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White House curbs major counterterrorism drill designed to test response to car bombs and chemical weapons strike

Apr 1, 2014 4:14 pm By Robert Spencer

InspireWhat could possibly go wrong? Concern about Islamic jihad terrorism is, as we all know, a manifestation of “hatred,” “bigotry” and “Islamophobia.” But here, this is what could go wrong: “Disclosure of the curtailed exercise comes as al Qaeda recently issued new threats to conduct car bomb attacks in Washington. Details of the car bombing campaign were contained in the latest issue of the English-language magazine ‘Inspire,’ published by the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.” “Feds Curtail Major Counterterror Exercise in Washington,” by Bill Gertz for the Washington Free Beacon, April 1 (thanks to Matthew):

The White House sharply curbed a major counterterrorism drill scheduled for Tuesday in Washington that was designed to test the federal government response to threats of car bombs attacks and a chemical weapons strike on the Metro subway system.

The exercise, code named Eagle Horizon 2014, was cut back instead to small-scale communications checks within federal agencies.

The transfer of government functions through groups of emergency personnel located at remote secure locations as part of so-called “continuity of government” operations was scrapped, according to Obama administration security officials.

Disclosure of the curtailed exercise comes as al Qaeda recently issued new threats to conduct car bomb attacks in Washington. Details of the car bombing campaign were contained in the latest issue of the English-language magazine “Inspire,” published by the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The magazine urged Muslim youth to attack Americans with car bombs and provided detailed instructions for making the devices from easily available components, such as groups of small propane tanks used in cooking grills.

General targets were listed as Washington and New York and specific local targets were suggested for attacks on restaurants in Arlington and Alexandria as well as Washington, D.C.’s M Street designed to kill or injure “high-profile personalities,” the magazine states.

“Inspire Magazine’s goal is to empower Muslim youth. … In this section, we give you strength, power and intelligence. Believe me, using car bombs gives you all that,” the magazine said in a section called “open source jihad.”

The magazine also identified Northern Virginia as a major locale for the use of car bomb attacks because of the region’s “big military presence—almost all the military bases are based in this state.” The magazine also called for attacks there because of “federal agencies in Northern Virginia, including the headquarters of the Department of Defense and CIA; and military facilities in Hampton Roads, the site of the region’s main seaport.”

Dan Watson, a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, confirmed that the exercise was reduced but declined to provide details….

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  1. mortimer says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    Obama’s approach to jihad dovetails with the plans of the jihadists. It’s like someone leaving the door open or the gate open and telling the gatekeepers to take the night off.

    Obama is leaving America lightly defended. Will the jihadists soon find the unguarded doors?

    • veggiedog says

      Apr 2, 2014 at 7:32 am

      3 years, can we survive that, and whoever is next. Wake up America, soon to be not so beautiful if this keeps up.

    • Shane says

      Apr 2, 2014 at 10:03 am

      Obama refuses to admit that our terrorist enemies are Islamic jihadists. Obama had any reference to Islam and Jihad removed from our counter-terrorism training materials. Obama has earned his “Dhimmi of the Year” award.

      • Will Doohan says

        Apr 2, 2014 at 4:27 pm

        Dhimmi of the Decade is more like it.
        Or perhaps Dhimmi of the Century.

  2. mariam rove says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    Will the jihadists soon find the unguarded doors?….

    Yes they did. It is the door to the white house. They are infiltrating it every other minute. M

  3. Guy Macher says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 4:48 pm

    Arrest. Execute. Ship to Kenya in a body-bag.

  4. Jerry says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    It is about time that Americans recover their wits sufficiently to impeach the first Islamic President and prosecute him for treason.

  5. Islamisdeath says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    Imam obama doing his bit for jihad. Treason!

  6. Davegreybeard says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    I’d suggest y’all gun up boys and girls – it’s the least you can do.

    It’s gonna get real interesting, soon.

    Ammunition seems to be easer to get now, but that might change with “marshal Law” – cause of all the car bombs going off.

    • Francesca says

      Apr 1, 2014 at 7:42 pm

      MARTIAL law named after the Roman god of war = Mars.
      Sounds even worse that way, no?

