An update on this story. "Exclusive: Terror Commander: New Attack Will Dwarf Failed Bomb Plot," by Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer for ABC News' The Blotter:
As senior intelligence and law enforcement officials met again today in the White House Situation Room to deal with the "summer terror threat," a top terror commander said an attack was coming that would dwarf the failed bombings in London and Glasgow.
Taliban military commander Mansour Dadullah, in an interview broadcast on ABC News' "World News With Charles Gibson," said the London attacks were "not enough" and that bigger attacks were coming.
"You will, God willing, be witness to more attacks," he told a Pakistani journalist in an interview conducted just four days ago.
Just last month, Dadullah presided over what was termed a terror training camp graduation ceremony in Pakistan, supposedly dispatching attack teams to the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Germany.
In this new interview, Dadullah talked about the ease with which he and his men operate inside Pakistan.
"We have many friends," he said. "It is very easy for us to go in and out of the tribal areas. It is no problem."
Indeed, the rugged mountains of Pakistan have emerged as a safe haven for al Qaeda and the Taliban.
"They are the central front for al Qaeda," said Seth Jones, who studies the area for the RAND Corporation, a national security think-tank. "They are the area al Qaeda has based its international and regional operations. It is a very serious threat to the U.S. security," he said.
Pakistan continues to deny al Qaeda enjoys a safe haven in its territory.
[...]
U.S. officials say Pakistan consistently denies the U.S. military permission to go after known al Qaeda training camps.
The situation has grown even worse since February, officials say, when Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to Islamabad to demand Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf take action.
"Their (al Qaeda's) situation is actually better today than it was even then," said the RAND Corporation's Jones.
"The U.S. has provided $5.6 billion in coalition support funds to Pakistan over the past five years, with zero accountability," said Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-[Penn.], at the hearing.
"Why is Pakistan still being paid these large sums of money, even after publicly declaring that it is significantly cutting back patrols in the most important border area?" he asked.
So their next effort will be an even bigger failure than this one was? Those Muslims keep out doing themselves!
Ummm...murphy is from philadelphia PA (which explains a LOT), not CA.
There must be some interesting and elaborate relations between Musharraf and the tribal configurations in N Pakistan. The Paki govt is holding back for some carefully considered reasons. Sensitive intelligence operations? Fruit not yet ripe for picking? Whatever the reasons for inaction the lack of resolve is in perfect harmony with this glaring lack of resolve in confronting Islam everywhere on the planet these days.
Jcom972-- Thanks for catching that. I've corrected it in brackets above.
Should we all have a good laugh? The next attack will dwarf the attack where two dimwits drove a jeep into a barrier with two gas cans and lit themselves on fire between a No Parking sign and a No Stopping sign.
Yes, people, the next attack will dwarf that attack. God willing. Hopefully, four or five dimwits will set themselves on fire this time. But not in the green zone. That is for loading and unloading only.
At first I thought I was reading this wrong. "New attack will dwarf failed U.K. attacks." Hell, 2nd graders with water balloons would dwarf the failed U.K. attacks.
"Their (al Qaeda's) situation is actually better today than it was even then," said the RAND Corporation's Jones.
So can we assume that the Red Mosque siege was merely a diversion? Convince the US that Pakistan is on its side even as Musharraf gives free rein to al Qaeda?
Wharever these terrorists do or don't do - I hope they do it around a lot of Liberals.
Without their Liberal handlangers [handmaidens, enablers] they would't be doing diddley squat!
So let the Liberals get a nice fat dose of what they are so recklessly willing to have the rest of us bear.
I am SiCK of the hipocrisy.
These days the Republicans are merely the moderate wing of the democRAT party.
I really think I have to go BARF now!
dear taliban/muslims
if you saw a man in flames would you,
a) try and put out the flames?
b) call the emergency services
c) punch the flaming man in the face
don't count on the british using fists next time.
Oh, jihadists, please give the Liberal PC crowd a break. Another attack will put them into a frenzy, on overtime, trying to figure out what the connection is between jidad and islam.
Now that this talib-swine has tipped his hand.. LET OUR RESPONSE be WAY MORE DEVASTATING than that since 9/11!!!
The Liberals won't be able to say.. oh, but we don't know WHOM to retaliate against so let's do a study group and not do anything so we don't offend them...
This guy is TELLING us in no uncertain terms. He is taking responsability for anything that happens next.
Don't let ME be President right now. I'd call a Press conference and put it in that hag Helen Thomas' face: ONE terrorist attack and Mecca is an ashtray.
Maybe THAT will moticate those millions of "moderate mahometans" to start turning in some of these terrorists.
i am tired of saying please when we have so many more coercive and convincing means at our disposal.. ;-)
From the article:
" The situation has grown even worse since February, officials say, when Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to Islamabad to demand Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf take action.
