A summer of terror?

[GW in Ohio]

A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer, according to a senior official with access to the document.
"This is reminiscent of the warnings and intelligence we were getting in the summer of 2001," the official told ABCNews.com.
U.S. officials have kept the information secret, and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" that the United States did not have "have any specific credible evidence that there's an attack focused on the United States at this point."
As ABCNews.com reported, U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of terror attacks in Glasgow and Prague, the Czech Republic, against "airport infrastructure and aircraft."
The warnings apparently never reached officials in Scotland, who said this weekend they had received "no advance intelligence" that Glasgow might be a target.
Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff declined to comment specifically on on the report today, but said "everything that we get is shared virtually instantaneously with our counterparts in Britain and vice versa."
Unlike the United States, officials in Germany have publicly warned that the country could face a major attack this summer, also comparing the situation to the pre-9/11 summer of 2001.

Scary......

Let's hope our people can sniff out any attacks before they happen.

[JohnDoe]

Scary......

Let's hope our people can sniff out any attacks before they happen.

Yes, let's hope they do. I guess fighting them over ''there'' may not be the say all and tell all of our safety here in the USA?

We all really need to keep our eyes and ears opened here in the USA, and take measures to keep the ''radicals'' out of our country.

I hate this ''chatter'' stuff, I wish it was more specific, so us Americans could be more informed.

[Kathianne]

I noticed Thursday morning on I think CNN a representative of Homeland Security said that these types of attacks had been attempted in the US already, though they hadn't gotten to the 'operational' stage.

We don't hear of attempts like this. My brother has told me for years, (part of his position is interfacing with FBI/feds and local police), that while attempts and plans continue to be made by terrorists, so far the difficulty in getting explosives beyond those found in the UK attempts and fertilizer are nearly impossible. Not so tight in Europe, such as plastique.

When I asked him why they don't let the public know more about the threats, he said it was double edged sword. If reported the people would not as easily grow complacent, but the 'bad guys' would be able to figure out how they were discovered. Problem today is that I think many, especially those that detest GW, chalk the terror talk up to just hype on the part of the administration.

[glockmail]

Scary......

Let's hope our people can sniff out any attacks before they happen.

Imagine the level of Al Queada activity in the civilized world if we weren't kicking their asses in the ME.

[JohnDoe]

Very interesting Kathianne, it is a double edged sword!

We are also in a better position than Britain, because over the last few decades we have not alienated our Muslim communities, they have become part of the melting pot, as with our other communities, much more so than in England.

People try to lump all muslims together and joke about them being/not being a religion of peace, but in our country, for the ''most'' part, the 3 million muslims we have in our country, have been peaceful. I believe this is because us Americans have welcomed them with opened arms.

I hope we do not alienate them in the future, things could end up being like Britain, here, if we do...and it doesn't seem very ''stable'' over there!

[glockmail]

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People try to lump all muslims together and joke about them being/not being a religion of peace, but in our country, for the ''most'' part, the 3 million muslims we have in our country, have been peaceful. I believe this is because us Americans have welcomed them with opened arms.

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IMO they are waiting until they are a higher percentage, and more of us become limp-wristed liberals, to try a takeover.

[Kathianne]

Very interesting Kathianne, it is a double edged sword!

We are also in a better position than Britain, because over the last few decades we have not alienated our Muslim communities, they have become part of the melting pot, as with our other communities, much more so than in England.

People try to lump all muslims together and joke about them being/not being a religion of peace, but in our country, for the ''most'' part, the 3 million muslims we have in our country, have been peaceful. I believe this is because us Americans have welcomed them with opened arms.

I hope we do not alienate them in the future, things could end up being like Britain, here, if we do...and it doesn't seem very ''stable'' over there!

We do not have the percentages of Muslims in this country as do many of the Western European countries, that helps. For the most part, the opportunities for them are the same as any other immigrant and also in the main, they are not concentrated into certain areas, very different than in UK, France in particular. (notable exception: Dearborn, MI).

I have noticed a quite dramatic uptick in traditional garb worn by Muslims in our area, post 9/11. It's not a matter of my just becoming aware of it, as many of these families were in the schools around here prior to that event. Since then, most have taken to wearing the scarfs and complete covering of females, something that was missing when the children were younger and we were all watching soccer and baseball games in shorts. I don't know what that's about, but it does put up barriers, every bit as much as when some of the evangelicals would gather to pray, before a game.

[GW in Ohio]

Imagine the level of Al Queada activity in the civilized world if we weren't kicking their asses in the ME.

Excuse me while I respond to that.....



Now allow me to respond verbally.....

Bullshit

We have created more US-hating terrorists by our invasion of Iraq than existed before.

[GW in Ohio]

IMO they are waiting until they are a higher percentage, and more of us become limp-wristed liberals, to try a takeover.

You guys have no idea how unintentionally funny you are, do you?

I especially liked the adjective you tacked on to "liberals".......limp-wristed.

That was good.

[diuretic]

Very interesting Kathianne, it is a double edged sword!

We are also in a better position than Britain, because over the last few decades we have not alienated our Muslim communities, they have become part of the melting pot, as with our other communities, much more so than in England.

People try to lump all muslims together and joke about them being/not being a religion of peace, but in our country, for the ''most'' part, the 3 million muslims we have in our country, have been peaceful. I believe this is because us Americans have welcomed them with opened arms.

I hope we do not alienate them in the future, things could end up being like Britain, here, if we do...and it doesn't seem very ''stable'' over there!

Excellent point. The Brits have a history of discrimination against their Muslim minorities, naturally it's bred much resentment.

[diuretic]

IMO they are waiting until they are a higher percentage, and more of us become limp-wristed liberals, to try a takeover.

Why a "takeover"?

[Monkeybone]

they wait until they are/are close to the majority and then make everything muslim? if you don't follow it you die.

and yes i think that it is true partially that we haven't had as many attacks over here becasue of what we are doing in the ME, but we also our tightened borders and home security has probably helped

[diuretic]

they wait until they are/are close to the majority and then make everything muslim? if you don't follow it you die.

and yes i think that it is true partially that we haven't had as many attacks over here becasue of what we are doing in the ME, but we also our tightened borders and home security has probably helped

In the US they'd better get their skates on then, 300 million people and from what I read there's more concern about Hispanic people (predominantly Roman Catholic) taking over eh? In the UK, population - dunno about 50-something million? Again, the Muslim community is going to have to breed like rabbits (with the same gestation period) to get ready for a take-over.

[Monkeybone]

lol. yah. the muzzies and the hispanics are gonna have to fight over america more than anything else

PS- not to be racist, but the mexicans do breed like rabbits it seems

[Kathianne]

lol. yah. the muzzies and the hispanics are gonna have to fight over america more than anything else

PS- not to be racist, but the mexicans do breed like rabbits it seems

Only compared to Americans and Western Europeans.