U.S. Intel Chief: Tall Buildings and Mass Casualties Top AQ’s Hit List

Okay , now tell us something we don’t know…..

Someone foun a military missile under the main Newark New Jersey Airport’s flightpath. The Happy Jihadis aren’t particular on what they attack. They realise the nescessity of air travel in the US. In my humble opinion I think that is what they will continue to try to attack. Paralysing the air routes will paralyse the American economy.
Al Qaeda’s stated goal is to bankrupt the US so it cannot exist militarily as it does now. THAT is what the security services should be concentrating on.

Is any one else just sick of hearing about these Muslim extremists and their plans to blow everything up. When are we gonna stop being so PC and say that we’ve had enough of this “peaceful religion”?

We can send them photos of tall buildings in Indonesia. That would be a good place for them to start.

We have entered a period of time in Nation’s History capitulating a Police State. Probably the only reasonable response is for us all to be on the lookout for possible terrorists.

Okay, I know this all just more of the same tired old Boo! stuff they’ve been spewing for 5 years. But what’s the deal with this flurry of scary Al Qaeda threats all at once? Is something getting ready to go down, and they’re trying to get ahead of the story? Watch out for what happens tomorrow while W is under the knife. Boo!

Anybody else get the feeling we’re going to have a new “attack” soon? Bush Inc. is running out of options, and the GOP is getting really nervous about being voted out in 2008. Santorum with his clear prediction (he seems to be pretty confident), and Chertoff with his “gut feeling”. I mean, if Osama really attacked us in the first place, how stupid are WE if here we are six years later with no head on a stake? Half a trillion dollars later, and no Osama? Please. People need to wake up.

An al Qaeda terrorist attack in the United States again is still very probable, so we must be on guard. Such attacks serve as a double-edged sword, which not only cause casualties and fear but to also disrupt the markets and economies. In saying that, I have not heard of any legislation that would require an immediately shut down the financial markets, as a safety value approach to minimize damage to Wall Street in such of an attack should occur. Of course we want to have best practices that prevent attacks and save lives but also need to minimize the collateral damage to the markets and economies which in return make such attacks less effective as economic warfare.

“Is any one else just sick of hearing about these Muslim extremists and their plans to blow everything up. When are we gonna stop being so PC and say that we’ve had enough of this “peaceful religion”?”
My guess is many Iraqis and Iranians are saying the exact same thing about Christianity. It’s not really about religion, though, it’s about power, influence, and money.

Six years later and there are still folks who think Al Qaeda carried out 9/11? Please read anything from ANY non-corporate US news source, and you may change your mind. Or, wait till another false flag operation has removed what’s left of our government and Bush has declared himself dictator under his Executive Orders NSPD51 and HSPD20.

Boring – why so many old stories & facts?

Pro-terrorism activists on U.S. college campuses openly advocate for the destruction of the U.S. and Israel.

If our D**N F**L president didn’t keep letting these fre*ks come into the country, maybe this problem wouldn’t be as bad as it seems to be.

Bill asks:…”what’s the deal with this flurry of scary Al Qaeda threats all at once”
The administration is laying the groundwork for why Gen Petraus’s September report of no-progress-in-Iraq will be moved to the back burner: let’s get everybody focused on the “imminent attack here” instead.

“When are we gonna stop being so PC and say that we’ve had enough of this ‘peaceful religion’?”
Are you serious?!? Are you seriously suggesting that the 99.99% of people practicing Islam should be lumped together with these fringe radicals??? I suppose anyone who is Christian is also a crazy right-wing conservative who likes to blow up clinics??? C’mon.

We have NO border security. Hence we are not protected against terrorism. The democrats want the votes from the illegals, they really don’t care about us. I figured the republican’s would jump all over that, nope. They don’t want to protect the border either. Like I said, with no border, there’s no security.

This is not like the boy who cried wolf – we need to be vigilant but go on with our lives. Let’s not ever forget 9/11 nor can we afford to be paralized by fear.

again?

We all have to realize that these extreme islmist nut cases want to have the old islam control that they had 2000 years ago when Persia was a great nation. We are a big country and have to be strong in our unity to defeat these people. They can never have the capabilities to nuke the whole country, but they can destroy us little by little but only if we let them.

Those of us who are not top intel chiefs kind of figured this out by 2001.

