CIA: 5,000 Terrorists Captured or Killed

This is incouraging… only a Billion or so to go…

Good! Well done, lets kill the rest.

I am sure that the CIA and the FBI have done much more to keep us safe since 9/11 than most think.
Bravo Zulu !

That’s 5,000 down and 15,000 to go.
The Clinton admin sat idly by for seven years after the first WTC attack and knowingly watched as Al Qaeda trained over 20,000 fanatical jihadists in explosives making and terrorism tactics. Now know we’re having to deal with these scum scattered all around the world.
I’m glad we finally have someone in office with the determination and the will to see to it that we track them down, draw them out, and kill them wherever they may be, regardless of opinion polls, or constantly wringing his hands together worrying about his “legacy” as our previous president did.
MANY HEARTFELT AND GRATEFUL THANKS TO ALL OF YOU OUT THEIR THAT ARE FIGHTING THIS WAR AND KEEPING US SAFE HERE AT HOME!

we are fighting this all wrong, instead govt should fund mcdonalds, cocacola, budweiser, dunkindonuts victoria secret give it all away for free let them indulge themselves so they’ll stop caring, fat happy drunk and laid will end all wars in the world

What is the point of even having a news organization? If they report on anything this administration does right, it’s automatically deemed as “propaganda” and “fascist lies” …

Excellent news. We can tell from the lack of terrorist attacks within the continental U.S. that the CIA is committed to securing our country.
God bless all who have worked to keep our nation safe!

A bureaucrat from New Mexico just told me that he believes that President Bush co-conspired with bin Laden to bring down the towers. When I pointed out that bin Laden was responsible for numerous attacks during the Clinton administration he stated that Clinton was also a co-conspirator.
There is no hope for America. Not only do we have to fight the terrorists, but also the utter stupidity of our own people.

The positive comments on this article are very encouraging. Most of these blogs are filled with negative liberal rhetoric. Truth will always prevail.
“What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest what we mean is a sense of national responsibility… a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” ~Adlai Stevenson

Vance can dream on; ABC will never become as “Fair and Balanced” as Fox News. Like Flo used to say, that will happen “When a Donkey Flies”!
Buck

So that means we are about dead even then…considering we lost an estimated 2973 on 9/11 itself and the death toll in “the war on terror” is slightly higher than 2000. But i dont think we can count the number of terrorist killed or captured in Iraq, considering iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and the only reason we are even still there is because of the civil war that is inevitably going to errupt

This is great…too bad ABC bowed to pressure from the left and didn’t edited the miniseries on 9/11….I bet Showtime didn’t edit a thing in “The Reagans”

Thanks to the brave men and women fighting this unavoidable conflict, and to the administration’s leadership. Now, let’s go terminate the rest of the radical Islamist terrorists.

This is why there is a nuclear option.

And let us not forget the 2600+ soldiers whom we put forth to be slaughtered “over there” in Iraq so that we wouldn’t be slaughtered over here, or so the story goes. The ratio of only 2 terrorists killed or captured for each American soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan is very, very sad.

Many heartfelt thanks to the unsung, unidentified heros and heroines that are in some of the most God forsaken places on the planet risking life and limb to keep our homeland and lifestyle safe. We should all have their backs.

But we’re less safe today because the threat of terrorism has increased because of Bush/Cheney colossal failures and horrible foriegn and domertic policies.

When will the NY Times do a story on the terrorists grieving families, waiting for their Osama or Muhammed to come home after a hard day cutting off heads of infidels or setting off explosives beside a marketplace.
I’ll make sure I have plenty of hankies ready when I read that story

An old Special Forces motto:
Prtectect the inocent
Convince the undecided
KILL THE REST!!!!!!!!
GO CIA!

This is great news and a factual report! I commend ABC for reporting facts with no spin!

There is only one political party that can protect us. That’s pretty sad. As we sleep, others die for our safety and we don’t do them justice. “God Bless Them” Yes I said God. God Bless Them and our commander in chief. It seems that the party of JFK can’t find the courage to protect our nation. Instead they undermine it at every corner. I love the fact that “W” has the conviction to stand by his actions and not waver, not for whining democrats or even during saging polls. God Bless America.
Jim Miller

FINALLY a tally of the bad guys killed. Every day we get a count of US dead in the war on terror and in Iraq, but we rarely get updates on enemy killed. This is something we stopped doing after vietnam. I wonder if this is because the hippies who hated the US back then couldn’t stomach a 15-1 kill ratio. I am sure, if you include the enemy killed in Iraq is much higher than 15-1. How long could the Anti-America and France First crowd in this country survive if all of this good news was reported on a daily basis? NO

CIA and their agents killed off more than 5K people in this world and toppled foreign governments for fascist=capital interests. That puts them in the category or definition of terrorist.

Kudos to those honorable and courageous people in our intelligence community. Thanks to President Bush for taking terrorism directly on! Thanks to the anti-american liberals for trashing our beautiful country with their hatred and sabotage.

God bless you CIA – May the force be with you!

5000 killed but 1,000,000,000 future terrorists created in the process. Good job!

100,000 Iraqi men, women and children killed. $8 billion “missing” in Iraq and tucked into the pockets of the corrupt Baghdad “government”. $400 billion torched to ashes in Bush’s illegal war. Massive illegal NSA spying, CIA torture, subverted elections, and every Republican in Congress guilty of conspiracy to obstruct justice since 9/11.
The “terrorists” don’t need to attack America again, Bush and his GOP lunatics are destroying America for them!

Lemmesee, now. They claim they killed a new #2 of Al qaeda. It has been recorded that 14 “#2′s” have been killed. So on that multiplication, that means if 5000 supposed terrorists were killed, divided by 14 that really means 357. How many of those actually blew themselves up, so CIA really didn’t kill them, they killed themselves. And if Bushboy were so aggressively hunting OBL down, why did he say, He’s not concerned about him, or, he doesn’t think about him that much. Golly, that’s aggressively pursuing him? And why did they dismantle the OBL unit? Bush is too busy taking faceplants on his mt bike to worry about terrurizzm.