      • duh_swami says

        Apr 2, 2014 at 6:09 am

        The philosophies, and attitudes, and orders from Allah suggest he is closer to Mars than the Moon. Mars is in charge of things like war, punishment, discipline, courts, justice etc. The moon has to do with reproduction on the physical level, but is also known as the ‘treasure house of images’ on the astral level. When you can ‘picture’ something in your mind, that is Moon influence. The symbolism of the ‘planets’ can go on forever, but the point is, Allah is more Mars than Moon.

    • EYESOPEN says

      Apr 2, 2014 at 7:54 am

      Hey, DaveGreybeard! Who’s “Marshall Law”?

  7. Stephen Poole says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    … The End that we are heading to has been foretold … …

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Apr 1, 2014 at 7:05 pm

      Although this has the ring of a foreboding passage from the Old Testament, I’m afraid that you’re spot-on right. It’s staring us in the face, and the masses are unwilling to confront it.

  8. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    The exercise, code named Eagle Horizon 2014…

    The eagle has landed. Head bowed, slump-shouldered, the Eagle has chicken-toe peace sign claws, scratching at the realization that the gubmint has thrown in the Mo-Bro-Hood. What’s to worry about, there hasn’t been a terrorist attack here since 9/11, so everything’s cool. And, btw, if they *had* done the drill it woulda incorporated pro-Islam fundamentals, it woulda practiced bad procedures to help deny reality under the immediate pressure of deadly mass murder mujahadin attack.

    So this ain’t big news. Admit irresponsibility, defeatism and cowardice by calling it off, or do it by going through the motions. No diff. The Dhimmi is Dreamy, and he is the Prez. Take a gander at this secularist’s middle name, and you understand how futile it is.

  9. sam says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    Am I surprised? NO!

  10. Saleem Smith says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    The Obama Admin must know that there are simply too many (literally hundred of thousands) committed Islam inspired Muslim terrorists for jihad to ever go away and that there will likely be many more large-scale jihad attacks in the not too distant future. Possibly the reason for this counterterrorism drill being canceled is the ‘uncomfortable connection’ it has to Islam…

    After all, as we all know, jihad, the Islamic concept, is responsible for almost all of the terrorist attacks in the modern world.

    For jihad to disappear from the face of the earth, all copies of the Quran and Muhammad’s recorded deeds and saying found in the hadith and sira would somehow have to miraculously disappear, and that isn’t ever going to happen.

    We ex-Muslims know that mythical Muhammad the mad prophet of Islam was himself a murderous psychopath. So when Muslims imitate his behavior, as they are taught to do, they tend to want to perform jihad.

    As long as the Muslims continue to believe that Mohammed was the last and perfect messenger of God the jihad will continue. So canceling counterterrorism drills to prepare for inevitable Islamic jihad terror attacks is insane logic and ultimately suicidal.

    Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:

    “One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…

    The statement continues,

    Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”

    • mortimer says

      Apr 1, 2014 at 11:25 pm

      How can we convince the West and its politicians of all you know?

  11. Jax Tolmen says

    Apr 1, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    There seems to be an increase in talk directed at the violent eradication of Muslims throughout the internet. This is both a positive and negative thing;

    Positive – It demonstrates an increasing discomfort with the atrocities committed by Muslims at home and abroad, and is a good sign that the anti – Jihad movement is gaining traction with the common people. Gaining the support of the common people is crucial to seeing that the movement’s political goals are met, and we may see the eradication of an abhorrent religion within our lifetime. This can be achieved in multiple ways, such as forced deportations and a radical restructuring of Islam itself that will make it unrecognizable compared to the current iteration of Islam.

    Negative – There are people advocating genocide, civil war and indiscriminate violence against ALL Muslims. If we want to win, that is definitely not how you do it. We are better than the Muslims, that is the platform we all stand upon. That does not mean that we should start killing them indiscriminately; genocide is still genocide – do you really want the future being full of references to the ‘Muslim Holocaust’ and ‘Death Camps for Muslims’? Oh the irony.