Yawn. So attack us already and stop talking us to death. Give us a good reason to pummel another hellhole.
Sep 11 was not a victory for Al Qaeda or the Muslim world. If finally redirected the energy of the jihad back to the Muslim world. No state is gonna support another band of terrorists in an attack against the US when they see how the last one turned out. Nobody in an Arab state wants to see mad as hell Alabama boys driving their tanks into their capitals. Even Zawahiri called off an attack in the subways of New York because the American response was too much for him to take. Now he limits his attacks to videos made safely in a cave.
The fact is that Muslim terrorists who can, draw blood. Muslim terrorists who can’t, make videos.

It would seem to me that a simple message needs to be sent to Syria, Iran and any body else involved with terrorists..One bomb goes off here and it’s Bye Bye Damascus.

Hey h5mind – Why do you even bother to make the effort to write your comments? You think you have all the answers, it’s ALL a Bush conspiracy to take over EVERYTHING… so why do you go on spewing all this about who and what was responsible for 9/11? IF we’re all so deluded and you have all the answers, just relax, sit back and watch it all happen, THEN revel in how smart YOU are, and how stupid all of the rest of are. OR… is it you’re the deluded one, huh?

The Bloods and the Crypts draw more American blood each year than Al Queada has since 9/11. Give up the ghost already. Find something else that’s actually threatening to be afraid of.

So what is the color on the Homeland Security Terrorist Warning system now – pink, purple, I forget. I think purple is safer, right? BOMB PAKISTAN!!

Two words: Police State
C’mon people… what happens when we become a full-blown Police State???
Let’s take a moment to think about it and let it all soak in…

William:
What good would it do for h5mind to “revel” over how smart s/he is? Would it save us? Would it fix anything AFTER the fact???
What good would it do to “just relax, sit back and watch it all happen”? Would it save your loved ones AFTER the fact?

another gut feeling warning from a top security person. first chertoff, now mcconnell.
we have no clear and compelling evidence they’re in the United States,” McConnell told WTOP.
anyone in a tall building see or participate in a terrorism drill since 9/11?
please ask the Fire Depts, Police, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard to practice putting out tall building fires. from the air or from the sea and roof-top evacuations.

I believe in Bi-partisan efforts to help this great country be what it is meant to be. The best and the brightest star on the horizon for so many. Stop draining it away on self intrest.

The person who said that the best friend the terroist have is the Leftist here in the USA is completely correct. Instead of supporting our military they slap them in the face. They can slap Bush all they want since he has made some major mistakes. But when they strat saying we got to get out oh the only people who are happy about that is the ones who want to see America destoried.
So if you want out then why do you remain in a country you hate. Any answers.

to the retired USMC Lt Col: It’s a real honor to know that “REAL AMERICANS” like you are not the majority

This is what we get by giving support to a Muslim dictator in Pakistan who started war with India and then toppled elected govt of Pakistan. Our tax money is going there to support his govt that is allowing Talliban and Al Queda to flourish and come back to attack us. when is our govt going to learn that we can not trust these muslim dictators.

If this is true that Al Qaeda is in Pakistan then we should cut-off the $8 Billion in aid to Pakistan now. Again, if it is true, why can’t we go after them instead of printing it as news and instill fear with the public. Is it because the oil deal in Iraq did not go through and Bush & Cheney’s interest was push back past their term of office?

Do these people have any idea about how ridiculous they look!! I mean please. Is this for real!! Besides the loss of human life, my God ,they actually go around looking for tall buildings. Morons, thats all I can say.

Why this latest flurry of al Qaeda is back? I agree with the one poster who says it’s to lay the groundwork for justifying an extension for the surge well beyond Sept. – another reason, I suspect, is that the adminstration is laying the groundwork to build public support for going into Pakistan where al Qaeda is regenerating. As everyone suspected, Mushareff’s idea of cutting a “peace” deal in the tribal, mountainous area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was pure lunacy. It’s time to start deploying Special Forces spotters and dropping precision-guided bombs on those camps! Just like we did so well in Aghanistan.

Perhaps we should start building underground, yes?

