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Intel chiefs expected Al-Qaeda spectacular -- and got it in Mumbai
Jihad Watch —
... They expected it to become between the election and the inauguration. And now it has. "Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular," by Michael Evans in the Times, November 27 (thanks to W): ...
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Theo Spark —
... Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular. A two year old could have predicted it. We need to up our game to eradicate radical islam. ...
Terror Attacks In Mumbai, India
Flopping Aces —
... Since I’ve been traveling all day today I was remiss in not posting about the horrible terrorist attacks in India. Something which intelligence agencies were expecting according to the Times of London: ...
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A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
... and that there is increased chatter in intelligence circles concerning a terrorist event are certainly enough to cause reasonable people to be worried--especially in light of ...
The Mumbai Attacks - Al Qaeda, Pakistani Proxies or Hindutva Backlash?
Newshoggers.com —
... Given the nature of the attacks - coordinated across several targets simultaneously and using grenades and heavy machine guns as well as assault rifiles, the finger of suspicion was naturally first pointed at Al Qaeda by Western media. More serious conservative analysts are following Indian officials and are ...
Terror Monsters Came From Pakistan
JammieWearingFool —
... . Was this the al Qaeda spectacular expected? Counter-terrorist experts last night said that India would have been selected for the latest spectacular “probably because that’s where al-Qaeda has sufficient resources to carry out an attack on this scale. They don’t choose for the sake of it, they look to see where they have the greatest capability and then order an attack,” a counter-terror expert told The Times. The key to this latest attack was the search by the armed terrorists for American and British passport holders. With a reported 40 Britons held hostage, the ...
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RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... and that there is
increased chatter in intelligence circles concerning a
terrorist event are certainly enough to cause reasonable people to
be worried--especially in light of ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Holder Is Disqualified by the Marc Rich Pardon
Holder was involved, passively or not, in just the sort of inside-the-Beltway influence peddling that Barack Obama was elected to end. He is not one of Obama's loathed lobbyists; he was merely their instrument -- a good man, certainly, who just as certainly did a bad thing. Maybe he deserves an administration job, just not the one he's getting.
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The GOP should oppose the nomination of Eric Holder as AG
Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
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Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular
Western intelligence services have been expecting an al-Qaeda spectacular terrorist attack in this crucial period between the end of President George ...
