Reemergence of Al Qaeda

[Ritter]

U.S. Sees Threat of al Qaeda Attack - WSJ.com

In case you all have not heard, an alert has been issued for American tourists worldwide. American embassies in North Africa and the Middle East are also being cleared.

Apparently our intelligence services picked up increased chatter by Al Qaeda operatives oversees. Hence the alert.

 

[zone]

what are they up to now?
i guess we'll find out.

i wonder if it's related to the Trilateral moves in SE Asia at the moment.
hmmm...

 

[Ritter]

I actually wonder if it has more to do with the growing popularity of United States surveillance here and abroad.

"Just when you thought we were being intrusive, here is evidence that we are keeping you safe."

That and the Obama administration doesn't want another Benghazi and understandably so. It's unfortunate it took a Benghazi for them to take preventative measures.

 

[Ritter]

Either way, there is something more at work here. The timing seems so...off to me.

 

[Ritter]

Furthermore, we have a case of irony here, children.

"Osama's dead and GM is alive."-Joe Biden on the campaign trail, 2012

 

[zone]

I actually wonder if it has more to do with the growing popularity of United States surveillance here and abroad.

"Just when you thought we were being intrusive, here is evidence that we are keeping you safe."

That and the Obama administration doesn't want another Benghazi and understandably so. It's unfortunate it took a Benghazi for them to take preventative measures.

true, dat.
all they have to do now is issue an alert.


i wonder who came up with The War on Terror?
musta been a bonus for that one too.

it's perfect really...just say "terror" and everybody goes - oh...we're at war.

eh...it's prolly time to get gruesome with Syria.
so they gotta have central casting in place.

disgusting.

 

[crossnote]

This all must be blowin smoke, after all didn't one of the brilliant ones say ''Al Qaeda has been defeated''?

 

[zone]

This all must be blowin smoke, after all didn't one of the brilliant ones say ''Al Qaeda has been defeated''?

May 1, 2003

ya sure.


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Iraq 2013

 

[RickyZ]

You can't kill the beast. Al Qaeda is but a fingernail of the many headed beast the world lives under. Cut it off, it grows back. That's why the only true eternal solution is Christ - He is the one and only way to not just overcome it, but to ultimately leave it behind. I pray for travelers everywhere, having been round the world a time or two myself (including the middle east) I know what it's like to be among uncertain lands and peoples. May angels guard the Lord's travelers paths.

 

[zone]

Hillary Clinton: “We Created Al Qaeda”. The Protagonists of the “Global War on Terrorism” are the Terrorists

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, June 01, 2013

Hillary Clinton: “We Created Al Qaeda”. The Protagonists of the “Global War on Terrorism” are the Terrorists | Global Research

 

[Drett]

For every militant killed in Pakistan by a drone, 30 civilians are killed. So civilians are being killed so terrorists cannot kill civilians ?

So one terrorist is killed yippee. How many "terrorists" are created from the relatives of the 30 dead ?

 

[Ritter]

For every militant killed in Pakistan by a drone, 30 civilians are killed. So civilians are being killed so terrorists cannot kill civilians ?

So one terrorist is killed yippee. How many "terrorists" are created from the relatives of the 30 dead ?

I'm curious, Drett. Where did you find that statistic?

 

[Drett]

I'm curious, Drett. Where did you find that statistic?

These figures comes from Shahzad Akbar, a leading human rights lawyer in Pakistan.

These figures are backed up below.

According to the statistics presented to the Peshawer High Court by the Government of Pakistan in response to a petition filed in June 2013 - during the last five years:
Total attacks: 333
Total militants killed: 47
Total civilians killed: 1500
Total civilians maimed: 330

Khan, Imran "How I cheated death by an assassin's bullet" The Daily Mail. July 27, 2013.

 

[Drett]

These statistics (previous entry) give credence to the fact that the numbers released by the CIA are misrepresentations. Even further still, it is stated in a Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) report that of all the drone attack victims since 2004, more than 76% of the dead fall in the legal grey zone, 22% are confirmed civilians (included 5% minors) and only the remaining 1.5% are high-profile targets.[SUP][28][/SUP] A classified Pakistani government report obtained in July 2013 by the BIJ shows details of 75 drone strikes that occurred between 2006-09. According to the 12-page report, in this period alone, 176 of the 746 reported dead were civilians, with a further 200 regarded as probable non-combatants.

^ Woods, Chris "Leaked Pakistani report confirms high civilian death toll in CIA drone strikes" Bureau of Investigative

 

[zone]

US Government “Protection” of Al-Qaeda Terrorists and the US-Saudi “Black Hole”

By Prof Peter Dale Scott
Global Research, August 05, 2013

http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-gov...errorists-and-the-us-saudi-black-hole/5344934 < click

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