Yes, Camille, this is for real…

Some ask why I bother to make comments if others disagree with my viewpoint. It’s not because I want to show folks how smart I am, or to be contrary out of spite. It’s because I hold the radical viewpoint that it’s OK to love my country while holding my leaders responsible for their actions on my behalf. I believe any true Democracy is predicated on the idea of a healthy distrust of those holding power. It was an important enough concept for the Founders to actually write this distrust into our Constitution and Bill of Rights in the form of checks and balances, the right to bear arms, and freedom of speech, press, and religion. Given the natural inclination for those with power to almost immediately abuse it, our form of government not only allows, but also requires we engage in informed debate over all issues affecting the common good. My problem with many of the so-called arguments we hear today is that the government itself, with ample assistance from corporate-owed media, has already defined the talking points for both sides. They provide the ‘facts’, and we are expected to take them at their word. Any view based on information not obtained from these sources is immediately considered suspect, a “conspiracy theory”, or outright lunacy. But don’t take my word for it either. Listen to what a true Texan, Dwight D. Eisenhower advised, “Seek the truth, but do not expect to find it from the press or elected officials.”

They can and will wait a 100 years if it takes that long to destroy us all here in the US. They hate our way of life and want it wiped off the face of the planet. There is no talking sense to Islamic Jihadists. Their purpose is to kill ALL infidels and that means you folks whether you believe it or not. In fact, they love to hear the liberal Dems continue to disbelieve that they accomplished what they did on 9/11. Nothing better than the cover of darkness (lies in this case) to keep people unaware as they destroy our way of life.
Do you want to live under Sharia Law…stay tuned, that’s their desired goal. Ladies, get out your burqas and get your heads/bodies covered.

To TG: Islam is a religion of peace? Really? You must have use the word ‘peace’ a bit too vaguely. With all these kidnapping, killing, bombing, more killing, it doesn’t seem ‘peaceful’ to me.

The scumbags on 9/11 were able to do what they did because the passengers on the planes were not aware of their intentions. I’m pretty sure that if they tried to hijack a plane now, the passengers on board would beat them to death.

I would have nuked the Tora Bora Mountains/safe haven and taken out
Osama and his buddies back on 9/12.
It still is a viable option.

You yanks are really ridiculous. Do you know how many Muslims there are worldwide (of course you don’t you’re American) the number is 1.3 billion. How many Muslim terrorists are there? Probably less than 500 000. Most of these people are low level and basically no threat to us. Yet a few terrorists can attack you and you want to label all Muslims terrorists and kill them. How naive of all of you though I expect nothing less from Americans. Al Qaeda killed 3 000 people in 9/11 but Bush has killed many more innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq.
You all seem to conveniently forget the deaths caused by Christians ( I am one myself). There are the crusades of course and the forced conversion of others not to mention radicals who blow up abortion clinics or kill people of other religions. These people are no different to Al Qaeda but typical Americans blaming it all on foreigners.

It’s time for the LtCols of the world with the Gungho Jarhead mentality to figure out that Iraq had/has nothing to do with 9-11.

Why do we think the whole world has to be a Democracy? Let people live the way they want to live and quit cramming Democracy down everyones throat. WE NEED TO CLEAN UP OUR OWN BACK YARD BEFORE WE GET INTO EVERYONE ELSE’S YARD.

According to public opinion polls, between 85 and 90% of the population already DOES believe our government had something to do with 9/11, which makes all this fakery over “plans of Al Qaeda” so much theater and drama for the small percentage of hold-outs who still believe everything they hear on Fox, ABC or other corporate-owned media. By the way, this administration has also been found guilty of planting thousands of fake news stories favorable to their views. Although verified, it’s one story you’re unlikely to read about in the US media anytime soon.

All of this talk just reminds me of the summer of 2001. The gov was saying similar things to the US public and they did nothing to stop 9-11, so what makes us think that they will stop anything from happening again? I’m sure they’ll come up with a good excuse once something happens in order to appear like heroes when in reality they’re not. Larry Silverstien owns the Sears tower in Chicago and he also owned the buildings that were hit on 9-11, coincidence?

wake up people,the terrorist are in the white house.they are releasing this pre attack nonsense so we will go along with their next attack on iran or pakistan.when will americans wake up,hopefully before its to late,get rid of your crooked politicians