“The Clinton admin sat idly by for seven years after the first WTC attack and knowingly watched as Al Qaeda trained over 20,000 fanatical jihadists in explosives making and terrorism tactics. Now know we’re having to deal with these scum scattered all around the world.”
Gee, Mike, we can tell you watched the ABC crocku-drama.

mike obrien, that is not true. No one went after al Qaeda like Clinton. The Republicans in Congress jumped up and down screaming, “Wag the dog,” and “No war for Monica.” Clinton went to the Congress practically begging them to give him more leway in wiretapping suspected terrorists. The Republicans said, NO.
Reagan armed and trained the Taliban AND Saddam Hussein.
Every time Clinton took military action, the Republican morons made a huge stink saying he was wasting the military.
He told the Bush administration that al Qaeda was the biggest threat to the United States and the world. Like Global Warming, the Republicans could care less and look what happened. The same with Iran, when they took all the money out of defense for that and into Iraq, day one as they took office.
This CIA report is pretty ridiculous. Were these people tried and convicted? If you’re talking about people they just killed, that could be anyone.

Did they find any wmd?

I think we should be asking ourselves: what have we done to the rest of the world that causes them to allow us to kill them so easily?

I like the sound of it…5,000 of them dead or in our custody. This is a good thing. I am a little sceptical that this number is released TODAY, September 11th. Politicizing this milestone some how sucks the fun out of it. An otherwise festive occasion is tainted by common, everyday, politics.

There are things the CIA, FBI and other interligence org, that are some place in this workd looking for the bad guys, But we the Americans are now also more alert to whats going on around our Towns, Cities, airports etcs then we where ever before. All this is making us a little more safe every day.. Amen

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH…
When the ignorant need something to suckle on there’s always someone like ABC or Fox news Bill O’Reilly to offer a man teat to serve as a pacifier.

Taking 5000 terrorists out of commission is all well and good. But the vast, self-loathing majority of Americans don’t recognize the value of that accomplishment. Instead, they simply fall hook-line-and-sinker for the Michael Moore-Ted Kennedy propaganda that Bush is the “real” terrorist because some civilians inevitably die in a war — totally ignoring the fact the US is waging a war of self-defense against terrorists in order to save the lives of innocent civilian victims of Islamist terror. It’s a high-point in US history of self-defense but a seriously low-point in American education and clear thinking.
John Gray

Yes, this is encouraging news.
Wesley Pruden for the Washington Times summed it up the other day.
Americans will accomodate anyone looking for a fight.
Be careful what you start with us.
You might not like the outcome.
The best Defense is a GREAT OFFENSE.
Keep banging away at them, faster and more ferociously if possible.

To all of those serving our country, we Americans do appreciate your service…. even those that would take the opportunity to bicker and complain. Our flag stands for those few too.
Donald Sylvester

The difference between Clinton admin. unforgivable negligence, and Bush admin. terminating aggression upon the enemy…is merely the difference between an admin. run by timid lawyers and one run by men & women willing to follow through on unpopular decisions that serve the country’s security interests – perferrable, even despite the associated bungling on many other issues (at least we still have a country in which to make domestic political mistakes – something the Democrats should truly grow to appreciate).

For those that think this war is making us safe, let me ask you this!
Are our borders being protected more? Is the cargo entering the US or boarding plans being screened?
This war is nothing but a farce! The REAL terrorists are in the WH.
They LET 9/11 happen! They had 11 + countries warn Bush, and in many cases had specific (detailed) information.
Bush did nothing.
For those that say Clinton did nothing! Clinton captured and tried those involved in the 1993 WTC attacks. He tried going after OBL, but was prevented by Congress. The same Congress who from day one was trying to attack him.
Where are the people responsible for 9/11 on trial???? This was one big joke on the American people by our government. They wanted these wars and the only way to get them was to LET 9/11 happen. They even made sure it would by throwing the military in so many war games that it was going to fail to respond.
The Secret Service knew at 7AM, and yet Bush was allowed to sit there for 20 minutes while “were under attack” and he was not rushed to a safe house.
Think people….. What does a terrorist want to do! Do they want more or less body counts? Does the government want more or less body counts?
Why didnt the hijackers take later flights that would ensure 10′s of thousands of people killed rather than just 3,000?
9/11 mirrors Operation Northwoods!

Need to add a few more zeros to that figure. I learned all I needed to know about Islam on 9/11.

I think we should just stop fighting the terrorist and making them mad. That way they will love us like they did on Sept 10th 2001.

Thank You to all the men and women in uniform.

Does anyone remeber the phrase to conqour your enemies you need to divide them,thats what we are doing in Irag,they our killing each other,brillant!

The US doesn’t have enough military power to kill enough Muslims to win peace…
Why don’t people get that? You wana nuke the rest of the world??

Bring Back The Neutron Bomb – If they hit us again – start with Mecca and go n the list of their “holy” sites. Their fanatical rligious belief is their strength … and weakness. God forgive me, but it’s either them or us. Wake Up, America!

Is everyone in this country a religious right wing republican nut job? Looks that way by these moronic postings. Good job Bush! Every corner of the world is now a terrorist training ground and our army is stretced so thin we can’t focus on what we really need to like Iran and North Korea. 4 more years!

liberal = neoconservative -people that spend more money than LBJ , grow government faster and are delusionary. Clinton was a true fiscal and miltary conservative. Bush can’t think this way out of a paper bag. 5 years later he has to relie on FOX and now ABC to BS for him. Here’s Bush’s legacy that evalgelical repuplican morons can be proud of:
lost Iraq
loosing Afganistan
Greatest budget deficient in US History
Destroying American relationships with the free world
Sitting watching NY crash and burn
Sitting watching New Orleans drown
Destroying the environment
Wake up losers.

My thanks and condolences to the families of those CIA agents killed in Afghanistan.
Keep up the good work.

Keep on keepin’ on, CIA officers, employees and contractors. 5000 is but a drop in the bucket.
As someone stated, we’re creating new ones as we kill and capture the existing ones. Some would have you think that that means we should change our policies and outlook. And I agree – you guys and gals need to work faster! Now shut up and reload!