"Their (al Qaeda's) situation is actually better today than it was even then," said the RAND Corporation's Jones. "
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When I read this I thought back to GWB's post 9/11 address to the nation when he said, basically, you're either with, us or against us. So I decided to look for a transcript of that speech, and for anyone interested its entirety is here : http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/20/gen.bush.transcript/
Here is part of what he declared as part of the "Bush Doctrine"
" By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder. And tonight the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban:
-- Deliver to United States authorities all of the leaders of Al Qaeda who hide in your land.
-- Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned.
-- Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country.
-- Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. And hand over every terrorist and every person and their support structure to appropriate authorities.
-- Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they are no longer operating.
...
And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.
From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime. Our nation has been put on notice, we're not immune from attack.
Now apply these thoughts to the observation above regarding how freely Al Qaeda operates within Pakistan.
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I found the passages I was looking for. But I started reading the entire transcript. I had never read it in full before.
Now I realize why for 5 yrs after 9/11 I never bothered to take the time to independently research the question: Why do they hate us?
Bush gave us his answer that night, and stupid me, the "lazy reader" accepted what was said and put an end to any further inquiry. I wonder how many others did, and still do accept that explanation:
From that address:
"Americans are asking "Why do they hate us?"
They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.
The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. It is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.
The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics; a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.
...
I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your faith. It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.
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I was in much admiration of our president that night, and for several years thereafter. I quess will all needed some assurance that those who were in charge of our security were doing those things that would make us safe again.
Right now I feel like a fool and that I have been betrayed. Who in the world told our president , because surely he did no research on his own, that the 19 hijackers were blaspheming the name of Allah? How much reading does it take for one to understand that all 19 were doing as Allah instructs. Blasphemy by fringe extremist my ass. They were giving Allah the glory expected of every good, dutiful, pious muslim, and as directed by the Koran. They would have committed blasphemy by denying that Allah commands believers to conquer infidels and spread Islam by violence.
Hugh used the term "lazy reader" today in another thread about Gert Wilders being labelled "right wing". I think that term is quite appropriate. It explains alot when politicians and commentators explain themsleves when discussing "terrorism". They appear to believe that all they needed to know about Islam was what they heard that night and decided they need not go any further. A nation of lazy readers.
Speaking of "dwarf"
http://bp1.blogger.com/_anQnlU5D4sM/RpgzMcOOKEI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/lYjobDuV0Ug/s1600-h/pipsqueak.jpg
:-)
Yeah, Al-Qaeda had one of them already, the attack that dwarfed. They roasted some kid, and then invited his parents over for lunch.
WorldNetDaily...That may or may not be the case, but these grizzly, demon encrusted, Satanised, android jihadists, Al-Qaedaq or not, gotta go. If not guilty of that crime against humanity, they are plenty guilty of others. Torturing by disembowling, drilling ect, is Islams middle name. The people who do this kind of stuff are worse than animals. A dog would not even give a jihadi the honor of pzzing on him. There has not been one horror movie produced by Follywood, that can equal the real horror of Islamic atrocities. They are truly fiends. If Allah predestined every atrocity. Allah, cant be good...
duh_swami,
yes, you are right, but what now? What do we, the people do now. Perhaps 99% of the posts you will read on the net say the same thing, that Islam is evil. OK, now that we all know this, what do we do about it. Most of us recognize that the Fed administration is looting the Nation, and Corporations have hijacked America, and they are not about to disturb there own rice bowl. State Governments are just cutting themselves a piece of the money pie, and City Governments are sheltering Islamics, if not outright harboring them. So what do we, the citizens, do to reclaim, or protect our Nation, and our way of life. I dont really know what we are about now. On one hand, if we do what we are doing this will only get far worse. But to actually do anything about it? I dont know.
I have 2 neighbor families that are convict/converts and you will never hear more hate for America, white people and Christians from anyone else. The ME hate teachings have nothing on thees guys. And now they have banded together to form a Madrases for their kids, and the hate from the kids is truly epic.
QuadoLama...You paint a bleak picture. But you are right.
Tolstoy made the point that some, if not all, elected officials will convert the publics interest to their own. That is Steal. So we want to elect those who will steal the least. When you watch and listen to the candidates, look for the regular stuff, but also say to yourself, 'I wonder how much this person will steal'? Go with your gut instincts.
It's tough to live around people like that, I have done it myself. Not muslims, but active criminals, dope dealers ect. Well, these guys are probably agressive so dont confront them directly.
The City or state may be interested in Licensing the Madrassas if not already done.
Public unrest is the only thing that will stop Islam. Public unrest is what stopped the immigration 'amnesty' bill. We can protest, maybe sue, to stop Mosques from going up, we can as Foehammer suggests, boycot all Islamic countrys products. The public is not in a state of unrest toward Islam yet, but it is comming. We can pressure US companys to cease doing business with them also. The government will try and protect us 'over there', but we will have to do most of the protecting ourselves, over here. And please dont,(not you) elect any more muslims to public office. Besides terrorism and taqiyya, there take over methods, are immigrate, multiply like rabbits, gain political power, and take over. They will also use the sword to accomplish these
goal. We need to do everything we can, to throw monkey wrenches into their machinery...
