Report: New Threat From Al Qaeda
In a message received Tuesday, bin Qais warned of plots "the size of the Sept. 11 attacks" being devised against the United States. "A strike against America is definitely coming," he said.
Bin Qais said the arrests of key al Qaeda figures, including suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, would have little effect on the organization because old timers had been replaced by newcomers "who have a very good security cover."
A recent State Department report estimates al Qaeda's strength at several thousand members.
The group "has cells worldwide and is reinforced by its ties to Sunni extremist networks," the report notes. Since the war in Afghanistan in 2001, it "has dispersed in small groups across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East and probably will attempt to carry out future attacks against U.S. interests."
You know, that page has a whole bunch of links to other attacks that haven't gotten any play, but now with the attacks in Riyadh, some media types are collecting stories. I say save them up for next year, 'cos it looks like this is only the beginning. If only the Dems could come up with something solid on national security, ditch the fat like missile defense and war, but keep the 'homeland' safe, people will start listening. I don't know of anyone who's convinced that tax cuts are the way to go, not when their schools are declining and police and fire departments are laying off. I think now we're going to start seeing more attacks, why would they do it when the news is saturated by war? The media's looking for something new and exciting, war has given them a taste for explosions and death on a massive scale. Murdered wives and missing girls just won't cut it anymore.
Laura
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