Thank God for monday night football!

Our wounds will never fully heal, but thank God for the CIA, President Bush, and the men and women who are out there fighting for us each and every single day so we do not have to live in fear.
Never Forget . . .

We started the war against Al Queda on the right foot to fighting the Taliban and Al Queda in Afghanistan. But then Bush/Cheney and their energy-backed cohorts blew it out their rear end when they architected the Iraq war and every company linked to it.
Americans all know now the real reason Bush sent troops to Iraq…for more oil contracts. The entire energy sector was behind it and it amounts to the highest level of corruption in US history.
Let the indictments and incarcerations in US prison continue.
We need a new President. Period.

We are going in the right direction. But the end is not in sight. As long as we have Americans releasing the methods we use to track down and stop terrorists we can never be safe.
OVerall there have been over 5000 Terrorist attacks since 9/11. They are happening all over the world. Many attacks are being stopped yet some of them continue to get through. We only see their successes not their failures.
In terms of civilians killed that number is the number of civilians killed directly by terrorists and you blame America for their deaths. THe fact is that American soldiers have their hands tied so that very few civilians get killed directly by US troops. BUt when terrorists hide behind women and Children yes there are going to be innocent people killed. But that is what the terrorists want. If the AMericans dont kill them they will do it and blame American Soldiers IT is all propaganda. The total dead will always be blamed on Americans. The li

If we’ve killed or captured 5,000 terrorists, and in the last 5 years we’ve killed about 200,000 people in Iraq and Afghanistan, what about the other 195,000 people? Who are they? Today, we remember 3000 Americans who were killed. Who remembers the 195,000 non-terrorists? Assuming that each of them had an average of 5 family and friends, that’s 1,000,000 people who now have a personal interest in fighting against America. 1,000,000 potential terrorists we’ve created in the process of getting rid of 5,000. Nice.

Do these liberals have brains? They whine about “innocents” killed by US military and CIA forces. In most every instance I would bet the so called innocents are relatives or at minimum supporters of the terrorists killed. Think! When we bomb a compound holding terrorists the non combatants around the terrorists aren’t “innocent”. On the other hand, when terroists set off a road side bomb or suicide bomb, innocents are killed and in fact, more muslims are killed by far by the terrorist attacks than our forces are killing.

I am amazed at the sheer stupidity of the liberals in this country. Liberals caused 9/11/01 and all the other terror acts prior.

“Good job Bush! Every corner of the world is now a terrorist training ground”
So I guess you subscribe to the belief that every terrorist we kill only creates more?
That’s nonsense. It’s NOT killing them that creates more. It enboldens them. Even OBL said it was when the US didn’t retaliate for the killing of our Marines in Somalia, that he then realized that the US was a “paper target” and could be defeated. Clinton should have gone back in and leveled the place, but didn’t. The Marines were seeing red and ready to kill and destroy everything that moved in that town, but Clinton wouldn’t let them.
Good Job, Clinton! You helped OBL recruit thousands of terrorists.

Amazing! How can anyone be proud of killing anyone. We remember those who died on 9/11 by celebrating having killed thousands ourselves?! Sick, what a sick society in which we live.

To the guy who blamed Clinton’s inaction against al-Qaeda for 9/11: The first and only public action against al-Qaeda (missile strikes in Afghanistan) led to allegations of “wagging the dog.” His hands were tied. I am a leftist who supports reasonable military action, and I have to say that non even Bush could have anticipated the sheer scale of 9/11. The world is a different place now, and it is partisan hackery to place the majority of blame for 9/11 on the shoulder’s of any one man.

ON THIS 9/11 ANNNIVERSARY, WE ARE STILL IN THE “OFFICIAL” DARK ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST CONNECTION TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING.. Local OKC reporter reported on half a dozen Iraqi Republican Guard in OKC for months prior to OKC Bombing, and links to McVeigh and Nichols, and many other links, including to Ramzi Yousef (Terry Nichols getting bomb training in Philipines, by Abu Sayef, etc.) and failure of FBI to follow up on these leads. If indeed there was Iraqi involvement to the OKC bombing, we should have gone to war with Iraq years earlier…. (Reference: “The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing,” by Jayna Davis…) How about an offical statement from current CIA and FBI folks on this matter?

I dont know about you guys, Republican or Democrat. It really shouldn’t matter at this point. It seems pretty obvious with all the Republican tactics. “Blame it on the Democrat.” Thats all thats been going on since 9/11. Educated people that have a enough common sense to realize that this mess has been going since GHWB and I dont know about you but I enjoyed having a good paying job during the Clinton Admin. and paying gas at 1.10 a gallon. If all of you can recall, we were in recession with GHWB. Clinton brought us out and now we have trusty old GWB to make the once mighty USA weak. The truth will come out eventually and when it does, may god have pity on your ignorant souls, and no I am not a Democrat. I just know the total debacle that has unfolded in the last 6 years is enough. America hopefully will wake up and wipe the sleep from there eyes.

Thanks for a job well-done CIA. Many Americans must remember ,like with the lottery, you must be in it to win it (the fight against terrorism). I’m in for the long haul, along with all patriots.

Te USA should have nuked the moutain ranges of Afganistan and Pakistan immediately after 9-11.The USA could have saved 1700 Ameican soliders lives.The USA was to slow to respond and bin-laden escaped.However,It’s not to late to nuke the terrorists and their poppy fields first before they nuke the USA.

Thank you Reagan and Bush the daddy for creating the terrorists we are fighting today …and a special thanks to GW for creating more terrorists today than there were before 9/11 …gotta give it to republicans sure do know how to create monsters on droves…

Killed or captured 5000? Yes, but has it been done in a way that created 10,000 new recruits? That’s more important than a body count.
As was said of Mussilini, he started killing the 20,000 communist he was confronted with, and before long there were 200,000 of them.

I hope everyone here know that the people fighting us in Iraq are not terrorists. They are insurgents of various types. Terrorists are people who attack civillians. The 9/11 hijackers were terrorists. The guys shooting at US troops in Fallujah were guerillas. Someone prove me wrong!