Hi JWers. This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vSxR6UKFM
could be the answer to our dependence on oil. It is so simple.
You people couldn't defeat the Taliban which posseses primitive weapons, and certainly not going to prevail in Iraq, explain to me how you are to defeat the Iranians? You people preyed on the weak(militarily speaking), but you messed with a peoples with a strong will and determination.
Ex-lover of jesus and no lover of Judeo-Nazis
"Don't let ME be President right now. I'd call a Press conference and put it in that hag Helen Thomas' face: ONE terrorist attack and Mecca is an ashtray."
ROFL!!!
Fred Thompson/Tom Tancredo 2008!!!
progressive is like a spambot.
Regressive, WTF are you talking about? "you messed with a peoples with a strong will and determination" Do you refer to to muslims that crashed into the Twin Towers? They are the strong willed people? We Messed? Dont you know that we would be fat and happy to have avoided this whole thing, Dam but your a fool.
progressive
the taliban have lost power
saddam is dead
the north koreans were forced into a corner
germany was destroyed
soviet union was forced into devolusion and democracy
japan empire was shattered
USA has kept peace in euroland and the world for the past 60 years
Taliban dwarfs yell to get noticed.
Oh, they'll get noticed.
And wish they hadn't.
They love death?
Then there's gonna be a Whole Lotta Love.
Why do I get the feeling that our entire national security strategy consists of our President going on tv and taunting "Bring it on!"?
Why do I get the feeling that we have no national security strategy?
I know that I am not the only one sick of the kow-towing and whining coming out of DC these days. Is there ONE person in DC who isn't a eunuch? If so ou could have fooled me because I haven't seen seen ONE ballsy action in YEARS. If we don't get some people with guts in DC soon I fear our country is doomed.
Maybe a mission should go astray here and there. I can hear it now. Oops! Sorry...was that another one of those those areas you said we shouldn't go into? Damn...we just seem to keep slippin' up. Total detestation you say? Not a single living thing left in those areas? Well...we really do apologize. I'm sure we'll get it under control eventually. You know how ham handed and clumsy we Americans are.
progressive is like a spambot.
Posted by: atheling [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 14, 2007 1:07 AM
LOL. He is boring as well. He cant even stay to defend his moronic statements. He is just a drive by poster. I dont even reply to him anymore. He hasnt the courage to defend his words.
hey regressive progressive it must be hell to wake muslim everyday knowing your mohummad was a child rapist, thief , murderer and leader of a cult eh?
do you have that bump on the head from banging your head fives a day to mecca. the taliban are just following the 8th century pagan god of allah babba.
l cant get serious when they quote from a the talban
whose cowardly way of fighting is to hide behind women's skirts and use children as human shields.
Is there ONE person in DC who isn't a eunuch?
Roxanne, there was one, he was appointed in DC but worked out the NYC and got dismissed by the DC wimps and that was Mr.Bolton.
Progressive???
Progressive what?
Let me guess;
Progressive syphillis?
Progressive idiocy?
Progressive brain atrophy resulting from islam poisoning?
If anyone can think of some other progressive process behind the troll's wacky comments, please let us hear.
Political Science:
No on likes-us i don't know why
We may not be perfect but heaven knows we try
But all around even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one and see what happens
We give them money but are they gratefull
No they're spitefull and they're hatefull
They don't respect us-so lets suprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverise them
Asia's crowded and Europes too old
Africa is far too hot and Canada too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one there will be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia don't wanna hurt no Kangaroo
We'll build an all American amusement park there
They got sufin', too
Boom goes London and boom Paree
More room for you and more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will be just be another American town
Oh,how peasefull it will be
We,ll set everybody free
You,ll wear a Japanese Kimono
And there'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So lets drop the big one now
Lets drop the big one now.
Pretty much sums it up for me!
alexb,
You posted this -
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017368.php#c422317
I have been deleted when I posted rational stuff, and quoted from history, I am surprised you are still alive.
I don't think "progressive" knows about our nuclear arsenal and the fact that we have been holding back.
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
alexb said
Arjun, the gods are indeed capricious.
New UK attacks by failed dwarfs....???
Credit where credit is due:
I think alexb's "Let's Drop the Big One" is a tongue-in-cheek ditty by Randy Newman ("Short People", and the theme from Monk, "It's a Jungle Out There"). Mr. Newman has written and sung other similarly sardonic songs, but those are the only others that leap to mind.
Just to set the record straight.
My above post is a song penned by Randy Newman.
Should have stated that in the original,sorry.
"...explain to me how you are to defeat the Iranians? ..."
Posted by: progressive
.....you will learn about this when the time comes....
Islam is for losers...