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2007-04-02 Terror Networks

NYT: New Generation of Qaeda Chiefs Is Seen on Rise

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Posted by gorb 2007-04-02 01:49|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It couldn't possibly be because the old generation is mostly no more/smelling daisies from underneath (thanks for that one, gromgoru!)/gone on to the Elysian Fields/totally and utterly deceased?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-02 11:42|| 2007-04-02 11:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Officials and outside analysts said they tend to be in their mid-30s and have years of battlefield experience fighting in places like Afghanistan and Chechnya.

Have we learned anything from the next generation CIA? And finding the leadership is one thing but we also have to look for the new generation of terrorists amongst us. Even alert citizens are not looking for Muslims from the Balkans and Chechnya. A lot of 30-something Russian/Eastern European-looking males running around Las Vegas, for example. How hard would it be to blow a RR chemical tanker at the base of several hotels with thousands of rooms all in a very compact area? Just mentioning it 'cuz the NYT seems to be fishing for something else to blame Bush policy for.

Posted by Danielle 2007-04-02 11:57|| 2007-04-02 11:57|| Front Page Top

#3 This type of NY Slimes article surfaces every six months or so, probably using the same "autonomous sources" ole Sy Hersh uses.

Posted by Captain America 2007-04-02 17:32|| 2007-04-02 17:32|| Front Page Top

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