5000 terrorists dead, 1 million more created as a result of the Christian fanatics vs. the Islamic fanatics.
Way to go neo-cons.
We are not any safer, make yourselves more useless and go pray for an exit strategy in Iraq.
5 years after 9/11 and the Federal Air Marshal service just dropped their “dress code” on September 1st this year(less than two weeks ago).
What a pathetic example of how bureacracy and Bush cronyism has made the USA vulnerable to another 9/11.

Before, we had a couple of thousand who hated us, and a billion who were indifferent. Now we’ve killed 5000 and gained a billion enemies, and this is supposed to represent progress? You guys have some very strange ideas of what’s good for this country!

Patriotism to Liberals means capitulation to any enemy. Isiah…re-writing history won’t wrok. The facts are on our side. More left wing mantra from a dying paradigm.

No matter how much the right wing blowhards try to spin it, there is one FACT that will not change, and history will record:
9/11 happened on George Bush’s watch,
while he sat on his backside reading “My Pet Goat.”
So, what is GWB doing to remember 9/11?
How about checking out Matt Lauer’s abs?
Perfect.

Where is Osama Bin Laden? The ONE thing I wanted was to have him DEAD … and we are no more closer to that result than we were 5 years ago!
Something is very fishy with the Royal Saudi Arabia family and this Administration … because if we didn’t need their damn oil, a real cowboy would have found him by now. Bush, thus far you get a “F” for not finding him.

So, the CIA say it, it must be true?
I have been on this earth long enought to take everything was a large dose of skepticism, even more so with this current bunch in DC.
The list of little white lies from “the government” is long indeed.

It’s illegal to violate Geneva. CIA agents can be indicted for war crimes. Phase II: No imminent threat. Secret prisons hoped to prevent knowledge of American war crimes, a defense to prosecution.

The Senate released a report to the public September 8, 2006 regarding the contacts between the al-Qaida organization and the government of Saddam in Iraq. The report clearly states that Saddam has admitted to the FBI that his government, therefore he himself, had contacts with al-Qaida. I have read this fact only once in an AP news report. Saddam’s al-Qaida contacts and the presence in Iraq of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, prior to the coalition invasion of March 2003, are undeniable facts, supported by solid documentation. The assertion that Saddam did not provide “help” to al-Qaida or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi seem to come only from the mouths of Saddam and his henchmen ( i e. they did not inhale). My question is why would any rational person believe the self serving statements made by Saddam and his cronies? Was not Saddam placed on the State Department’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in 1979 by the Carter Administration? Have not Saddam’s terrorist ties been documented for decades?

To xray,
Yes many wmd have been found in Iraq. I can’t recall where the report was from. No doubt skepticss will call it “propaganda”. Most of the wmds were chemical in nature I believe>

So if they don’t think they are doing anything wrong, why are they buying insurance policies???
Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance
Plans Fund Defense In Anti-Terror Cases
By R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 11, 2006; Page A01
CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to current and former intelligence officials and others with knowledge of the program.
The new enrollments reflect heightened anxiety at the CIA that officers may be vulnerable to accusations they were involved in abuse, torture, human rights violations and other misconduct, including wrongdoing related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. They worry that they will not have Justice Department representation in court or congressional inquiries, the officials said.

Before I post what I had intended to say, I will remark on the comment immediately above (by Blank). The Geneva Convention applies to enemy soldiers who fight against other soldiers, not to terrorists who wish to see you and all those whom you love, dead!
Now, for what I had wanted to say-5000 terrorists dead is a good start. There are many more who need to be eliminated. There are some who think that terrorists deserve some special consideration, as if they can be rehablitated at some half-house for wayward terrorists. There are some who think that killing terrorists generates many more terrorists. That’s rubbish. Terrorism is a self generating machine that doesn’t need our help to produce more terrorists. Should we look the other way when they kill some of us, just so we won’t create more terrorists with a just response to their acts. If someone wishes to turn the other cheek, then that is their right. As for me, I wish to see all terrorists dead and burning in hell. After all, that is what they wish for us, our family and for our friends. I don’t care to give any terrorist carte blanche to kill my children and their children. But, then that just my opinion and I know that I am being unfair to all terrorists. Sorry.

blah blah blah….did too did not. LOOK at the facts not the interprtations of the facts. Both sides have screwed up on certain things but the atmosphere of the world has changed (not literal) The question is who will keep us safe? cut and run , prolonged half hearted response.
The news does not tell the full stories ,on the ground that is where the truth is not a starbucks

Too bad none of the 5000 are the supporting cast of democratic senate leaders.

The people who are so against what our administration and military are doing to protect our freedom need to decide if they are going to continue to fund the terrorists from here in the land of the free or just leave the home of the brave. WE DON’T NEED THEM HERE CAUSING DESENTION.
GOD BLESS OUR ADMINSTRATION AND TROOPS!!!

Bush Lied. Soldiers Died. Pathetic administration. 9-11 would have never happened if Gore took the office he rightfully won. The GOP is history.

I agree with the first comment. Only a billion or so more to go. Crank it up

The Democrats are right… Bush did make mistakes in the conduct of this war. Instead of sending our troops over to Iraq he should have packed up the liberals and sent them over there.
It would have taken a few years but their tools of the trade are MUCH more effective than anything our troops could do.
How many babies are killed by abortion? See what I am saying?
Imagine the “Can’t we all just get along?” chants in the mosques over there!
It wouldn’t be long and Bin Laden and the boys would be handcuffed with environmental regulations and impact study requirements before blowing up planes, buildings, etc.
Adios Libs! Good Luck!!!