    • RonaldB says

      Apr 2, 2014 at 3:53 pm

      I totally agree with you that we should not commit violence against Muslims unless it is defensive. I abhor our support of the Syrian rebels, resulting not only in the destruction of the Christian community, but in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Muslims. We have no right to kill Muslims for political gain.

      There are many things we can do which would trample on the rights of no citizens. We could shut off all Muslim immigration, period. Muslims would be allowed in only if they clearly and irrevocable!y aposticize. And they would be immediately deported at any sign of reversion.

      All alien residents would be continually screened for their commitment to a representative government of equal rights. Anyone who fundamentally disagrees with the structure of our society would do better looking for a home elsewhere.

      It would be a major felony for any political body to accept, directly or indirectly, any funding from foreign sources. This would include any affiliations with academic organizations influenced or controlled by foreign funding.

      The United States would quit funding and trying to control foreign governments. Allow other countries to make their own mistakes and find their own paths. Only deal with direct military threats. Do not send US military forces to shore up Islamist regimes such as Saudis Arabia.

  12. citycat says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 3:46 am

    Restructuring evil will serve to refine it.

    It has to be the source, Koran?

    Is there a vampiric entity feeding off Islam? which was before Islam.

    Is the Koran a front for an older Evil.

  13. duh_swami says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 5:17 am

    ‘Fundamentally changing America’ Rasool Obama style, includes bowing to and enabling Islam. That’s carrying, ‘resist not evil’, a little too far. The very first principal of self defense is, ‘never underestimate the enemy’. Rasool not only deliberately underestimates hegemonic Islam, he embraces it. ‘ Protecting the image of Islam at all costs’, is not a legitimate function of the US gov, and is traitorous because it is a sell out, not voted for, but forced on us.

  14. Gamaliel says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 5:51 am

    An exercise like that would be bad PR for the Obama administration, I mean after all he said that Al Qaeda was on the run so we shouldn’t need to conduct such exercises.

  15. veggiedog says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 7:47 am

    @Saleem
    ““One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…”

    Thank you, but not enough will ever see the true Mohammad for what he was. This problem has gotten too big for any reasonable action to derail it. We need men and women of fortitude to do the right thing.

  16. Hummer says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 11:58 am

    Destruction of our economy, the DOJ unwillingly to enforce laws and diluting those laws that would punish equally those who commit crimes based solely on political and ethnic considerations, dividing Americans and inciting problems, working with the MB (declared a terrorist group by Egypt and Saudia Arabia) and terrorist groups in Syria, unwillingness to define our enemies, dumping military leaders not in favor with the regime, and now this article that makes us unprepared. And we should’t be concerned-what does it take to wake up???

  17. Beth Lambert says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 1:25 pm

    Obama hearts Jihadists! Allah would be proud of him!

  18. Will Doohan says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    It’s possible and highly probable, that with what is going on in Crimea and Ukraine, Korea, and the so-called Middle East Peace talks, that the FedGov has it’s hands full right now and called off the exercise for that reason.

  19. Cindy Mccoy says

    Apr 2, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    Are you kidding me????It is okay that soldiers die at Ft Hood but no one in Washington can be replaced??? Only peons that serve us not take advantage of us day after day!!!!! Not only that but how weak we must look to the world!! Can you think of any other president that would do this to us?? He has invited the enemy in to watch over us and see what we do. They go to security meetings, they know what we are doing and no one there is saying a thing. Except for A few heros like Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, there are a few more but can’t think off hand. I’m sick in the hospital, and this care from o”bum”a is not making me better and is costing me a lot more. It is a load of crap!!!! I want the president to have the insurance I have and the income my husband and I have too!!!! Then I need him to suffer the sicknesses that I do. I have COPD and never smoked a day in my life. Not so with this president. It seems that he doesn’t do anything that we do. This man needs a wake-up call. God needs to give him a dose of his own medicine and then he needs to be treated at the VA hospital like everyone else. In long lines spend a whole day there like the brave heroes that fought for our country. We need a modern day Christmas Carol to visit this the worst president ever!!!!!!

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