WID IRAN'S = RADICAL ISLAMISM'S AGENDUMS, NOW OR AFTER 2009. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-26 03:06 |
| #1 IMO, AQ etal's recent combat losses as reported in Iraq and elsewhere is telling me that they need a break to rearm and build - the Israeli airstrike on Spet. 6th + Iran's continual refusal to stop nuclear enrichment gives credence.IMO RADICAL ISLAM WILL DESIRE TO WAGE A FINAL "DECISIVE BATTLE/CAMPAIGN" FOR IRAQ BEFORE SHIFTING TO DEFENSE OF IRAN - iff they don't know it already, the Spetzlamists must be aware of Dubya's promise to stop Radical Iran from acquiring nukes or dev the ability the make one before he leaves office in Jan 2009. IFF MOUD = IRAN CONTINUES ITS NUCPROGS BTWN NOW AND INTO 2008, IRAQ AS FOCII WILL BECOME SECONDARY TO DEFENDING IRAN FROM AMERICA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-26 02:54 |