5,000? Great! Even if it’s inflated 2x, that’s still good news.
Intentionally or not, Iraq has become a Roach Motel for would-be terrorists. Those worthless punks who are willing to leave their home countries and die for the opportunity to kill Americans find the presence of our soldiers within a couple days’ drive irresistable. Like moths to the flame, they are drawn there, loaded up with explosives by the local leadership, and sent into markets or police stations to kill themselves and Iraqi police and civilians, rarely ever even getting a shot at an American soldier. Among these thousands of roaches there are undoubtedly more than a few that would have come here to attack if there had not been more convenient targets in Iraq. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have them taking shots at our soldiers, with their arms, armor, and preparation than at our kids in random elementary schools across the nation. Remember the Beslan school? How would you like that here? Or ten of them? Or how about a mushroom cloud over New York? D.C.? L.A.? It will happen if we let it.
Do you think it’s an accident that by being in both Afghanistan and Iraq that we have over 150,000 American troops on Iran’s doorstep? Do you really think that’s just happenstance? Don’t be so naive.
Iraq: $400B Roach Motel & Staging Area – and worth every penny and ounce of blood.
Joe

Liberals plan for national security = continue to oppose everything George Bush does. Great idea! Instead of complaining please tell us what you would do to keep us safe. I’m sick of liberals complaining about Bush but not offering a viable alternative.

As a former Muslim, and as a woman, I know that there are bigger problems than the Western World is beginning to admit.
Islam itself teaches violence against “infidel” powers. The blokes who perpetrated the London bombs were raised in the UK, were educated and had never stepped foot in Iraq, Pakistan or Afghanistan.
Mohammad Atta and other 9/11 attackers weren’t radicalised until they were living in Western Europe despite being educated as engineers by Western nations. Most Muslims won’t commit violence but they support it. Islam is the common denominator and we must save other women who were not as lucky as me to escape from its clutches.

are our freeway bridges and over passes safe? what about commerical truck drivers? How about secret gps on all commercail big rigs ASAP! Do it at truck stops, tune ups, truck washes anywhere an agent can slap ona tracker quickly covertly and undetected? that a great Idea huh? Then install heat sensors or something like that on all frewways roads so when big rig or a cars derives over the sensor it sends a signal to “HQ” and it tracks the vechile or disabels it. implant secret compueterized chips at the dentest at the hospitals to cahnge their thinking process or religion. pass out free bibels everywhere. ahve big tvs or billbaordws with bible verses! spread the word JESUS SAVES! or put chips in drivers licenses! IF YOU LIKE MY IDEAS LET ME KNOW I HAVE ALOT MORE!

Thanks ABC! even with all contro versy, I found the series history very informative, i only wish I knew exactly what was factual and what was not..the ‘political correctness’ has got to go! Aren’t we beyond that now? There is enough blame to go around, let’s just learn and move ahead with resolve. May God continue to Bless our country and our troops!

Thanks to all who defend and protect the USA (even those who don’t appreciate it).I’m glad thoose who protect us are not partisan in their actions.

I AM PROUD OF ALL THAT DEFEND US, BUT THEIR HANDS SEEM TO BE TIED BY THOSE PC POLS. IRAQ IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA AND IF WE USED TERROR AND I THINK ITS NECESSARY, WE WOULD BE OUT OF THERE.TAKE EACH EACH INSURGENT, KILL 100 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HIS VILLAGE. STOP EACH MUSLIM ANY WHERE AND REQUIRE ALEGIANCE OR DEATH.

GREAT JOB by our troops and President Bush. No thanks go to the scumbags on the left who have tried to undermine our efforts since 9/11 to keep this country safe. They are more of a threat to this nation than the terrorists because they are an ENEMY WITHIN!!!

83% of the Federal Budget is spent on our military, according to some moron (“Kilgore Trout”)making a comment here. Mr. Trout had better take that fish hook out of his brain before he spews more nonsense on these pages.
Medicare, Medicaid, Veteran’s Benefits, Federal Worker’s Pensions and Social Security absorb the bulk of the Federal Budget. To be sure, the military gets a share of the budget, but it’s no where near “83%”.
It’s morons like Mr. Trout who present a greater threat to our country than a handful of islamo-addled terrorists.

I am a U.S. Soldier currently in Baghdad. I want to thank all of the prayers and support from all of the “good” Americans back home. I just can’t understand all of the partisan politics. Citizens and Congressional leaders alike must realize that the President said we are not leaving Iraq as long as he is President. The media and partisans are destroying Soldiers’ morale when all they do is criticize our policy here in Iraq. IT’S TIME TO COME ON FOR THE BIG WIN AND STOP THE PARTISAN POLITICS!! We need our politicians to support us over here by supporting the Commander-in-Chief. People like Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Pelosi need to stop trying to advance their own careers by criticizing the President! It does not help out the service men and women fighting this war!

Pretty amazing reading all of the extreme negativity and fear mongering by the radical left on this. Who would have thought on 9/11/01 that we would be sitting here remembering this date 5 years later with virtually no follow on attacks on our soil?
Hate and Bush bash all you want, RESULTS speak louder than words, and I firmly believe that if we would have gone down the pacifist trail, (as the extreme left advocates), then we would be here 5 years later mourning more than the attacks on 9/11. Go back through history and review what it takes to win a war, it never starts with “gee let’s not make them angry”. Gore, Kerry and the gang would have strapped on their walking shoes and taken us down that trail.
Stand up and take pride in your country.

Its sad and pathetic to see people support an administration whose foreign policy has only made terrorism against the U.S. more inevitable. Calling the terrorists “Islamic fascists” only alienates Muslims and using military force at every turn isnt the answer either. Afghanistan was completely justified but Iraq was Bush/Cheney’s unilateral wetdream and used 9/11 and the ‘possible link’ with Saddam to fool the public into supporting the case for war. Iraq is dissolving into civil war while Bush/Rumsfeld continue to deny it. Iraq will end up a Shiite led govt aligned with Iran. Mark my words.

There are those seldom few in this world who are true leaders, able to “take action” with decisions at hand when urgent information is presented to them. Most lay idle, and unfortunately Clinton was one of those many, and we suffered as a result. To those few who “took action” within the Bush administration, thank you for my life.

