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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:16 PM
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U.S. Aides Cite Worry on Qaeda Infiltration From Mexico
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 - New intelligence information strongly suggests
that Al Qaeda has considered infiltrating the United States through
the Mexican border, top government officials told Congress on
Wednesday.

In a wide-ranging assessment of threats to American security,
including those posed by Iran and North Korea, the officials also
said intelligence indicated that terrorist organizations remained
intent on obtaining and using devastating weapons against the United
States.

"It may only be a matter of time before Al Qaeda or another group
attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
weapons," Porter J. Goss, the new director of central intelligence,
told the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The warnings from Mr. Goss and other top officials came as part of a
stark presentation that described terrorism as the top threat to the
United States despite what they described as successes in the last
year. Mr. Goss said that the war in Iraq had served as a useful
recruiting tool for Islamic extremists, and that both the low Sunni
Muslim turnout in elections there and the violence that followed
demonstrated that the insurgency remained a serious threat.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/international/americas/17intel.html
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:19 PM
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1. Well, there it is.
The beginnings of the "terrah" response to Guckert.

We knew that we heard that train a'comin'.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:20 PM
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2. I'm getting sick of Al-Qaeda working to keep this fraudulent
administration in power. If the Bush administration can't stuff Al-Qaeda after spending hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of American lives, they ought to resign and let the Democrats give it a try.

And you know what? Al-Qaeda would become a small criminal nuisance that wouldn't require us to be held hostage to these terror warnings. Because we know EXACTLY where to begin going after the terrorists...
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jjtss Donating Member (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 11:58 PM
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7. Al Quaeda is probably being paid from
G.Brish's 82Bn war chest, if congress gives it to him. Maybe if they refuse to fund the war AQ will go away.
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:23 PM
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3. Yawn, yeah, and I'm a FUCKING MORON!!!
What is wrong with these people?? Do they have to state FUCKING OBVIOUS things to get the KNUCKLE DRAGGERS to follow like the MINDLESS FOOLS that they are!!!!!!
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:24 PM
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4. Didn't they use this one already?
Wern't we told around Xmas that mexicans were bringing dirty bombs or something like that to NY?
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:29 PM
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5. Bar room banter from the chief bastard. What kind of speculative
irresponsible rubbish can't these idiots bat the shit about now "post 9/11" ? It is crystal clear that they talk about this shit openly now to scare the populace into toeing the line and bending over to accept whatever shitty deal they wish to jam up their asses.
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-05 10:36 PM
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6. The biggest danger from Terrorists are the ones that
.
.
.

the Sheeples just voted into the WH!!

the rest are just the scapegoats . .

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mordarlar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-05 12:04 AM
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8. Whew I live north.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-05 12:10 AM
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9. and the egomaniac-in-chief wants to cut how many border patrol people?
Edited on Thu Feb-17-05 12:10 AM by havocmom
Something over 9700? Yeah, I can see how that helps... cheap labor abusing bastards and coke users!
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