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mth44sc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 10:13 PM
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Two officials said the government had intelligence from Yemen before Friday that leaders of a branch of Al Qaeda there were talking about “a Nigerian” being prepared for a terrorist attack.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1

The U.S. and Yemen are now looking at fresh targets in Yemen for a potential retaliation strike, two senior U.S. officials told CNN Tuesday, in the aftermath of the botched Christmas Day attack on an airliner that al Qaeda in Yemen claims it organized.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/29/us.yemen.strike.targets/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 10:15 PM
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1. There is no problem so large that US bombs can't fix!
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mth44sc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 10:17 PM
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2. I just want to know who the talkers are
and are they the same in both cases. And are they trying to create a result?
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 10:18 PM
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4. Good catch. It wouldn't shock me if they were the same.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 10:17 PM
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3. Yes, and this was part of that intelligence per the NYT...
"Some of the information at the time was partial or incomplete and it was not obvious that it was connected"
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 10:22 PM
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5. I am outraged that ALL Nigerians were not immediately placed on the "Do Not Fly" list!!
!!!!111!11!!1!11!
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 11:08 PM
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6. yawn. . . . .sadly, I have not been able to take "senior gov't officials" seriously for decades now.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-29-09 11:23 PM
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7. Yup. nt
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