“I think what al-Qaida is counting on now … is trying to develop and execute the major (attack) plan while at the same time putting out the propaganda fodder and hoping that others will take that ball and run with it.” Some Muslims at Fort Dix and around JFK Airport seem to have been ready to run with the ball.
By Shaun Waterman for UPI, with thanks to all who sent this in:
WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) — The FBI says al-Qaida is issuing video messages in English to get Muslim extremists in the United States to carry out terror attacks.
Speaking on C-SPAN Television, FBI Director of Public Affairs John Miller said al-Qaida leaders have stepped up the tempo of their public messages in an effort to inspire others to compensate for their network’s reduced ability directly to execute attacks.
“You see that they put out more communications than they used to, that they have picked up the tempo and pace a great deal,” Miller said. He said al-Qaida’s “ability to function as a corporate structure” had been impaired “because of the capture and killing of so many of its key leaders.”
As a result, “al-Qaida has tried to put the message out to get others to step forward … and do things in its name,” Miller said. “I think what al-Qaida is counting on now … is trying to develop and execute the major (attack) plan while at the same time putting out the propaganda fodder and hoping that others will take that ball and run with it. And they’re counting on both happening at once.”