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Theo Spark —
... risks 'collapse of sterling' says George Osborne. Brown must go, NOW. Al-Qaeda's influence is spreading, says CIA chief. We ignore Africa at our peril. Row over British plan for labelling 'illegal' Israeli vegetables. Utter garbage. I will buy them when I see them. Judge orders girl to write apology for killing HMS Belfast's cat. Keelhaul the little bitch. And why can't scum like this be named? Barack Obama is warned to beware of a ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda. They know that he hasn't ...
Open Thread
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama warned of huge threat from al Qaeda.
Barack Obama is being given ominous advice from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to brace himself for an early assault from terrorists....Lord West of Spithead, the Home Office Security Minister, spoke recently of a “huge threat”, saying: “There is another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this.”...In Britain, security officials say that there is genuine concern that alQaeda will attempt a “spectacular” in the transition ...
Barack Obama is Warned of Major Terrorist Threat
PoliGazette —
... President-elect Barack Obama has been warned by intelligence officials, other government officials and experts in general that Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are likely preparing to strike against the United States at the moment he takes office. The reason is that a shift in administration always causes some chaos and miscommunication, which is understood by Al Qaeda, which wants to use this time to carry out a 9/11 kind of attack. ...
Left Unsaid….
Daily Pundit —
Barack Obama is warned to beware of a ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda - Times Online
Referring to the attacks in 1993 and 2001, General Hayden told a Washington think-tank on Thursday night: “For some people two data points create a trend line. For others, there may be more hesitation to call it that.” He said that the chief danger comes from remote areas in Pakistan that border Afghanistan.
“Today virtually every major terrorist threat that my agency is aware of has threads back to the tribal areas. Whether it’s command and control, training, direction, ...
Obama’s Evolving National Security Policy
Patterico's Pontifications —
... If Obama follows through on his campaign promises, he would prohibit many CIA interrogation techniques and close GTMO, even if that meant releasing detainees into American society. Those seem like particularly bad ideas in light of renewed warnings that the world should brace for a terror attack, warnings that must weigh heavily on President-elect Obama. ...
“Huge Threat”
Jules Crittenden —
... Times of London is talking about al-Qaeda’s love of post-election violence and expectations of a test for Obama. It’s actually the Biden Effect, which of course is something he lifted from the Bush administration, now being echoed back by the Bushites. It’s the awareness that we have enemies who wish to do us ill, and try to induce panic and maybe frighten us off. There is also al-Qaeda’s need to belatedly cast its absentee ballot … straight Great Satan ticket … and show that they are also transitioning. Said threat will only get more huge if the Obama administration ...
Gitmo Disappointment Coming
Antiwar.com Original —
... focusing on hope without much content and audacity without specifics. He now has a more credible mandate than Dubya ever had and room to maneuver without anyone being able to pin him down on specific promises being broken. So he can deliver a moderate-left economic program or embark on an ambitious New New Deal without being accused of going back on his word. Even in areas where he has been reasonably specific, we should prepare to be disappointed , if only because unexpected developments always occur. Obama will not necessarily have to be dishonest: ...