For those people who support Bush blindly without question, let me provide this and ask you a simple question….
Q- How many Direct warnings did Clinton get? Did he have multiple countries waringing him of an event about to happen? Or did it just happen????
Now let’s visit the timeline for Bush!
-Early 2001: Bush Staffers Less Concerned with Terrorism – Clinton and Bush staff overlap for several months while new Bush appointees are appointed and confirmed. Clinton holdovers seem more concerned about al-Qaeda than the new Bush staffers. For instance, according to a colleague, Sandy Berger, Clinton’s National Security Adviser, had become “totally preoccupied” with fears of a domestic terror attack.
-Early January 2001: Al-Qaeda Threat Highlighted for Powell
-Early 2001: Top Military Leaders Attend Briefings on Able Danger
-January-March 2001: Intelligence Unit Tracking Al-Qaeda is Closed Down; Change in Leadership Factors in Closure
-January 3, 2001: Clarke Briefs Rice on al-Qaeda Threat; Keeps Job but Loses Power
-January 20-September 10, 2001: Bush Administration Sees Rogue States with Missiles as Top Security Threat Instead of al-Qaeda
-January 20-September 10, 2001: Bush Briefed on al-Qaeda over 40 Times
-Late January 2001: US Intelligence Told to Back Off from bin Laden and Saudis
-February-July 2001: Trial Presents FBI with Information About Pilot Training Scheme
-Early February 2001: Clarke Urges Cheney to Take Action Against al-Qaeda
-February 2001: US Fails to Back Plan to Overthrow Taliban
-February-March 2001: Politicians Warned about Terrorism Funding in US
-February 7, 2001: DIA Director Predicts Major Terrorist Attack on US Interests in Next Two Years
-February 7, 2001: Tenet Warns Congress About bin Laden
-March 2001: Italians Advise US About al-Qaeda Wiretaps
-March 2001: Al-Qaeda to Attack Inside the US in April
-March-May 2001: FAA Briefs Airports on Security; They Cite, Then Dismiss Possibility of Planes as Weapons
-March 2001: US and Taliban Discuss Handing over bin Laden
-Spring 2001: US Customs Investigate Two Hijackers Before 9/11
-March 7, 2001: Russia Submits Report on bin Laden to UN Security Council, US Fails to Act
-March 8, 2001: US Declines to Freeze al-Qaeda’s Assets Despite Call from UN and EU
-April 2001: Speculation That Commercial Pilots Could Be Al-Qaeda Operatives
-April 2001: FBI Translators Point to Explicit Warning from Afghanistan
-April-May 2001: Bush, Cheney Receive Numerous al-Qaeda Warnings
-April 1, 2001-September 10, 2001: Nearly Half of FAA’s Daily Intelligence Summaries Mention bin Laden or Al-Qaeda; No Action is Taken
-April 6, 2001: Rebel Leader Warns Europe and US About Imminent Al-Qaeda Attacks
-April 18, 2001: FAA Warns Airlines About Middle Eastern Hijackers
-May 2001: Report Warns of al-Qaeda Infiltration from Canada
-May 2001: Iranian Tells of Plot to Attack WTC
-May-July 2001: NSA Picks Up Word of ‘Imminent Terrorist Attacks’
-May 2001: Bush, Who Has Yet to Take Any Action Against al-Qaeda, Is Tired of Swatting at Flies
-May 2001: US Gives Taliban Millions
-May 2001: Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Learns About al-Qaeda Manhattan Attack Warning
-May 8, 2001: Cheney Heads Task Force Responding to Domestic Attacks, but No Action Is Taken Before 9/11
-May 10, 2001: Ashcroft Omits Counterterrorism from List of Goals
-May 30, 2001: FBI Is Warned of Major al-Qaeda Operation in the US Involving Hijackings, Explosives, and/or New York City
-June 2001: Germans Warn of Plan to Use Aircraft as Missiles on US and Israeli Symbols
-June 2001: US Intelligence Warns of Spectacular Attacks by al-Qaeda Associates
-June 2001: CIA Fears Al-Qaeda Will Strike on Fourth of July.
-June-July 2001: Terrorist Threat Reports Surge, Frustration with White House Grows
-Summer 2001: Threat Alerts Increase to Record High
-Summer 2001: Israel Warns US of ‘Big Attack’
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-Summer 2001: Al-Qaeda Plot Described as Upcoming ‘Hiroshima’ on US Soil
-Summer 2001: Tenet Believes Something Is Happening
-Summer 2001: Bin Laden Speech Mentions 20 Martyrs in Upcoming Attack; Other Hints of Attack Spread Widely
-Summer 2001: Classified al-Qaeda Surveillance Program Curtailed
-June 4, 2001: Congressional Committee Warned of Large Attacks Soon
-June 13, 2001: Bin Laden Wants to Assassinate Bush with an Explosives-Filled Airplane
-June 13, 2001: Counterterrorism Not Part of Bush Defense Plan
-June 20, 2001: Time Magazine Mentions al-Qaeda Planning to Use Planes as Weapons
-June 25, 2001: Clarke Tells Rice That Pattern of Warnings Indicates an Upcoming Attack
-June 26, 2001: State Department Issues Worldwide Caution; Military on Alert Overseas
-June 28, 2001: Tenet Warns of Imminent al-Qaeda Attack
-Late Summer 2001: Jordan Warns US That Aircraft Will Be Used in Major Attack Inside the US
-Late Summer 2001: US Intelligence Learns al-Qaeda Is Considering Mounting Operations in the US
-July 2001: India Warns US of Possible Terror Attacks
-July 1, 2001: Senators Warn of Al-Qaeda Attack Within Three Months
-July-Late August 2001: Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Tries to Warn about al-Qaeda Attack on Lower Manhattan
-July 2, 2001: FBI Warns of Possible al-Qaeda Attacks; Little Action Results
-July 3, 2001: Rare Discussion Takes Place Between National Security Advisers on Terrorism
-July 3, 2001: Tenet Makes Urgent Request