A preponderance of evidence shows that the highest officials of the Bush Administration, in collusion with officials from the Pentagon, CIA, FBI, FEMA, NSA, NORAD, airline executives, and others, together planned and committed the attacks of 9/11, which were subsequently
blamed on some bogus “Arab highjackers.” The 9/11 attacks provided the excuse for the US government’s “War on Terrorism,” the chief purpose of which is for the USA to gain control of the oil fields of the Middle East. A secondary purpose is to increase taxation of Americans for
Defense spending in support of the USA’s enormous Military/Industrial Complex, and a tertiary purpose is the justification of the enactment of Police-State measures within the USA under the umbrella of “Homeland Security.”
The Pentagon, CIA, FBI, and other agencies and officials of the US Government have perpetrated many crimes, assassinations, and bombings against US citizens and US interests during the past 45 years, including the assassinations of JFK, RFK, MLK; the 1993 WTC bombing;
the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing; and the anthrax letter attacks of October 2001. Since the end of WW2, right-wing ideologues with corporate ties have gradually gained control of the US military, the intelligence agencies, and the US government. Fascism in the USA is not merely a threat posed by the Bush Administration; it is an already
accomplished situation that has been decades in the making.

Everyone connected with the beginnings of Israel are long dead.
It’s time for the world of Islam to forgive, forget, love and support Israel, and MOVE ON.
It’s over.

Perhaps the fear in the US is caused by the unconscious fear of the universal law of karma or in Christian terms: as you sow, so shall you reap. If so, then it is probably a legitimate one because the balance is sorely in need of redress.
The 3000 killed really in no way makes a dent in the karmic debt of this country: millions of Native Americans, 3 million Vietnamese, approaching a million Iraqis, to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands of ‘disappeared’ and gunned-down throughout South America with the assistance of the US, or how about Operation Gladio where the CIA ran terrorist cells throughout Europe to stop them ‘turnin commie’ after WWII until not that long ago? Banana Wars in Central America and the Caribbean to protect the interests of the United Fruit Company…Aiding Saddam Hussein in his war of aggression against Iran…The list is endless, the dead are too numerous to count.
Be afriad, be very afraid.

The comments here in this forum are wide ranging. However, we need to speak about reality. The figures given about 1-100,000 of dying by a terrorist attack could be right. But, which 1 will die. Would we feel differently if it was our son/daughter, mother/father? Here is the cold reality of it all. Over 3000 people were lost in one day. Not weeks, months, years, it was within one day. The numbers would have been greater. We are going to have to live with terrorist attacks. The law of averages are on their side to be successfull yet again. Who wants to take the chance that it happens in their town, with their family lost? The amount of casualties lost in Iraq are not high. And yes the same application could be said of who do we send over to fight someones mom/dad, brother/sister. Its a question that can’t be answered easily. Reality says that if we were to do nothing the numbers would be even greater over here to the point that our civilization as we know it would be distorted to unrecognizable ends. I believe people need to recognize whats going on around us. Yes, we could pull out of Iraq now. The results would be that the terrorist have free reign to build their forces up again. They strike but next time the manage to kill 6000 or 12,000 or more. Who is willing to take such a chance?

There are some pretty radical views in this forum. Are you just glad that we still have the freedom of speech and can post items onto this page for others to read OR NOT read your opinions. However sick, twisted or warped they may seem to be.. Bottom line. Believe in God.. Whichever one you choose to worship doesn’t matter.. PEACE!

Hi “DY”,
Why is it that the islamic community
can’t get it together issue a fatwa
against anyone who participates in violence and killing. When are they going to step up world wide with one voice to firmly condemn anyone who supports al queda?
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HERE is The message from Mullah Omar which he said prior to Afghan Attack “We have not done any damage to USA or to WTC, Alqaida people(perhaps Osama)are our friendly guets staying with us and CIA is footing their Bills”
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Hope above message is loud and clear and American forces will feel ashamed and will go back to baracks?

The blame shifters are endlessly busy shifting blame for everything connected with islamic terrorism to:
1. America
2. George Bush
3. The long-over botched formation of Israel
4. The joooooooooooz
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Whatever happened to forgiveness and moving on?
Civilization to islamic extremists: IT’S OVER. TIME TO MOVE ON

Blame shifting by the blame shifters doesn’t change the fact that responsibility lies with the terrorists and those who appease them.

