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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:34 PM
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ABC: Al Qaeda Operatives in Greater London are Being Encouraged to "Strike During the Christian
Edited on Fri Dec-22-06 12:36 PM by sabra

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BREAKING NEWS >> ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT AL QAEDA OPERATIVES IN GREATER LONDON ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO "STRIKE DURING THE CHRISTIAN HOLIDAY"


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Exclusive: Al Qaeda U.K. on the Prowl for Targets; Encouraged to Strike During the Holidays


ABC News has learned that al Qaeda operatives in the greater London area are being encouraged to "strike during the Christian holidays," according to intelligence and law enforcement sources.

Those sources say that Internet chatter and Web postings monitored by authorities are behind the grave concern of an imminent al Qaeda strike, one that at least some law enforcement officials in Britain fear will again target mass transit.

Sir Ian Blair, the head of London's Metropolitan Police, summed up those concerns to the BBC Radio 4 Today program, "The threat of another terrorist attempt is ever present. Christmas is a period when that might happen. We have no specific intelligence to do (with) that.

"It is a far graver threat in terms of civilians than either the Cold War or the Second World War. It's a much graver threat than that posed by Irish Republican terrorism," he added.



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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:38 PM
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1. Being encouraged by whom?
President Bush and his Misadministration, in an effort to fan the flames of jingoistic hatred in support of his failed "war on terror?"

Poodle, so that he can be tossed from office with at least one success under his belt (ie catching terrorists)?

O`Lielly, desperate to make people pay for laughing at his "war on Christmas?"
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:39 PM
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2. But Christmas isn't really a christian holiday anyway! n/t
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:40 PM
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3. It's a "far graver threat" than V-1 and V-2 attacks of WWII?
A "far graver threat" than Soviet Nukes of the Cold War?

Really?
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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:57 PM
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6. Or the IRA...
When are Britons in living fear of a Christmas Attack by the Enemy©

1983: Harrods bomb blast kills six

Three police officers and three members of the public have been killed and 75 others injured after a car bomb attack in central London.

BBC

I.R.A. Admits Arson Attack At London Shopping Center

Published: December 15, 1991

A north London shopping center was the target of a guerrilla arson attack today, raising fears of a Christmas bombing campaign against busy British stores by the Irish Republican Army.

NY Times

Christmas bombing fears

Tuesday, 23 November, 1999, 22:04 GMT

A national alert has been issued by Scotland Yard following fears of a bombing campaign by dissident Irish republican groups during the festive period.

BBC

The British government has been scaring Britons for years...apparently it works!
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Briar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:48 PM
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4. It is a far graver threat in terms of civilians than either the Cold War or the Second World War.
So speaks a man who knows nothing about WW2. What a stupid remark - a sign of how politicised Blair has allowed his role to become. Presumably this is part of the effort to justify the catastrophe in Iraq in retrospect.

As for the story:

"We have no specific intelligence to do (with) that."

There is no main story.
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 12:52 PM
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5. *cough cough* bullshit *snicker*
suuuuuuuuuuuure
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doublethink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:00 PM
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7. Tang, Baby Bottles, Peroxide, Sports Drinks, Cameras, Flashlights.
Uh Okay.

"Christmas is a period when that might happen. We have no specific intelligence to do that."

Uh Okay.

"Internet chatter and Web postings monitored by authorities are behind the grave concern of an imminent al Qaeda strike"

Uh Okay.

"While there are no specifics to the concern -- no targets, no corroborated intelligence and no very specific timing -- authorities are taking the information more seriously than they otherwise might."

Uh Okay.

I understand staying vigilant, but some of this stuff just sounds plain silly. Peace. :shrug:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:03 PM
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8. BBC reported this early this morning but NO credible evidence.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:24 PM
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9. But, but London is fogged in? They can't make their iPod & hairgel bombs
Edited on Fri Dec-22-06 01:26 PM by 48percenter
if the planes don't fly.

I just checked BBC website, how ironic they don't have anything posted regarding this "plot." Where is ABC getting their info??
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 01:33 PM
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10. Why all of a sudden this Christmas?
Al Qaeda just figured out this year when the holiday is?

:sarcasm:

This kind of thing is so inane. Like when we get all the warnings on July 4 here. 911 wasn't any special particular day.

It's the same as those people worried about the imams praying on a plane. The 911 hijackers didn't do something so obvious.

Sometimes I swear, it seems like people LIKE to rile themselves up with fear.
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thingfisher Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:23 PM
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12. Why do you think horror movies are so popular?
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thingfisher Donating Member (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:20 PM
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11. "It is a far graver threat
in terms of civilians than either the Cold War or the Second World War. It's a much graver threat than that posed by Irish Republican terrorism," he added.

Can anyone say FEARMONGERER?
Wouldn't Bush and Blair just love to see a bloody attack at this time?
Time to stoke up the war machine.
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4nic8em Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:34 PM
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13. Lest we drop our guard...
I have a hunch the next "attack" will probably be from undetectable "liquid chemical tits".
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:07 PM
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14. 60,595 civilians killed by bombing in WW2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/wars_conflict/home_front/the_home_front_08.shtml

or 27 per day. The man's an arsehole.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 10:08 PM
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15. Yep. He's a liar. nt
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-23-06 12:28 AM
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16. A real plot would not require encouragement via internet chatter.
What total bullshit. Was there a lot of chattering before the subway bombings? Before the Spanish train bombings? Before big buildings tumbled down in New York?

Perhaps London Metro ought to send their idiot assassins out to rid us of another dangerous Brazilian?
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