-July 5, 2001: Clarke Warns of Something Really Spectacular; FAA and FBI Respond Poorly
-July 6, 2001: Clarke Briefs Senior Security Officials on al-Qaeda Threat
-July 6, 2001: Clarke Tells Rice to Prepare for 3 to 5 Simultaneous Attacks; No Apparent Response
-July 8, 2001: Prominent Prisoner Publicly Warns of al-Qaeda Intent to Export Violence to US Soil
-July 10, 2001: FBI Agent Sends Memo Warning That Inordinate Number of Muslim Extremists Are Learning to Fly in Arizona
-July 12, 2001: Reuters: ‘Terrorist Attack on US Soil Predicted’
-July 12, 2001: Ashcroft Reputedly Uninterested in Terrorism
-Mid-July 2001: More G-8 Summit Warnings Describe Plane as Flying Bomb
-Mid-July 2001: Tenet Warns Rice About Major Attack
-Mid-July 2001: John O’Neill Rails Against White House and Saudi Obstructionism
-July 16, 2001: British Spy Agencies Warn al-Qaeda Is in The Final Stages of Attack in the West
-July 18, 2001: FBI, FAA Issues Another Warning
-July 26, 2001: Ashcroft Stops Flying Commercial Airlines; Refuses to Explain Why
-July 27, 2001: Rice Briefed on Terrorist Threats, Advised to Keep Ready
-Late July 2001: Taliban Foreign Minister Tries to Warn US and UN of Huge Attack Inside the US
-Late July 2001: Argentina Relays Warning to the US
-Late July 2001: Egypt Warns CIA of 20 al-Qaeda Operatives in US; Four Training to Fly; CIA Is Not Interested
-July 31, 2001: FAA Issues General Hijacking Warning
-August 2001: FAA Told to Warn Airlines of Hijacking or Airliner Bombing in New York, Atlanta, and Other Locations
-August 2001: Moroccan Informant Warns US of Large Scale, Imminent Attack in New York
-August 2001: Russia Warns US of Suicide Pilots
-August 2001: US Learns of Plot to Crash Airplane into US Embassy in Nairobi
-August 2001: FEMA Warns of Likely Terrorist Attack on New York
-Early August 2001: Government Informant Warns Congressmen of Plan to Attack the WTC
-Early August 2001: CIA’s Concern over Planned bin Laden Strikes Inside US Are Heightened
-Early August 2001: Britain Warns US Again; Specifies Multiple Airplane Hijackings
-August 1, 2001: Actor Communicates Concerns to Stewardess That Airplane Will Be Hijacked; Warning Forwarded to the FAA
-August 6, 2001: Bush Briefing Titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’
-After August 6, 2001: ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US’ Memo Is Not Acted Upon
-August 8-15, 2001: Israel Reportedly Warns of Major Assault on the US
-August 15, 2001: CIA Counterterrorism Head: We Are Going to Be Struck Soon
-August 21, 2001: Inmate Warns of Impending Attack in New York
-August 21, 2001: Local FBI Pleads with Headquarters to Warn Secret Service About Moussaoui
-August 22, 2001: France Gives FBI Information on Moussaoui; FBI Headquarters Still Refuses Search Warrant
-August 27, 2001: INS Given Non-Urgent Request to Determine Visa Status of Alhazmi and Almihdhar
-August 29, 2001: Bush Vows Security Is His First Responsibility
-August 30, 2001-September 4, 2001: Egypt Warns al-Qaeda Is in Advanced Stages of Planning Significant Attack on US
-Late August 2001: Foreign Intelligence Reminds US of Al-Qaeda Plot to Attack Within US
-Late August 2001: Bin Laden Boasts in Interview of Very, Very Big Strike Against US
-Late August 2001: Hussein Puts His Troops on Highest Military Alert Since Gulf War
-Late August 2001: French Warning to US Echoes Earlier Israeli Warning
-Late August-September 10, 2001: WTC Security Raised, Then Scaled Back, in Weeks Before 9/11 Attack
-Early September 2001: Iranian Inmate in Germany Warns of Imminent Attack on WTC
-Before September 9, 2001: Northern Alliance Has Limited Knowledge of Attack; Warns the West
-Before September 11, 2001: Tenet Said to Warn Congress people about Imminent Attack on the US
-Early September 2001: Rumors in New York City’s Arab-American Community About Attacks
-Before September 11, 2001: US Government Knows of Taliban, Saudi, and Pakistan Connections, but Does Nothing
-Before September 11, 2001: US Government Prepares for Hijackings, Some of Them Involving Multiple-Planes
-Before September 11, 2001: NORAD Plans a Mock Simultaneous Hijacking Threat from Inside the US
-Between September 3, 2001 and September 7, 2001: WTC Structural Engineer Says Trade Center Designed for 707 Crashing Into It
-September 4, 2001: Clarke Memo: Imagine Hundreds of Dead Due to Government Inaction
-September 4-11, 2001: ISI Director Visits Washington for Mysterious Meetings
-September 4, 2001: Mossad Gives Another Warning of Major, Imminent Attack
-September 4, 2001: Israeli Company Moves Out of WTC
-September 5-6, 2001: French Again Warn US About Moussaoui
-September 5, 2001: US Army Bases Implement ‘Full Access Control’
-September 6, 2001: Rumsfeld Threatens Veto If Democrats Allocate More Money to Fight Terrorism
-September 7, 2001: French Give ‘Very Specific Information’ about Possible Attack on US Soil
-September 7, 2001: State Department Issues Overseas Warning
-September 9, 2001: Internet Forum Message Warns of 9/11 Attack
-September 9, 2001: Bush’s First Budget Has Gaps for Counterterrorism Funding
-September 10, 2001: US Generals Warned Not to Fly on Morning of 9/11
-September 10, 2001: Ashcroft Opposes Counterterrorism Funding
-September 10, 2001: Anti-Terrorism Meeting at WTC on 9/11 is Canceled
Finally, this big lie after all those warnings I just listed…
-September 11-12, 2001: Senior US Officials Claim No Specific Warnings or High Threat Recently