“A preponderance of evidence shows that the highest officials of the Bush Administration, in collusion with officials from the Pentagon, CIA, FBI, FEMA, NSA, NORAD, airline executives, and others, together planned and committed the attacks of 9/11, which were subsequently…blah, blah, blah”
Hey Greg, you left out the parts where FDR planned Pearl Harbor, Joe DiMaggio killed both Marilyn and JFK, and Vietnam was merely an exercise to appease our newly resurgent Japanese and German friends by creating a diversion of resources at our big 3 automaker dupes thereby giving the Japanese and Germans a window to introduce their “vastly superior” automobiles to the U.S. market which prior to Vietnam they had never really been able to make a ripple in. Sounds fishy, huh?
Reaaallly… if you believe all that crap you just spewed then you and I need to talk. You need to quit listening to your friends and do something constructive with your time. Like get a job. In the real world. Where the rest of us live. Not OZ, not Wonderland, or Conspiracy land, or wherever it is you reside. You need some fresh air. Some exercise. It will do wonders for your paranoia. Sorry to be so harsh, but I wonder how people with mindsets similar to yours ever find time to enjoy life? Always scared of your own shadows and whatnot.
Anyway… “they” have demonstrated time and again that “they” are unwilling to admit to your accusations, no matter how much – ahem – “sense” they *seem* to make. So why waste all of your OBVIOUS creative talent railing against “them”? Write a novel. Hint, then people won’t think you’re a lunatic, because they’ll know going in that you intended it as fiction. See my point?

“The Muslim Terrorists have already defeated the Democrats / Liberals / leftists of America. But Bush, our Military and and real Americans cant be defeated. The best friends the terrorists have in the USA are the senate democrats.”
–Wow…now, if any Americans really believe the sentiements found in the above statement, we have a serious problem. WAKE UP! Your falsely-woven security blanket is smothering you! Yes — our country and its security is in a crisis of vulnerability. Thanks for the well-though plans for Iraq, President Bush and Co. Thanks for capturing bin Laden. Thanks for — what?! Military funding and human resources NOT EQUAL to Oil; therefore, said items should not be thoughtlessly burned like oil…where’s the plan — EVERYONE?! This isn’t a right or left or independent issue — this is everyone’s issue. To partisan-ize this is utter foolery, refelctive of incapacities in dealing with concrete facts.

Hey Bandanaman—right on! I couldn’t have said it better myself. Stupidity and apathy seem to be killing the United States from within. I can’t believe some of the crap I read on blogs like this regarding conspiracy theories, etc….I will agree that the U.S. ought to spend much, much more money on homeland security…a good start would be to install a Jurassic Park style 50KV high tension wire fence along both borders Call it crazy…I prefer to believe it’s thinking outside the box. Drastic times require drastic measures and these people know we mean business.

Live your life and thrive.
If they hit us again, we will hit them again…Daisy Cutters falling from the sky will slow them down.
We are not going to cease to exists if the US economy goes bankrupt. The assets and the economic potential will remain if the monetary system fails.
Look at millions of individual bankruptcies in the US each year…it is how our economic system works…when failure occurs.
Relax…These AQ leaders are really cowards because they use their people as pawns to their death. Sooner or later, muslims will say to themselves: “Osama, when are you going to martyr yourself for the cause instead of receiving intense medical care for your existing conditions?”
Relax…

Alex, if your girfriend were living in Afghanistan from the mid-nineties through today, she would think that, yes, much progress and positive results have been made for people like her (and the rest of the country) since November 2001. Republican administration or otherwise in the U.S….Karzai’s Afghan government has made a ton of progress, and I think it is one step in creating a better ME. It may be many decades before Afghanistan (or even Iraq, hopefully) become moderate countries like Jordan, Qatar or Bahrain, but I think the fight and sacrifice to get there is well worth it.
I agree with you, Alex, on the stereotyping jerks out there; just let them be themselves. They either get it or they don’t…

The George Bush Administration has run out of excuses. When We get “HIT” again, and We will, What will George Say? Lax immigration laws are only part of the blame. The “terrorist’s’ are here, hiding in “plain” site. Get ready, this attack will be larger than 9/11. People in general, have short memories. Al Queda doesn’t. We haven’t eradicated them, and We will pay the price for that.

I HATE BUSH I BET HE PLANNED SEPTEMBER 11 2001 !!!!!!!!!!