Barcelona plot fuels U.S. security concerns

Changenow

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Fri Jan-25-08 05:32 PM
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Barcelona plot fuels U.S. security concerns

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The arrest of 14 people in Spain in a suspected Islamist bomb plot has fueled concerns over U.S. security as Bush administration officials are turning their attention to potential election-year threats, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Friday.

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In his first extensive meeting with reporters since taking office in November, Mukasey also said security officials were keenly aware of the potential for an al Qaeda strike timed around U.S. national elections November 4.

"I don't want to get into classified briefings, and that's going to get into it up to my hips," he said when asked about the election threat.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2535980320080125?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

Who didn't know this would happen?

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ixion

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Fri Jan-25-08 05:59 PM
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1. yeah, the "terrorists" don't want to see Bush go...

he's given them everything they could ever have imagined.

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Sat Jan-26-08 07:22 AM
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2. cons are so desperate for a terra attack n/t

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xchrom

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Sat Jan-26-08 08:13 AM
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3. republicans need terrorists.

you can see it in the debates -- and you can even imagine ghouliani making a new 9-11 ad out of this.

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