I could not help but notice you started your timeline around january 2001. This is clearly an honest mistake on your part im sure. You may want take a look a few years back in your research possibly even into the Clinton administration….. You may have noticed in the news over the past few days a fiasco by some who did not want some information to hit the mainstream media. Now i think we all know what that information is and i will spare you the reminder of these failures, brad, because i can tell you have had a bad week fighting off the “radical moronic right wingers” like myself who seem to make up a majority of this country. I bet you scratch your head at night wondering why no one else in the world except Iran realizes that George Bush blew the trade center.

READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS!!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE!!!!
Dubai, 12 Sept. (AKI) – Osama bin Laden is planning to carry out new, more destructive attacks inside the United States, and there is someone working on this terror plot currently in the US, according to Hamid Mir, the famed Pakistani journalist who obtained the only post-9/11 interviews with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. In an interview quoted on the website of the al-Arabiya television network, Mir spoke about his last trip to Afghanistan and his meeting with al-Qaeda members and Taliban leaders.
In his interview with Al.Arabiya.net, Mir said that the al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters referred to attacks targeting the US-led coalition forces during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which begins on 24 September, and that the al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden was in “good” health during a meeting he had recently with the Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar.
Mir also said that bin Laden has assigned a man named Adnan Al-Shukri Juma to carry out a new attack within the US which is intended to be larger than the 11 September, 2001 attacks. According to Mir, Adnan Jumaa has smuggled explosives and nuclear materials into the US through the Mexican border over the last two years and is hiding somewhere in America where the FBI has not been able to locate him.
The Pakistani journalist also gave a brief background on Adnan Jumaa. Born in Saudi Arabia, he moved to the US where he met a group of a Al-Qaeda members in the Al-Farouq mosque in New York in 2000. He then traveled to an Arab state and from there to Pakistan then Afghanistan. He left there two years ago and since then has smuggled nuclear material from Mexico to the US. Jumaa has earned the nickname “Al-Qaeda nuclear whizz” and is tagged to play the same role in a future attack as Mohammed Atta did in the 9/11 attacks.
In March 2003 the FBI announced that it was seeking a link between Adnan and others accused of terroris, saying Adnan Jumaa “or maybe one of his several nicknames” had appeared in intelligence information gathered after the arrest of Khalid Sheik Mohammad.
Western media had reported in earlier times that Adnan Jumaa was a Saudi pilot, but the Saudi Ministry of Interior security spokesman lieutanent Mansour Al-Turki said in a statement to Al-Watan newspaper two months ago that Adnan Jumaa is not a Saudi citizen, he was living in the kingdom until he was eleven years old and left along with his parents, who are not Saudis, twenty years ago.
Adnan Al-Shukri’s name has been mentioned in many Western media reports claiming that Al-Qaeda has acquired nuclear technology. The American writer, Paul Williams, in his book ” The Al-Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalypse”, says he was among a number of Al-Qaeda members trained for the nuclear technology.
On another issue, Hamid Mir spoke to Alarabiya.net of his last trip to Afghanistan and his meeting with a leader of Taliban named “Khaibar” in Zabul who claimed that 300 Taliban suicide bombers had managed to sneak into Kabul and Jalalabad to carry out attacks against coalition troops during Ramadan.
Mir alleges that there was a meeting between Bin Laden and Mullah Omar several few weeks ago in the mountain area of Zabul where they planned more attacks, “I received this piece of information from one of the Taliban leaders who attended the meeting himself and I met him recently in Afghanistan” Mir said. “He told me that this was the second meeting between the two men since last year and that Bin Laden’s health seemed good while he was eating with Mullah Mohammad Omar.
The Pakistani journalist expressed his surprise of the changing situation in Afghanistan; saying that the Taliban had come back to rule some areas and spread their special courts, their special administrations, nothing that even some police officials follow their orders.
(Rar/Aki)

All the talk of “body counts” is so 1960′ish. That metric didn’t work in the Viet Nam war and it won’t work now in an effort counter an asymmetric enemy like Al-Qaeda. What we need to defeat is an ideology that expouses violence in the name of relgion and killing in the name of Allah.
The people who can effectively end this conflict are the Muslims themselves. Unless and until they decide to renounce the terrrorists and repudiate killing in the name of Islam… the “battle of civilizations” will sadly go on.
We need a multi-faceted approach to convince the larger Islamic community that it is in THEIR best interests to reject Bin Laden/Zawahiri, et al, and begin a process of modernization and acceptance of all other religions and people.

RE: Dave – “brad, because i can tell you have had a bad week fighting off the “radical moronic right wingers” like myself who seem to make up a majority of this country.”
Actually Dave, there are more “Liberals/Democrats” then there are Republicans…. However, the Republicans are better at getting their people out to vote.
Maybe you might want to do some research on that “majority” thing!
By the way.. Yes it started in 2001, because Bush was president then.
Yes Clinton was not a perfect president, but at least when he was told something was going to happen he would assemble a team to determine what could be done and what the damage might be.
Bush did nothing from day one! Clintons team told Bush’s that Al Quaeda was the number one threat he would face. All they were worried about was information about Iraq!
So yes, I blame Bush. Not ONCE did he hold a meeting with the FBI and CIA to go over any information or have them clarify the information coming in.
Not only that…. He put up a wall for our military to ENSURE that 9/11 happened! Yes I said it! Check history! How many war games has ever been performed at the same time like on 9/11??? Directives being modified only months before 9/11 to effect the outcome. The Secret Service knowing at 7AM about a possible hijacking but does nothing about moving the president when “were under attack”. Completely not protocol. Someone very high up prevented them from doing their job. Why would the president be safe in a place that is being broadcast live and there were planes still in the air that they could not account for, nor did they know how many were hijacked.
Sorry, but it was an “inside job”. There is more than enough evidence to prove it.
I realize that the Republicans do not seem to think for themselves and no matter what will stick with their party, but maybe one day you and others will actually take an interrest in our country over a party and look at the information.
One can only hope…..
I am more than happy to debate this with you should you desire too.

greggo, it looks like they rejected the post with the link….
Simply do a google search for 911 timeline.
You should get cooperativeresearch as one of the hits.
They have all this information with hyper links to the sources.

For the education of “Griz” and others, the Geneva Convention applies to, among others, the following:
(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:[ (a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; (c) that of carrying arms openly; (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. (Convention III, Article 4)

THIS is the result when your Commander in Chief isnt afraid of his wife.